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Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for improving a tire by providing new form of tread-holding device and using a resilient metal band encircling the tire.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thickener (Sewage Type).
Patent for sewage thickener that relies on sewage solids to sink to the bottom of the sewer and fall into the thickener, in which the thickener will press the solid sewage into a pulp. The pulp will be pressed at a predetermined density, and then the pressed pulp will float to the top of the sewage to be removed. The separation of liquid and solid sewage was predicted to prevent overflow.
Date:
March 11, 1920
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle Bit.
Patent for a new and improved bridle bit. This design "consist[s] of curb-plates provided with the mouth-bar and having the upper ends provided with slots and the lower ends formed with longitudinal slots, and the cheek-plates loosely fitted to the outer ends of the mouth-bar and having their opposite ends formed with openings for the attachment of the head-stall and reins" (lines 72-79).
Date:
March 11, 1890
Creator:
Allen, John Hudson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mat for Presses
Patent for a mat for presses which is to be used to express oils from vegetables.
Date:
March 11, 1902
Creator:
Baumgarten, Carl Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of Roofs.
Patent for improvements in the construction of roofs, including instruction.
Date:
March 11, 1879
Creator:
Boyd, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Casting Chilled Valve-Seats
Patent for making moldings of seats to be more consistent.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Boykin, Burwell, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Distributing Poison on Plants.
Patent for a new and improved machine for distributing poison on plants. This design consists in "the combination, with a wheeled-frame, a counter-shaft thereon driven from the wheels, a poison-hopper, an air and discharge pipe communicating therewith, a fan giving air-blast through said pipe, and an agitator in the poison-hopper, of wheel and belt-gearing operating the fan and agitator from the counter-shaft on the frame" (lines 112-119).
Date:
March 11, 1890
Creator:
Brown, George R. & Brown, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 11, 1913
Creator:
Brown, Herbert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate-Clamping Machine.
Patent for "improvement in crate clamping machines" (line 10), holding end boards and partition of crates to enable crate assembly.
Date:
March 11, 1913
Creator:
C. T. Dickson; Dickson, C. T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marine Propeller
Patent for a marine propeller which allows for "a reversal of the action of the wheel for propulsion in opposite directions or for turning the boat without changing the direction of rotation of the power-shaft."
Date:
March 11, 1902
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sectional Pneumatic Tire
Patent for a sectional pneumatic tire design.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Chandler, Chester C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Appliance for Protecting Oil-Wells from Fires.
Patent for an appliance for protecting oil-wells from fires. As stated within the patent, "this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in appliances for protecting oil-wells from fires; and to this end it consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims herein appended" (Lines 9-16).
Date:
March 11, 1902
Creator:
Cochran, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reflector for Spirit-Levels.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Reflectors for Spirit-Levels" (lines 5-6), including specifications and illustrations.
Date:
March 11, 1913
Creator:
Colbath, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Carrier
Patent for carrying an extra tire on an automobile along with a method for easy removal and placement of the tire.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Collins, Thomas Jefferson & Jordan, Royal Blaine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chicken-Roost
Patent for an improved chicken roost.
Date:
March 11, 1913
Creator:
Conner, Joshua H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Wheel-Plows.
Patent for "invention has relation to improvements in attachments to sulky and other horse-plows" (para. 3). Combines a circle-plate, transverse clamp-ridge, clamps, a bearing plate, a king-bolt, a transverse sleeve, an axle, adjusting collars, and transporting-wheels on said axle.
Date:
December 21, 1878
Creator:
Cummins, John Randolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoeing-Rasp
Patent for improved horseshoeing rasp, both portable and mechanical, which removes extra hoof after shoe is applied to foot. Invention also provides smoother and trimmer hoof with shoe.
Date:
March 11, 1902
Creator:
Daggett, John P. & Hestand, Hardy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal Box
Patent for an improved journal box design intended to reduce the risk of oil leaking from a locomotive's axle.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Davis, L. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Conveying and Cleaning Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved conveyer and cleaner of cotton. This design consists, "with the cotton pneumatic tube and the fan for producing an air-current therein, of the branch-tubes connecting the segments of the tube first named, the cotton-arresting screens, the enlarged mouth upon the tube-segment opposite the fan, the rotating cylinder mounted between said branches, the wings thereon completely filling, with the cylinder, the upper portion of the mouth and sweeping over the faces of the screens, the flexible valve, and the spring-actuated gate closing that part of the mouth" (lines 14-25).
Date:
March 11, 1890
Creator:
Elam, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drinking-Cup.
Patent for a collapsible holder for paper drinking cups.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Fermier, Victor Emanuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furniture
Patent for easy assembly and disassembly of cabinet furniture.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Giordano, Anthony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Mechanism.
Patent for an improved power-transmitting mechanism for, "bicycles, motorcycles and similar vehicles whereby rotation is transmitted to the driven wheel without the use of chains, belts, gears or analogous elements commonly employed for this purpose" (lines 14-18). The invention will maximize driving power while minimizing energy expenditure (lines 19-24), employ a propelling mechanism, and reduce manufacturing and repair costs.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Grubb, Orin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle.
Patent for a word puzzle made up of a thin board with a grid of letters in which palindromic words and phrases are spelled by following lines forward and backward across the board from any point on the edge of the board to another.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Henderson, Alfred Jasper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mat
Patent for a mat. Illustration included.
Date:
March 11, 1905
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History