12 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 12 of
12
Can
Patent for a can. Illustration included.
Date:
July 4, 1905
Creator:
Hanna, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cigar-Tip Cutter and Match-Safe.
Patent for a combined cigar tip cutter and match-safe that consists of a shaft, an operating lever, a match box under the lever, a link that attaches the match box to the lever, a coiled spring that is attached to the lever, a curved lever that is lined up to the other lever, a spring connecting the two levers, and a picker.
Date:
April 4, 1893
Creator:
Briggs, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stationary Boiler.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in stationary boilers for " marine, locomotive, and stationary purposes" (line 14- 15).
Date:
January 4, 1898
Creator:
McCallum, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Main Slide-Valve and Throttle-Valve for Steam-Engines.
Patent for a simple main slide-valve and throttle-valve for steam-engines. The throttle valve is a flat plat and slides in a channel between the valve seat and the cylinder head. The twin engine cylinders are horizontally placed at the same height as the throttle valve. The main slide valve "affords a complete and superior valve mechanism for a quick speed steam engine" (lines 29-30).
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Devoissaud, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal Cutter And Roller.
Patent for a new and useful metal cutter and roller, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 4, 1898
Creator:
Beaty, Gilbert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop Stamping Machine
Patent for an envelop stamping machine. This machine is designed to process sheets of stamps for the application of one stamp per envelope. Illustrations Included.
Date:
February 4, 1908
Creator:
Human, Oscor M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Beader.
Patent for a tool that allows a boiler flue to rotate while not letting any steam out of the flue. This allows for the projecting end of the flue to turn without damaging itself and makes taking the flue apart easier for workmen.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Hutchison, Wilson F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved saddle. This design "consists in a rubber or other elastic seat having a thick central portion with tapering thin edges and a leather covering for the same" (lines 9-11).
Date:
November 4, 1884
Creator:
Adams, James E. & Shero, Philip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie
Patent for a new design of railroad-ties meant "for clamping together the two members of the tie and for adjusting them relatively to each other so as to adapt them to clamp rails of different widths" (lines 13-16), with illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Grant, James K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Deposit File
Patent for a deposit file. Illustration included.
Date:
April 4, 1905
Creator:
Anderson, Samuel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 4, 1905
Creator:
Wallace, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Extracting Machine.
Patent for an apparatus that improved the cleaning process for machine-processed boll cotton. The invention made it possible to extract more lint cotton from closed bolls which were typically unharvestable by traditional machine-based cotton gins. The machine also improved success in late fall or winter cotton harvesting by allowing bolls containing hard-to-reach cotton to be processed.
Date:
September 4, 1918
Creator:
Blackmon, Enoch J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History