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Construction of Privy-Vaults.
Patent for an improvement of privy-vaults using a soil-pipe with sleeve adapted to be connected with the trap-door of the vault-floor into an air-chamber where a ventilating-pipe is placed directly above a furnace; the noxious gases along with the products of combustion in the furnace would be drawn from the air-chamber and carried off to the outer air. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bird-Cage.
Patent for improvements in bird cages by "having a woven-wire casing the meshes of which cannot be penetrated by ordinary insects, such as flies,&c., will be lured into the cage to be devoured by the bird" (lines 16-21).
Date:
February 3, 1880
Creator:
Flato, Fridrich W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hopple.
Patent for the simplification, strengthening, and adjustment of levers to make using a cultivator hopple easier to use.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
McCanless, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Flue
Patent for a flue which will not crack and open, due to settling or to transverse strain. Also to provide means whereby the flue may be supported from the joists of a ceiling, against settling.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Carl, Reinhold Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Gate.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in automatic train gates" (lines 5-7) including illustrations.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Ivanhoe, George. C.
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
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
Lawn-Mower.
Patent for an improved lawn mower by having a cutter-bar and finger-bar work together to cut grass that close to trees, fences and or other obstructions, including illustration.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Runyon, Edwin Elijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Unloading Device
Patent for "Improvements in Wagon-Unloading Devices" including illustrations.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Ford, John Owen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Rig.
Patent, including illustrations, for "an improved well drilling rig or apparatus" which provides "a simple, efficient, and practical machine of this kind including revoluble means having a device operatively connected to a walking beam (from which a drilling tool is suspended), so that upon every complete revolution of the revoluble means, the drilling tool or bit will be given two direct drops, each alternating with the lifting movement of the drill bit" (page 1, lines 11-21).
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Bradford, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for windmills by making them self-regulating and "it consists in the construction and arrangement of devices whereby the force of the wind is made to move the wind-wheel and crank-shift backward and turn the vane, and also in the devices for turning the vane at will" (lines 14-18).
Date:
February 3, 1880
Creator:
Tevis, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Truing Locomotive Driving-Wheels
Patent for improvements in machines for truing the driving wheels of locomotives. Other possible uses include truing freight car wheels or similar car wheels.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Tyler, Joseph C.; Behrends, John A. & Lake, Parks
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooler.
Patent for an improved water-cooler by wrapping the outer surface of a water container with two layers of fabric; an imperforate projection–tube from a supplemental water reservoir arranged above the water container would moist the inner layer fabric and maintain its moisture; where the outer layer fabric prevents the water forcing through, thus keeping the water cool, illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1891
Creator:
Beacham, Alexander Thacher
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine.
Patent for an improved agricultural traction engine with unique driving wheels.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Ingram, Joseph D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milling-Machine.
Patent for a milling machine that executes thorough removal of dirt and other substances.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Lakey, William Ray.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Time-Indicator.
Patent for time indicators wherein the time noting figures are carried upon rotary disks that are constructed and arranged as to expose the proper time in hours, minutes, and seconds to a face plate.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Bentley, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spindle-Nut Attachment.
Patent for improvement in spindle-nut by providing “an extension to the spindle-nut, not being a washer in any sense of the word, but to all intents and purposes an integral part of said nut adapted to extend toward the outer end of the axle-box and to hold the same to its seat upon the spindle as efficiently as when the parts were new.” (Lines 35-41) Illustration is included.
Date:
February 3, 1903
Creator:
Carlton, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco-Pipe.
Patent for a new tobacco pipe capable of trapping nicotine in a removable bowl to facilitate the cleaning process. The pipe also includes a trap for saliva that prevents any saliva from returning to the smoker's mouth regardless of pipe angle. The pipe is manufactured with minimal parts reducing need for repair.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Gerhard, William Henry.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Car.
Patent for a new and improved stock car for railroads. This design "has for its object to guard the cattle from such injury as is likely to occur to a car full of cattle by the sudden starting or stopping of the car; to furnish means for guiding the cattle into the proper compartment of the car, and to furnish means for working the device by a train-hand on top of the car" (lines 10-16).
Date:
February 3, 1885
Creator:
Pierce, Jonathan E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stylographic Fountain-Pen.
Patent for stylographic fountain pens to improve them by allowing the "ink to flow freely from the point of the pen" (line 35) and allowing easy, pressurized ink refills.
Date:
February 3, 1880
Creator:
Fisher, Charles N. & Downes, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Priming Cup for Internal Combustion Motors
Patent for "Improvements in Priming-Cups for Internal-Combustion Motors" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Martinek, Stanley A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thread-Cutter.
Patent for "a simple and efficient thread or twine cutter which may be conveniently worn in the manner of a finger ring when in use, or may be applied or attached to the usual type of thimble for use." (lines 13-17) This invention can "be inexpensively stamped from sheet metal." (lines 21-22)
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Cade, King C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Filer and Gummer
Patent for adding an attachment to aid in "sharpening and gumming the teeth of circular saws particularly such saws as are used in cotton gins" (lines 13-15). The attachment works with a device for which the inventor previously received a patent. (Patent No. 1,180,270)
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
McMicken, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Recording Apparatus
Patent for "Improvements in Recording Apparatus" including illustrations.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
Catron, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History