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Apparatus for Treating Timber.
Patent for an invention to aid in the treatment of treating timber. The invention is said to "provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient apparatus by means of which railroad cross-ties, fence-posts, and the like may be expeditiously and economically treated by immersion in a bath of some preserving liquid" (lines 16-22) including illustrations.
Date:
July 11, 1905
Creator:
Gerhard, Philip H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Sewing Machines
Patent for an attachment for a sewing machines. Illustration included.
Date:
July 11, 1905
Creator:
Bearden, Jackson Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Computing Device and Weighing-Scale.
Patent for "a simple, economical, and portable combined computing and weighing scale for ordinary use so simple in its operation that an illiterate person can manipulate it with as much facility as one trained to the practical use of more complicated devices" (lines 20-25).
Date:
July 11, 1899
Creator:
Stephens, John H.
System:
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Combined Multiple Weight And Pendulum Scale.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combined multiple weight and pendulum scale and appliance, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 11, 1899
Creator:
Stephens, John H.
System:
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Circulating-Fan
Patent for a circulating fan for cooling rooms. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 11, 1911
Creator:
Jalonick, Hartwell
System:
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Cotton-Picker's Sack
Patent for a sack for cotton pickers. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 11, 1911
Creator:
Kendall, Ernest L.
System:
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Billiard-Ball Holder.
Patent for a simple billiard-ball holder that is meant to "provide a means for holding the balls when not in use, so that they will not fall out of the holder to the floor, and means to provide for the tilting of the holder out of line, so that the balls will roll to the opposite end, and out of the opening into the triangle, thereby saving a good part of the time in taking the balls out of the holder" (lines 20-27).
Date:
July 11, 1893
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for a new bale tie made from metal, with "integral interlocking terminal portions" (lines 25-26), including instructions and illustration. The bale tie is "strong in character, constructed at small cost, of a minimum number of parts, and capable of easy and expeditious manipulation" (lines 18-21).
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
O'Riordan, John Eldridge
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book.
Patent for a checkbook holder that includes a special binder for check stubs, with instructions and illustration. When a new set of checks and binder are inserted into the holder, the old binder of stubs can be easily removed and saved, for receipt purposes.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
Bennett, Paul H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic gas-lighter
Patent for automatic gas lighter, designed for igniting the headlights of auto vehicle, the principle object was to attach a simple automatic lighter to any automobile which is cheaper and reliable.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
Ben F. Keith
System:
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Boring and Mortising Machine.
Patent for a machine to bore square holes in substitute for a chisel and reduce labor, including illustration. The inventor calls it a "Mortise and Tenon Machine."
Date:
July 11, 1848
Creator:
Swingle, Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manufacture of Aluminum Chloride.
Patent for the manufacture of Aluminum Chloride that can be carried out at lower temperatures with aluminum ore or compound, such as bauxite, sulfur and chlorine, and involves no cooking.
Date:
July 11, 1922
Creator:
Hall, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck or Vehicle for Elevated Railways.
Patent for an improved, strong, simple, inexpensive, and durable truck or vehicle for elevated railways that is meant to throw the lateral force of the car-body is exerted vertically downward onto the car's wheels.
Date:
July 11, 1893
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Pole.
Patent for a simple vehicle-pole that has an improved fastening. It consists of a table with a socket, a pole in the socket, arms connected to the table, singletrees attached to the extending ends of the arms, and a running gear.
Date:
July 11, 1893
Creator:
Rohn, Frank G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide
Patent for a compound for destroying weevils, rats and mice.
Date:
July 11, 1882
Creator:
Wheeler, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wave Motor
Patent for an improvement to wave motors, intended to use "the force of waves as motive power for operating machinery" (lines 9-10).
Date:
July 11, 1911
Creator:
Ford, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Forming Wire Bale Ties
Patent for a machine that forms wire bale ties. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 11, 1905
Creator:
Frantz, Ezra A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weight-Motor.
Patent for invention of a machine in which reciprocating motion is converted in to rotary motion with more power. In this invention maximum propelling force is obtained without excessive energy.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
Martinez, Norberto
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Spring
Patent for an improvement to springs "designed particularly for use upon carriages, wagons, and motor or other cars" (lines 11-13).
Date:
July 11, 1911
Creator:
Snow, Arthur Leland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vapor Burner
Patent for a vapor burner. Illustration included.
Date:
July 11, 1905
Creator:
Todd, Clarence C.
System:
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Transmission mechanism
Patent for transmission mechanism of which minimum number of parts are working with uniform force and with multiplied power and without decreasing the strength and durability.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
Martinez, Norberto
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Bucket
Patent for a well bucket. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 11, 1911
Creator:
Thomas, Perry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator for Refrigerators.
Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive ventilator for large refrigerators. It "can be readily applied to an ice box or refrigerator and so constructed that the hot air which is pressed upward is forced through the ventilator and thereby lowering the temperature of the ice box and a consequent saving of ice" (lines 23-28). The ventilator has a valve that releases hot air and automatically closes after the air is released.
Date:
July 11, 1893
Creator:
Netzer, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for a new and improved type of cotton bale tie utilizing an automatic leverr-clasp buckle fastener.
Date:
July 11, 1874
Creator:
Lenard, William Rinulda
System:
The Portal to Texas History