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Metallic Flue
Patent for metallic flue. Illustration included.
Date:
November 9, 1909
Creator:
Armstrong, Layton D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Picker.
Patent for a new and improved fruit picker. This design consists in "two bags or receptacles [which] are secured upon an endless chain or cord, which passes over a pulley at the top of the pole of the picker and under a pulley near the lower end of the pole, so that the weight of one fruit picked and received in the bag will draw the other bag upward ready to receive another fruit, while the fruit in the descended bag may be removed from the said bag, which will thus be ready to ascend, when another fruit is picked" (lines 24-34).
Date:
November 23, 1886
Creator:
Arnold, Hudson H. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for improvement in cultivators in which the plows can be adjusted by width, height and laterally to regulate the depth and angle of inclination. The plows, which can be operated by a foot device, may be simultaneously thrown from the ground. (Lines 73-76) Illustration is included.
Date:
November 2, 1869
Creator:
Baker, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup
Patent for a stirrup. Illustration included.
Date:
November 7, 1905
Creator:
Bantz, Frederick Wallace
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self-Adjusting Umbrella-Holder.
Patent for a self-adjusting umbrella holder that is worn on the body to allow the users hands to be free.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Bell, Joseph E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Table.
Patent for a new and improved folding table. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a table having a triangular top plate, of the hinged triangular leaf, the sliding strip, the leg, and the brace-rod, secured on the inner end of the strip and on the leg" (lines 60-64).
Date:
November 4, 1884
Creator:
Bolles, Charles Morris
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Miter and Framing Square.
Patent for a new and improved miter and framing square. This design "consists in the improved arrangement and construction of graduated scales, whereby I attain superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, inexpensiveness, and general efficiency" (lines 11-15).
Date:
November 20, 1883
Creator:
Bolles, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent for "an improved method of manufacturing a buckle to secure the different part of harness, saddle, or bridle trimmings, by means of mechanical connections that will obviate the use or necessity or stitches or sewing of any kind, and yet retain the adjacent parts firmly and with a secure engagement." (Lines 18-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 21, 1876
Creator:
Bond, Virgil A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sealing Device for Cocks.
Patent for a device that seals or locks valves or cocks when in operation and not in operation to prevent connection interference.
Date:
November 2, 1915
Creator:
Caldwell, Charles A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alternative Fuel Transit Buses: DART's (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) LNG Bus Fleet Final Results
In 1998, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, a public transit agency in Dallas, Texas, began operating a large fleet of heavy-duty buses powered by liquefied natural gas. As part of a $16 million commitment to alternative fuels, DART operates 139 LNG buses serviced by two new LNG fueling stations.
Date:
November 7, 2000
Creator:
Chandler, K.; Norton, P. & Clark, N.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pliers.
Patent for pliers for use by opticians in assembling glasses.
Date:
November 8, 1910
Creator:
Chappel, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Processes of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil
Patent for a process to refine oil, specifically crude, cotton-seed oil, using caustic soda. Includes an explanation of how the process works.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Chisholm, Jesse C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness-Saddle.
Patent for new and useful improvements in harness saddles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 29, 1898
Creator:
Clark, Michael G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle - Nut.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in Axle-Nuts for wagons and carriages.
Date:
November 23, 1897
Creator:
Collins, Corties
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sluice-Gate.
Patent for a sluice gate that is tapered in shape.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Creager, William M. & Harry, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dish-Washing Machine.
Patent for an improved dish-washing machine with removable platforms to hold the dishes to be cleaned and water spraying from both top and bottom of the device, including illustrations.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Crow, Jesse J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve For Smoke-Conveyers And Spark-Arresters.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in valves for smoke conveyers and spark arresters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1899
Creator:
Danan, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "consist[s] of the frame, raised axle, and arch, having at one end the bearing, the transverse shaft carrying the bevel-gear, and journaled in said bearing, and the vertical arm, the said shaft also carrying a sprocket-wheel, which is connected to a similar wheel upon the axle by means of the endless chain, the cutter-shaft, journaled at opposite ends in the arms . . . and the removable cutter" (lines 68-77).
Date:
November 4, 1884
Creator:
Daniel, William L. & Daniel, Robbert A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Attachment for Movable Object
Patent for "a means to prevent the retarding of a movable element, such as shovel or disk plows, road rollers and rotatable and reciprocatory devices, when the said element is traveling through or upon an adhering earthy electrical conducting substance" (lines 7-12).
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Dawkins, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Spike.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railroad spikes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 8, 1898
Creator:
Dodson, Roy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printer's Cabinet
Patent for a printer's cabinet. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 28, 1905
Creator:
Dorsey, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Concrete Silos and the Like.
Patent for a mold for concrete silos that improves on efficiency.
Date:
November 9, 1915
Creator:
Doyle, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND CLEANING SEED COTTON
Patent for an improvement to the method of cleaning seeded cotton.
Date:
November 12, 1889
Creator:
ELAM, WILLIAM E.; THOMAS, ROBERT S.; CRAWFORD, DWIGHT H. & HARDWICK, SAUNIE W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Striking Mechanism for Stenographic Writing-Machines.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Striking Mechanism for Stenographic Writing-Machines, of which the following is a specification. Our invention relates to stenographic typewriting machines, and relates more particularly to a striking mechanism for such machines" (lines 6-13).
Date:
November 30, 1915
Creator:
Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History