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Main Slide-Valve and Throttle-Valve for Steam-Engines.
Patent for a simple main slide-valve and throttle-valve for steam-engines. The throttle valve is a flat plat and slides in a channel between the valve seat and the cylinder head. The twin engine cylinders are horizontally placed at the same height as the throttle valve. The main slide valve "affords a complete and superior valve mechanism for a quick speed steam engine" (lines 29-30).
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Devoissaud, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Sand Flue And Netting Cleaner
Patent for improved Pneumatic Sand Flue and Netting Cleaners that "provide portable means for blowing sand through locomotive flues and nettings when coal-burners are employed for the purpose of cleaning said flues or nettings" (lines 13-17)
Date:
December 4, 1901
Creator:
Gibson, Robert W. & Best, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism For Compressing And Sheeting Loose Materials.
Patent for a mechanism used for compressing and sheeting loose materials. The machine allows for materials that have been compressed to be flattened more and sheeted prior to delivery back to the mechanism.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Stubbs, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paracentesis Needle or Trocar
Patent for a needle with the purpose of injecting fluids or extracting excess fluids from the body. Includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Hill, Phillip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tape-Measure.
Patent for a tape measure with a claw on one end that the user can affix to a surface to hold one end of the measuring tape and aid in the measuring process.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Anderson, Andrew E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Distributer for Harbors, &c.
Patent for a new and improved oil-distributor. This design consists "in a device for distributing oil upon the waves in the vicinity of piers and harbors, the combination, with the main tank upon the shore, of a main pipe extending from it into the water, auxiliary tanks along the main line, and perforated auxiliary lines connected with the auxiliary tanks" (lines 23-30).
Date:
December 4, 1888
Creator:
Lyle, John Newton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Cutter-Heads.
Patent for a support for cutter-heads that allows the operator to easily sharpen, dress, and treat the bits or cutters of the head. It has a spindle that turns and slides in a bearing and supports a cutter-head a pin in the spindle that is seated inn the grooves in the bearings, and a spring loaded bolt in the end of the spindle.
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Kendig, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoking Device.
Patent for a improving the art of smoking meat by providing a smoking device adapted to be positioned in the smoke house which provides a means for controlling the amount of smoke that comes from the fire and covers the fire allowing for safe operation.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Halata, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gasoline and Oil Renovator
Patent for a device that can take the impurities from gasoline and oil, thus making them reusable. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Caen, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grass and Weed Cutter
Patent for devicd for the cutting of grass and pulling of weeds from the root. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Taylor, Lawrence S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeder for Printing-Machines.
Patent for a feeder for printing machines that supplies sheets for them to be printed automatically. It has a reciprocating bed with a cylinder over it which rotates when the bed moves. Blank sheets are on the beds, and the cylinder moves the sheets off the beds, into rollers.
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Clarke, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed Governor for Cotton Gins.
Patent for a new and improved feed-governor for cotton gins. This design "feed[s] to the saws a layer of cotton that is thinner in the center, and the suction of the inner saws will draw in from the thicker edges formed by [this] governor such a portion of cotton as shall make the whole supply to the gin-saws even and regular, thereby preventing all the choking [of existing gins]" (lines 90-96).
Date:
December 4, 1883
Creator:
Schaefer, Henry P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved harness saddle. This design "consist[s] of the central arched portion, having the central perforation and side notches, the hook having the screw and nut and lugs, and the jockeys, the latter hinged to the arch . . . and the pads" (lines 65-70).
Date:
December 4, 1888
Creator:
Vogtsberger, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Point.
Patent for a plow-point that can be used on a shovel or spade plow. "it consists of an attachment which can be applied to the point of these plows and which will operate to more effectually divide the ground and allow the plow to cultivate the hardest and most refractory kinds of soil" (lines 10-15).
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Prentice, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Stock.
Patent for improvements to a plow stock to be adjustable so that the angle of the plow blade may be controlled causing the plow blade to enter the ground at the proper angle based on the type of ground being plowed.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Partin, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pile-Supporter
Patent for new and useful improvements in Pile-Supporters, specifically for use for protruding piles. "The device is designed to retain the ruptured portions within the anus, thereby relieving pain." Improvements allow extended wear and freedom of movement not allowed in previous supporters.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Raines, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Metallic Trunk-Strap.
Patent for an adjustable metallic trunk strap that connects in multiple directs so that they will reinforce the trunk while allowing it to be opened. It includes illustrations of the strap on the trunk and various components in detail.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Mertins, John Lewis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press
Patent for "novel means for handling lint-cotton, whereby I effect the compression or packing of the cotton in he press-box by mechanical means, instead of sending men into the box to tramp the cotton down as it is thrown or fed in" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 4, 1888
Creator:
Munger, Robert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Compressing Pump.
Patent for a gas-compressing pump used in refrigeration and ice making. "The object of [the] invention is to reduce the height of a vertical machine, to facilitate access to the parts and relieve the foundation of strains; to reduce to a minimum the angularity of the connecting rod during the latter part of the stroke, and to improve various details of construction" (lines 19-25).
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Farnsworth, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Fence-Post
Patent for a new, original, and ornamental design for fence posts.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Jasper, Tolbert Fanning
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Apparatus.
Patent for machines that generate acetylene gas for a "simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, in which the gas is thoroughly washed before entering the service-pipe and in which the water-supply to the generator is controlled by the gas pressure and the carbid kept at all times cooled by surrounding water" (lines 11-17).
Date:
December 4, 1900
Creator:
McGoldrick, William Hamilton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Direct-Acting Steam-Engine
Patent for improvements in the construction of direct-acting steam-engines.
Date:
December 4, 1888
Creator:
Winn, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for a cotton-cleaner that has the flue leading from the gin to the condenser. It is an improvement previously granted to the inventor (No. 506,134), where "dust-laden air will be effectually prevented from passing through the cleaning drum of the cleaner and mingling again with the cleaned cotton which is fed to the condenser" (lines 16-20).
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Weighing Scale
Patent for continuous weighing scale. Illustration included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History