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Apparatus for Treating Granular Materials (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Granular Materials

Patent for an apparatus for treating granular materials. Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Lanaux, Alfred A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for new and improved construction of the class of machine baling press.
Date: October 29, 1889
Creator: Forniraseo, Domaneco
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Detecting Actinides, Method for Detecting Actinides (open access)

Device for Detecting Actinides, Method for Detecting Actinides

A heavy metal detector is provided comprising a first molecule and a second molecule, whereby the first and second molecules interact in a predetermined manner; a first region on the first molecule adapted to interact with an actinide; and a second region on the second molecule adapted to interact with the actinide, whereby the interactions of the actinide with the regions effect the predetermined manner of interaction between the molecules.
Date: October 29, 1998
Creator: Stevens, Fred J. & Wilkins-Stevens, Priscilla
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bed-Cover Holder (open access)

Bed-Cover Holder

Patent for bed cover holder, particularly the clamping mechanism that holds the covers to the bed and allows the clamps to grasp "covers of different thicknesses" (lines 25-26) without requiring clamp adjustment.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Hillman, Emmie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace Attachment For Seats (open access)

Brace Attachment For Seats

Patent for diver stability and control of heavy machinery like cultivators, mowers, etc. Is designed to attach to all machine seats and adjust to a driver's leg or thigh; it also functions as a foot rest.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Hart, Henry, C., Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake for Automobiles (open access)

Air-Brake for Automobiles

Patent for air-brakes in automobiles. It is a system that replaces fluid braking systems with an air-based braking system.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Daniel, Wiley Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track Gage (open access)

Track Gage

Patent for a track laying appliance which gages the distance between the rails of a track so that the rails may be disposed at the proper gages at all times. (Lines 10-13)
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: McGuire, Johnie A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench. The invention consists of a locking device to prevent the jaw from sliding. Illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Fernandez, Pedro
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for catching insects. (open access)

Machine for catching insects.

Patent for a machine that catches pests such as the Cotton Boll Weevil and Colorado beetle as an aid to pest control for growing crops. Illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1901
Creator: Maupin, Owen M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-table. (open access)

Ironing-table.

Patent for collapsible ironing tables with illustration.
Date: October 29, 1901
Creator: Williams, James Hanna
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect and Animal Exterminator (open access)

Insect and Animal Exterminator

Patent for an insect and animal exterminator. Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Hobbs, James Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Riding-Saddles. (open access)

Improvement in Riding-Saddles.

Patent for improvement in riding-saddles by "which the leather straps hitherto required for the girth-riffing may be dispensed with, and in place thereof a stronger and more durable rigging obtained, that leaves the top and sides of the tree in perfectly smooth state."
Date: October 29, 1878
Creator: Nothaf, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Heating Tables. (open access)

Improvement in Heating Tables.

Patent for improvement of heating tables, "by steam to keep the meat and other articles at proper temperature. It consist more particularly in an arrangement of the steam-heating apparatus that will admit of its application to dining-tables, and will allow the plates of the diners and such of the dishes as may be desired being kept at the desired degree of warmth without necessitating the heating of warmth without the necessitating the heating of all the articles on the table."
Date: October 29, 1878
Creator: Morris, Joseph R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stamping or Dating Machine (open access)

Stamping or Dating Machine

Patent for new and useful improvements to printing or stamping machines.
Date: October 29, 1889
Creator: Spivey, Edward Franklin & Spivey, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wheel (open access)

Trolley Wheel

Patent for a trolley wheel. The invention allows for the spreading of wear over contact blocks within the hub of the wheel. Illustration included
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Smith, Charley E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Patterson, Benjamin Gilbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue (open access)

Tongue

Patent for a tongue. "This invention has relation to tongues, especially adapted to be applied to agricultural machines, as for instance wheel mounted plow frames, and has for its object the provision of a tongue structure with means for connecting the same to the frame of the machine so that frame may be swung under the tongue laterally while the frame is being over the ground." (line 8-16). illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Brown, Bartley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Handle (open access)

Tool-Handle

Patent for a tool handle for saws. Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: McDermid, Archie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine (open access)

Traction-Engine

Patent for a traction engine. Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Cox, Bradford
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Cooking Apparatus. (open access)

Steam-Cooking Apparatus.

Patent for a steam-cooking apparatus, "in which the heat of steam in pipes or tubular jackets is made to cook food without the direct action of fire by radiation, conduction, or convection" (lines 8-11).
Date: October 29, 1878
Creator: Curtin, Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Model Display Stand. (open access)

Model Display Stand.

Patent for new improvements in model display stands for articles of clothing in which the display is made interchangeable and has a fabric background.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Tyler, Claude B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pocket Hair Brush. (open access)

Pocket Hair Brush.

Patent for useful improvements on the pocket hairbrush in which the bristles are movably mounted in a supporting frame in order to make the brush more compact.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Walbach, James de B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener. (open access)

Hame-Fastener.

Patent for improved hame-fasteners used to hold the hames together and tighten them up.
Date: October 29, 1901
Creator: Waters, Richard H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grading-Machine. (open access)

Grading-Machine.

Patent for a grading machine for use in building dikes and levees, which can run over obstacles without harming the machine's work.
Date: October 29, 1907
Creator: Barnett, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History