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Fire-Alarm System.
Patent for "an alarm system consisting of an electric circuit within which as thermally operated circuit closer was placed, which was adapted to sound an alarm when the circuit closer had been closed by an operation of the thermal elements of the circuit closer." (lines 78-84) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Ammons, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Alarm System.
Patent for an automatic fire alarm system with a simple arrangement of alarm devices (positioned throughout different rooms) with sound or visual indicators for fire awareness and closer thermal circuits (assisted with spring contact and circuit closer). The automatic fire alarm system will have a more immediate reaction by making an alert noise or visual and propping open the spring contact.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Ammons, John Burck; Ammons, Evander & McGaffey, Otis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Former
Patent for a cotton bat former that produces a bat of uniform size and weight.
Date:
March 21, 1911
Creator:
Ball, Samuel M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Former
Patent for a cotton bat former for use in cotton gins.
Date:
March 28, 1911
Creator:
Ball, Samuel M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Water-Proof Joints for Roofing-Boards.
Patent for the improvement of water-proof joints for roofing-boards, including illustrations.
Date:
March 10, 1874
Creator:
Beazely, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Sash.
Patent for an improvement on window sashes allowing for easily removable window panes. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 17, 1903
Creator:
Beazley, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Footboard-Brace for Vehicles.
Patent for footboard-brace for vehicles that are adapted to be supported from the vehicle frame and is also adjustable.
Date:
March 25, 1919
Creator:
Beyer, Daniel A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator.
Patent for a new and improved lubricator. This design "relates to improvements in that class of lubricators wherein the oil reservoir or vessel is provided with a discharge-pipe passing through the bottom to the point of delivery, and rising within the reservoir to near its top, the steam rising in such pipe condensing and falling by gravity to the bottom of the reservoir, thus displacing the oil, and causing it to rise and flow down through the pipe to the parts to be lubricated" (lines 8-17).
Date:
March 4, 1884
Creator:
Bissett, Jean
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swing Crib.
Patent for a new bed can use in both a swinging crib or a swinging seat which is designed for young kids.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Bobbitt, Frederick W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gas-Liquefying Pumps.
Patent for "the construction and arrangement of a pump used in ice-machines for liquefying [sic] the gas" (lines 12-14) including illustrations.
Date:
March 21, 1876
Creator:
Boyle, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 11, 1913
Creator:
Brown, Herbert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle-Headlights.
Patent for attachment for vehicle headlights. The invention has a deflecting hood for the head light that deflects the light downward, below the line of sight, particularly for oncoming vehicles
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Burns, Bessie A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cheese-Hoop.
Patent for improvements in cheese hoops by creating a suitable frame work to support a wire gauze or net on the sides and the top of the hoop. This protects the cheese when cutting out a portion of the cheese.
Date:
March 30, 1915
Creator:
Cain, William R. & Cain, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Drill-Bit.
Patent for a detachable drill bit for use in drilling deep wells via the rotary method, where the bit can be replaced with the drill stem still in the bore.
Date:
March 23, 1916
Creator:
Carden, David A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Culvert.
Patent for a culvert which is to be used for sewers or other underground conveyers. Its is to be composed of varying materials that can be easily shipped and jointed together to form the sewer or other underground conveyer.
Date:
March 23, 1920
Creator:
Charliss, Charles F. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water or Oil Screen.
Patent for a water or oil well screen to keep mud and other debris out of the barrel of the well.
Date:
March 24, 1908
Creator:
Childress, Authey Eli
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Bank or Toy Safe
Patent for "coin-banks or toy safes for containing hoarded coin" (lines 8-9). To provide a simple mechanism which "can be manufactured at an extremely low cost, which shall be of marked simplicity in construction, and in which coin will be securely contained..." (lines 11-14) including illustrations.
Date:
March 26, 1901
Creator:
Clarke, Marcus S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Generating Plant
Patent for improvements in steam-generating plants. The most notable change is that the boiler proper is separate from the furnace proper but still contains the water, steam, and fire tubes.
Date:
March 6, 1919
Creator:
Connelley, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Firearm
Patent for an automatic gun which reloads itself.
Date:
March 21, 1911
Creator:
Consentino, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking-Stove
Patent for a stove "with an oven, and a combustion chamber, so arranged . . . that the heat will completely surround said oven, said stove being equipped with a novel form of oil burner which is contained in the combustion chamber and adapted to utilize oil as a fuel" (lines 14-19).
Date:
March 18, 1919
Creator:
Cook, Charles F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casket.
Patent for a casket with that is a "reinforced plastic burial casket which shall be of a light construction but having great strength in proportion to its weight" (lines 13 - 16), hermetically sealing the interior and keeping water out, including illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1918
Creator:
Cook, Leander P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AUTOMOBILE
Patent for improvements for power distribution in automobiles, including illustrations.
Date:
March 31, 1914
Creator:
De Witt, George, W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for an improved rotary airplane engine patterned after the Gnome type with extra blades attached to the engine cylinders.
Date:
March 25, 1913
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History