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Abstract-Book for County Records, &c.
Patent for a "book leaf or page for abstracting county and like records" (lines 12-14) with illustrations included.
Date:
February 3, 1903
Creator:
Lutz, John E.
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, which claims to improve upon this device by simplifying the "means for feeding carbid to the water," (line 14) hence making it "more efficient and durable in use and less expensive to manufacture." (lines 19-21)
Date:
April 3, 1906
Creator:
Dulaney, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Fire Guard and Screen.
Patent for a new and improved fireplace screen. This design "is to provide a simple and efficient device which may be suspended in front of open fireplaces or grates for the purpose of preventing the frequent and sometimes fatal accidents which are directly due to the absence of reliable safe-guards. The invention consists of a series of shields or plates of suitable size and material, which are so connected that when not in use they may be easily drawn upward in succession side by side and compactly placed in an appropriate receptacle attached to the front of a mantel or to a wall above a fireplace" (lines 16-29).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Gibson, Nathaniel B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for a new and useful airplane that provides the ability of the aircraft to take off from the ground at an abrupt angle. The aircraft has a supplemental propeller and jointed body to direct the machine upward in an abrupt ascent, making it especially useful in wooded areas or where obstructions prevent normal take-off.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Cartwright, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship
Patent for a dirigible airship. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 3, 1911
Creator:
Bradford, William J. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Brander
Patent for an animal brander with interchangeable characters and a holder for the characters.
Date:
June 3, 1913
Creator:
Hayes, Monard Vinson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for a live animal trap that uses a trigger and allows for live bait. Wire fabric is used to prevent animals from digging and escaping.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Herring, Henry H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for Improvements in Animal Traps. This trap is a "self and everset trap" (lines 11-12) with the primary purpose of creating a trap that is "efficient of operation, economical of construction, and sanitary" (lines 14-15).
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Burgett, William Matthews
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap.
Patent for Animal Trap especially adapted for the extermination of mice and similar rodents.
Date:
1920-09-5
Creator:
Fredrick, Willaim.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "compris[es] the sides adapted to encompass an anthill and composed of a bottom, inclined walls, and horizontal top portions, having depending inclined flanges, one of the sides having an opening in its bottom and provided with ways arranged on opposite sides of the opening, a removable receptacle provided with flanges arranged in said ways and having inwardly-inclined walls, and a discharge-tube arranged at one corner of the trap" (lines 77-87).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Royse, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Agitating Device.
Patent for anti-agitating device, including two figures describing said device, with illustrations. Author describes improvements for liquid dispensers on previous anti-agitating devices by altering the cylinder duties during its performance.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Catron, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aparatus for Cleaning Lechuguilla, Henequen, and Analogous Fibrous Plants.
Patent for an improved apparatus for scraping lechugilla, henequen, and analogous fibrous plants. This apparatus scrapes the stalks of the plants mechanically and separates the pulp from the fiber of the plant so that the fiber will be cleaned and ready for use.
Date:
September 3, 1918
Creator:
Aguilar, Alfonso
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Canning Fruits or Vegetables.
Patent for an improvement to canning fruits and vegetables.
Date:
April 3, 1900
Creator:
Compton, Anna & Jackson, A. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells.
Patent for a device that assists in cleaning deep wells that have caked material in the pumping apparatus by using hot steam.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Deats, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY DISTILLING CRUDE OIL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
Patent for promoting the distillation of crude oil and other substances, separating the different parts of oil and impurities based on their weight.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Forward, Chauncey B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Weevils.
Patent for an apparatus for destroying weevils and moths, infesting corn, peas, hay, sweet potatoes, beans, and the like, when stored. The apparatus consists of a container with an improved means of distributing heat to the contents in which the weevils and moths are found.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Kasmeier, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Emptying Barrels Or Other Receptacles Containing Liquids.
Patent for a device to empty barrels and other receptacles containing liquids, including illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1885
Creator:
Hudson, Benjamin Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Brick.
Patent for an apparatus for handling brick "whereby the number of brick handled by a single hand may be greatly increased" (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
Date:
January 3, 1888
Creator:
Aber, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Handling Seed Cotton
Patent for an apparatus for handling seed cotton. Illustration included.
Date:
May 3, 1904
Creator:
Benefield, Chauncey R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Stone Block.
Patent for a new and improved artificial-stone block. This design "consists in the particular formation of the protuberances by which interlocking joints or seams of the building-blocks are attained, the object of which is to so form the prolific protuberances of said blocks as to permit joining them in close proximity on all the sides or faces of the seam, to reduce the binding material for the same and increase the strength of the same" (lines 14-22).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Graham, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ash Sifter
Patent for receptacle of ashes and sifter to separate unconsumed particles of coal and retain dust.
Date:
January 3, 1900
Creator:
Hart, Sara C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Athletic Shoe
Patent for improvements to athletic shoes for men, women, and children that improve the comfort of the shoe, support the anatomy of the foot, and prevent “falling arches and other foot ailments” (p. 1, lines 22-23).
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Rokahr, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for a wheel-cultivator that attaches to planters or plows. It provides "means whereby a planter or a plow-beam carrying any desired cultivating implement can be attached to the frame of a riding or wheel cultivator frame, and thus enable the cultivator-frame to be applied to uses other than that for which it was intended" (lines 25-30).
Date:
November 3, 1896
Creator:
Morris, Thomas R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History