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Ice-Making Apparatus
Patent for an ice-making apparatus that both cools the brine and makes the ice.
Date:
December 31, 1912
Creator:
Bell, Samuel Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill.
Patent for an improved rotary boring drill of the roller type for use in digging wells or mines in earth or rock. These improvements are primarily a means for housing the cutters of a drill in a removable housing that can be quickly removed but also firmly secured against accidental removal during operation.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Machine.
Patent for a refrigerating machine that works with a double jacketed brine cylinder with a self-contained expansion tank for the coolant. It is meant to provide cooling with small displacement of the cylinder, but with great circulation of the brine.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Bell, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Cleansing and Indicating Device for Drinking Vessels.
Patent for a sanitary cleaning and indicating device for drinking vessels, which shows which cups are clean or dirty.
Date:
May 31, 1910
Creator:
Thornton, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle-Lid Lifter
Patent for "new and useful improvements in means for automatically opening the closure of a receptacle upon the approach of a person thereto" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Bianchi, Manlio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screw-Point for Well-Tubings.
Patent for "a drill point for well tubing comprising a stock having a tapering point at one end and a coupling projection at its opposite end, said stock comprising a body having stepped portions of gradually increasing diameters upwardly, and a spiral cutting blade encircling said stepped portions,..." (lines 32-38).
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Wallace, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Hood.
Patent for an "inexpensive to manufacture, and convenient and comfortable in use" (lines 17-18) sleeping hood to be worn while sleeping to prevent snoring.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Bloomfield, Emma D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Drill
Patent for a roller drill for drilling deep into rocks which bores small holes and is stronger than other models of roller drills.
Date:
May 31, 1910
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road-Grader.
Patent for a road grader, which will "excavate a ditch at the side of a road, and distribute the dirt from said ditch at a proper gradient upon the road" (lines 11-14).
Date:
January 31, 1911
Creator:
Fender, John Brown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Winch Attachment for Automobiles.
Patent for new winch attachment for automobiles "that may be quickly mounted upon ore or both of the rear wheels of an automobile, for the purpose of pulling the vehicle out of a mud hole or ditch." (lines 12-15)
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Pittman, Carl L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Press
Patent for a roller press. This invention is designed to form round lap cotton bales. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 31, 1911
Creator:
Reagan, Edgar U. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine.
Patent for a flying machine that is designed to carry heavy weight such as for multiple passengers or cargo. It is also designed to be used for military purposes such as for carrying weaponry and soldiers.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Torres, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Focusing Device for Cameras
Patent for a focusing device for cameras. "In photographic cameras, the objective lens forms a reduced image which is thrown upon a plate of ground glass through which ground glass the image is observed" (lines 9-13). Illustration included.
Date:
January 31, 1911
Creator:
Grant, Adolphus S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastening Device
Patent for Fastening Device which relates to "improvements in fastening devices and more particularly to latches and cooperating strikes such as used in fastening gates, etc. One object of my invention is to provide a strike for such latching means which is easily and quickly put in place, which is easily adjustable to different heights of the latching member, which is easily and quickly adjustable to different horizontal positions of the latching member, and which is so constructed that it is firmly but simply held in place in any of its positions" (lines 8-20).
Date:
May 31, 1912
Creator:
Torian, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Stirrup.
Patent for a safety stirrup that will reliably open when pressure is applied to the sides.
Date:
October 31, 1911
Creator:
Sipes, Alfred M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Valve Mechanism for Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for useful improvements on safety valve mechanism for Pneumatic Tires. This invention constructs a mechanism to control air pressure within the tire in order to prevent bursting from over charging, heating, sudden compression is avoided.
Date:
January 31, 1917
Creator:
Gebhardt, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Blackener.
Patent for a shoe blacking device, which has a tank for holding the shoe blacking, a dispenser with a cut off valve and a dauber to apply the blacking to the shoe.
Date:
May 31, 1910
Creator:
Glasgow, Samuel G. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Dropper.
Patent for a seed dropper that is used to drop peas or other seeds between hills of corn. This tool is very light and can be handled with one hand.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Hefner, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Fastener.
Patent for a stovepipe fastener for the purpose of securing the end of the stovepipe into a sheet metal thimble and preventing the stovepipe being pulled out of the chimney and into the room.
Date:
December 31, 1918
Creator:
Schuch, Anthony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter taht could be fixed to a plow, so that it could simultaneously cut stalks and plow.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Cline, Milton G. & Martin, Jadie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Wheel
Patent for a wheel with spring constructed spokes that would eliminate vibrations in the attached vehicles.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Matthews, Arthur R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cable Splicing Joint
Patent for a case that encapsulates the joined ends of cables to protect them from moisture.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Bostick, Deane E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Razor
Patent for a safety razor.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Wrede, Albin C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Construction for Railway Cars
Patent for a door to box cars, that slides across the car in the same method as a sliding door, rather than opening outward.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Tierney, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History