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Apparatus for Sizing Ores or for Other Uses
Patent for an apparatus for sizing ores. This invention is to "accomplish and accurate or approximately accurate sizing or classification of ores or granular materials in a rapid and thorough manner and with as large a capacity as possible" (line 15-19) illustrations included.
Date:
June 23, 1903
Creator:
Swain, Seth Russell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Retainer
Patent for a buggy top retainer designed to keep the top of a buggy stable as it is driving over rough terrain. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Allison, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling
Patent for a coupler designed to connect the pipes of train cars. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Mc.Millan, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plaiting Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved plaiting machine. This design consists in "[t]he combination, of a plaiting apparatus, of a fixed transverse bar, a second transverse bar adapted to be adjusted relative thereto, and means for securing the said adjustment, each of said bars being provided with a transverse metallic strip bent to form inclined ribs" (lines 98-103).
Date:
June 23, 1885
Creator:
Raney, Ollie T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap.
Patent for an improved and simplified trap where "a large number of rats can be caught in succession before the trap has to be emptied, as the trap door arrangement is automatic in regard to resetting" (lines 20-24).
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Willard, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrogenating Oils, Fats, and Fatty Acids, &c.
Patent for improvements made to a hydrogenator of saturated oils, including illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement on Corn and Cotton Planters.
Patent for a combined corn and cotton planter.
Date:
June 23, 1874
Creator:
Domschke, Carles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Preserving Compound
Patent for a new wood preserving compound to protect wood from bugs and prevent decay.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Percival, Herbert Elmer
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vibrating Churn.
Patent for improvements in vibrating churns in which the dasher is given a rapid rotary vibrating movement and with but very little exertion to the operator. (Lines 30-32) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 23, 1891
Creator:
Miller, Luther Alison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load-Transferring Apparatus.
Patent for load transferring apparatus, important for its innovations "applicable to the operation of unloading bulk material from boats or barges and of transferring said material to stationary bins or ships at sea" (lines 11-15).
Date:
June 23, 1914
Creator:
Hildebrand, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leg-Protector.
Patent for leg-protectors or overalls for cotton-pickers to wear to protect them from the ground. Waterproof material covers the legs of the wearer with leather reinforcement outside the knees. There is spacing around the waste for a belt, and regular fabric forms the rest of the overalls.
Date:
June 23, 1896
Creator:
Herbelin, Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Top Support
Patent for a vehicle top support. Illustration included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Allen, Luther L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for a pump and is designed to be of simple construction and production.
Date:
June 23, 1903
Creator:
Hall, Sam N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vapor-Burners.
Patent for an improvement in vapor burners used in self-generating gas burners.
Date:
June 23, 1874
Creator:
Sawyer, Frederick A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Bucket.
Patent for a new and improved well-bucket. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the upper bucket and the lower external bucket, the former having a central vertical tube adapted to receive the rod for operating the valve of the lower bucket, and the spring arranged around the said rod" (lines 5-10).
Date:
June 23, 1885
Creator:
Arnold, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vertical Steam-Pump.
Patent for improvements in steam-pumps, of which “are adapted to compress a liquefiable gas—such as that of ammonia—to a state of partial liquefaction, the pressure being subsequently removed and the liquefied refrigerating agent expanding through tubes and chambers, and the cooling effect produced by the volatile liquid again assuming its gaseous state is utilized for the absorption of heat.” (Lines 10-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 23, 1891
Creator:
Robinson, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Puller, Seeder, and Pulverizer
Patent for an implement for pulling stalks, seeding, planting, and pulverizing the ground. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Bogue, Robert Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Puller, Seeder, and Pulverizer
Patent for an implement for pulling stalks, seeding, planting, and pulverizing the ground. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Bogue, Robert Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Removing Chips from Mortises.
Patent for a new and improved chisel. This design "consist[s] of a body portion which is taped from its shank to near its point, the said point being provided with a barbed portion having a round swell" (lines 57-61).
Date:
June 23, 1885
Creator:
Winzenreid, Godfrey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Carrier.
Patent for improvements in trace-carriers in which it would “provide each with a buckle or similar means that can be attached to the back-band of a harness for horses. The purpose is to provide means to a trace-chain which may be readily inserted in the carrier to prevent from removal, either accidentally or otherwise, so long as the carrier remains in position for service.” (Lines 12-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 23, 1891
Creator:
Barton, Samuel Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Knee Pad
Patent for a pneumatic knee pad. Illustration included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Gibbs, Paalgo P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plowshare, of cutting-knives secured to the rear end thereof and extending rearwardly therefrom in an upward direction, and a bar connecting the mold-board and landside and arranged below the cutting knives" (lines 68-73).
Date:
June 23, 1885
Creator:
Adair, Richard Harding
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulfuric-Acid Process of Extracting Precious Metals From Solutions
Patent for "new and useful Imporivements in Processes of Recovering Precious Metals from Their Solutions, and which I designate as the 'Sulfuric-Acid Process;' [...] to separate the precious metals from their cyanid solutions in a rapid and thorough matter and to recover the precious metals from solutions thereof." (lines 5-8 & 22-26)
Date:
June 23, 1903
Creator:
Bahn, Gustavus A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Expressing Box.
Patent for a new and improved oil-expressing box. In this design, "the follower is adapted to fit the box, so as to obviate the need of any joint-closing device, and the face of the follower at its side edges is raised to better confine the bag in place, and at its center or central portion is channeled and provided with a false bottom to provide for the escape of the oil" (lines 24-31).
Date:
June 23, 1885
Creator:
Cathcart, Rodney S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History