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Automatic Measuring Machine
Patent for an automatic measuring machine. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Whitten, Edgar, Jr. & Harrell, Attie Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Headlight.
Patent for Locomotive-headlights, "and has for its principal object to so construct the lamp and its casing as to permit of the lighting or adjusting the lamp-blaze from the back of the headlight box…” (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date:
December 2, 1902
Creator:
Stanton, James Robertson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard
Patent for a cattle guard. This cattle guard is a useful improvement in use on railway-tracks.
Date:
September 15, 1903
Creator:
Frownfelter, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Compound Engine
Patent for a compound railroad engine. This design is capable of operating under conditions resulting from an accident, the ability to start under full load via live steam to both the high and low pressure cylinders, and its working parts may be operated with one or both compounds. Illustration included.
Date:
June 18, 1907
Creator:
Symons, Wilson E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt-Clipper
Patent for improvements to bolt cutters, in terms of construction and efficiency. The improvement includes "oppositely-disposed jaw members, having v-shaped cutting edges" (lines 36-37). Includes illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1906
Creator:
Pulvitt, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing.
Patent for improvements in bearings, in which a liquid-step bearing “contains a closed receptacle for oil or other liquid and co-acting with a movable piston or shaft, and adapted to resist end thrust by means of the liquid.” (Lines 11-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 17, 1907
Creator:
Godsey, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap
Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
Date:
December 28, 1909
Creator:
Mercer, John W.; Hasha, W. C. & Estes, W. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casting Dental Plates.
Patent for casting dental plates which builds upon a previous patent by the same inventor, Patent No. 633,222, accepted on September 19, 1899. This patent professes to eliminate previous issues with casting metal such as pinholes and air bubbles that create imperfections in the dental plates.
Date:
May 27, 1902
Creator:
Streetman, Willard
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
Lubricating Apparatus
Patent for "lubricating the bearings of locomotives while moving or standing still." (lines 8-10)
Date:
June 19, 1900
Creator:
Dangler, Hank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel with no extra small parts, a tightener that tightens the whole wheel and is easily reached, and constructed in such a manner that it may be easily taken apart and put back together for repair purposes.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Hadley, William Swain
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Bag Catchers and Deliverer
Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer. This invention is designed for the retrieval and delivery of mailbags by passing trains. Illustration included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Anderson, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lemon Juice Extractor
Patent for a lemon juice extractor. Illustration included.
Date:
May 2, 1905
Creator:
Conroy, Eliza D. & Jobe, L. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine
Patent for a vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 3, 1904
Creator:
Stroop, George G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine
Patent for a vending machine. Illustration included.
Date:
November 17, 1903
Creator:
Scheble, Eugene Stites & Wilmore, S. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vestibule Stock Car
Patent for vestibule stock rail car. Illustration included.
Date:
August 30, 1904
Creator:
Buckner, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustration included.
Date:
August 2, 1904
Creator:
Tally, Richard C.
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
Method of Exterminating Johnson Grass.
Patent for a method to kill Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense) by repeatedly breaking up the ground around the plant during winter.
Date:
July 16, 1901
Creator:
Harpold, Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Apparatus.
Patent for a "pumping, or water-elevating apparatus," (line 9) including illustrations.
Date:
June 17, 1902
Creator:
Simmons, Jesse W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvement in plows by first connecting a furrow-shoe to the moldboard, and second, by provide means for operating the plow-point to make a deep or shallow furrow and for raising and lowering covering-plows simultaneously when the plow is in operation. (Lines 13-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Morrison, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Apparatus.
Patent for improvements to a pumping apparatus "to provide a simple, inexpensive, and easily-operated apparatus through the medium of which water may be forced from a well, stream, or other source of supply by the weight of a person" (lines 14-18).
Date:
February 17, 1903
Creator:
Simmons, Jessie W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate latch "comprising pivoted arms having hooked front ends which are normally spread out" (lines 85-87), including illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1906
Creator:
Drennan, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History