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Water Elevator.
Patent for a new and improved water-elevator. This design "has for its object to provide for the escape of the air initially held in the upper bends of the screw, so as to relieve the same of the pneumatic pressure caused thereby in connection with the ascending water, thus causing less resistance to the rotation of the screw, enabling it to be operated by decreased motive power" (lines 11-18).
Date:
November 9, 1886
Creator:
Campbell, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Speiss.
Patent for "a new and improved process for treating speiss to obtain the valuable metals contained therein" (lines 8-10).
Date:
November 15, 1892
Creator:
Flury, Paul
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Construction Car.
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Construction Cars..." (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 29, 1892
Creator:
Brown, Carver C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Desulfurizing Matte Or Other Furnace Products
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for desulfuring matte or other furnace products.
Date:
November 9, 1897
Creator:
Wells, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Measuring Distances.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for measuring distances, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 1, 1898
Creator:
Farrand, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Shearing or Cutting Metal
Patent for an improved machine that will shear and cut metals.
Date:
November 5, 1901
Creator:
Crane, Walter E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soldering-Machine
Patent for soldering machine "for uniting by soldering these connections or joints of the printing strips, although the machine is not limited to this purpose, for, as will be obvious, it is adapted for application in the soldering of various kinds of work" (lines 32-37) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 5, 1901
Creator:
Crane, Walter E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for an improvement to the "construction of windmills and to provide means for varying the stroke of a windmill with the velocity or force of the wind, to increase the length of the stroke as the velocity of the wind increases, and to reduce the length of stroke as the force of the wind abates." (lines 10-16)
Date:
November 18, 1902
Creator:
Tinney, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composite Railway-Tie.
Patent for a railway tie made from concrete and iron, which is more durable than previous ties of this type.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Smith, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Engine
Patent for gas engine. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 19, 1907
Creator:
Houlehan, John & Mayo, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie
Patent for metallic railroad ties. This invention is for a solid state tie. It uses extending bolts to lock the ties into place. Illustration included.
Date:
November 19, 1907
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George Edwin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pen and Pencil Rack
Patent for a pen and pencil rack. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 26, 1907
Creator:
Twaddell, Janie S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto-Door Stop
Patent for a door stop that is cheap to produce and holds doors firmly.
Date:
November 3, 1908
Creator:
Hill, Ulysses H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Apparatus
Patent for liquid dispensing apparatus. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 10, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George Edwin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness.
Patent for a harness for racing horses and buggies, which eliminates the jerky motion of the buggy from the movement of the horse.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Crawford, Hezekiah H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch.
Patent for a railway switch that can be activated from a moving train and has its moving parts in a casing.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
McCalib, David C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Controlling System for Motor Traction-Cars
Patent for a controlling system for motor traction cars which is automatic.
Date:
November 1, 1910
Creator:
Mayo, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rerailer
Patent for a rerailer for putting railroad cars back on the tracks.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
McGann, Thomas W. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Metallic Zinc
Patent for a process of producing metallic zinc. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1910
Creator:
Dawson, Oliver B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for a hay-press that has an improved plunger.
Date:
November 12, 1912
Creator:
Wetzig, Ernest L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Stand
Patent for a switch stand with a switch signal light to indicate whether a railroad switch is open or closed.
Date:
November 12, 1912
Creator:
Phillips, Smith F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stamp and Coin Envelop.
Patent for stamp and coin envelope that has "a separate pocket for receiving coin, postage stamps or sundry articles to be transmitted through the mail in such a manner as to be kept separate from the contents of the envelop and also to insure safe delivery" (lines 9-14), including illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Zivley, Dennis C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a gate "in which the one hinge point is adapted to be shifted to cause the gate to swing in one direction or the other... [by] providing means for shifting the hinge point of the gate from a carriage or a wagon on the roadway without leaving the latter" (lines 11-13, 15-17); including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 11, 1913
Creator:
Craig, Sam A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump Working Barrel.
Patent for a pump working barrel, construction of glass pump cylinder
Date:
November 11, 1913
Creator:
Kilburn, John Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History