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Crate for Shipping Bananas.
Patent for a crate for shipping bananas that does not hurt the fruit during shipping. The crate separates the bunches so the bananas do not get crushed, and the crate is ventilated to prevent decay.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Andrews, Otis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post.
Patent for "improvements in fence or other posts and bases thereof, and especially telegraph and telephone posts" (lines 13-15). The design involves "a minimum amount of lumber" and "a maximum amount of strength" (lines 17-19). It claims further benefits, such as "preventing early decay" (lines 22-23) allowing "perfect drainage" (lines 25-26), and facilitating the re-use of old posts.
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Beazley, John & Beazley, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Attachment to Desks.
Patent for "a stand, shelf, or holder for attachment to desks...for the purpose of supporting a type-writer [or] reference-book... the object in view being to provide a support of this character with means for attaching the same to a desk and means for swinging or revolving said support so that the... article may be readily and conveniently brought around to the front of the desk for use... and then swung back out of the way upon the side of the desk." (lines 12-24)
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Bell, William Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Building and Repairing Wire Fences
Patent for a wire fence building and repair tool that includes "features of a wire stretcher, staple puller, hammer, and a crowbar" (lines 15-16) and can "secure together the two extremities of a broken fence wire so that the same may be tied or intertwisted." (lines 18-20)
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Bingham, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Firing Mechanism for Guns.
Patent for a firing mechanism for double barrel shotguns, which allows the barrels to be shot in any order by pulling the trigger twice in succession.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Blocker, John Rufus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch
Patent for "improvements in latches for gates, doors, and the like." (lines 12-13) This latch "may be conveniently operated from either side of the door and may be locked against operation." (lines 15-17)
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Carter, Hiram Claborn
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nitrogen fixation method and apparatus. [DOE patent application]
A method and apparatus for achieving nitrogen fixation includes a volumetric electric discharge chamber. The volumetric discharge chamber provides an even distribution of an electron beam, and enables the chamber to be maintained at a controlled energy to pressure (E/p) ratio. An E/p ratio of from 5 to 15 kV/atm of O/sub 2//cm promotes the formation of vibrationally excited N/sub 2/. Atomic oxygen interacts with vibrationally excited N/sub 2/ at a much quicker rate than unexcited N/sub 2/, greatly improving the rate at which NO is formed.
Date:
August 11, 1981
Creator:
Chen, H. L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hay-Press.
Patent for improvements in baling-presses and is practically adapted to bale hay, in which “the hay may be held at the rear end of the frame against the pressure of the follower and head-blocks or presser-blocks.” (Lines 17-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 11, 1891
Creator:
Cox, Benjamin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil and Water Well Strainer
Patent for a well strainer for oil or water wells which strains out sand or other substances before the oil or water reaches the top of the well.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
PRINTER'S QUOIN
Patent for Printer's Quoin. "The invention relates to printers' lock-ups; and its object is to provide a new and improved printer's quoin..." (lines 8-10) and illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Decker, William Scott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Can Fastener for Ice Plants.
Patent for an ice-can fastener that can be easily opened and closed, allowing water to freeze quickly in the can. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Drake, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Hardening Bitminuous Substances.
Patent for "a process for hardening or partly solidifying to any required degree substances such as liquid or viscid bitumens, tars, or asphaltums, either natural or artificial" (lines 8-12). It hardens bitumens without evaporating oils and leaves them solid when cooled.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Dumble, Edwin Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train-Pipe Coupling.
Patent for a coupling for trains air brake hoses/pipes, which automatically connects when train cars are put together.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Felkner, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Skein.
Patent for an axle-skein. Its purpose is "to improve the construction of axle-skeins, to increase their strength and durability, and to decrease the wear of the same at the bottom thereof" (lines 10-14).
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Finley, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Log-Loader.
Patent for improvements in a machine that hauls logs and loads them on railways, based on a patent application submitted by the inventor previously (serial no. 563,242). A swinging crane loads and unloads the logs.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Fletcher, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint, Chair, and Tie.
Patent for simple, reliable and efficient means to prevent the rails from spreading or sinking at the joins. Also to provide a metal tie designed to pass through the rail chairs at the rail joints.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Frampton, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Alarm for Window Screens.
Patent for a new and improved window alarm. This design consists in "the window-frame, having the contact-springs connected in open circuit with an electrical alarm, with the screen or frame in the window-frame, having the double contact-points, the contact-springs, and the wires, the contact-point bearing against the spring . . . the point, spring, double contact-points, and the contact-springs being connected together in open-circuit, whereby an alarm will be sounded either by raising the screen or frame, by cutting one of the wires, or by pushing one of the wires aside" (lines 76-89).
Date:
August 11, 1885
Creator:
Garrett, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hopple.
Patent for a hopple, which keeps the beams of a cultivator in place.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Gilbert, Edward Leslie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Working Tool.
Patent for wire working tool for attaching couplings to hoses.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Glenn, Dan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Front Rigging for Riding-Saddles.
Patent for a rigging that is especially adapted for a swell fork tree, including illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Graves, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for an improved clothes pin made from resilient wire stock and comprised of side by side loops and nipping jaws, including illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1915
Creator:
Griffin, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transplanter.
Patent for a machine that transplants small plants while avoiding "clogging of the mud in soft soil" (line 20). It has a cylindrical cutter and a cylindrical plunger that fits just inside it. The plunger is usually away from the base of the cutter, and an adjustable rod extends from the plunger.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Harris, Hiram S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic-Drill
Patent for an improved hydraulic drill to penetrate and bore holes into earth, clay and similar materials, including illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Higgins, Pattillo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Drill
Patent for a hydraulic drill. This invention is a class of drill for deep drilling that delivers water to the bottom of the opening.
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Higgins, Pattillo
System:
The Portal to Texas History