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Advertising- Sign
Patent for new advertising signs that "involves the elements of motion, color, illumination, and mystery" (lines 16-17), including illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1917
Creator:
Craig, Richard Morgan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AUTOMATICALLY BALANCING AEROPLANE
Patent for attaching wings to a car in such a way that the wings will automatically adjust as the car shifts in flight. Detailed description and illustrations are included.
Date:
June 27, 1911
Creator:
Mathiesen, Marius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Flour And Method of Making The Same.
Patent for a new and useful corn-flour and method of making the same.
Date:
192X
Creator:
Garza Gonzales, Pablo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furnace
Patent for improvements of heated air in furnaces.
Date:
June 16, 1899
Creator:
Koehler, Otto & Calmbach, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holder and Tie.
Patent for a holder and tie for laced clothing items such as shoes, leggings and corsets. There is an attachment for articles of clothing to hold the lace.
Date:
July 5, 1921
Creator:
Eva, Addison Hamilton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lantern globe
Patent for lantern globe
Date:
October 10, 1911
Creator:
McCrone, J. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Translating Rotary into Reciprocating Movements
Patent for a machine that translates rotary into reciprocating movements. This invention improves the mechanism of the class including those each of which comprises a rotary element and a reciprocating power imparting element.
Date:
July 12, 1921
Creator:
Stewart, Norris D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Lock
Patent for an improvement in the science of combination locks. Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date:
June 23, 1883
Creator:
Schuetze, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plate-Guard for Secondary Batteries
Patent for Plate-guard for secondary batteries. This invention shall provide a light envelope that prevents acid from damaging outside materials.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Plow.
Patent for improvement to the rotary plow that allows one to operate multiple rotary plows simultaneously.
Date:
August 30, 1921
Creator:
Billingsley, Rennie E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Round-Bale Cotton-Press
Patent for a cotton press with a modified core pin that can be automatically removed from cylindrical bales through use of a hydraulic ram before the bale is expelled from the machine. This helps prevent the bales from coming apart (as would often happen when the core pin was removed by hand), and also has the advantage of creating bales with less dense centers, which aids with drying and helps prevent matting.
Date:
March 9, 1920
Creator:
Taft, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for a Spark-Arrester.
Date:
August 30, 1897
Creator:
Rood, Grenville H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Storage Battery
Patent for dry cell storage battery for use in flash lights.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve
Patent for an improved valve that will allow oil-burning locomotives to be controlled effectively under any circumstance.
Date:
December 3, 1919
Creator:
Trainer, Thomas Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Molding Apparatus.
Patent for a molding apparatus for forming precast concrete units used for constructing monolithic straight and curved walls, floors, ceilings, and other building structures.
Date:
October 31, 1922
Creator:
Nelson, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Semaphore
Patent for a semaphore in the form of a rotatable tubular post for the purpose of signaling traffic conditions at an intersection. The semaphore communicates signals in the form of red or green plates, red or green colored lamplight, and pneumatic whistles, which are triggered by vehicles passing over platforms installed on the road surface near the intersection by means of underground tubes containing chains and pulleys. The actuation of the semaphore is detailed in "parent" application, serial no. 314065.
Date:
October 31, 1922
Creator:
Durán, Arturo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animated Sign
Patent for a display apparatus to be implemented as animated advertising signs which successively display different images by controlling the timing of changes in the colors of light used to flood the front and to backlight the display surfaces. The images are created in such a way that certain elements created in certain colors become absorbed or are made invisible when illuminated by certain colors of light. An apparatus controls the cyclical changes of the colored lights used by the sign.
Date:
September 5, 1922
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Producing Transformation Effects
Patent for a method of creating transformation effects through the use of particular colors of illumination, to be used in the theater, amusement houses, or other performances. The invention involves using lights whose colors can either "absorb" or "wash out" certain objects or designs of the same color while revealing objects of a complementary color.
Date:
September 5, 1922
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake.
Patent for a brake (as it pertains to vehicles), that is operated by hand and that employs the use of brake bands and a drum to alter the momentum of a vehicle.
Date:
May 23, 1922
Creator:
White, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Steering Wheel.
Patent for a foldable steering wheel with the capability of swinging downwardly to an out of the way position to enable the driver to easily occupy or leave his seat.
Date:
May 16, 1922
Creator:
Hanes, Dorris A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Regulating Device.
Patent for speed-regulating devices that gradually increase or decrease the speed of a driven member automatically. This invention is applicable to motion picture film devices to increase or decrease the speed of the reel.
Date:
May 16, 1922
Creator:
McNeel, William Pinkney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Implement
Patent for improvements in Valve-Grinding implements. This improvement is applicable to practically any type of engine or motor and to the different types of valves employed therein. This valve relates to the rotating of the valves of internal combustion engines and the like when the same is being ground to effect a proper seating action.
Date:
April 18, 1922
Creator:
Hood, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch.
Patent for a railway switch to be operated by foot and without structural change to existing construction.
Date:
February 28, 1922
Creator:
Arteaga, Ignacio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Opener
Patent for a can opener which cuts cleanly and rapidly around the outside wall of the can, so as to avoid jagged edges.
Date:
February 14, 1922
Creator:
Minor, Robert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History