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Axle - Nut.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in Axle-Nuts for wagons and carriages.
Date:
November 23, 1897
Creator:
Collins, Corties
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Top for Vehicles.
Patent for a canopy top for vehicles, which can be adjusted to different angles and is light but sturdy.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Reid, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator, Harrow, and Planter
Patent for "agricultural implements in which a single frame is utilized to support various kinds of mechanisms, and in the present invention there is included a frame of simple and improved construction adapted for carrying and to be used in connection with earth-engaging, implements, such as harrow-teeth and cultivator blades, as well as rollers, for the purpose of crushing clods and leveling the surface of the land." (lines 8-18). Includes description and illustrations.
Date:
November 23, 1905
Creator:
Johnson, Alfred Butler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring Machine.
Patent for a new and improved boring machine. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a circularly-adjustable rod carrying a pressure screw, an adjustable arm arranged on said rod and having its end or head concave on its underside and provided with bearing indentations or punctures, and a brace having a bearing end corresponding in form to said bearing indentations or punctures" (lines 16-24).
Date:
November 23, 1880
Creator:
Forniraseo, Domaneco
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cough-Medicine.
Patent for "a new and improved cough-medicine" (lines 7-8).
Date:
November 23, 1880
Creator:
King, Julia Ann
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blow-Off Cock
Patent for new and useful Improvements in “blow-off cocks for use on locomotive and other boilers,” (line 9-11), including an illustration.
Date:
November 23, 1915
Creator:
Roach, John L. & Dawson, Lance L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing for Player-Pianos.
Patent for "new and useful improvements" (lines 9-10) to the casing for player pianos. Improvements include simplifying numerous operations of the piano to be accomplished by one mechanism. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 23, 1915
Creator:
Terry, Charles R. & Money, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate
Patent for a metal collapsible crate. Hinges allow the crate to be folded.
Date:
November 23, 1915
Creator:
Potucek, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Closure Mechanism and Method for Spent Nuclear Fuel Canisters
A canister is provided for storing, transporting, and/or disposing of spent nuclear fuel. The canister includes a canister shell, a top shield plug disposed within the canister, and a leak-tight closure arrangement. The closure arrangement includes a shear ring which forms a containment boundary of the canister, and which is welded to the canister shell and top shield plug. An outer seal plate, forming an outer seal, is disposed above the shear ring and is welded to the shield plug and the canister.
Date:
November 23, 2004
Creator:
Doman, Marvin J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Brick Machine.
Patent for a new and improved brick machine. This design consists in "a mold-wheel mounted to revolve in the horizontal plane and provided with mold-cavities, of a vertically-movable plunger in each cavity, a door for each cavity hinged on the top of the wheel, the hinge plate or lug attached to the mold-wheel being slotted to allow a vertical movement of the hinge-pin, a curved arm pivoted over the top of the mold-wheel and extending over part of the same, and a spring acting on the swinging end of said curved arm" (lines 80-90).
Date:
November 23, 1886
Creator:
Thaison, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Ship.
Patent for air ship design lifted by balloon with vertical adjustable sails. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date:
November 23, 1886
Creator:
Appling, Marby P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Charge-Moistening Device for Internal-Combustion Engines
Patent for an attachment for cars. This attachment reduces carbon deposit in the cylinder and on the valves of the car.
Date:
November 23, 1920
Creator:
Smith, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bail for Cans, Buckets, &c.
Patent for a detachable bail (wire handle) for cans and buckets allowing bails and cans to be packed separately and reducing overall packing space.
Date:
November 23, 1920
Creator:
Tiner, John Frances
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kneading Machine.
Patent for a new and improved kneading machine. This design consists in "the elevated upright rollers having grooves near their lower ends, of the tray or receptacle having the surrounding ring or track entering the said grooves of said rollers and supporting said tray in an elevated position" (lines 73-78).
Date:
November 23, 1886
Creator:
Hughes, James F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Turning Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a weed turning attachment for plows, which is adjustable to different size weeds.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Baxter, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Wheel.
Patent for a water wheel for creating power, which has a greater power producing capacity with less water required than usual through the use of a special type of bucket on the wheel.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Dennis, Decatur D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel
Patent for a wheel with "improved construction. The principal object of the invention is to provide a wheel which will be puncture-proof and will ride very easily" (lines 8-12).
Date:
November 23, 1915
Creator:
Berry, Ephraim E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kerosene-Burner.
Patent for kerosene fueled burner for use with cooking or heating, includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 23, 1915
Creator:
Patton, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Level.
Patent for a spirit level, which measures more accurately than other models and allows quicker calculation of where the wood needs to be moved to be level.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Brittain, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for a new type of animal trap with a rotating cylinder that projects the animal into the trap itself when depressed.
Date:
November 23, 1915
Creator:
Webster, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Attachment.
Patent for a telephone attachment for multi-party lines, which allows the user to hold the line against eavesdropping by other users on the line and let multiple people use the line at the same time.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Mitchell, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medicine - Glass.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in medicine-glasses.
Date:
November 23, 1897
Creator:
Jenkins, John Marshall
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plunger Head or Valve.
Patent for a plunger head or valve, which cannot come unscrewed accidentally while inside a pump.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Shutt, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Gold - Washer
Patent for a new and improved portable gold-washer. This invention is to "provide an improved substitute for the crude forms of portable good-washing apparatus frequently employed" (line 8-10).
Date:
November 23, 1897
Creator:
Kahn, Felix
System:
The Portal to Texas History