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Buttoning and Gripping Device for Artificial Arms
Patent for a gripping device that attaches to an artificial arm. The two main elements consist of a support structure with a jaw, and another element with a movable jaw. A buttoning device is mounted to the structure and functions independently of the two jaws.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Corley, Quentin D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim
Patent for a wagon wheel design that features a removable rim, which is fixed to the felly-band by a series of studs and iron bosses. The design provides that, as the wheel turns, the rim is locked onto the felly-band.
Date:
March 16, 1920
Creator:
Rhodes, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Stirrup.
Design for a stirrup has an approximate U-shape with upright side arms.
Date:
September 27, 1898
Creator:
Bantz, Frederick W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Boll Breakers and Cleaners
Patent for a new mechanism that combines the processes of boll breaking and cleaning into one apparatus including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 1, 1915
Creator:
Kinne, Tempel, L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing Ring for Pistons.
Patent for packing ring for pistons, particularly of the type known as split rings, whereby when the ring is assembled on the piston and in the cylinder the split portion of the ring is transversely closed to prevent leakage of gases or vapors.
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Torrance, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Killer.
Patent for poultry-killer that makes killing poultry easy for even timid and unskilled people.
Date:
September 6, 1921
Creator:
Rece, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Steering Mechanism for Automobiles
Patent for safety steering mechanism for cars having steering gears actuated by cranks on the steering post.
Date:
November 8, 1915
Creator:
Lyles, Andrew C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Set.
Patent for a saw-set, in particular a cross cut saw, that provides a method to manually operate the saw without use of a hammer or any other tool. Also allows the saw to be adjusted to fit different blade thicknesses.
Date:
January 27, 1914
Creator:
Simmons, James I. & Tresp, August P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stabilizer for Flying-Machines.
Patent for Stabilizer for Flying Machines. "The object of the invention being to provide simple and effective means upon the lateral margins of a main plane or supporting surface operating automatically upon the lateral oscillation of the machine in either direction to restore it to a horizontal or balanced position" (lines: 9 -16).
Date:
January 28, 1911
Creator:
Andrae, Ernst H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter
Patent for a machine with a removable and adjustable blade that will cut stalks of various heights with efficiency and accuracy.
Date:
April 22, 1915
Creator:
McNally, Frank A.; Gardner, Henry M. & Gardner, Hugh H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tramper
Patent for a cotton tramper that uses a continuously-moving crank arm to achieve the reciprocating motion of the tramper head, instead of tripping devices that reverse its direction. This makes the design safer for workmen to operate.
Date:
March 2, 1920
Creator:
Ross, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather-Strip
Patent for weather-strip. The device is attached to windows/ doors and prevents moisture from entering the structure. The device creates a seal between the outside and inside environments which prevents other forms of moisture getting under the doors and windows.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Cross, Ralph Waldo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Bit.
Patent for Well-Drilling Bit designed to cut faster, disassemble for easier sharpening, and reduce cost.
Date:
June 20, 1921
Creator:
Smith, Primus W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Washer
Patent for a well washer that has a pair of packets formed from fabric and arranged to expand against the casing by pressure of the cleaning fluid before its delivery to the washer pipe.
Date:
July 12, 1921
Creator:
Crotto, Frank E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker.
Patent for nutcracker using lever-activation to increase the leverage while nut cracking, including instructions and illustrations
Date:
December 5, 1922
Creator:
Pitman, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Hairbrush
Patent for an improved electric hairbrush having an insulated electrical heating element and separately charged electrically conductive metallic bristles. The hairbrush is designed to straighten hair and/or to electrically treat a user's hair and scalp with a low-voltage current. A device in the handle allows the user to regulate the heating of the element.
Date:
November 28, 1922
Creator:
Harvey, Birdie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hosiery Spat.
Patent for hosiery spat that provides feet and ankle "protection when fancy 'open work' or thin hosiery is worn." (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1922
Creator:
von S.S. Blum, Elisa
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Device
Patent for improvements to the measuring device used to ascertain the depth of a well.
Date:
May 23, 1922
Creator:
Bevel, Jack H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traffic Signal.
Patent for an illuminated turn signal attached to the frame of a car. The signal is shaped like a hand and can be raised or lowered by a lever behind the steering wheel.
Date:
May 9, 1922
Creator:
Jones, Theodoric
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmission Mechanism
Patent for a power transmission with improvements to mechanisms related to frame adjustment, lubrication, motion transmission, and speed gearing, among others.
Date:
May 2, 1922
Creator:
Mays, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Protecting Device.
Patent for combination lock for safes or vaults with added mechanism for dispensing a gas to deter robberies.
Date:
April 25, 1922
Creator:
Bumpass, Leonard E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Counterbalancing and Adjustable Sash for Windows.
Patent for window sashes made of two separate sections, one for the upper portion and the other for the lower portion of a window. Each sash section can be operated independently from the other by mechanisms on the right and left side of the window.
Date:
February 7, 1922
Creator:
Peaden, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Water Heater
Patent for improvements to electric water heaters adapted for heating small bodies of water. The interior walls of the cylinders in the heating unit are perforated so that water can freely circulate through and between them.
Date:
February 7, 1922
Creator:
Stephens, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Catching Device
Patent for an improvement in fish-catching devices which provides a bait-holding device in a horizontal position and the ability to completely conceal the fish-catching device within the bait, including illustrations.
Date:
February 7, 1922
Creator:
Riza, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History