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Machine For Removing Insects From Plants Or The Like
Patent for a machine for removing insects from plants or the like. Illustration included.
Date:
July 26, 1904
Creator:
Busseell, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Motor.
Patent for an internal combustion engine which "embodies an improved construction of cylinders and connections between the pistons and the crank shaft" (lines 23-25) and which "will be simple, light, composed of comparatively few parts and capable of generating great power" (lines 28-31).
Date:
May 26, 1914
Creator:
Brown, Jared V., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "consists in the combination of a slotted lever provided with points at one end to catch against the side of the post and a hook over which one end of the chain is fastened, a sliding frame, a reel or drum, pawls, a guiding-pulley, a wire or chain, to which the clamp is secured, and a chain for fastening the stretcher to the post . . . [it] is to provide a slotted handle a sliding frame . . . so that when the strain of the wire being stretched is brought to bear upon the frame it will tighten" (lines 13-26).
Date:
July 26, 1887
Creator:
Dunbar, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for "improvements in wheels particularly designed for use on harvesters in heavy or muddy ground." (Lines 8-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 19, 1891
Creator:
Stroud, Wiley N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load Lifting Device
Patent for improved load-lifting devices.
Date:
December 26, 1916
Creator:
Trigg, Van H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switching Device
Patent for an electric switch for railways. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 26, 1907
Creator:
Posey, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Alarm
Patent for a new and useful automatic fire-alarm to "provide an improved alarm of this character especially designed for use in hotels and other large buildings having a large number of rooms" (line 8 -13).
Date:
October 26, 1897
Creator:
Staples, John & Spake, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a resilient vehicle wheel that is made with a rigid frame and springier spokes.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Watts, Robert L. & Onstead, Augustus G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History