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Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for a vehicle wheel with a tire that is improved with a spring cushion.
Date:
January 4, 1921
Creator:
Allan, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parcel Carrier Guard for Bicycles
Patent for improved Parcel-Carrier Guard for bicycles. Specifically the patent helps to prevent contact with the parcel carrier guard and the front wheel.
Date:
July 4, 1916
Creator:
Apple, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gasoline and Oil Renovator
Patent for a device that can take the impurities from gasoline and oil, thus making them reusable. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Caen, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gasolene and Oil Filter
Patent for a gasoline and oil filter capable of filtering material in a way that makes in suitable for reuse, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 4, 1918
Creator:
Caen, George, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desk-Ruler.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in desk-rules, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Connett, Matthew F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Food Stamp Management Study Final Report
Final report of the Food Stamp Management Survey conducted by Control Systems Research, Inc. for the Economic Opportunities Development Corporation of San Antonio and Bexar County, Texas.
Date:
March 4, 1971
Creator:
Control Systems Research, Inc.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater.
Patent for a water heater for use in small spaces. This water heater heats water rapidly and is less costly as well as smaller than a standard boiler.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Damm, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Compressing Pump.
Patent for a gas-compressing pump used in refrigeration and ice making. "The object of [the] invention is to reduce the height of a vertical machine, to facilitate access to the parts and relieve the foundation of strains; to reduce to a minimum the angularity of the connecting rod during the latter part of the stroke, and to improve various details of construction" (lines 19-25).
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Farnsworth, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detaching Device.
Patent for a horse-detaching device that attaches to the forward axle of a vehicle. The invention will not affect the seating capacity of the vehicle, and can be used to release the thills of the vehicle quickly if the driver loses control of the horse. The device can be used to guide the vehicle after the horse is released.
Date:
February 4, 1896
Creator:
Friedlander, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Pump
Patent for an automobile tire pump that can be used with any size tire.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Goeth, Richard Anton; Rodgers, Robert B. & Dittmar, John Albert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Flue Cleaner.
Patent for a new and useful boiler flue cleaner, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 4, 1898
Creator:
Hamilton, Ninian B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Cigar-Lighter.
Patent for a cigar lighter in which the cigar is lit on a glowing surface, improves on the ease of operating a cigar lighter, and provides space for an advertisement.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Handshy, Henry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paracentesis Needle or Trocar
Patent for a needle with the purpose of injecting fluids or extracting excess fluids from the body. Includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date:
December 4, 1917
Creator:
Hill, Phillip
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Transmitting Motion.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in means for transmitting motion, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 4, 1898
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H. & Holmgreen, Eugene A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Key.
Patent for a key, which can be produced in quantity but without any of them being able to open the same door.
Date:
February 4, 1908
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Padlock.
Patent for a padlock, which can only be opened with a certain key and prevents the use of many lock-picking devices.
Date:
February 4, 1908
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Device
Patent for a device that can simultaneously grind "several valves of a multi-cylinder engine or motor" (lines 11-12). This device allows the "ready interchangeability, repair and adjustment of the working parts" (lines 16-17).
Date:
February 4, 1919
Creator:
Lohec, Joseph C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latch Mechanism for Spittoon-Covers.
Patent for an improved latch mechanism for sliding covers on spittoons.
Date:
July 4, 1917
Creator:
Lovece, Nicola
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stamp Canceler.
Patent for a new and improved stamp canceler. This design "is to provide a . . . stamp-canceler, which is so constructed that it punctures or perforates the stamp and inks it at the same time, but does not mutilate the letter or other contents of the envelope" (lines 7-12).
Date:
May 4, 1886
Creator:
Luzenberg, Edward A. & Sachs, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Apparatus.
Patent for machines that generate acetylene gas for a "simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, in which the gas is thoroughly washed before entering the service-pipe and in which the water-supply to the generator is controlled by the gas pressure and the carbid kept at all times cooled by surrounding water" (lines 11-17).
Date:
December 4, 1900
Creator:
McGoldrick, William Hamilton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shawl-Strap and Head-Rest
Patent for a head rest to be used in cars and other places and can be attached to a seat or shawl, including illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1879
Creator:
McLane, Hiram H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for making mattresses.
Patent for a machine for making mattresses with compressed lint-cotton inserted into a tick.
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Morgan, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for Oil Burner
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Neuendorff, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filter.
Patent for an improvement in filters to remove impurities from gasoline and oil and to reuse the gasoline and oil. Includes illustrations.
Date:
February 4, 1919
Creator:
Northrup, Early
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History