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Railway-Crossing
Patent for crossings for railway tracks and particularly to means for closing the cut in the rails made for the flanges of the wheels, and the object is to provide sliding members which can be easily operated to close the slot or cut in the crossing rails for the flanges of the wheels so that a continuous tread will be formed for every wheel that passes over the crossing and to provide a mechanism for the tracks.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Rail-Brake.
Patent for a pneumatic rail brake, which operates automatically to prevent derailment.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Adams, Powell Orgain
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gang-Plow
Patent for Plowing
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Barnett, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Clock
Patent for an advertising clock. This invention is designed to display advertisement at regular intervals. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Barnett, John Beverly & Turner, W. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole.
Patent for a trolley pole, which attaches easily to the wire and can be placed on it by the operator without him leaving his station on the trolley.
Date:
March 16, 1909
Creator:
Barr, George T., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Stirrup.
Patent for a safety stirrup which has a locking mechanism, which will open if a rider is thrown from the saddle to release the foot from the stirrup.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Batson, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop-Seal.
Patent for an envelop seal composed of a metal piece with two arms, which are threaded through a hole in the envelop and pressed down into the sticky gum surface on the inside of the envelop flap.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Bennick, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Root Crop Harvester
Patent for a root crop harvester. This invention is designed for the harvesting of peanuts, potatoes, sugar beets, turnips, onions, etc. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Bourland, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus
Patent for canning apparatus. Illustration included.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Brown, William N.; Brown, Clyde V. & Brown, Lester L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Tanning
Patent for new and useful improvements in compounds for tanning, using water, four gallons, fluid extract of phytolacca or common poke root, quarter of an ounce, gum gambier, four pounds, and alum, one pound.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Burrows, Ira I
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Ventilator.
Patent for a railroad car ventilator, which supplies fresh air to the car and sends stale air out of the car. It also is equipped with an ice cooling system and a disinfectant spray system.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Carroll, Samuel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatically-Adjustable Headlight for Locomotives
Patent for an automatically adjustable headlight for locomotives or streetcars which rotates when the vehicle is tilted going around a curve to allow the light to shine around the curve.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Cooper, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a simple, double-acting pump.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Costephens, Elgin A. & Snow, Deskin D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Counterbalancing Device for Pumps.
Patent for a counterbalancing device for windmill pumps, which reduces friction and lateral pull on the pump.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Cotten, Charles Kavendor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clevis
Patent for clevis. Illustration included.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Cousins, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Stock for Braces
Patent for a bit stock for braces which allows holes to be drilled in small spaces in railroad cars.
Date:
March 16, 1909
Creator:
Daniel, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing Signal.
Patent for a railway crossing signal, which is operated by wind power from moving trains.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Davis, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sign.
Patent for a rotating metal sign, which does not warp from the turning action.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Dazey, Nathan P. & Hall, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Dewald, Louis & Dewald, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heating Attachment for Lamps.
Patent for a heating attachment for lamps, which captures the heat from the lamp and allows its use for heating the room or for warming up small items such as tea.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Drew, James Cloyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch Operating Mechanism
Patent for a switch operating mechanism. Illustration included.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Eads, John William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretching Machine.
Patent for a wire stretching machine, which is simple to build and operate and is durable and strong.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
Edwards, Henry & Sadler, Millard F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cut-Off for Cisterns
Patent for a automatic cutoff for cisterns which prevents the first muddy water coming down a rain spout from going into the cistern by sending it into a separate waste pipe.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Estes, Robert Ephriam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Thinner.
Patent for a cotton thinner, which has cutters which can be moved vertically, a rake attachment, and is durable.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Floyd, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History