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Aeroplane.
Patent for an aeroplane with a propeller, which is "pivotally mounted and adjustable into different positions relative to the planes in order to produce either a rising movement or thereof or a driving movement in a horizontal or other plane" (lines 26-30).
Date:
September 19, 1911
Creator:
Andrae, Ernest H.; Andrae, E. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Fuel
Patent for artificial fuel made from coal.
Date:
July 19, 1904
Creator:
Thomas, Adelaide M.
System:
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Bed Spring.
Patent for a new and improved bed-spring. This design consists in "the adjustable tie that connects the springs beneath the slats. This device is simple, cheap, convenient, and durable. It is adjustable to slats placed at different distances apart, and will remain in position when placed upon the slats, holding the diagonal rows of springs in a straight line, causing the springs to remain uniform all over the bed" (lines 72-80).
Date:
May 19, 1885
Creator:
Davis, Charles Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved car brake. This design "consists in a novel combination and arrangement of certain mechanical appliances by means of which the brakes of a railway-car are automatically operated by the pushing and pulling action of the draw-head, and which are applicable to any ordinary system of brake-levers and without interfering with the operation of the ordinary hand-brake" (lines 10-17).
Date:
December 19, 1882
Creator:
Henson, John Wesley; Hudson, Benjamin Franklin & Smith, Sydney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for car-coupling. The object of this invention is to provide an improved automatic car-coupling of simple, durable, and effective construction that will permit the necessary longitudinal and lateral play of the coupling-link to correspond with inequalities of the track, facilitate the turning of curves, and enable the coupling to accommodate itself to draw-heads of unequal height.
Date:
January 19, 1892
Creator:
Lemon, Eli Jeremiah
System:
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Boiler-Cleaning Compound.
Patent for a boiler-cleaning compound made up of "an improved compound having sodium hydrate for a base, and having certain subordinate ingredients whereby its efficiency is increased, and whereby the action of the sodium hydrate is so modified that no detriment to the boiler iron will result" (lines 10-16).
Date:
February 19, 1895
Creator:
Hill, Martin L.
System:
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Aeroplane-Kite.
Patent for a new aeroplane-kite which can be "readily dismantled and folded for shipping and easily assembled and placed in position for flying without the use of numerous fastenings and detachable parts, thereby making for simplicity and practicability" (lines 12-17). Also includes wind tunnels and a fuselage frame which is so easily assembled that a child can do it.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
McLaughlin, James T.
System:
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Boll-Breaker and Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for improvements to the boll breaker and cotton cleaner by changing the construction and arrangement of parts. The patent uses air pressure to move the bolly cotton through the boll breaker and cotton cleaner chambers.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Gillespie, Solomon E.
System:
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Wire Fence
Patent for wire fence. Illustration included.
Date:
April 19, 1904
Creator:
Hughes, Wallace B. & Samuels, Joe
System:
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Vapor Burner.
Patent for a new and improved vapor burner. This design consists, "with the mixing-chamber having a burner connected therewith, of a water chamber and an oil chamber arranged beneath the said mixing chamber, the threaded tube seated in the bottom wall of the water-chamber and extending up into the mixing-chamber, and the air-induction tube leading from beneath the oil-chamber up through the threaded connecting-tube to the mixing chamber" (lines 112-121).
Date:
August 19, 1890
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Drury T.
System:
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Machine For Cutting Thong Holes
Patent for a machine for cutting thong holes. "This invenetion relates to leather-working machines, and more particularly to machines for cutting holes in leather for the purpose of sewing in thongs" (7-10). Illustration included.
Date:
September 19, 1905
Creator:
Eberle, Charles
System:
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Machine For Elevating And Feeding Seed Cotton
Patent for a machine for elevating and feeding seed cotton. Illustration included.
Date:
December 19, 1905
Creator:
Benefield, Chauncey R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Loose-Leaf Binder.
Patent for a loose-leaf binder for records that does not require removing previously inserted pages to add new ones and secures them in place with a screw lock on the paper holding rings. When the book is full, the whole binder may be locked in place as a form of permanent binding and may only be opened with a key.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Parry, Rees F.
System:
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Improvement in land-drag and clod-crusher.
Patent for an implement to crush clogs of dirt. Designed to be an improvement on the clod-crusher and drag for which Letters Patent No. 177,476 was granted.
Date:
September 19, 1876
Creator:
Crockett, John M.
System:
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Process for Reduction of Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Esters
Patent for saturated fatty acid reduction using hydrogen, a palladium group catalyzer, and a fat solvent.
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Maryott, Carlton H
System:
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Process of and Means for Producing Moving Pictures
Patent for the fixture in whichs cells or images could be placed to make the showinf of a film easier, with supplemental drawings that give suggestion for storage and any additional usages.
Date:
September 19, 1916
Creator:
Sudmann, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine.
Patent for "a high-speed rotary engine wherein the steam-impelled wheel shall revolve in a horizontal plane within an upright open cylinder." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Slaughter, Joel C.
System:
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Process of Treating Cotton-Stalks
Patent for a low cost method of treating cotton-stalks to be used for similar purposes to hemp and other similar fibers.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Jones, Levander D.; Deacon, Herbert D. & Marvin, Zebina E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Device for Concentrating Vision.
Patent for an optical device proposed to replace lenses and goggles. Instead of lenses, this device has circular shutters (much like a camera) that forces direct vision and eliminates peripheral vision for concentration and focus.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Compere, Dolphus E.
System:
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Surface-Treating Machine
Patent for a machine that treats surfaces. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
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Surface-Treating Machine.
Patent for a surface treating machine that improves support, where the surface treating member is "driven by intermediate means from a motor displaced from the member, together with means of effecting adjustments of the surface treating member with relation to the work" (lines 13-15), with illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Device.
Patent for a surface cleaning device that provides a continuously moving surface treating member which is bodily adjustable in a suitable support.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Clark, Alex A.
System:
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Storm and Refrigerator Cellar.
Patent for a storm and refrigerator cellar made of metal, which is installed in the ground and has a water jacket space in between two layers to allow for temperature regulation and timbers attaching it to the ground to prevent movement if the soil is disturbed by water or other means.
Date:
April 19, 1910
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
System:
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Electrically-Operated Latch and Door
Patent for electrically operated latch and door " and particularly to a construction for primarily operating a latch to release the door, the movement of which latch establishes circuit through a door-opening mechanism.(lines 11-15)
Date:
May 19, 1903
Creator:
Chambers, Joseph, Jr.
System:
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