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Apparatus for Making Carbureted Hydrogen Gas.
Patent for improved apparatus for manufacturing carbureted gas at small cost for illuminating and general heating and power purposes.
Date:
March 5, 1912
Creator:
Herndon, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Mail and Parcel Delivery Apparatus
Patent for a automated motorized mail delivery vehicle that travels in the air on electric lines on poles to deliver incoming mail and retrieve outgoing mail from rural routes or parcels in urban areas.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Dederick, Zadoc P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Windmills.
Patent for a windmill attachment that will increase the pumping capacity of windmills or other lifting pumps.
Date:
March 5, 1912
Creator:
Engle, Matthew H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire and Burglar Alarm.
Patent for automatic fire and burglar alarm. A cord extends from the casing of the alarm mechanism to a window. The alarm is triggered either by weight of a window opening or the cord is burned by fire.
Date:
March 5, 1918
Creator:
Mann, Oscar O. & Whitley, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catch.
Patent for an improved catch (latch) to hold open gates that will "prevent a rebound of the gate" (lines 20) and is "simpler, less expensive, and otherwise more convenient" (lines 29-30) to manufacture and use.
Date:
March 5, 1918
Creator:
Borah, Dee.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar.
Patent for "improvements in turned down collars, the object of the invention being to effect an improvement in the construction of a turned down collar so that the collar is prevented from getting over the vest, and to also improve the fit of a vest and coat in the back." (lines 8-14)
Date:
March 5, 1918
Creator:
Rogers, Richard T. & Rogers, R. T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence.
Patent for a wire fence that allows for easy tightening of the wires.
Date:
March 5, 1912
Creator:
Miller, Daniel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Brake.
Patent for vehicle-brake, with description and illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1885
Creator:
McIntosh, John L.; Bacon, Edward Hamlin & Vail, Theron
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Line-Type-Casting Machine
Patent for a line type casting machine that focuses on improvements to the pot charging device and uses a type of float mechanism (as opposed to a thermostat) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1918
Creator:
Wilmans, Lloyd I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Regulator
Patent for "improvements in windmill-regulators of that class distinguished by the provision of a movable bucket connected to the regulating-cable of a windmill and communicating with the tank or reservoir supplied by the mill to cause the depression of the bucket for the purpose of throwing the mill out of gear or out of the wind. . .when the level of water in the tank has reached a predetermined point" (lines 8-18).
Date:
March 5, 1901
Creator:
Stein, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Tube
Patent for a well tube. "This invention relates to well pumps and particularly to a suction attachment for use in conjunction with the strainers of pumps of that character wherein a piston is operatively arranged within an outflow pipe" (line 8-12). Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Medlock, Augustus Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windlass Elevator
Patent for providing "an improved device... which is especially designed for use as a water-elevator for drawing a bucket out of a well and arranged so as to conveniently take up the slack cable and coil it upon the windlass-drum" (lines 8-14) including illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1901
Creator:
Higson, Jasper S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Pump
Patent for a well pump. "This invention relates to well-pumps of that character wherein a piston is operatively arranged within an outflow-pipe and having an automatically - closed bottom check - valve opened by the suction produced" (line 8-13). Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Medlock, Augustus L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer.
Patent for "a device capable of catching or transferring mail bags from a mail bag hanger to the mail car while the car is in motion, the device also acting to deliver a mail bag at the same station, if necessary, one operation in no manner interfering with the other." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1895
Creator:
Sliger, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Automatic Advertising Devices
Patent for an automatic advertising device that can show various signs or display cards and provides "an endless belt of transparent material which is differently colored" (lines 12-15) so that the sign may be "artistically changed" (lines 17-18). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1912
Creator:
Murphey, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Distilling Apparatus
Patent for a water distilling apparatus. This invention is designed for condensing steam into distilled water. Additionally, the design is meant to separate empyreumatic gases from the water vapor during the distillation process. Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Lazenby, Robert S. & Lazenby, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bee-Hives.
Patent for a bee-hive that prevents insects (such as moths) from entering therein and maximizes the amount of honey collected from the hive, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date:
March 5, 1878
Creator:
Park, Jesse W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Boiler.
Patent for the improvement for steam boilers by having a detachable fire-box for a portable boiler with little maintenance and efficient as a steam generator, including illustration.
Date:
March 5, 1861
Creator:
Porter, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter that easily attaches to various farm equipment with wheels.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Frantz, Ezra A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Puller
Patent for a stalk puller. This invention is designed to pull cotton stalks from the ground. Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Smith, Cullen Rogers
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Making Mattresses.
Patent for a new and improved method of making mattresses. This invention "consists in first disintegrating the material and simultaneously forcing the same into a suitable receptacle, fanning said material as it passes into the receptacle, and finally compressing the same . . . thereby dispensing with tacking of the bat" (lines 15-22).
Date:
March 5, 1889
Creator:
Haynes, Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Starter.
Patent for starter for internal combustion motors. The starter will not emit the backward kick of the motor which could injure the operator.
Date:
March 5, 1918
Creator:
Parrott, Columbus A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spoon.
Patent for a spoon designed to avoid spilling liquids, including illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1901
Creator:
Holman, Clara Belle
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Manufacturing Carbureted Hydrogen Gas.
Patent for a process for manufacturing carbureted hydrogen gas.
Date:
March 5, 1912
Creator:
Watkins, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History