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Fire-Arm.
Patent for an improvement to adjusting rifle barrels and holding those adjustments in place. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 8, 1887
Creator:
Alston, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arm for Telegraph - Poles.
Patent for a new and useful arm for telegraph poles.
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito Netting Frame.
Patent for a new and improved mosquito netting frame. This design "consists of a mosquito-netting frame formed of two longitudinal rods removably fastened to uprights attached to the bedposts, and held by cords or wires passing from the outer ends of each of said longitudinal rods to the top of each upright. A transverse rod or bar is removably attached to the outer ends of said longitudinal bars or rods. . . . [The design] is simple in construction, light, durable, and convenient" (lines 9-18).
Date:
March 8, 1881
Creator:
Bailey, Alfred H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governing Mechanism
Patent for a governing mechanism. This invention relates to governing a plurality of engines in unison. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Ball, Philip De C. & Wakefield, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wire Finder
Patent for a trolley wire finder. This invention to improvements in trolley-wire finders, and more particularly to its attachment to trolley-poles and trolley-harps as a means of assistance in guiding the trolley wheel has been shifted from or slipped off said trolley-wire and is of advantage as a means of saving time." (8-16). Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Barnhusrt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process For Treating Crude Oil
Patent for a process to treat crude oil.
Date:
March 8, 1912
Creator:
Barnickel, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a cotton press, which can be run with either wormed gearing or beveled gearing depending on the pressure desired to be exerted on the cotton.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Breihan, Frederick F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Breaking Device
Patent for a horse breaking device. This invention is designed to break the horses without balking. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Bump, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirring-Machine.
Patent for "agitating-machines adapted to be used for various purposes," (lines 8-10) including washing clothes and freezing ice cream. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 15, 1890
Creator:
Crawford, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen for Wells.
Patent for a well screen for water or oil wells.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Dahl, Harry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for an oil-burner used to provide a structure of low cost material that allows thorough heating of the oil to accommodate the conversion to gas and combustion for flame at the orifice.
Date:
March 8, 1921
Creator:
Daily, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter, which is easily adjustable and has a small number of parts.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Davis, Walter W. & Jeffrey, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Attachment for Railway Rolling - Stock.
Patent for a new and useful safety attachment for railway rolling stock.
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Densler, Nat
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Elevator.
Patent for a elevator with a safety feature to prevent the car from falling rapidly to the bottom of the shaft if a cable breaks.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Dunlap, Henry William & Lumbley, Joseph Slater
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nursing-Bottle.
Patent for a nursing bottle, which has a rubber cap that allows for the removal of the neck oft he bottle for easy cleaning.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Eberley, Charles Phellep
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for an improvement in cultivators. This invention is designed to vary the distance between the cultivator-beams. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Eddy, William Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Pump.
Patent for a "submerged pump of very simple construction... one which will be efficient in its operation and not liable to get out of repair" (lines 16-20), illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1859
Creator:
Fagan, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cistern.
Patent for a rain cistern, which can have oil put in it to prevent rust and sends out dirt from the cistern if it overflows.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Fischer, Christian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Planter.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in a combined plow and planter which "can be readily adapted for planting different kinds of seed, such as corn, cotton, cane, and the like" (line 21 - 23).
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Franklin, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Use in Obtaining Petroleum Products
Patent for an apparatus for use in obtaining petroleum products. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Frasch, Herman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate latch, which is held closed by the weight of the gate.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Fuston, Walter J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella and Sunshade
Patent for an umbrella and sunshade. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Gra, Hernando B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boat.
Patent for boat with improvements towards easy movements by using a propeller and rudder. The boat is designed with the user to use their feet to manually move the boat. The boat is designed for hunting or fishing while keeping the hands free.
Date:
March 8, 1921
Creator:
Greer, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse - Releaser.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in "devices for releasing fractious animals from vehicles" (line 15 -16).
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Grossman, Amanda I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History