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Combined Tie-Plate and Rail Anticreeper
Patent for a railroad tie plate designed to remained locked to the base of the rail and to prevent dislocation of the base. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Clarke, Marcus S. & Adreon, Edward L., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breast-Strap
Patent for a breast strap with snap hooks that reduces wear on the strap.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Hewitt, Ditus P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt-Jack
Patent for a bolt jack with which bolts may be pulled without bending. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Smith, Henry H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bathing-Suit.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in bathing suits.
Date:
March 29, 1898
Creator:
Davis, Jesse W D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and useful churn to "provide a simple and inexpensive construction of dasher adapted to supply air to the bottom of a churn-receptacle" (line 7 - 9).
Date:
March 29, 1898
Creator:
Burke, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Computing Yardstick
Patent for an attachment to yardsticks in order to compute correct measurements. Illustration included.
Date:
March 29, 1904
Creator:
Cogburn, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and cultivator. This design consists in "the frame, the axle having drive-wheels, and a bevel-gear in combination with the longitudinally-sliding gear-shaft having [a] short crank on its rear end, the bar, the longitudinal rock-shaft in rear of and above the shaft and having the long crank, the handle depending from the rear-end of the rock-shaft, and the opposite chopping-hoes" (lines 27-35).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Ferriott, Charlie L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Recording-Seal and Door-Fastener.
Patent for a continuous recording-seal and door-fastener. The purpose behind this patent is the continuous recording-seal and door-fastener itself which is intended to "provide a simple means of fastening, sealing, and cleating or closing the crack of a car or other sliding hinge door" (lines 9-12).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design consists "[i]n a device for catching ants, the combination, with an open frame, of the end piece or trough, having a concave bottom and overturned edges" (lines 84-87).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blotter.
Patent for "a combined hand-blotter, ruler, paper-cutter, and pen-rack... especially for the use of book-keepers and accountants," (lines 12-15) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 14, 1891
Creator:
Betts, Walter & Herbert, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Trunk.
Patent for a trunk that converts between luggage (for use while traveling) and a bureau (for use while not traveling), with illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1892
Creator:
Dwyer, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Condensing Flue-Dust.
Patent for an apparatus for "condensing and saving the flue-dust passing with the waste gases through the chimney of lead-smelting furnaces." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1889
Creator:
Hizon, Hiram W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Hook.
Patent for a new and improved clothing hook. This design utilizes elastic, vulcanized rubber end-pieces for the hooks to hold the article of clothing more effectively. These end-pieces can be produced more cheaply than their threaded-metal counterparts, which require screwing on.
Date:
March 29, 1881
Creator:
Delany, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto power transmitting jack
Patent for auto power transmitting jack and it uses.
Date:
March 29, 1915
Creator:
Adolf F. Johnson, of El Campo, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling.
Patent for improvements to couplings for windmills specifically "for use in connecting the pump rod to the reciprocal rod of the windmill, so as to permit reciprocation of the wind mill rod independently of movement of the pump rod, and which also will permit the relatively quick and easy change from windmill power to engine power, such as gasolene engine or the like, for pumping water from wells" (lines 9-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Regenier, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester
Patent for a cotton harvester "with an improved arrangement of combined gathering and picking arms" (lines 12-13) to more effectively obtain the cotton bolls (i.e. balls), including illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Stanton, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calk Attachment For Horseshoes
Patent for new and useful improvements in calk attachments for horseshoes. The objective is to provide detachable means applicable to the conventional types of shoe without any modifications.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Douglas, John Davies
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Internal-Combustion Motors
Patent for improvements in attachments for internal- combustion motors. The invention is about new and useful improvements to a specific attachment. The two stated objectives are to provide a device adapted for application to the intake pipe on an internal combustion motor and to provide a device which may be locked in a closed position, thereby preventing theft.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Thomas, James Clarence
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator.
Patent for new and improved lubricator. The invention is connected to lubricators used in earth boring drills for deep well drilling.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Scott, Floyd L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Device
Patent for a cleaning tool that attaches to the windshields of automobile windows to clean snow, rain, and dust. It is operated from the interior of the car and can be easily attached and removed. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Rivers, Charles A. & Stuart, Francis B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bending-Machine and Method of Bending.
Patent for a machine to bend metal into various shapes for the purpose of construction and reinforcement.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Heat-Regulator for Incubators.
Patent for a device that allows for automatic temperature regulation in incubators. It operates by extinguishing and lighting the incubator's heating lamp wick to maintain a predetermined temperature.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Wiedner, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for "an improved wire stretcher especially adapted for use in localities where trees or other stationary objects from which to pull are scarce" (lines 11-15).
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Carnes, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrecking-Frog.
Patent for "an improved frog for use in placing derailed cars or locomotives upon the rails, exceedingly simple and durable in construction, and formed substantially in one piece - that is, not in sections - and having improved means to lock the frog to the rail." (Lines 17-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 11, 1891
Creator:
Wilmore, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History