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Means for Drying Briquets
Patent for drying briquets. Briquets are placed on a track, which is then rotated by chains as it dries, before falling into a stack in a chamber. This allows for faster, more even drying of the briquets before use.
Date:
July 20, 1917
Creator:
Baker, Burke
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Signal-Actuating Mechanism for Railways
Patent for an improved signal actuating mechanisms for railways. When the train cars reach an operating mechanism, a flag will be raised where pedestrians or cars cross, and cause a signal to be repeated until the train passes.
Date:
July 20, 1920
Creator:
Bashara, Samuel Farris
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Razor.
Patent for new and improved safety razor, which will be similar to an ordinary razor, and "can be used either in its safety form or in the ordinary manner" (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1897
Creator:
Bradley, Richard Sherman.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut and Candy Depositor
Patent for a nut and candy depositor for sending the nuts and candy into a dipping machine.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Brunka, Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Core-Taking Device
Patent for improvements to a core-taking device which will "form a core, in the process of drilling, and embodies means for severing the core, when formed, and retaining the same in the core barrel until, it is withdrawn for inspection" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1922
Creator:
Christian, Walton G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal.
Patent for a signal to be placed on the fender of a motor vehicle to indicate to other drivers the intended direction the vehicle is going.
Date:
July 20, 1920
Creator:
Cochran, Carl T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plunger For Deep-Well Pumps
Patent for improved deep well pumps with plungers used to reduce wear and lower the amount of repairs needed
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Coulson, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop
Patent for envelopes, particularly for inter-office use, in which an envelope would have an improved means for indicating the designation of the envelope to any series of persons or locations. Additionally, the envelope is provided a series of spaces with a separatable or removable indicator adapted to be located in any said spaces to indicate the destination of the envelope.
Date:
October 20, 1919
Creator:
Crate, James S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Device
Patent for a mail bag catching and delivering device that is attached to trains and grabs mailbags off of a designated mail bag holder on the edge of the tracks.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Cruse, James Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tires
Patent for an inner tube for pneumatic tires that has been layered with vulcanized fabric so as to protect from damage. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Culmore, March
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoothing-Drag
Patent for improvements to a smoothing drag, a tool that smoothes the ground between rows of crops to prevent moisture loss from the soil.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Davison, Morgan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed Mixer
Patent for refinements in feed mixer technology.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Dixon, Elbert S. & Werner, Henry E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire.
Patent for improvements in tires for vehicles that has a cushion that takes the shocks of travel.
Date:
July 20, 1920
Creator:
Drouet, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Form for Building Concrete Structures
Patent for a form for building concrete structures. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 20, 1910
Creator:
Duller, David M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding Attachment For One-Row Walking Grain and Seed Planters
Patent for a riding attachment. This invention is designed for a one-row walking planter. Illustration included.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Fisk, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence or Gate.
Patent for a new and improved fence or gate. This design consists in "[a] fence or gate composed entirely of pipes interchangeably connected together by couplings, and consisting of the long tubular pickets and the intermediate short tubular pickets, each long tubular picket being formed by two short tubular pickets connected by an intermediate coupling in the form of a Greek cross, a similar coupling at the top of each long and short tubular picket, and the T-shaped couplings at their bottoms, combined with a series of horizontal tubes" (lines 54-64).
Date:
January 20, 1891
Creator:
Friday, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the laterally and vertically movable draw-head having the hook at its outer end, the keeper depending from the lower side of the car, and in which the draw-head is confined, the spring connected to one side of the draw-head and bearing thereon, and the arm pivoted in a slot in the draw-head, and having the head projecting in rear of the lip or shoulder of the hook, and the lever fulcrumed to the end of the car and connected to the car" (lines 87-97).
Date:
July 20, 1886
Creator:
Gorny, Jacob
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Soap.
Patent for a new and improved soap-making machine. This design "consist[s] of grease and soda tanks, the latter tank having a diaphragm . . . a register-tank, pipes leading from said grease and soda tanks to said register-tank, a pivoted converter, a rotary shaft in said converter and blades, a shaft journaled in uprights attached to said converter and provided with a crank and a bevel wheel, the latter gearing with a bevel-wheel on said rotary shaft in the converter, and removable furnaces for said grease tank and converter" (lines 21-32).
Date:
September 20, 1887
Creator:
Grant, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spear
Patent for a spear that is used to help withdraw or remove pipes that may get stuck in wellbores.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Gray, Ellsworth
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "construction and arrangement of arrow-shaped draw-heads and lever-bars adjustable upon rack-bars for the purpose of raising and lowering the draw-heads" (lines 16-20)including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1880
Creator:
Gray, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Articulator.
Patent for a dental articulator that will more precisely demonstrate the natural movements of the human jaw.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
Hall, Rubert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reamer
Patent for the improvement of vertical reamers used in the drilling of wells. Intended to provide a multi-bladed reamer that expands holes more evenly with less parts than previous models.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device for Rotary Drills
Patent for improving the lubricating devices for rotary drills, especially the rotatble cutting devices attached to the head of the drill.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, Howard Robard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling.
Patent for a coupling device for train pipes used on railroad trains to connect fluid conduits and similar pipes.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Hume, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History