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Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for a new and improved acetylene gas generator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Walters, Loren B.; Davis, Will H. & Hawkins, Augustus L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Lock.
Patent for a new and improved bicycle lock for "application to bicycles and comprises the novel features hereinafter described and claimed" (line 11-13).
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Nordhausen, Otto Von
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain Pipe-Wrench.
Patent for certain new and improvements in chain pipe wrenches, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Bohner, Philip Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Electric-Car Line.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in elevated electric car lines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Cooley, Joe H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slate-Operating Means For Shutters.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in slate operating means for shutters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Cordray, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Twine-Holder.
Patent for certain new and useful improvement in twine holders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Andrews, Otis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stalk-Cutter and Cultivator.
Patent for "a combined stalk cutter and cultivating machine comprising a rotary stalk cutter and a gang of plows and it consists in the features of construction and novel combination of devices in a machine adapted for the various kinds of agricultural work" (lines 9-15).
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Snodgrass, George Melvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flood-Gate.
Patent for a flood-gate meant for use in mill-dams, races, and levees. Its intended use is to allow water to come to a certain height, and automatically release water once it gets past that point. When the water returns to a reasonable height, the gate automatically closes.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Dean, Asa
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for an improved farm gate that pivots in its center and can be swung in either direction. It is operated by a pull chord and levers. The pull chords are set on posts on either side of the gate, each side having two chords in order to open the gate in either direction. The posts also act as a brace to stop the gate from swinging further.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Mulcahy, Richard T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Preparing Fruit for Canning and Preserving.
Patent for a process of skin removal from various fruits that leaves the peeled fruit in "good condition" (line 12) for making preserves or for use in other preparations.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
McDermett, Ida L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Crossing.
Patent for a simple and durable railroad-crossing that "consists of a center piece, and two side pieces for clamping the main track rails in place" (lines 12-14). It can be easily set up and connected with the rails.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Keenan, Michael J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Bed-Bottom.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable spring bet bottom that consists of a frame, slats, separate inverted cone-shaped coiled springs that sit on the slats and that loop together at the tops, clamps that hold the springs onto the slats, and hooks that hold the upper coils to the frame.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Crowder, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History