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Process of and Apparatus for Making Halids
Patent for a new and improved process of and apparatus for making halides which transmit the necessary heat to the reaction mass by preheating the chlorine and not through the wall as in usual types of retorts.
Date:
July 8, 1919
Creator:
Abbott Lyle Stockton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Tooth-Brush
Patent for a crank powered rotary toothbrush. Designed with the purpose of easily cleaning teeth with a simple automatic mechanism, with added projection via a shield around the brush for protecting gums and cheeks from being scraped by the brush.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Abel, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Implement Attachment
Patent for an implement attachment for holding hand tools. Illustration included.
Date:
November 8, 1904
Creator:
Adams, Charles Augustus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fare-Box.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, fraud preventing fare-box for street-railways.
Date:
August 8, 1882
Creator:
Alexander, Samuel & Boyle, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Engines.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in valves for steam engines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 8, 1898
Creator:
Allen, Walter J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Knocker.
Patent for a new and improved stalk knocker. This design consists in "the combination, with the running-gear of a wagon, of a frame-work mounted thereon and provided with vertically-adjustable hangers at its rear end carrying stalk-knockers and their shaft, a diagonal adjustable brace connecting the hanger and the frame-work, and a driving-pulley formed in sections, having spoke-embracing lugs, and connected to the knocker-shaft by means of a belt" (lines 10-18).
Date:
November 8, 1887
Creator:
Allen, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Arm.
Patent for an improvement to adjusting rifle barrels and holding those adjustments in place. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 8, 1887
Creator:
Alston, William F.
System:
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Cotton Picking Apparatus.
Patent for cotton-picking apparatus. This apparatus supports complete removal of the cotton from plant without foreign objects or harm to plant.
Date:
November 8, 1921
Creator:
Alvin, Alleyne D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arm for Telegraph - Poles.
Patent for a new and useful arm for telegraph poles.
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel that does not wear down as quickly as those currently used and that better absorb shock. The text explains the different parts of the new wheel and why it is an improvement over current wheels.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Anderson, Lycurgus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate
Patent for folding crate. Illustration included.
Date:
May 8, 1906
Creator:
Anderson, Oliver Lacy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support for Vehicles.
Patent for a tongue-support for the tongues of vehicles that "provide an exceedingly simple and effective catch or holder for holding the support up against the under side of the tongue" (lines 18-21), including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Ashby, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Triple-Valve Mechanism.
Patent for a triple-value mechanism that "appertains to automatic fluid pressure brake systems and involves certain improvements &c., &c.” (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Atwood, Walter F.
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
Heater
Patent for an improved heater for heating water and utilizing exhaust steam.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Averitt, Robert W.
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
Spring
Patent for a spring for footwear that helps facilitate foot movement such as walking, running, jumping, etc. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Backermann, Henry G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for an attachment for plows or cultivators "whereby it may be converted into a sweep plow, adapted to be operated between rows of growing crops and capable of being adjusted in width in accordance with the distances apart from said rows" (lines 12-16).
Date:
November 8, 1892
Creator:
Baggett, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito Netting Frame.
Patent for a new and improved mosquito netting frame. This design "consists of a mosquito-netting frame formed of two longitudinal rods removably fastened to uprights attached to the bedposts, and held by cords or wires passing from the outer ends of each of said longitudinal rods to the top of each upright. A transverse rod or bar is removably attached to the outer ends of said longitudinal bars or rods. . . . [The design] is simple in construction, light, durable, and convenient" (lines 9-18).
Date:
March 8, 1881
Creator:
Bailey, Alfred H.
System:
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Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator with spring teeth that are stronger than ordinary cultivator teeth.
Date:
December 8, 1908
Creator:
Baker, Alonzo L. & Baker, Russell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Lamp for Vehicles.
Patent for a device to turn the head of lamps on an automobile or similar vehicle with the turning of the steering wheel. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 8, 1914
Creator:
Baker, George R.
System:
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Plow.
Patent for the improvement on plows so that the operator can "readily adjust the moldboard or shovel into any desired inclination" (lines 14-15). The clamp is also adjustable.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
Baker, Jessie
System:
The Portal to Texas History