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Automatic Railroad-Switch
Patent for an automatic railroad switch which throws the switch automatically back to the main line after a train has entered a siding.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Toullerton, George Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Lock or Joint
Patent for a bedstead lock or joint. Illustration included.
Date:
August 17, 1901
Creator:
Martin, Mack D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box-Fastener
Patent for a box fastener that works to fasten the lid automatically when the lid is placed on the box.
Date:
January 17, 1893
Creator:
Fisher, Charles N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fan
Patent for mechanical improvements in "automatic fans intended especially for use on beds, whether in houses or in sleeping-cars" (lines 7-9).
Date:
December 17, 1889
Creator:
Comminge, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Air-Compressor.
Patent for an improved Compound Air-Compressor by having four cylinders, in pairings of a high pressure and a low pressure cylinders. The air from the low pressure cylinder will be fed to the high pressure cylinder. The pistons will work in succession rather than simultaneously.
Date:
February 17, 1920
Creator:
Jones, Oceola
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbon Holder for Electric Arc Lamps
Patent for improvements made to the carbon holder for electric arc lamps to improve efficiency in replacing the lamps. To improve upon the current design, the patent illustrates and describes a new level clutch system to allow movement, as opposed to the gravity-based design previously implemented.
Date:
March 17, 1914
Creator:
Lacy, Benjamin Burton & Elrod, Henry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Pump
Patent for centrifugal pump design meant to improve upon past models in which pieces of the pump wear out over time.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Duda, Oswald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment for Motor-Vehicles.
Patent for a draft attachment by which a motor vehicle may "pull itself free when its traction wheels have become embedded in a soft or muddy road" (lines 14-16).
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Worsham, Louis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
April 17, 1906
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N. & Lawlor, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Sash.
Patent for an improvement on window sashes allowing for easily removable window panes. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 17, 1903
Creator:
Beazley, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck.
Patent for a truck or hand cart useful for loading and unloading at depots. This hand cart has has a hand actuated lift for lifting objects to the height of the loading vehicle.
Date:
November 17, 1919
Creator:
Thomas, Theodore G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer.
Patent for a well strainer, which has wire screen that is wound around the form without the use of soldering.
Date:
September 17, 1907
Creator:
Basye, Edwin J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Mechanism
Patent for a mechanism for drawing water from wells. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Headlight.
Patent for a new and improved train headlight. This design "has for its object to improve locomotive head-lights by so constructing the reservoir and burner and mounting the same that they may be easily removed from and connected with the reflector without moving the latter; and it consists of a reservoir for the head-light having certain features of novelty and in various improvements in the apparatus as a whole" (lines 11-19).
Date:
May 17, 1892
Creator:
Jobling, Lance L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck
Patent for a traction truck that minimizes jarring of the truck bed.
Date:
October 17, 1911
Creator:
Haight, Washington Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Controlling Mechanism for Motor-Vehicles.
Patent for a device that automatically closes the throttle to slow the speed of a motor vehicle when necessary. The device is designed to respond to vehicle load, road surface, and a predetermined speed limit.
Date:
July 17, 1917
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Curing Moss
Patent for invention relates to new and improved process of curing Spanish moss object of the invention being to shorten the time here to fore deemed necessary to properly cure the moss, second to obtain a larger percentage of higher grades of fiber will not be injured but will appear in a sound healthy condition, and fourth to so treat the moss that any desired grade of fiber may be obtained. [5-15]
Date:
April 17, 1887
Creator:
Lottman, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Sapping or Destroying Trenches or Other Defensive Works.
Patent for a method of sapping or destroying trenches or other defensive works to use in military operations.
Date:
September 17, 1918
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulphur-Mining Apparatus.
Patent for a thermal solvent based sulfur mining apparatus that is placed in a sulfur mining well. Utilizing thermodynamics, the apparatus has a new way to introduce air or steam into the various parts of the apparatus. It is designed with "simplicity and durability of construction" (lines 49-50).
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Carmichael, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Float-Valve.
Patent for a float valve not using slots and links, including illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Garrott, John Collier
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Record-Book.
Patent for a record book using primary and secondary indexing tabs for improving classification of documents.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Sumners, Gustavus D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Strainer for Oil and Water Wells
Patent for a strainer for oil and water wells. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists "[i]n a washing machine, the combination, with the trough, of the casing secured to one end thereof, the rotating steam-chamber, and the shaft provided with the diaphragm and arranged to take steam in one end, deliver the same through the openings to the steam-chamber, and exhaust through the boxing and opening on the outer side of the diaphragm" (lines 39-47).
Date:
November 17, 1885
Creator:
Kone, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Metallic Hose
Patent for a flexible metallic hose. Illustration included.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Schulz, Wilhelm
System:
The Portal to Texas History