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Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a spring cushioned tire. The springs are positioned between the wheel ferry and the tread.
Date:
August 30, 1921
Creator:
Allan, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for new and useful improvements to the Vehicle-Wheel. Tire may be formed into a disk wheel constructed with nuts, bolts, rivets, and screws to compensate for any regular and irregular pressure stresses a tire may be subjected to on a road. A further improvement is to provide a more resilient disk wheel to have more durability and longer use on the road.
Date:
April 12, 1921
Creator:
Allan, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grease Cup.
Patent for a grease cup used to lubricate machine parts.
Date:
January 10, 1920
Creator:
Allen, Arthur Chester John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Turning The Young Chronic Into A Young Adult: A Model Of Treatment And Placement For The Young Adult Chronic
A report on a program that was started at the San Antonio State Hospital for young adults with severe chronic mental illness to help them to become as successful as possible.
Date:
October 1, 1986
Creator:
Allen, Pauline O. & Menchaca, Enrique S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for a Vehicle-Wheel. This patent is an improvement over the other patents that this inventor submitted before. It will improve and strengthen the wheel by replacing rivets and bots, and instead use clips and springs.
Date:
May 18, 1920
Creator:
Allen, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmitting-Gear for Windmills.
Patent for an improved transmitting-gear for windmills "which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to impart a long stroke to the pump-rod or other device to be actuated" (lines 11-14), including one illustration.
Date:
January 22, 1901
Creator:
Allison, Jesse H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Railway-Tie.
Patent for a metallic railway tie, which can expand and hold the track in place.
Date:
April 5, 1910
Creator:
Allsbrooks, William Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Apparatus.
Patent for cotton-picking apparatus. This apparatus supports complete removal of the cotton from plant without foreign objects or harm to plant.
Date:
November 8, 1921
Creator:
Alvin, Alleyne D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and efficient improved twin-jaw coupling that couples automatically and easily uncouples. Operators do not need to go between cars to uncouple the cars. "A further object of the invention is in the operation of uncoupling to open the knuckle after releasing the same in order to have the knuckle in position predatory to coupling" (lines 16-19).
Date:
September 26, 1893
Creator:
Anderson, Anders Peder
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parcel-Carrier for Bicycles.
Patent for improvements in parcel carriers for bicycles in which the parcel carriers can attach/detach easily and is adaptable to different types of bicycle handlebars; includes illustration.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Apple, William M.
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
Lifting Jack
Patent for lifting jack used to lift vehicles.
Date:
January 18, 1916
Creator:
Applewhite, Scott C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Scrapers.
Patent for a horse-drawn excavator that includes a scoop attached to wheels.
Date:
June 16, 1874
Creator:
Arcos, Ignacio
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Submarine Telescope.
Patent for submarine telescope using a pair of longitudinal tubes, mounted lens, rigid rods, electric light bulb, and chains for securing to the boat. Intended as useful improvements to submarine telescopes with the objection to assist in locating submerged objects. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1919
Creator:
Armstrong, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for "an improved lifting-jack designed expressly for track-levelers, although the construction may be varied for other purposes." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 12, 1896
Creator:
Arnold, Raiford A.
Object Type:
Patent
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle wheel. This design is "to improve the felly-expanding devices, to provide a strong, durable, and efficient metallic connection between the spoke and felly, to provide novel means whereby the expanding movement of the felly is amplified by a partial rotation of a screw, and to otherwise improve vehicle-wheels" (lines 13-20).
Date:
December 16, 1890
Creator:
Ashford James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ground-Water Availability of the Lower Cretaceous Formations in the Hill Country of South-Central Texas
Report on groundwater availability of the lower cretaceous formations in the hill country of South-Central Texas. It describes the geology of the area, water quality, and the Trinity Group aquifer.
Date:
January 1983
Creator:
Ashworth, John B.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Decorticating Fibrous Leaves of Plants.
Patent for a machine that decorticates fibrous material from leaves and plants designed to be of low manufacturing cost and light enough to be carried on pack animals.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Askew, Joel Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scale
Patent for a scale that is used for weighing hay prior to feeding it into a baling press. Illustration included.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Aue, Herman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector
Patent for a lightweight protector for pneumatic tires, providing dust- and waterproofing, as well as providing protection from puncture.
Date:
October 24, 1911
Creator:
Aue, Rudolph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Nozzle Holder.
Patent for a hose nozzle holder, particularly for garden hoses, with illustrations.
Date:
December 23, 1913
Creator:
Austin, Hebert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road Building Machine
Patent for a road building machine comprised of multiple mechanisms including a blast furnace, mixing chambers, and chemical tanks.
Date:
December 6, 1921
Creator:
Austin, Stephen F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Honey
Patent for an apparatus for extracting honey. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Avant, Leonidas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History