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Car-Door Cleat.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car door cleats or guards, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Miller, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth Measuring Device
Patent for a cloth measuring device. Illustration included.
Date:
May 30, 1905
Creator:
Taylor, Wiliam A. & Churchwell, Theodric R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chimney.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in chimneys, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Glover, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Street Car Coupling
Patent for automatic street car coupling.
Date:
May 30, 1905
Creator:
Cary, Lewis C.; Caldwell, Julia & Swiney, Everett E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Axle Box.
Patent for a new and improved car-axle box. This design "consists in an improved cap for the box, a dust guard or plate, and packing for the same, the object being to render the axle-box dust and oil tight" (lines 14-17).
Date:
May 30, 1882
Creator:
Scott, James O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Circular Railroad or Round About.
Patent for novel improvements on circular railroads, and also to means for propelling a turn-table on which the carriages are secured.
Date:
August 22, 1882
Creator:
Sturm, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved, simple, and effective car coupling that couples automatically and without anyone having to go between the cars. It consists of a drawhead with a slot on one side, upper and lower slides in the drawhead, a coupling pin that sits in the upper slide, a lever that is connected to the slide, a spring that holds the lower slide in place, and a bolt that connects the lever with the upper slide.
Date:
May 30, 1893
Creator:
Cundiff, Middleton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Brush
Patent for new and useful air brushes that are "intended for spraying paints, or colors, where it is desired to frequently change the color employed or to spray a combination of colors at the same time" (lines 16-20). Illustrations are included.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Philibert, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy-Wrapping Machine.
Patent for improvements to candy-wrapping machines, particularly for wrapping sticky candy.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy Wrapping Machine
Patent for a candy wrapping machine, which can expeditiously and individually wrap candy, especially stick candy. "This invention is an improvement upon the candy wrapping machine shown and described in my application No. 852,939, filed July 24, 1914."(lines 14-17).
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Gebhardt, William.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobile-Footboards.
Patent for a device to attach to an automobile footboard that can swing out and right angles to the automobile and act as a receptacle for packages. The device can be folded under the footboard when not in use.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Woodley, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate.
Patent for a crate for eggs which allows the eggs to be suspended in individual compartments for shipping. The crate will be lined with flexible material that will cushion the egg absorbing shock, including illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Nora S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brick-Machine.
Patent for a machine, which the inventor calls "The Concussion Brick-Machine", that makes bricks using molds, including illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1848
Creator:
Wilson, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists of "the rotating disk or circular-washboard, faced with radial ribs and operated by a crank which is supported in a plane parallel to the bottom of the box, so that the circular board shall rotate at a right angle thereto; the galvanized-sheet-iron inner box, made with a semi-cylindrical bottom to receive the circular wash-board; and the separate detachable wash-board, provided with a semicircle of radial ribs, and which fits into the sheet-iron box opposite to the circular rotating board" (lines 18-28).
Date:
May 30, 1882
Creator:
Fuchs, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Oil Dispenser
Patent for a lubricating oil dispenser designed specifically to dispense lubricants and similar liquids. Dispenser is formed with a transparent container tubes to show the customer the character of the liquid being dispensed.
Date:
May 30, 1922
Creator:
Fenaes, Alfred R. & Kennedy, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Line-Shift.
Patent for line shifter attachment for typewriter which makes it possible for the typewriter to print characters above or below the standard line of print. This attachment makes the typewriter useful for taking stenographic notes.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Byrne, Henry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Warehouse Truck
Patent for improving hand truck, aiming to increase the carrying capacity of the truck.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Dickson, Braxton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Walking Cultivator
Patent for a walking cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Roper, Andrew Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap.
Patent for a trap for insects such as those that feed upon crops including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Rea, George Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in locks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Double-Bitted Drills.
Patent for "an easy mode of straightening wells while drilling them through rock or earth, and also for enlarging the same into a cistern when it is desired to keep on hand a large supply of water." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1876
Creator:
Yarbrough, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watch Charm
Patent for a watch charm. This invention is designed to be interchangeable ornament charms or badges. Illustration included.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Simon, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Chain.
Patent for a transmission chain made of separate links. Some of the links have spring material to center the chain, increase flexibility, and protect the chain from objects thrown in the chain's path.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Lynn, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Feed
Patent for a steam feed. This invention is designed "for sawmill carriages characterized by a steam cylinder, and a piston operating in the cylinder and having its rod connected to the sawmill carriage" (line 9-12). Illustration included.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Black, Lee Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History