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Rail Joint
Patent for improved rail joints to lock rail sections together against accidental displacement with illustrations.
Date:
August 15, 1918
Creator:
Stewart, Amon Leslie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crimping-Machine
Patent for "a machine that crimps the edges of lids for lard pails and the like." (lines 8-11) including illustrations.
Date:
August 15, 1915
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome Nichols
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing.
Patent for invention of a bearing which has adjustable bearing for shafting. Also this invention wide range of position changes in shaft.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Dickerson, Eustice. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device.
Patent for a device that lubricates cylinders via the intake manifold that responds to small changes in pressure.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
McKay, Guy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Attachment.
Patent for a typewriter attachment that shifts the carriage by foot rather than by hand.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Ward, Mizell Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil - Tank Gage.
Patent for invention of a gage which measures the depth of oil in a tank. This generally lowers the pole in tank until it touches oil.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
King, Horace. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Globe Draft-Shield.
Patent for the invention of a simple and efficient device to attach to a chimney which will prevent sudden wind from blowing out the lamp.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Byrd, Silas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extension Broom-Handle
Patent for extensions for broom handles and devices of that character. Sections of handles may be joined together for increasing the length of the handle for when the broom is being used to clean walls, ceilings and the like. It can also be used to repair broken handles.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Standefer, Wayne B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rake.
Patent for a rake with curved ends and multiple teeth that hold the material and keep it from going to the sides.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Green, Ella M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan
Patent for fan or blower for the conveyance of materials such as cotton, cottonseed, and saw dust under suction and air pressure from supple source to the delivery point. The travel of material is continuous and the materials will not come into contact with the blades of the fan or blower.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Dickerson, Eustice E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Securing Device
Patent for pins or bolts having a head at one end and a pivoted locking bar at the opposite end adapted to be moved angularly in relation to the pin or bolt to prevent removal.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Urban, William A. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Feeder.
Patent for a poultry feeder machine that automatically releases feed when a chicken pecks at the bait suspended from a lever. It helps prevent wasting the feed, including illustrations.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Seamans, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Brake Appliance
Patent for an improved railway brake device for indicating the position of the brake piston without the necessity for crawling under the car.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Price, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker
Patent for nut crackers designed for use in cracking pecan nuts. It is a simple device that can be readily attached to a table or other support and is quickly adjustable for different sized nuts.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Blair, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Camera.
Patent for "means for accurately focusing the main or photographic lens without relying upon the scale; to provide means for determining the full extent of the view to be photographed; and to provide for seeing the image upon a ground glass up to the moment of exposure." (lines 10-16)
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Overman, Charles Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press
Patent for improvements in cotton press boxes such as used in the connection with cotton baling mechanisms. These prevent injury to the operator but are in such a location that the operator much go around, over, and under them in order to get to the compressed material and tie it.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Hanus, Joseph J.; Hanus, Tom Joe & Putz, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper that attaches to a cultivator.
Date:
August 15, 1911
Creator:
Hester, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Piano
Patent for an automatic piano that can play longer and is more compact than previous models.
Date:
August 15, 1911
Creator:
Stauffer, Floyd F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet
Patent for
Date:
August 15, 1905
Creator:
Merritt, William Neal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude Oil Burner
Patent for a crude oil burner. This invention is designed to burn crude oil in its unrefined state. Illustration included.
Date:
August 15, 1905
Creator:
Ziegler, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Board-Set and Nail-Driver
Patent for a combined board set and nail driver that allows nails to be driven into wall boards without scarring the wood.
Date:
August 15, 1911
Creator:
Vaughan, Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Tank.
Patent for a railroad water tank, which automatically opens the discharge valve when the spout is opened.
Date:
August 15, 1911
Creator:
Miller, Charles H. & Bunnell, Walter A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for an improvement in valves which "is adapted for connection with pipes or conduits for conducting water, steam, or other fluids; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient appliance of this character possessing the functions of both a globe and a check valve; and it is adapted to advantageously control the flow of liquid no matter what position or its casing may occupy" (lines 7-15). It includes instructions and illustrations..
Date:
August 15, 1899
Creator:
Thummel, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Carrier.
Patent for a water carrier that is made up of a conveyor for a bucket to and from a well.
Date:
August 15, 1911
Creator:
Offutt, Ira Emerson
System:
The Portal to Texas History