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Seat - Action Flushing Apparatus.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seat-action flushing apparatus. This design is to "provide a cistern into which the water is admitted only when the seat is occupied" (line 14-17).
Date:
February 8, 1898
Creator:
Ackley, George D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book Adjuster.
Patent for a new and improved book-adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the holder having the horizontal longitudinal recess and the vertical screw-threaded aperture, of the base-piece, the adjusting-screw swiveled at its lower end in the said base-piece, and the spring-catch" (lines 3-8).
Date:
February 8, 1887
Creator:
Adair, Irvine James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Recording Instrument
Patent for a speed reader that can measure the speed of a vehicle with the functions of both indicator and clock to record any unauthorized usage during the day
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Austin, Albert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device
Patent for lubricating device which is a dispenser for liquids or semi liquids to come out of.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Aycock, Nathaniel. M
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Ventilation.
Patent for a window ventilator for use in damp or cold weather that blocks the rain or cold, while allowing fresh air to enter the house.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Best, Julius J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel For Bicycles.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wheels for bicycles. This design is to "provide an improved tire for this purpose which is adapted to take the place of a pneumatic tire and to operate in a similar manner" (line 13 - 17).
Date:
February 8, 1898
Creator:
Bowley, James Deamess
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Pilot Coupling
Patent for new and useful improvements in locomotive-pilot couplings (lines 5-6), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
February 8, 1900
Creator:
Butcher, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car - Coupling
Patent for a new and useful improvements in car-couplings. This design "relates to car-couplers of the pivoted-hook type" (line 11 -12).
Date:
February 8, 1898
Creator:
Chance, Ransom M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire - Protector
Patent for a new and useful improvements in tire-protectors. This design "has relation to armor for pneumatic tires" (line 8-9).
Date:
February 8, 1898
Creator:
Cross, Abraham
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Fare-Box.
Patent for device "to improve the illumination and increase the efficiency and subserviency of street-care fare-boxes. To these ends the source of light is located in the interior of the box, instead of being placed in a separate chamber at the outside of the box, as is now done, and electrical agency is utilized to produce the light and also to notify the driver that a passenger requires change and when a fair has been deposited in the box" (lines 8-17).
Date:
February 8, 1887
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Plastic Bodies
Patent for a mold for forming plastic pieces with openings for wires to run through them.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Crum, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for an improved windmill which allows for the conversion of "a rotating motion into a reciprocatory motion" (line 15-16) which allows the windmill to be "manufactured and sold at a comparatively low rate" (line 41-43).
Date:
February 8, 1921
Creator:
Cryer, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Hydraulic Cement and Lime.
Patent for improvement in“the manufacture of hydraulic cement or lime form rotten or decomposed limestone” (lines 66-68).
Date:
February 8, 1881
Creator:
Dimelow, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the posts having therein the pulleys . . . at the upper part, and one of them the notches, the cord, the weight attached thereto and to the gate, the gate, and the bolt in the post extending on either side of the gate and provided with a lug adapted to be moved over the gate and hold it down, or to be removed therefrom at will" (lines 72-80).
Date:
February 8, 1887
Creator:
Ellis, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post.
Patent for a fence post, which has openings for wires to be attached to it and locked in.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Gage, Mancil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella and Sun Shade.
Patent for a new and improved (sun) umbrella. This design utilizes an adjustable metal frame that can be attached to a piece of equipment (e.g., a tractor) or worn comfortably by a person. This allows for hands-free use while being protected from the sun and/or rain.
Date:
February 8, 1881
Creator:
Gray, Hiram Balderston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "is capable of vertical adjustment, so that the plowshare and landside will be elevated out of contact with the ground in order to prevent the point from wearing out in transporting or moving it from one field or place to another; and it is furthermore provided with an improved fender and scraper, which prevents the dirt from clogging up and wearing the axle, and keeps the periphery of the wheel clear of mud or other matter that is liable to adhere thereto" (lines 27-37).
Date:
February 8, 1887
Creator:
Grimm, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind Stop.
Patent for a new and improved blind-stop. This design consists "of a corrugated flange or plate connected with the frame thereof, a spring-retaining strip, a corrugated bar arranged between the retaining strip and the corrugated flange, a socket formed upon the corrugated bar and adapted to receive the slat-bar, and a set-screw carried by the retaining strip" (lines 77-84).
Date:
February 8, 1887
Creator:
Gulick, Lizzie Talley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor- Driven Tire- Pump
Patent for Motor-Driven Tire Pump. Motor tire pump that helps inflate tires.
Date:
February 8, 1921
Creator:
Guthrey Gordon N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a coupling for air-brakes, of the movable arm having the recess or socket, and the pivoted arm having the shoulder or offset adapted to fit the recess and provided with the [other] arm to direct the said shoulder or offset to the said recess when the coupling-arms come together, the said shoulder and recess forming the terminals of the air-pipes at the ends of the cars" (lines 92-100).
Date:
February 8, 1887
Creator:
Haltom, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wheel
Patent for an improved trolley wheel that has an intermediate trolley wire groove and spiral replacing grooves arranged on opposite sides of the intermediate groove so as to automatically return the trolley wire to the intermediate groove.
Date:
February 8, 1921
Creator:
Horton, Walter F. & Larson, Raymond G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn that is easy to use and efficient.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Huggins, Thompson A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Cycle Frame.
Patent for a motorcycle frame, which has a spring frame to reduce shocks while riding the motorcycle.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Huser, Carl L. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Tread.
Patent for wheel treads designed for heavy vehicles. The metal shoes on the tread are to help enable the vehicle to go over both hard and soft surfaces.
Date:
February 8, 1921
Creator:
Ingram, Joseph D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History