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Adding-Machine
Patent for improvements to adding machines, which is key-operated and includes a vertically disposed shaft and a means to actuate the sliding plate.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Gatewood, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Sign.
Patent for an advertisement sign with a translucent display band that illuminates different sections of letters, numbers, or figures, in various colors, giving the appearance of animation.
Date:
August 5, 1919
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for an aeroplane that will maintain its balance in the air automatically
Date:
December 5, 1911
Creator:
McManus, Augustus F. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Supplying Device For Diving Purposes.
Patent for a new and useful air supplying device for diving purposes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 5, 1899
Creator:
Hensley, Frank A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for a new and useful animal trap, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 5, 1899
Creator:
Buckersberg, Simon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animated Sign
Patent for a display apparatus to be implemented as animated advertising signs which successively display different images by controlling the timing of changes in the colors of light used to flood the front and to backlight the display surfaces. The images are created in such a way that certain elements created in certain colors become absorbed or are made invisible when illuminated by certain colors of light. An apparatus controls the cyclical changes of the colored lights used by the sign.
Date:
September 5, 1922
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Windmills.
Patent for a windmill attachment that will increase the pumping capacity of windmills or other lifting pumps.
Date:
March 5, 1912
Creator:
Engle, Matthew H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car coupling that operates automatically and without causing danger to the railway employees. It operates by a lever on the side or top of the car.
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Burglin, Bernhard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Case for Motion-Picture Films
Patent for a case for motion picture films that protects the film from damage when rewinding or transferring from one reel to another. The case also ensures that the film will be wound uniformly.
Date:
October 5, 1915
Creator:
McNeel, William Pinkney
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Latch and Lock for Screen Doors, etc.
Patent for a combined latch and lock for screen doors and other uses. Illustration included.
Date:
February 5, 1912
Creator:
Hart, Joel T. & Hart, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double Action Well Pump
Patent for a double action well pump that only uses a single cylinder
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Jacob, Ernst A. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator-Controller.
Patent for improvements to elevator-controllers, related "to a hand-power rope-elevator equipped with electrical operating mechanism and means whereby the elevator may be quickly and effectually controlled either automatically or manually" (lines 11-15), including illustrations.
Date:
February 5, 1901
Creator:
Dubinski, Benjamin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eyelet-Hole Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for "a simple and perfect eyelet apparatus which can be attached to any sewing-machine" (lines 14-15).
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Reutermann, Heinrich Theodore
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fabric-Turfing Implement.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in fabric turfing implements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1898
Creator:
Connett, Matthew F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hip Form and Stocking Supporter
Patent for hip-forms and stocking supporters. This "invention pertains to hip-forms and stocking supporters for ladies wear; and it consists in combined hip-form and stocking-supporter the novelty, utility, and practical advantages" (line 8-12). Illustration included.
Date:
April 5, 1904
Creator:
Beeler, Gertrude
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Implement for Extracting Axle Boxes from Wheel Hubs.
Patent for a new and improved extractor of axle-boxes from wheel hubs. This design is "compris[ed of] screw-threaded rigid portion, elastic bifurcated expansible portion having ledges, abutting frame . . . consisting of bar having central hollow boss and adjustable sliding legs, in combination with the . . . operating nut" (lines 82-91).
Date:
July 5, 1887
Creator:
Geyer, Hermann R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Axle Boxes.
Patent for improvement to car-axle boxes, specifically "Oil-Collectors for Railroad Journals" (line 6), including illustrations.
Date:
August 5, 1879
Creator:
Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Rotary Valve And Seat.
Patent for an improvement in the construction of a rotary valve and seat. Specifications for the new construction and illustrations are included.
Date:
August 5, 1879
Creator:
Watkins, Edward L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lantern-Top
Patent for a lantern top that provides sufficient ventilation for the lamp or lantern. The arrangement of the lantern top provides sufficient communication between the interior of the lantern and the surrounding atmosphere to insure steady burning.
Date:
October 5, 1920
Creator:
Moore, Thomas Lindsay
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking System For Jail-Doors.
Patent for a new locking system for jail-doors with a unique arrangement of parts, including specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer.
Patent for "a device capable of catching or transferring mail bags from a mail bag hanger to the mail car while the car is in motion, the device also acting to deliver a mail bag at the same station, if necessary, one operation in no manner interfering with the other." (Lines 8-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 5, 1895
Creator:
Sliger, Charles F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring and Proportioning Machine.
Patent for "a device by which the mixing of various ingredients in certain desired proportions may be easily and accurately accomplished" (lines 8-11). It is meant for industrial measuring.
Date:
May 5, 1896
Creator:
Collins, Alonzo G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Railway-Tie.
Patent for a metallic railway tie, which can expand and hold the track in place.
Date:
April 5, 1910
Creator:
Allsbrooks, William Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Apparatus for Producing Transformation Effects
Patent for a method of creating transformation effects through the use of particular colors of illumination, to be used in the theater, amusement houses, or other performances. The invention involves using lights whose colors can either "absorb" or "wash out" certain objects or designs of the same color while revealing objects of a complementary color.
Date:
September 5, 1922
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History