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Bale-Tie.
Patent for "a bale-tie which may with readiness and case be locked in position upon a bale and which will be positive in operation and thoroughly efiective for the purpose designed"(lines 8-12)
Date:
October 28, 1902
Creator:
Griggs, James Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the draw-head, of an upright or standard secured thereto, a lever pivoted to said upright or standard, a coupling-pin pivoted to said lever, a flat spring secured to the underside of the draw-head and extending outwardly beyond the same, and a chain connecting said lever and spring" (lines 16-22).
Date:
October 28, 1884
Creator:
Pritchett, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Plow.
Patent for improvements on the combination plow that can be converted into a single, double, or three plow, including illustrations.
Date:
October 28, 1890
Creator:
Walton, Jacob Gipson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band Cutter and Feeder.
Patent for an improvement of band-cutters, involving cutting bands and spreading grain in regulated quantities and intervals. Includes illustration.
Date:
October 28, 1890
Creator:
Izard, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cabinets.
Patent for Attachment for Cabinets. An adjustable bracket that attaches to various pieces of cabinetry or furniture for supporting water basins for easy reach.
Date:
October 28, 1913
Creator:
Austin, W. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Hoisting Liquids from Wells.
Patent for an “apparatus for raising liquid from wells by means of a compressed fluid, such as air or other vapors or gas“ (lines 9-12). The apparatus leaves liquid from the well under normal pressure during hoisting or pumping, and allows for varying amounts of liquid to be extracted.
Date:
October 28, 1913
Creator:
McCall, Duncan D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Change-Speed Mechanism for Tractor-Truck Motor-Vehicles
Patent for a machine that can be used either as a truck for traveling over highways or as a tractor for farm work.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Miller, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard
Patent for an improved cattle guard with two parts that is adapted to specifically fit either inside the railroad tracks or alongside them.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Fisher, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump
Patent for an air pump designed to have a strong cylinder and be able to equal quantities of air upon both the upward and downward motion of the piston.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Keating, P. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Valve
Patent for an invention with improvements of devices that employed for controlling the flow of liquid under high pressure which simplify and improve the construction.
Date:
October 28, 1918
Creator:
Cherry, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Treating Petroleum.
Patent for an apparatus that is used to treat petroleum and other heavy hydrocarbons in order to produce gasoline and other liquid fuels.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for an internal combustion engine that improves on an explosive engine with two hollow pistons, one of which slides within the other and both are connected to a triple crank shaft, so that they reciprocate simultaneously in opposite directions. The invention improves on the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts of the explosive engine.
Date:
October 28, 1913
Creator:
Bogusch, Emil Gustave
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for windmill that is cheap and highly efficient with a simple manufacture.
Date:
October 28, 1902
Creator:
Faubion, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers
Patent for improvement for cotton-choppers. Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
October 28, 1879
Creator:
Sauls, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Motor.
Patent for a new and improved hydraulic motor. This design "consists, broadly, in alternately directing a moving column of water or like fluid into two cylinders placed side by side, and containing working-pistons united at their outer ends to crank-arms connecting with the power-shaft and with a cam-wheel operating the cut-off mechanism" (lines 15-22).
Date:
October 28, 1884
Creator:
Woodburn, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Converting Apparatus.
Patent for an apparatus that can be built at moderate cost, which will enable a high rate of commercially efficient work to reduce "the specific gravity of various grades of hyrdo-carbon oils, especially those of a semi-refined character" (lines 22 - 24).
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Adams, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Gear.
Patent for a new and improved steering-gear. A simplistic and inexpensive design that will prevent the transfer of shocks to the steering wheel when traveling in a straight line.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Scheble, Eugene Stiles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Spacer.
Patent for improvement on tie-spacers when loaded on trucks for the process of creosoting ties. Allowing for treating fluid to flow between all sides of each tie when loaded, including illustrations.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Sommerlatte, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for improvements in gates, including illustrations.
Date:
October 28, 1890
Creator:
Austin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for "a washing-machine which will rapidly wash clothes of coarse or fine texture without injury thereto. This object I accomplish by my improved washing-machine, which consists, essentially, of a cylindrical body, a flexible and adjustable wash-board in the lower half thereof, and a corrugated drum rotating in the body above the wash-board" (lines 9-16).
Date:
October 28, 1890
Creator:
Baugh, Reuben P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Finger-Guard for Children.
Patent for a finger guard to keep children from sucking on their fingers. The device is also easy to construct and inexpensive to manufacture.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Cade, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotatable Table.
Patent for a table that has a rotatable central section, on which food is placed. The table is useful in facilitating the access to food for those dining at the table.
Date:
October 28, 1913
Creator:
Bryant, Jesse M. & Lind, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Appliance
Patent for safety appliances and is primarily for when railroad cars encounter broken rails or leave the tracks completely.
Date:
October 28, 1914
Creator:
Jones, Martin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes for Destroying Ants.
Patent for a method of destroying ants by digging a pit beside a colony, filling the hole with combustible materials and poisons, placing a pipe through the hole and into the mound, and then setting the pit ablaze.
Date:
October 28, 1873
Creator:
Dulany, John J. & Dreyer, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History