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Spark-Arrester
Patent for an improved and simplified spark arrester, which deflects sparks and other products of combustion back into the furnace or into a designated receptacle.
Date:
October 10, 1905
Creator:
Anderson, Oliver Lacy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Lock
Patent for an improvement for window sash locks, with an improved ability to hold windows in place.
Date:
January 10, 1922
Creator:
Brown, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Furnace.
Patent for an improved garbage-furnace which consist of a chamber having a grate for the reception of the garbage, a fire-box at each end, and a sand-box between the fire-boxes below the grate, grate-bars are arranged over the fire-boxes and extending from the bridge-wall, when the fire-boxes are ignited, garbage is introduced through the feed holes, the smoke, gases, fumes & etc. from the burning fuel and the garbage passed through a channel leading to the chimney. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 10, 1891
Creator:
Brownlee, Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Recording Ballot-Box.
Patent for a recording ballot box to "indicate accurately and instantly the result of an election" (line 10-12).
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Buck, James G. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Step.
Patent for a unit which covers the hub of a wheel to provide protection against people "stepping on or 'riding' the hub." (Line 15).
Date:
August 10, 1915
Creator:
Butcher, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrically Operating Door
Patent for electrically operating door.
Date:
March 10, 1903
Creator:
Chambers, Joseph, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screw-Driver and Attachment Therefor.
Patent for a screwdriver with an attachment to hold screws in place while putting together eyeglasses.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Chappel, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Rack.
Patent for improved automobile racks that are elevated to accomplish the following tasks: removing paint from the automobile, and make the automobile more accessible during construction.
Date:
February 10, 1920
Creator:
Cleveland, David P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Stove
Patent for improvements in oil burner stoves.Pertains more to oil stoves with movable burners so that the flame intensity can be adjusted or extinguished.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Cook, Thomas Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery.
Patent for an improvement to batteries, particularly pertaining to their electrochemical components, including an illustration and instructions.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Crowley, Richard Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street and Station Indicator.
Patent for a device that announces names of streets and stations as well as names of business firms or advertising data, including illustrations.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Dilley, John W. & Cook, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book-Stub Holder.
Patent for a check book stub holder. This device holds back used check stubs in a check book.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filing-Cabinet Unit
Patent for a filing cabinet unit. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 10, 1912
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Educational Device
Patent for a combined folding desk, blackboard, scroll, and map cabinet to be used for educational purposes. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 10, 1912
Creator:
Fanning, Sam H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land-Smoother
Patent for instrument used to break clumps of dirt and smooth rough terrain with the use of smoothing blades.
Date:
July 10, 1906
Creator:
Gooing, Martin B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interest-Computing Device.
Patent for a mechanical interest computing device, which is designed to be simple to build, maintain, and operate.
Date:
December 10, 1918
Creator:
Harris, Ira S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump for Hydraulic Presses
Patent for a hydraulic pump that drives at a uniform speed as the pressure of the press increases, and connects the pistons with two pairs of cylinders moving in opposite cycles.
Date:
May 10, 1921
Creator:
Henry, Nelson B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
COUPLING PATENT
This patent is for a new coupling system to connect hollow pipes. It is specifically designed to address issues of vibration, which cause the coupling pin to become damaged.
Date:
July 10, 1919
Creator:
Hiegel, Joseph L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for car coupling in which the coupling is improved upon so that it is "positive and certain in operation, simple in construction, interchangeable in parts, durable in use, cheap in manufacture, and not liable to become deranged or inoperative by rough usage or by the exterior influences of weather and other conditions" (lines 10-15).
Date:
January 10, 1893
Creator:
Huguley, Job C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sound-Producing Maching
Patent for "sound producing instruments and sound imitators and comprises an assemble of a plurality of sound producing instruments all unified through a central control for us in connection with theaters and particularly moving pictures."
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Illo, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties.
Patent for "a perfectly-tight fastening - one that will not slip or give, and one that can be easily and quickly unfastened without cutting the band, or in any way injuring the part." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1876
Creator:
Krieg, Christian
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wall Construction
Patent for the contemplates the erection of a wall formed of superimposed parallel tiers or slabs spaced apart to give the wall the desired thickness.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Long, Clarence W. & Stephens, Joseph. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music Indicator
Patent for a music indicator. This device is readily applied to a piano or other keyed musical instruments in order to properly indicate the various chords, notes, scales, and the like. Illustration included.
Date:
October 10, 1905
Creator:
MacMaster, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-Briquet.
Patent for a fuel briquet formula consisting of coal waste, cotton seed meal, cattle dung, ground flint rock, and coal oil residuum or asphaltum. Is easily transportable, repels moisture, and burns well.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Mannewitz, August M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History