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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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