APPARATUS FOR PUMPING WATER, SAND, &c. (open access)

APPARATUS FOR PUMPING WATER, SAND, &c.

Patent for "an apparatus for emptying sandboxes of locomotives" (lines 13-14) "operated by compressed air to elevate and discharge sand, water, &c." (lines 10-11).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Butler, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter and cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a chopper and cultivator, of the A-shaped frame carrying the plows, chopper, and the A-shaped truck-frame, said frame being mounted on the truck-frame by the cranks and provided with means for raising and lowering it" (lines 7-12).
Date: October 23, 1883
Creator: Daniel, Ellison Armistead
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Basket. (open access)

Wire Basket.

Patent for a wire basket, which is sturdier than previous ones for use in groceries.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating Apparatus. (open access)

Irrigating Apparatus.

Patent for new and useful improvements in irrigation apparatuses. The design includes "a system of surface irrigation comprising a main supply tank, a series of reservoirs, pipes connecting said tank and reservoirs" (lines 95-98). It is intended to allow for irrigating large and small plats of land simply and efficiently.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: French, Horatio Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigation-Pipe. (open access)

Irrigation-Pipe.

Patent for an invention relates to an improved irrigation pipe which is to be used in connection with a sub-irrigation system.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Cooke, Joe R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Clipper (open access)

Nut-Clipper

Patent for a Nut-Clipper with a special "cutting-jaw" (line 91-92), which is designed to detach rusted nuts from bolts.
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Pulvitt, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Gear. (open access)

Steering-Gear.

Patent for a new and improved steering-gear. A simplistic and inexpensive design that will prevent the transfer of shocks to the steering wheel when traveling in a straight line.
Date: October 28, 1919
Creator: Scheble, Eugene Stiles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed Apparatus for Locomotives. (open access)

Feed Apparatus for Locomotives.

Patent for a new and improved feed apparatus for locomotives. This design is "for feeding the boiler of a locomotive-engine wherein a feed-pipe extends from a tank or tender to an injector a conical strainer is located in the three-way valve-casing for intercepting dirt, leaves, and foreign matter, to prevent the same passing with the feed-water to the boiler" (lines 9-15). It consists, "with a valve-casing containing a valve and having pipes or tubes for connecting, respectively, with a tank or tender and an injector or boiler, [and] of a strainer having steam-jet orifices arranged round its base" (lines 69-73).
Date: October 25, 1892
Creator: Raynor, Irwin Halpin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an oil burner designed to increase air flow to the flame and towards the furnace, including illustration.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Hamilton, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Distribution And Information Board (open access)

Distribution And Information Board

Patent for a distribution and information boards. This invention is intended to as a graphic reference chart for railway systems. Illustrations included.
Date: October 4, 1904
Creator: Symons, Wilson E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Former Attachment for Binders. (open access)

Shock-Former Attachment for Binders.

Patent for an improved attachment for binders "which will hold a number of bundles of grain and which will then deposit the bundles of grain in a field in a set-up position, thus forming a shock (lines 10-14).
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Miller, Jack E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a coupling-pin, of the arm, rod[s], clip . . . and lever . . . [t]he combination, with a draw-bar having the extension of a lever limited by the stop-pin . . . [and] [i]n car-couplings, the coupling-link, made in two U-shaped parts, pivoted together . . . and sustained in coupling position by [a] spring or springs" (lines 96-105).
Date: October 17, 1882
Creator: Hale, Nathan M.
System: The Portal to Texas History