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Bicycle Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved bicycle wheel. This design calls for an inner tire wrapped in uniformly distributed elastic bands to connect it to the outer tire. This new tire allows for the spring and comfort of pneumatic tires while rendering the pneumatic tubes of the latter obsolete.
Date:
December 29, 1896
Creator:
Neild, Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator
Patent for "lubricators adapted to be used in journal boxes of card, in shaft bearings, and at any other point...to provide a lubricator which will adjust itself automatically to the member to be lubricated and which includes wiping means for removing surplus" (lines 7-10 & 15-18).
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
Maness, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kiln.
Patent for "a new and improved kiln for burning brick and other clay ware and arranged to enable the operator to control the heat, so as to insure a uniform and equal heating of the articles set in the kiln, and at the same time requiring a small amount of fuel." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1896
Creator:
Thaison, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Towing Device for Vehicles.
Patent for "an attachment for self-propelled vehicles" (lines 9-10) and "a means for connecting two or more of the same together to tow a disabled vehicle." (lines 11-13)
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Loyer, Alfred A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for a rotary engine. Illustration included.
Date:
December 20, 1904
Creator:
Mackin, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History