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Accelerating Foot-Throttle for use on Automobile-Engines
Patent for an "improved form of foot pedal or foot throttle" (line 10) which "provides means for effectively controlling the speed of an engine by the action of the driver's foot against the foot throttle located in a convenient position on the floor of the car" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Vineyard, Pleas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Accident Brake Appliance
Patent for an accident brake appliance for trains.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Troutt, Martin E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Account-Book.
Patent for improvements in account books to "facilitate the identification of pass books and to expedite the keeping of accounts by enabling the cashier, or bookkeeper, or other clerk concerned, to readily identify the book of the depositor or other owner and thereby more readily post the entries from one book to another in keeping accounts" (lines 16-22); includes illustration.
Date:
August 28, 1917
Creator:
Exline, Marcus, P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Account-Book.
Patent for a new and improved account book that is arranged to improve accuracy of record-keeping and facilitate the referencing of different accounts.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Zimmerman, Charles Levy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Account-Index.
Patent for an account index card holder with “superposed parallel arms” (lines 111-112) that allow portions of the front and reverse side of each card to be visible. The holder and its supports may be used with a system for organizing, tracking, and indexing accounts.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Roach, William Eli
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetlyene Generator
Patent for an imporived acetlyene generator, "wherein the carbid container or receptacle will be elevated clear above the surface of the water contained in the generator when said receptacle is not discharging into the water."
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Michael, Mack W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for improving acetylene gas generators.
Date:
April 1, 1919
Creator:
Muse, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene gas generator designed to prevent from being overcharged with carbide. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 19, 1912
Creator:
Finley, Jesse T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for "an improved apparatus for generating acetylene gas" (lines 12-13). The apparatus includes a carbid receptacle with a conical bottom and a cylindrical valve for better control of the carbid, as well as a gas tank with a gasometer-bell which operates the system.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Lay, Claud
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for an acetylene gas generator that automatically feeds carbide into the water tank and cleans the feed valve.
Date:
January 21, 1919
Creator:
Furr, Oscar M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene gas generator. illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Wyatt, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene-gas generator. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 26, 1910
Creator:
Moberley, Oscar R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for an Acetylene gas generator that allows waste to be emptied from the machine without losing any gas.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Finley, Jesse T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Activated-Sludge Treatment.
Patent for a method that dehydrates sewage for easier removal.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Moor, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Actuating Device for Circuit Closers
Patent for an actuating device for circuit closers. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
Young, George D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding and Subtracting Machine
Patent for an improved adding and subtracting machine adapted to be attached to the end of a lead pencil. It is readily manufactured and simple in construction.
Date:
September 21, 1918
Creator:
Wittnebert, Duke.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine
Patent for adding machine that has improvements such as a controllable disk to avoid over or under rotation and simpler means of adding and removing adding disks.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Sweet, William F. & Tideman, S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine
Patent for improvements to adding machines, which is key-operated and includes a vertically disposed shaft and a means to actuate the sliding plate.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Gatewood, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine
Patent for an adding machine that is simple and can be manufactured at a small cost.
Date:
September 7, 1915
Creator:
McCaleb, Walter F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding Machine.
Patent for a new and improved adding machine using rotating discs.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Druschke, Julius C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding Machine
Patent for a machine that adds numbers together using "key actuated accumulating wheels" to reach the desired sum, including illustrations.
Date:
September 22, 1913
Creator:
Moody, Jason B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adhesive and Method of Making the Same
Patent for starch used for paper that can act as an adhesive coating. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1913
Creator:
Dunham, Andrew A. & Dunham, Henry V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable and Detachable Bow for Spectacles.
Patent for a temple bow for spectacles which is secured to a lens frame and is adjustable to “accommodate the angle of vision of the wearer” (lines 89-90). The connection joints between the bow and lens frame allows adjustment without bending or twisting the bow, providing a more durable bow and frame.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Blanchard, Edward.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Axle for Plows, Planters, and the like.
Patent for an adjustable axle "for use in connection with wheel mounted or sulky plows, of the middle burster or lister type, or for use in connection with planters and other devices for tilling or working the soil" (lines 10-14) and which allows for the plow to run evenly despite the evenness or unevenness of the soil.
Date:
May 26, 1914
Creator:
Dalley, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History