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Alarm System
Patent for a fire alarm system which activates when a certain temperature is detected by the device.
Date:
May 25, 1909
Creator:
Giese, Leo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn with a power motor.
Date:
May 25, 1909
Creator:
Holder, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "automatic pin-and-link car-couplings in which a sliding spring-actuated block is employed for supporting the coupling-pin in an elevated position preparatory to coupling." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1897
Creator:
Lee, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot Cleaner.
Patent for a new and improved boot cleaner. This design "affords facilities for readily and conveniently scraping all parts of the boot or shoe. The heel is scraped on [a] semicircular portion located at the top of the arch, the sides of the sole by the arms, the upper hollow of the foot by the projections, [and] the toe by the lower side of the arch or bow" (lines 38-45).
Date:
May 25, 1886
Creator:
Scovel, Purley A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
Patent for an improvement for the Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator by removing dirt, weeds, and grass from the sides of the row. Included with this are detailed illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1886
Creator:
Flewellen, Anthony, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump.
Patent for improvements in air pumps pertaining to their ability to inflate pneumatic tires.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Messerli, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Replacer and Derailer
Patent for a car replacer and derailer to place the wheels of a train car back on track in case of derailment which can be easily added to train rails.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Zeagler, Bennie L. & Stryker, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel.
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Resilient Wheels" (lines 5-6) including specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Martin F. Kettler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Planter Attachment.
Patent for improvements on cotton or other seed planters with a new design that allows for "simultaneously adjusting-i.e., raising and lowering-the plows in front and in rear of the seed-dropping drum " (lines 29-31) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1880
Creator:
Willcoxson, Coulmon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable Grater and Slicer.
Patent for an improvement on vegetable graters or slicers. The design allows for more efficient cutting of the vegetables and allows for gravity to feed the vegetables through the slicer and avoiding injury to the operator. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1880
Creator:
Weitzel, Jacob F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck.
Patent for an improvement in trucks adapted for railroad use including handling baggage and freight and allowing the supporting wheels to be arranged with respect to the body of the truck so they can be moved longitudinally.
Date:
May 25, 1920
Creator:
Hall, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Measuring Device
Patent for a device that determines the amount of liquid (particularly gasoline and oil) that flows from its glass container with the end of facilitating the exchange of goods, including illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1920
Creator:
Meredith, John Dewitt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Luggage-Carrier.
Patent for improving automobile luggage carriers by attaching a device to the vehicle's running board, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Reed, Allen T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Step.
Patent for removable steps that can be mounted over the front wheel of a farm wagon to make it safer and easier to access the spring seat.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Smith, Amon Cornelius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vegetable-Cutters.
Patent for "vegetable-cutters adapted to cut a number of slices by a single stroke, in which a series of knives, arranged in two converging tiers, are used in conjunction with a centrally-disposed block for supporting the article to be sliced." (Lines 7-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1875
Creator:
Goolsbee, John N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp.
Patent for improvements to headlight lamps used in locomotives, with illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1897
Creator:
Pitts, William Wirt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Motor.
Patent for an improved and efficient "in motors adapted especially for domestic use, its object being to provide a cheap, compact, durable, and efficient automatic motive mechanism which may be utilized for drivers various household apparatus" including instructions and illustration.
Date:
May 25, 1880
Creator:
Miller, Noah J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine
Patent for improvements to be made upon steam engines, with description of parts and use and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1886
Creator:
Cross, David L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Food and Method of Preparing the Same
Patent for a new method to produce stock feed at a low cost, by "treating finely divided organic matter containing cellulose with certain acids under pressure, thereby freeing the cellulose and other carbohydrates," to make the feed more easily absorbable by animals (lines 13-23).
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Walker, Thomas Bailey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Patent for an improvement in cotton-choppers by way of vertical rock-shafts.
Date:
May 25, 1876
Creator:
Burnham, Theodore O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Primary Battery.
Patent for a simplified primary battery "whereby the parts thereof may be readily removed and replaced without special tools by unprofessional persons, while at the same time providing a construction of primary battery involving new and useful connections for the positive and negative elements thereof." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1897
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M. & Steele, Walter L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Beam.
Patent for "effective means whereby the component parts of a plow-beam can be relatively adjusted according to the nature of the work in hand or to meet certain conditions, thereby facilitating the work and increasing or decreasing the draft." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1897
Creator:
Miller, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Vaporizing Liquids and Apparatus Used in Connection Therewith.
Patent for improvements in vaporizing liquids referring to a processing a liquid such as gasoline or kerosene and properly mixing it with air.
Date:
May 25, 1920
Creator:
McClinktock, Charles David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mud-Cleaning Mechanism for Tractor-Wheels.
Patent for mud cleaning mechanism for tractor wheels. The mechanism's objective is to automatically clean from and between the cleats and the ground, and along the rims of tractor wheels while the wheels are in motion. Additional advantages noted are that this mechanism is easily assembled and disassembled, durable and compact, and applicable with multiple styes of tractors.
Date:
May 25, 1920
Creator:
Williams, Hartwell L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History