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Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for improving acetylene gas generators.
Date:
April 1, 1919
Creator:
Muse, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for a large hopper-based device which generates acetylene gas.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Clopton, John B.
System:
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Air-Compressor.
Patent for a more efficient air compressor with high and low pressure chambers formed of mating sections that can be detached to make repairs to the piston as necessary.
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Murphy, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer
Patent for
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
John S. Doak & Alexander G. Farrington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplings, and more especially to that part or portion of the mechanism usually termed 'link-lifters;' and the object of the invention is to provide means whereby the link can be lifted and caused to enter the draw-head of an approaching car by the operator when standing alongside the stationary car" (lines 7-14).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Small, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter
Patent for Carbureter and it uses.
Date:
April 1, 1912
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
System:
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Cart-Saddle
Patent for a more animal-friendly saddle to attach a horse to a cart by adjusting the way the girth is handled as the cart is loaded.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Franks, Ely Anderson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Battery Vault, Cistern, and Semaphore Foundation
Patent for an improvement to combination battery vaults, cisterns and semaphore foundations used in railway signal systems, including illustrations and descriptions.
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Johnson, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed Planter and Fertilizer Distributer
Patent for device for planting, fertilizing, and cultivating seed and grain.
Date:
April 1, 1884
Creator:
Pickle, William Chesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "the combination, with the axle, of the U-frame having bearings at its ends for the axle and a rearwardly-disposed sleeve, a shaft mounted in the sleeve and projecting beyond the same at each of its ends and provided with choppers at its rear end and a gear at its front end, a master-gear splined upon the axle and having a grooved hub, and a pivoted yoke terminating in the hub and a lever for operating the same to throw the gear into contact with that upon the shaft" (lines 1-12).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Stanford, Jeff Hillon
System:
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Cotton Seed Planter.
Patent for "a new and useful edge drop feeder or seeder". (line 14)
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
C. W. Loe; Loe, C. W & Mitchell, T. L.; T. L. Mitchell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crab and Fish Trap.
Patent for a new and improved seafood trap. This design consists in "a net or trap for crabs or fish, which comprises flat frame-sections hinged together, netting attached to said sections, and a rod or bar extending across said sections and engaging with suitable devices thereon for holding said sections partly extended until the hinged sides strike bottom and thereby release the rod or bar" (lines 83-90).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight.
Patent for a new headlight design to automatically turn on the headlights with steering gear.
Date:
April 1, 1919
Creator:
Chalmers, Andrew E. & Chalmers, Welcome A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dish-Washer
Patent for a combined dishwasher and drainer.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Ervin, Ida
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DRAFT-EQUALIZER
Patent for a device to equalize the draft among 1-6 horses when attached to a plow.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
INGRAM, JOSEPH D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill
Patent for a new drill that is used for pipes in wells, including illustrations.
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
O'Brien, Robert P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electro Medical Belt.
Patent for a new and improved electro-medical belt. This design "consists in a belt or support constructed of multiple-ply electro-conductive belting, which [the design] make[s] by inserting a conductor or conductors between the folds of a multiple-ply band with suitable contact-points at the surface, a sling supported by and movable on the belt for carrying the electric generator, also constructed of the electro-conductive belting, and having detachable connectors between its contact points and those of the belt-contact plates, consisting of disks or plates provided with tongues" (lines 18-29).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Shelton, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Railway, &c
Patent for improvements "to provide an improved track having provisions for readily tightening the track, each span or section being tightened by means of a single tightening device arranged, preferably. . . second, to provide an improved truck with guiding rollers or pulleys, the weight of the truck being carried upon yielding supports; third, a simple and improved swivel or turning device or connection between the car and track, whereby the turning of curves is more easily accomplished with a minimum of friction; fourth, to so mount the truck upon the track that displacement or removal thereof sidewise is impossible fifth, to provide an improved switch; sixth, to provide for a road-bed upon a span in crossing a stream or other analogous obstruction" (lines 14-31).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M. & Taylor, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan.
Patent for a fan designed for use on a table or desk.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Fitzhugh, Cameron S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Floor-Sweeping Compound
Patent for an improved floor-sweeping compound which changes the traditional woody filler with a less flammable and more absorbent mineral wool filler.
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Boddeker, James A. & Stratford, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fuel Heater For Internal Combustion Engines
Patent for a fuel heating system designed to be incorporated into combustion engines.
Date:
April 1, 1919
Creator:
Vaughan, E. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing
Patent for gearing for a flying machine. This gearing will allow for two independent drive shafts to work with tow independent engines to allow both engines to connect to either or both draft shafts.
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Herrmann, Ernst W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Collar Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved horse-collar fastener. This design "relates to certain new and useful improvements in horse-collar fastenings of that class designed to lock the two sides of the horse-collar and to permit of the ready separation thereof to facilitate the placing and removal of the collar when desired; and it has for its object to provide a simple and cheap device of this character wherein provision shall be made for the retention of the lever against the catch, and also means for preventing the drawing of the screws" (lines 15-26).
Date:
April 1, 1890
Creator:
Bomar, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher
Patent for a new and improved horse detacher which allows the driver to unhitch a horse without exiting the carriage or wagon, including specifications and illustrations.
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Carter, William Otis
System:
The Portal to Texas History