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Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for improving an Acetylene-Gas Generator. To eliminate a check valve between the generator and the gasometer, this will purify the gas and keep siphoning off of water from occurring.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Gribble, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adding Machine.
Patent for a new and improved adding machine using rotating discs.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Druschke, Julius C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable End Die.
Patent for improvements to adjustable end dies. These improvements allow convenient rethreading of bolts while it is engaged with an object.
Date:
February 8, 1921
Creator:
Wright, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Standard for Plows.
Patent for improvements to foot pieces that allow for easy adjustment of plowing depth. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1891
Creator:
Teague, Jasper K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerocompass.
Patent for an aerocompass, which improves upon a compass combined with inclinometers or map-boards. It is intended for use on submarines, airplanes, or in an area when it would be difficult to use a regular compass.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Fischer, Fred Charlie.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Craft Propeller
Patent for an air craft propeller that reduces air resistance.
Date:
October 8, 1912
Creator:
Koiw, Julius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Lock for Mines and Tunnels
Patent for an air lock to remove water, polluted air, and heat from mines and tunnels and force in fresh air. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Durack, Partick H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Shears.
Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design is "of a platinum or other wire or conductor heated to a high temperature, sufficient to burn through the fibers of the wool or hair, and [is] passed over the surface of the body as close as may be deemed desirable to the roots. No injurious effects are produced upon the animal or upon the wool or hair removed, while at the same time the same may be removed with great uniformity and expedition" (lines 28-36).
Date:
June 8, 1886
Creator:
Harrell, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Dennis, Decatur D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal. Illustration included.
Date:
November 8, 1904
Creator:
Wilkinson, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap.
Patent for a new type of ant trap that captures ants by having them crawl up a wooden central chamber and then fall into a sheer metal pit. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1891
Creator:
Walker, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antispreading Device for Railway-Tracks.
Patent for improvement for preventing the railroad tracks from spreading by using a device to connect the ends of two parallel rail to connecting adjacent pair of rails.
Date:
April 8, 1919
Creator:
Stovall, John T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Coupling and Uncoupling Cars
Patent for "a coupling of such construction as will permit the coupling and uncoupling of the cars to be effected by the engineer and to be entirely and at all times under his perfect control" (lines 16-20).
Date:
July 8, 1890
Creator:
McWhirter, Robert & Scheble, Eugene S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Electrostatic-Magnetic Separation
Patent for an electrostatic-magnetic separator for separating particles in a mass.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Elevating and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.
Patent for a steam-powered device for cleaning seed-cotton. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1891
Creator:
Robinson, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Forming And Vulcanizing Rubberized Fabric And Rubber Tires.
Patent for an apparatus for "forming and vulcanizing rubberized fabric and rubber tires for use on vehicle and other wheels &c., &c.” (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Dees, Mark A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Impregnating Liquids with Gases.
Patent for a new and improved apparatus for impregnating liquids with gases. This design "relates to apparatus for impregnating water or other suitable liquid with the fumes emanating from the consumption of a combustible composition of matter, such as sulphur, which when ignited emits a gas containing suitable medicinal qualities" (lines 14-19). It consists in "the closed reservoir for containing the liquid, having windows upon opposite walls thereof, of the transverse beam having its ends supported in said windows, the sulphur-containing vessel . . . the man-hole, the air-hole, and cocks" (lines 4-10).
Date:
October 8, 1889
Creator:
Radam, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Manufacturing Door Plates or Signs
Patent for a molding and printing device for forming hollow backed signs and name plates.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Simmang, Charles Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Transmitting Power.
Patent for a new invention which uses a combination of radiation and levers in order more efficiently transmit power. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 8, 1870
Creator:
Williams, Blasius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Use in Obtaining Petroleum Products
Patent for an apparatus for use in obtaining petroleum products. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Frasch, Herman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Appratus for Treating Refuse Matter.
Patent for "the perfection of an apparatus by the use of which night soil or garbage may be reduced to ashes in the shortest possible time and at a comparatively trivial expense" (lines 20-24).
Date:
August 8, 1893
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arm for Telegraph - Poles.
Patent for a new and useful arm for telegraph poles.
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Gun-Slings
Patent for an attachment for gun slings that can be used on army rifles or other guns and provides the means for the sling to be held tight against the arm for steady aim.
Date:
November 8, 1921
Creator:
Grierson, Benjamin Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Water-Pipes
Patent for attachment for water pipes to prevent bursting of water pipes due to freezing of water while it passes through the pipes.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Finlay, John K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History