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Rotary Tooth-Brush
Patent for a crank powered rotary toothbrush. Designed with the purpose of easily cleaning teeth with a simple automatic mechanism, with added projection via a shield around the brush for protecting gums and cheeks from being scraped by the brush.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Abel, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BRICK-KILN.
Patent for brick-kilns to "provide means for burning bricks in a much shorter time and more effectively than is possible with usual constructions, and, further, to protect the kiln-walls against the injurious effects of heat" (lines 9-13).
Date:
October 30, 1900
Creator:
Aber, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Table.
Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design consists in "the rigid supporting-frame of an ironing-table, a cross-piece secured to the outside of the upper ends of the supports at one end of the frame, so that its upper edge shall project above the supports, an ironing-board top hinged to one side of the cross-piece, and a shelf secured to the upper edge and projecting to the opposite side of said cross-piece" (lines 86-94).
Date:
October 19, 1886
Creator:
Adair, Annie E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Converting Apparatus.
Patent for an apparatus that can be built at moderate cost, which will enable a high rate of commercially efficient work to reduce "the specific gravity of various grades of hyrdo-carbon oils, especially those of a semi-refined character" (lines 22 - 24).
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Adams, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Target.
Patent for "a revolving target of improved and simplified construction" (lines 15-17), with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1886
Creator:
Adams, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm.
Patent for a burglar alarm device that is triggered by the movement of a door or window, including illustrations.
Date:
October 30, 1917
Creator:
Alderman, Joseph S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Sack Carriage
Patent for a simply structured carriage that will provide support to cotton sacks varying in different lengths.
Date:
October 6, 1914
Creator:
Alexander, Eugene E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Journal Boxes.
Patent for the improvement in car-journal boxes. This invention "relates to oil-boxes used upon journals of car-axles, the object being to prevent the lid from shaking off of the oil-stop or oil-packing surrounding the axle to be removed and replaced by a new one without removing the box from the journal."
Date:
October 15, 1878
Creator:
Alexander, Francis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Transmitter.
Patent for a telephone-transmitter "with a diaphragm and carbon button carried thereby, of a spring-supported flaring conical carbon-cell provided with a flange covered with soft material and resting on the carbon button carried by the diaphragm, the carbon-cell being filled with granulated carbon resting in contact with the carbon button" (lines 13-19). This is meant to optimize the volume of sound being transmitted.
Date:
October 20, 1896
Creator:
Alexander, Horace C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Driving Mechanism.
Patent for a driving mechanism for an automobile to dispense with the usual form of transmission gearing and differential, to substitute mechanisms power devices through the medium of a suitable liquid [preferably oil], maintained at a predetermined volume, and to provide a noiseless operating mechanism.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel
Patent for improved wheel that utilizes spring components in order to disperse the weight of the vehicle evenly.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overflow Separating Device.
Patent for an invention that allows for the separation of materials, such as fluid, between two objects, one of higher altitude than the other, with minimal disruption at the surface of the lower object.
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slime Pulp Thickener.
Patent for a "device for thickening slime or pulp, and particularly pertains to a structure similar to that disclosed in my co-pending application entitled "Slime pulp thickener," serial number 173,785, filed June 9, 1917, and of which the present application is a division" (lines 8-14). Additionally, described as a device that automatically releases thickened pulp when proper density is achieved.
Date:
October 5, 1918
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
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Thickener and Means for Removing Settled Solids Therefrom.
Patent for a machine which can automatically and continuously remove thickened material, which is a byproduct of wet milling ores. "The present device has been particularly designed to permit feed and discharge to be on the same level or for that matter the constant density discharge may be above or below the level of the feed stream, as may best fit the conditions of the particular installation" (lines 39-45).
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oiler
Patent for an oiler. This invention is designed to be attached to a broom for the distribution.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Allen, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton-chopper by using a combination of revolving disk, fender disks, a rotary shaft and cultivator-blades to construct a machine that is able to thin and cultivate cotton. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 6, 1891
Creator:
Allen, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow.
Patent for a new and useful sulky plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 25, 1898
Creator:
Allen, Jefferson Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1904
Creator:
Allgood, Walton P. & Allgood, Joseph P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Platform Treadle For Hand Cars
Patent for a platform treadle for hand cars. Illustration included.
Date:
October 17, 1905
Creator:
Allison, Andrew J.
System:
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Grain Door
Patent for a railway car door that is designed to assist with loading and unloading of grain
Date:
October 23, 1915
Creator:
Alquist, Sven Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book or Music Leaf Turner.
Patent for a music page turner, which can be operated by a lever or foot pedal.
Date:
October 22, 1907
Creator:
Alrich, Henry
System:
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Plow.
Patent for a reinforced plow shoe that eliminates frictional wear on the landside bar and reduces wear on the landside plate of the plow.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Alston, William H.
System:
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Tire-Tightener.
Patent for a Tire Tightener that tightens the tire by expanding the felly of the wheel.
Date:
October 31, 1905
Creator:
Alten, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ink-Bottle.
Patent for improvements in in bottles: "it consists, essentially, of a hexagonal or analogous polygonal shaped body having dip cups arranged adjacent to one and thereof at such angles as to regulate the flow by turning the body and bringing it to bear on different bases." (lines 12-17).
Date:
October 19, 1897
Creator:
Anderson, Alexander C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History