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Biblical Game Apparatus
Patent for a new and useful game apparatus. This design is to "provide a biblical game apparatus adapted to be employed in play by two or more persons" (line 8-10).
Date:
December 14, 1897
Creator:
James, Will S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Gate.
Patent for an automatic railway-gate or cattle-guard for use "at crossings, the entrances to tunnels, bridges or trestles, or at other places where it is desirable to guard the tracks" (lines 11-13). The invention is a simple and effective way for closing gates, can be operated from a distance, and is controlled by the wheels of passing trains.
Date:
August 14, 1894
Creator:
Baade, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Apparatus.
Patent for liquid dispensing apparatus to dispense and simultaneously measure liquid.
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Reid, Elton F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Sharpening Gin Saws
Patent for a new and useful improvements in machines for sharpening gin-saws. This invention is to "provide an improved machine of the character described wherein the saws may be sharpened without removing them" (line 10-12).
Date:
December 14, 1897
Creator:
Bradley, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp Wick.
Patent for a new and improved wick for oil lamps. This design "consists in forming the lamp-wick of one or more layers of mineral wool inclosed in a textile material, the whole being sewed together by a series of parallel longitudinal stitches" (lines 18-22). Employing textile material represents an improvement in capillarity over previous wicks made with refractory cement.
Date:
February 14, 1882
Creator:
Bèck, Gebhard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for plow attachment to a clevis and can be used in connection with the draft devices.
Date:
November 14, 1916
Creator:
Hamilton, Lemon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Explosion Engines
Patent for a governor for explosion engines. Illustration included.
Date:
February 14, 1905
Creator:
Haydon, Bennie W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Clipper
Patent for hair clippers in which the power-driven device will move positively in action comprises a few numbers of parts and is easy to operate.
Date:
January 14, 1920
Creator:
Jones, Sidney P. & Wallace, David P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer.
Patent for an ice-cream freezer which can also be used as a churn, with an improved drum that revolves and its lower half sitting in ice or hot or cold water. It has a central shaft and flat heads on the ends of the drum so it can rotate.
Date:
January 14, 1896
Creator:
Harton, Thomas Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scrip Holder.
Patent for "a scrip holder, designed particularly for housing in a conveniently accessible manner the usual railroad scrip" (lines 8-11).
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Cleveland, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a harrow that cuts weeds at the root and pulls them out without breaking up the sod.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Halvé, Bruno
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Gang-Plow.
Patent for a rotary gang-plow that has laterally movable castings, stirrups, beams working in the stirrups, axles connected to the disks, and adjustable sleeves.
Date:
May 14, 1895
Creator:
Willis, WIlliam Beale
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nebulizer.
Patent for a nebulizer, which has a spraying mechanism for delivering medicinal sprays through a nozzle to the nose, throat, or lungs.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
McGregor, Ringling R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History