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Railway Signal.
Patent for a new and improved railroad signal. This design consists in "[a] continuous electric conductor extending beside a railroad, a contact-maker borne by a train, an electric galvanic battery, a stationary transmitter, and a train provided with transmitting and receiving instruments on two or more members of the train and connected with the electric circuit in multiple arc . . . whereby a message can be sent to each member simultaneously" (lines 8-17).
Date:
June 7, 1887
Creator:
Armstrong, James Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Doll.
Patent for a doll that will be durable and attractive by constructing a rigid form of the human bust and shoulders which serves to make these parts more durable, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Baker, Marie K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen Cleaner.
Patent for cleaning well screens and preventing oil well pipes from clogging to improve production.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Bashara, Samuel F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Crude Petroleum for Purification.
Patent for the purification of crude petroleum by separating impurities such as sand and clay using a heat treatment.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Bostick, Joseph Wallace & Homer, Charles H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oxygen-Generator
Patent for an oxygen generator that refills as it is emptied.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Bradley, Richard Clinton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Sack Filling and Weighing Machine
Patent for an automatic sack filling and weighing machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 7, 1911
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Tie-Plate and Rail-Anticreeper.
Patent for a combined railroad tie and rail anti-creeping device, which prevents the rails from spreading.
Date:
December 7, 1909
Creator:
Clarke, Marcus S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heating Attachment for Internal-Combustion Motors.
Patent for a water heating attachment for internal combustion motors that will allow the cooling fluid in said motors to remain heated even when the motor is at rest, especially during freezing temperatures, including illustration.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Clayton, Oscar B. & Oberwetter, George T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machinery
Patent for a machine used to drill water, oil, and gas wells. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sample-Taking Device.
Patent for device which takes samples as the drill bit bores through the earth while drilling wells. The samples are used to determine presence or absence of oil and other minerals.
Date:
August 7, 1917
Creator:
Dodds, Redus D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Washing and Scrubbing Gas.
Patent for a washer-scrubber that cleans gas from "tarry matter, ammonia, sulphureted hydrogen, carbonic acid and other impurities" (lines 14-16). The machine divides gas into streams, sprays it with washing liquor, spreads it over reticulated and perforated plates.
Date:
March 7, 1893
Creator:
Fitzgerald, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swing.
Patent for improvement in swings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 7, 1888
Creator:
Goebel, Herman A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine
Patent for a washing machine that uses a rotary cylinder. Illustration included.
Date:
November 7, 1905
Creator:
Green, James J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling-press. This design has for its object "to provide a press in which the material to be baled can be compressed into bales of the desired sizes, and then emptied from the baling-box by tilting up the tail-board, which is provided with angle irons to catch under the bale" (lines 15-20).
Date:
August 7, 1888
Creator:
Hoop, Friedrich W. J. & Isaac, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reaming-Drill
Patent for an improved and longer lasting rotary boring drill.
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring Drill
Patent for an improvement in rotary boring drill that will prevent head from wobbling sideways in the hole being drilled.
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Disk Drill
Patent for an improvement to rotary disk drills that prevent excessive wear on the cutting edge of the disk.
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Retaining Means for Rotary-Drill Cutters.
Patent for new retaining rings in rotary-drill cutters, which allow the cutters to be inserted into and removed quickly from a drill, and can be "manufactured cheaply" (line 28).
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Hughes, Howard Robard, 1869-1924
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a pump plunger for oil or water that is durable and will not require replacement.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Humason, Granville A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Operating Mechanism
Patent for a railroad switch operating mechanism that is operated from the train which can can close a switch accidentally left open.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Hyman, Henry F. & Hay, G. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trick Amusement Device
Patent for a puzzle toy consisting of a lid and blower. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Judson, Fred I.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trick-Pipe.
Patent for a trick pipe, which has a lid over the pipe bowl that ordinarily would blow off when the pipe is blown into, but when put in the trick position will seal itself on no matter how hard the person blows.
Date:
April 7, 1908
Creator:
Judson, Fred Irving
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved flexible scraper. This design "consist[s] of the concave board, the sheet of rubber secured by bolts to the concave face of the board, the handle, the sockets secured to the convex face of the board and handle, respectively, and the braces" (lines 52-57).
Date:
December 7, 1886
Creator:
Kaelin, Albert J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a new medical compound to remedy chills and fever.
Date:
February 7, 1871
Creator:
Lister, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History