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Improvement in Targets for Shooting-Galleries
Patent for a shooting gallery target that releases balls when hit in the center.
Date:
May 29, 1877
Creator:
Hoshall, David W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Time-Signal for Telephones
Patent for standard time-signaling instruments and consists of "an instrument for and a manner of signaling standard time through an entire system or systems of telephones."(lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 29, 1882
Creator:
Oram, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Call Box.
Patent for reduction of movements in an improved telephone call box with illustrations.
Date:
January 29, 1884
Creator:
Oram, John M.; Sutton, Henry M. & Garrett, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wash Boiler.
Patent for a new and improved wash-boiler. This design "consists in, first, the combination of the boiler and revolving drum placed therein, with the steam-generator secured to the bottom of the boiler, and a steam motor or engine for revolving the drum; second, the combination of the boiler, a revolving-drum placed therein, and the steam-generator with a tank for clear water, and a suitable chamber and valves for connecting the tank and generator together" (lines 13-22).
Date:
September 29, 1885
Creator:
Wilson, Homer T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Arc Lamp.
Patent for a new and improved electric-arc lamp. This design is "for utilizing a part of the magnetic field of the electro-magnet to act as a retarding medium or a brake to the carbon-holder, which consists of a system of gear-wheels provided with a ratchet and pawl . . . actuated from rack-teeth cut in the side of the upper-carbon rod, on the last spindle of which is adjustably secured a disk of soft iron or other magnetic material, so located as to be within the influence of the magnetic field of one end of the electro-magnet" (lines 36-47).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus
Patent for "a more simple, efficient, and convenient arrangement than has hitherto been known" for fire extinguishers (lines 16-17).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Stamps, William Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree.
Patent for an all-metal one-piece whiffletree of "strength, economy, durability, and lightness" (lines 21-22) with solid metal ends that interlock with trace-hooks and prevent "the trace-coupling from becoming accidentally disconnected" (lines 26-27), including illustrations.
Date:
November 29, 1892
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Guard for Cars.
Patent for a safety-guard for cars that use a flexible netting in front of the car and has a double frame for support. It folds compactly when not in use.
Date:
January 29, 1895
Creator:
Champlin, William B., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin.
Patent for a cotton gin that removes lint-cotton from the saws using an air-suction mechanism instead of a brush, which pose a fire hazard and can impair the gin's effectiveness. An air-blast mechanism is also an ineffective method of cleaning lint-cotton from the saws. The air-suction mechanism sucks "the lint-cotton directly from the rear portions of the saw-teeth independently of and without a brush, and an apparatus for preventing the withdrawn lint-cotton from passing into and through the air-suction apparatus" (lines 84-89).
Date:
September 29, 1896
Creator:
Graber, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current-Controler or Rheostat.
Patent for an electric-current control or rheostat to be used when a "close, accurate, and absolute graduation of the current is necessary" (lines 15-16), in places "where a very delicate graduation is necessary either in passing the plain galvanic current or where the current is used for producing anesthesia" (lines 19-21).
Date:
December 29, 1896
Creator:
Werner, Ernest Emil
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Strainer.
Patent for improvement to strainer that contains a detachable connection for a culinary strainer for tea or coffee pots, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
October 29, 1901
Creator:
Sidoti, Antonio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for an acetylene gas generator, which is chiefly operated by the fall of a gas-bell.
Date:
July 29, 1902
Creator:
Ray, Samuel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Brace for Doors or Gates and Cover for Same
Patent for an adjustable brace for doors or gates. It is designed to prevent sagging.
Date:
September 29, 1903
Creator:
Shields, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Couch
Patent for a couch. This design is meant to be mouse proof. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Hardtmann, Julius R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Blower
Patent for a fan blower. The invention is designed to provide the maximum amount of air at the minimum amount of power. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Temporary Binder
Patent for temporary binder. Illustration included.
Date:
March 29, 1904
Creator:
Exline, Marcus Page
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hoe and Edge-Trimmer.
Patent for a tool that combines a how and edge-trimmer in one. The tool "may be conveniently used for trimming the edges of lawns, walks, and flower-beds and which may also be used as a weeding scuffle-hoe and as a sod-cutter" (lines 11-14) including illustrations
Date:
August 29, 1905
Creator:
Hough, James C. & Oldham, J. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grapple
Patent for a grapple. This invention is designed to engage a building block so as to prevent injury from accidental disengagement. Illustration included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Smith, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gripper Creaser For Printing Presses
Patent for a gripper creaser for printing presses. Illustration included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Morrison, John R. & Morrison, L. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holder.
Patent for a copy holder with a firmer clamp and a better support for the line indicating bar than previous versions.
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Flynn, Melvina L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chafing-Iron
Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Labadie, Victor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Irrigation-Pipe
Patent for an irrigation pipe designed to prevent clogging. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Wiggins, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto-Organ
Patent for an organ that can be operated by vehicles or windmills. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 29, 1910
Creator:
England, James Ross
System:
The Portal to Texas History