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Boltless Fish and Bed Plate for Railway Rails
Patent for "fish-plates and bed-plates so constructed that rails can be secured in place without the necessity of making holes in the ends of the rails [...]; and the object is to simplify rail-joints and make the ends of the abutting rails stronger and to repair broken rails" (lines 10-17).
Date:
October 6, 1902
Creator:
Crawford, William, R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists "[i]n a car-coupler, the coupler having at its forward end a loop or link, hook, and connected rigidly with the ball or any suitable device moving in a passage" (lines 78-81).
Date:
January 13, 1885
Creator:
Bywater, Joseph K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hook and Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved combined hook and buckle. This design "protect[s] straps from wear at the point of attachment to or contact with rings or eyes" (lines 12-14). This patent references another, the invention of which this one is intended to supplement.
Date:
January 13, 1880
Creator:
Padgitt, Tom.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable and Detachable Bow for Spectacles.
Patent for a temple bow for spectacles which is secured to a lens frame and is adjustable to “accommodate the angle of vision of the wearer” (lines 89-90). The connection joints between the bow and lens frame allows adjustment without bending or twisting the bow, providing a more durable bow and frame.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Blanchard, Edward.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Educational Chart, Drawing-Board, and Writing-Desk.
Patent for "a combined desk and blackboard" (line 68) that includes illustrations.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Henderson, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch.
Patent for an improvement to railway switches, by creating an automatic switch that changes the direction of a track from object while object is moving on track.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
James, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake.
Patent for train air-brakes to provide set brakes and same auxiliary pressure on all cars regardless of the brake cylinder piston travel distance.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Wolf, Gustav B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treatment of Oil Emulsions.
Patent for improvements in apparatus for treatment of oil emulsions by providing a means that will greatly assist in the separation of water from oil emulsions and which will aid the re-absorption or retention of gas.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Minerals from Ores.
Patent for an apparatus that extracts minerals, especially sulfur, from ores. The apparatus features new and useful improvements, creating an automatic extraction that separates the minerals in a pure state.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Shires, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter
Patent for the carbureter for controlling the quality of the combustible mixture for internal combustion engines, such as automobiles requiring a wide range of variation in the proportion of fuel and air to efficiently and economically supply the demand.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Guthrie, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for an improved wrench which utilizes two circular heads, individually situated at the ends of a single handle.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Johnson, Alva Putman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Work Engaging Support for Surface Treating Machines
Patent for work engaging support for surface treating machines. Intent of patent is to provide support for revolving sections of machinery in order to provide greater stabilization.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Clark, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel that improves on automobile pneumatic tires by having a "plurality of springs," with a rigid inner rim and an outer rim connected with these springs so as to absorb the force of any shock. The design is strong, simple, and durable.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Wylie, Alfred R. & Wright, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine
Patent for a traction engine that has a unique assemblage of the frame and body making it most efficient.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Claitor, Lilburn S. & Mahagan, Ross C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hot Pan Lifter.
Patent for a new and improved potholder. This design is "to provide novel means whereby the various sizes of baking and other pans in the equipment of a kitchen can be conveniently and safely handled without danger of the pan being accidentally disengaged from the implement . . . to provide a novel hot-pan lifter which will in use have a positive toothed engagement with the rim of a hot-pan . . . to provide novel, simple, and efficient means whereby the lifter or implement can be promptly and conveniently released from . . .the pan . . . by the simple pressure of the thumb" (lines 18-31).
Date:
January 13, 1891
Creator:
Penfield, Matie B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Skid.
Patent for a portable skid for loading and unloading, especially cotton bales.
Date:
January 13, 1903
Creator:
Williams, Jeff & Butler, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump Piston
Patent for an "Improvement in Pump-Pistons" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Humason, Granville A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mirror-Holder
Patent for a mirror holder containing a bracket that allows for easy fixing to various items of furniture.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Barnard, Elmer
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Padlock.
Patent for a new and improved padlock. This design "relates . . . more particularly to those padlocks which are used for locking railway-switches . . . [T]he invention consists in a padlock comprising a bow, or hasp, or shackle, a spring-bolt for engaging the same, tumblers, and a lever connecting the tumblers and bolt, a locking device for the tumblers, and an audible alarm, such as a bell" (lines 9-25).
Date:
January 13, 1891
Creator:
Lucas, George William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders.
Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Suspenders." This includes improved support at both ends.
Date:
January 13, 1914
Creator:
Mally, Frederick W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Hook.
Patent for a new and improved hame hook. This design "consists of a hook composed of two members hinged together and adapted to be clamped upon a hame-staple, one of the said members being provided with a pin adapted to project into an opening in the opposite member" (lines 14-19).
Date:
January 13, 1891
Creator:
Dankworth, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press.
Patent for a new and improved hay-press. This design "is to produce a hay-press of simple construction that will work easily and rapidly, that will operate in such a manner that the hay cannot clog in the press, and in which the plunger or follower will be automatically reciprocated by a continuous motion of the main pulley" (lines 9-15). It consists, "with the plunger having a sideways-extending arm, a screw-shaft connected with the plunger and having a sideways-extending arm, the pinion on the screw-shaft, the shaft and pinions . . . of a tilting frame" (lines 113-118).
Date:
January 13, 1891
Creator:
Donald, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hilling Plow.
Patent for a new and improved hilling-plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the beam, the stock, and the pivoted heel-bar, of the adjustable brace connecting said stock and heel-bar together, and the adjustable brace connecting the said brace with the rear of the beam" (lines 63-68).
Date:
January 13, 1885
Creator:
Schuster, Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin
Patent for a gin that will strip fiber from the seed, "motes", and other "foreign bodies" (lines 27-28) without damaging the fiber.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Tischer, Edward R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History