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Coin Operating Vending Machine
Patent for a coin operated vending machine. Illustration included.
Date:
December 6, 1904
Creator:
Davis, Alvah B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for an aeroplane which has its equilibrium maintained by the operator through levers that bring the plane up or down.
Date:
December 6, 1910
Creator:
McManus, Augustus F. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Tool.
Patent for a compound tool that is related to pliers.
Date:
December 6, 1910
Creator:
Modrall, Don A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barrel-Cover
Patent for a barrel cover. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 6, 1910
Creator:
Andrews, James R. & Waldrum, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake System
Patent for an air brake system for trains which does not require waiting between uses for the brakes to recharge with air.
Date:
December 6, 1910
Creator:
Dillander, John
System:
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Bolt-Holder.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in bolt holders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 6, 1898
Creator:
Higdon, Jasper S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Molasses from Sugar.
Patent for " invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Molasses from Sugar" (lines 5-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 6, 1892
Creator:
Ellis, Emmett A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "the draw-head having the open space at its front end, the longitudinal groove in its side, extending rearward from said space, and the transverse recess at the rear end of said groove, the coupling bar resting in the groove and having a lug at its rear end" (lines 92-98). Said lug is "pivoted in the recess, and the hook at its front end arranged within the open space, and the spring having its rear end secured to the side of the draw-head in rear of the recess" (lines 1-4).
Date:
December 6, 1887
Creator:
Keith, John David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Stay.
Patent for a new and improved bed stay. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a bed-stay, of wires connected to the corners of the bed-stead, blocks on the wires, loops connected to the blocks, a lever hung to the loop, and a latch device locking the free end of the lever to the loop" (lines 10-15).
Date:
December 6, 1887
Creator:
Bethea, Cade
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carton
Patent for improvements made to a carton such as an inclusion of a wrapper and retaining strip to protect and hold valuable objects such as glass along with various other improvements to the overall construction of the carton.
Date:
December 6, 1918
Creator:
Elder, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Twisting Implement
Patent for a wire twister for use in manufacturing wire baskets. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 6, 1910
Creator:
Kaspar, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash.
Patent for a window sash, which does not require the use of putty to secure window panes and can be used on various size windows.
Date:
December 6, 1910
Creator:
Crump, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener
Patent for wire tightener. Illustration included.
Date:
December 6, 1904
Creator:
Henry, Bush
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher, Clamp, and Splicer
Patent for wire stretcher, clamp, and splicer. Illustration included.
Date:
December 6, 1904
Creator:
Raines, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design utilizes a plunger to create a partial vacuum in the corresponding tub, whereupon water, when rushing to fill the partial vacuum, saturates the clothes, cleaning them.
Date:
December 6, 1881
Creator:
Appelt, August E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a windmill for "connecting or mounting a pump rod and a pitman for transmitting movement from the crank shaft carrying the wheel" (lines 14-16) in a balanced way that will reduce wear and tear. Additionally, other elements attached to the supporting structure will "compensate for the the uneven action due to the variable pull on the pitman and pump rod." (lines 31-33).
Date:
December 6, 1921
Creator:
Winslett, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Measure, of Greenville, Texas
Patent for a liquid measure and filter. This invention is designed moving measured liquids from storage container to another. Illustration included.
Date:
December 6, 1904
Creator:
Story, Jim Tom
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack.
Patent for a vehicle jack that has a support leg built into it.
Date:
December 6, 1910
Creator:
Chatwell, Edward I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck-Lifter.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in truck lifters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 6, 1898
Creator:
Donaldson, William John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.
Patent for a device to destroy "winged insects which are destructive to the cotton plants and other vegetation" (lines 19-21) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 6, 1870
Creator:
Byrne, Thomas; Strunk, Diedrich & Schott, J. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Boiler
Patent for a stem boiler. Illustration included.
Date:
December 6, 1904
Creator:
Stucky, Allan C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burning Furnace.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in hydrocarbon burning furnaces, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 6, 1898
Creator:
Gearing, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Electrostatic Magnetic Separation.
Patent for an improved process of electrostatic magnetic separation to separate the particles of a mixture or mass.
Date:
December 6, 1910
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for a pump for the purpose to pump out rising water in deep wells. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 6, 1904
Creator:
Leithauser, Peter Jerome
System:
The Portal to Texas History