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Improvement in Machines for Storing the Power of Wind-Engines.
Patent for a machine for storing the power of wind-engines with design specifications and a description of the process and implementation of usage, including illustrations.
Date:
June 25, 1878
Creator:
Everhart, Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for improvements in seed planter and fertilizer distributers: "can be readily and easily adapted to planting seed in drills or check rows, or to distributing fertilizer and in which the operator can always tell where the last hill was planted so that he will know where to commence his next row" (lines 18-23).
Date:
April 25, 1893
Creator:
Kemp, Amos John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Coupling.
Patent for a strong, durable, and simple thill coupling that does not need a spring connection in order to maintain a flexible connection between the thill and axle.
Date:
July 25, 1893
Creator:
Cobb, Woodson D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Fastener for Envelopes.
Patent for a device for attaching a chord on a merchandise envelope or a similar package that provides "a means for permanently holding one end of the chord in an improved and secure manner, and adapted for temporarily securing the free end when desired" (lines 11-14).
Date:
June 25, 1895
Creator:
Scougale, Malcom
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Finder.
Patent for a simple, durable, and easily constructed trolley guide that can be easily attached to an above or below ground trolley that is already in use.
Date:
June 25, 1895
Creator:
Taylor, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Angle-Cock.
Patent for "a new and improved angle-cock so constructed that the plug cannot be turned by an unauthorized person without the knowledge of the engineer in charge of the train." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1896
Creator:
Waldron, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas generators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 25, 1899
Creator:
Bateman, Talbot O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Fastener.
Patent for a new and useful window fastener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 25, 1899
Creator:
James, Will S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Electroplating Small Metallic Articles.
Patent for "apparatus for electroplating small metallic articles, and more particularly certain small clamps used in building fences" (lines 8-11), including illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Shelton, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder-Cock
Allows the cylinder cocks on a steam engine to be opened or closed using a coiled spring instead of steam or air pressure to ensure it is opened only when the engineer wants.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Galey, John Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date:
September 25, 1906
Creator:
Little, Leander H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Siphon
Patent for an automatic siphon. This invention is intended to for the purpose of draining cellars and basements. Illustration included.
Date:
September 25, 1906
Creator:
Ackley, George D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bracing Garment
Patent for a bracing garment. This invention resembles a corset functioning as a body brace. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Crumbly, Lula
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil.
Patent for a steam cooker with steam tight joints.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Daniels, Laura E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Bearing Trolley-Wheel.
Patent for a trolley wheel, which puts less friction on the axle by reducing the movement inside the wheel.
Date:
August 25, 1908
Creator:
Cooksey, William Lynch
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alarm System
Patent for a fire alarm system which activates when a certain temperature is detected by the device.
Date:
May 25, 1909
Creator:
Giese, Leo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Support and Bracket for Shade-Rollers and Curtains
Patent for a support for roller shades and window curtains. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Matrices and Blanks for making Tablets.
Patent for Matrix Blocks.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Bowman, Lloyd.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separable Locking Rack for Driving Mechanism
Patent for separable locking rack for driving mechanism. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Brewster, Bertram F. & Wilson, Walker Scott
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Navigating Apparatus.
Patent for an aerial navigating apparatus with more details of combinations, construction, and presentation of parts.
Date:
July 25, 1911
Creator:
Flanagan, Henry.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rapid-Transit Car
Patent for a rapid transit car that runs on cables in the air.
Date:
June 25, 1912
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Egg Tester.
Patent for "an improved egg tester". (line 14)
Date:
March 25, 1913
Creator:
Smith, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Adjuster for Electric Lights.
Patent for extending and retracting wires that are used to connect a light bulb to power and an illustration.
Date:
November 25, 1913
Creator:
Pritchett, Ponder L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Fender.
Patent for a car fender "adapted to be fitted to an extremity of a street car, and adapted to undergo an automatic swinging motion when an obstacle is encountered, which motion will tend to sweep the obstacle from the track of the car" (lines 10-15). The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Russell, William D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History