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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
Adjustable Shade Hanger
Patent for a window shade hanger device which allows for the shade to be placed at multiple stations by sliding and covering any portion of the window desired instead of a stationary shade mount.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Hillman, Annie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Stool.
Patent for an adjustable and foldable stool for but not limited to field workers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1880
Creator:
Smith, William Alexander & Smith, Robert Toumbleson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device
Patent for an Advertising Device. This device provides "a series of hinged leaves so mounted that those exposed to view have the experience of being part of a book." (lines 14-17). "A further object is to provide means which will conceal the operating mechanism, and mystify the observer" (lines 23-25), with a "supporting structure and a dummy provided with a movable hand...for turning said movable shaft as the leaves are turned" (lines 3-13).
Date:
April 6, 1912
Creator:
Friedman, Bernard Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome
Patent for an aerodrome. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 6, 1911
Creator:
Mayhew, Nathaniel L.
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
Air-Brake
Patent for an air brake for trains that reduces jerking when the brakes are applied.
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Mead, William E.
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:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Filtering Gas Burner
Patent for device that helps prevent air from choking burners when used in cooking.
Date:
February 6, 1917
Creator:
Parks, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke.
Patent for "a combined animal poke and halter of simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction whereby stock to which the device is applied are prevented from forcing through or throwing their weight against barbed and other wire fences, and also whereby a halter strap or chain may be readily applied thereto to provide for securing the stock in their stalls when stabled." (Lines 8-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 6, 1896
Creator:
Parker, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for a new and improved animal trap.
Date:
March 6, 1906
Creator:
Myers, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Catching Waste Products From Lead, Silver, or Other Smelters.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in apparatus for "catching the waste products from lead, silver , or other smelters" (line 5 - 7).
Date:
June 6, 1899
Creator:
Sergeant, Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Heating and Ripening Honey.
Patent for a device that quickly heats and ripens honey, employing a hot water tank containing a pipe coil through which the honey is poured and strained upon exit.
Date:
January 6, 1920
Creator:
Mitchell, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Lard Substitute
Patent for an apparatus to produce a lard substitute from cotton seed oil. "An important object of this invention is to provide apparatus of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and continuous in operation."
Date:
October 6, 1914
Creator:
Chisholm, Jesse C.
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
Artificial-StoneTomb.
Patent for the concept of an artificial tomb that serves as a tomb and ornamental piece made as one. "This invention relates to certain improvements in artificial-stone tombs; and it has for its object to produce a tomb with head-stone and foo-piece all in one piece that can be built up or placed immediately over grave, so as to form an ornamental finish, at a comparatively small cost." (lines 15-22) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 6, 1880
Creator:
Wilson, Hence
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth
Patent for an artificial tooth to a gold bridge. Illustration included.
Date:
September 6, 1904
Creator:
Priest, Frank L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Spoons.
Patent for an attachment for spoons, forks, and the like. The attachment is a metal wire loop that attaches to a utensil and is bent to hook onto a vessel such as a bowl to keep the utensil from falling in the vessel.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Allen, Harry P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Surveying Instruments
Patent for attachment for surveying instruments. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 6, 1904
Creator:
Armstrong, Edward R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic cotton elevators and distributes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 6, 1898
Creator:
Wheeler, Houston J
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cut-off for Rotary Engines
Patent for improvements "to the means for actuating the valves controlling the steam supply" (lines 10-12).
Date:
March 6, 1890
Creator:
Wallerich, Nicholas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fountain Valve For Locomotives
Patent for improvements to the automatic fountain valves of locomotives.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Yeamans, E. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch
Patent for a railway switch that can be opened by a car or engine. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 6, 1907
Creator:
McGee, Richmond M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Relief Valve for Pneumatic Seed Cotton Distributers.
Patent for a valve that attaches to a flue upon a pneumatic-seed cotton distributor. Includes illustrations.
Date:
January 6, 1903
Creator:
Wade, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History