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Changeable Gearing.
Patent for changeable gearing by using an axle, bevel-gears, stub-shafts and a crank-axle to construct the changeable gear, so that the “sprocket is locked to rotate with the crank-axle in one direction, while it may rotate freely of the axle in opposite direction, and, furthermore, that the sprocket may be locked to rotate with the axle or may be caused to rotate at a higher-speed than the axle.” (Lines 8-14.) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 8, 1901
Creator:
Brady, Alford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Pooling
Patent for rail-car coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Carter, L. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for improvements in bale-ties is to produce a “buckle-plate having a middle portion with an opening therein, arms at each end separated from the middle portion by spaces open at one side, a longitudinal entering-passage connecting the opening with one of said spaces, and a hoop the free ends of which are looped down through said opening and up through the spaces, resting upon the arms under the standing part of the hoop.” (Lines 74-83) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Johnson, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Artificial Fuel.
Patent for artificial fuel by using coals called “lignite”, grinded it and add other ingredients to it. Formula, measurements and method of mixing is included. No illustration.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Lohmann, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator
Patent for an axle lubricator, designed to allow lubricating axles without removal of wheels.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Gowan, Richard H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy
Patent for a portable canopy to be used over beds, cribs, or chairs. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 8, 1905
Creator:
Eichenberg, Carl
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock Calendar
Patent for a clock calendar.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Woods, Jesse Leroy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Lubricator
Patent for an axle lubricator. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Meyer, Edward & Schiffers, Emil C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring Drill
Patent for a boring drill
Date:
July 8, 1909
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R. of Houston, Texas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Furniture, &c.
Patent for a brace used to hold parts of furniture together, including illustrations.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Pace, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed
Patent for a bed. This invention is designed for invalids that also provides a bed pan. Illustration included.
Date:
January 8, 1907
Creator:
Myers, Nancy S. A. E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Dennis, Decatur D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Lock for Mines and Tunnels
Patent for an air lock to remove water, polluted air, and heat from mines and tunnels and force in fresh air. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Durack, Partick H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal. Illustration included.
Date:
November 8, 1904
Creator:
Wilkinson, John Marion
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Robertson County, Texas
Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Robertson County, Texas.
Date:
January 8, 1909
Creator:
Bennett, Hugh H. & Shaw, Charles F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Robertson County sheet
Map displays soil types along with lakes, rivers, coal mines, towns, churches, schools, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
January 8, 1909
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Shutter Worker And Latch
Patent for a window shutter and latching system. Illustration included.
Date:
August 8, 1905
Creator:
Richardson, Horace G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for new design for a wrench that is a "simple, efficient, and inexpensive one adapted for operating on nuts, pipes, rods and other objects." (Lines 11-13) Illustration included.
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Willmann, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for new and useful improvements in windmills with a novel construction. This specific construction will help create much more efficiency than the existing windmills.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Ham, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen.
Patent for improvements in well-screen by providing a symmetrical strainer which having an exceedingly firm and rigid frame; it is constructed as to interpose the least obstruction to the straining operation. (Lines 21-25) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Karsch, George J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating-Packing.
Patent for lubricating packing, which lasts a long time under high pressure.
Date:
June 8, 1909
Creator:
Stewart, Martin L. & Carr, Frank A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for improvement to a valve design, with illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1907
Creator:
Pinkerton, Henry S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella and Sunshade
Patent for an umbrella and sunshade. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Gra, Hernando B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History