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Artificial-Stone Composition
Patent for "an artificial stone adapted for all purposes to which natural stone can be applied, and which can be given any desired shape while in a plastic state, or carved and polished after hardening" (lines 12-18).
Date:
January 28, 1890
Creator:
Blackmon, Albert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth.
Patent for a new and useful artificial tooth for "supplying missing teeth or crowning roots" (line 10 -11).
Date:
January 11, 1898
Creator:
Carroll, Houston Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artist's Easel and Attachable Rest.
Patent for a new and improved easel and rest. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rest . . . of the bar pivoted to [a] holder by bolt, the perforated bar pivoted to [another] bar by [another] bolt, and the easel united to the [first] bar by a suitable round bolt" (lines 97-101).
Date:
January 22, 1889
Creator:
Johnson, John Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ash Sifter
Patent for receptacle of ashes and sifter to separate unconsumed particles of coal and retain dust.
Date:
January 3, 1900
Creator:
Hart, Sara C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobiles
Patent for a spring motor attachment for automobiles.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Carroll, Houston M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cotton Plows.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists, "with the plow-stock provided with a staple near the lower end of the standard, having an opening formed with a series of parallel sides, and a staple on the beam . . . consisting of a series of bails of the fender-plate rigidly secured to the rod, the lower end of said rod being formed in cross-section of a series of parallel sides, said end adapted to fit and be adjusted in said staple, the upper end of the rod being adapted to be adjusted in any one of the bails of the staple" (lines 7-18).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Collier, Johnathan T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Disk Harrows.
Patent for improvements in disk harrows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 10, 1889
Creator:
Moffitt, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Laundry-Extractors
Patent for a time cut-off and brake attachment for laundry extractors for preventing accidents. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 23, 1912
Creator:
Moore, Robert Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Lead-Pencils.
Patent for a calendar that attaches permanently to a lead pencil and wraps securely when not being viewed.
Date:
January 1, 1901
Creator:
Masters, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Pipes
Patent for an attachment for pipes. Illustration included.
Date:
January 31, 1911
Creator:
Charles, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows
Patent for "improvements in attachments for plows for the purpose of cutting roots, sods, and the like, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed attachment which not only provides a suitable cutting implement but likewise includes a removable landslide." (9-15)
Date:
January 25, 1916
Creator:
Reeves, Wesley L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows
Patent for a plow attachment that is easy to use, does not "require the use of a supplemental beam or handle" (lines 11-12), and can be used with different makes of plows
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Nunnally, Robert Bruce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Plows And Cultivators.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements for plows and cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Hardeman, James Maxwell & Belt, Charles Tighman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Adjustable Feeder Valve
Patent for fluid pressure regulation valves.
Date:
January 30, 1917
Creator:
Hard, Raymond E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Band-Brake for Railway-Cars
Patent for "a brake of simple and inexpensive construction, that may be readily attached to steam or tramway cars, that is automatic in its working, and to do away with the brake-beams now employed, which through their breaking down are two-thirds of the causes of car derailments" (lines 19-26).
Date:
January 27, 1891
Creator:
Inglis, Thomas & Schiermann, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved automatic car brake. This design "consists, first, in the combination of the draw-heads . . . connecting-rods . . . and a partially-rotating shaft provided with suitable slotted cams, which cams are attached to the brake-beams, so that when the draw-heads are forced inward or drawn out the brakes will move out of contact with the wheels; second, in the combination, with the slotted cams and a mechanism for moving them, of the rods which are connected thereto, and which pass through the brake-beams, the sliding sleeves, the springs, and the nuts" (lines 13-27).
Date:
January 22, 1884
Creator:
Miller, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Damper
Patent for "an attachment for stove-dampers whereby said dampers will be automatically moved, in order that the fire may be maintained at a predetermined heat" (lines 9-13).
Date:
January 31, 1888
Creator:
Beauchamp, William A. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Alarm.
Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and durable automatic electric alarm that allows people in house or hotel rooms, mines, ships, shops, etc. to signal for another person. The alarm is wired to a clock so it can be programmed to go off at a certain time.
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Stansel, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Alarm.
Patent for an automatic electric alarm meant to be hooked up to an automatic dry-pipe sprinkler system, and protects against fire. The alarm goes off when the air in the sprinkler pipes falls below a predetermined level. This invention also signals an alert when there is a leak in the pipes, and is an improvement on the circuit-wires for similar alarms.
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Williams, George Bayley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Film-Mover
Patent for an automatic film mover which allows film in a projector to be automatically moved forwards and in reverse.
Date:
January 12, 1915
Creator:
Edmond, Berger & Barnes, Ned E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Firing Device for Explosive Shells.
Patent for automatic firing device where "an explosive shell may be caused to travel any distance within the range of the shell through the air without exploding" (lines 14-17).
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
McCombs, Orville K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Oiler
Patent for an automatic oiler for railroad cars.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Adams, Richard Field
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway Switch.
Patent for providing the means for a switch to be actuated which will allow trains to enter or exit a siding of the track.
Date:
January 22, 1918
Creator:
Gullion, Robert, A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Relief Valve for Pneumatic Seed Cotton Distributers.
Patent for a valve that attaches to a flue upon a pneumatic-seed cotton distributor. Includes illustrations.
Date:
January 6, 1903
Creator:
Wade, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History