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Electric Signal System for Electric Cars
Patent for signal systems for electric railways where wires arranged in connection with the signal lamps at the ends of the blocks and on the cars will be lit to signal caution. There will also be a signal within the car if another moving car in the opposite direction enters the same block.
Date:
December 26, 1905
Creator:
Adams, Edwin J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch and Signal System
Patent for a switch and signal system to be used for railroad signaling and to prevent trains on different tracks from colliding. (lines 12-22)
Date:
December 12, 1905
Creator:
Adams, Edwin J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Signal System
Patent for electric signal system. Illustration included.
Date:
May 16, 1905
Creator:
Adams, Edwin Johnson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Signaling Mechanism
Patent for a railway signaling mechanism. This invention "relates to certain new and useful improvements in electric railway and block signaling in which means are provided for indicating in the engine cab to the engineer the condition of the road ahead" (lines 9-13). Illustrations included.
Date:
January 15, 1907
Creator:
Adams, Edwin Johnson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop Fastener
Patent for an envelop fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
May 2, 1905
Creator:
Albea, Mary
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Forming Apparatus
Patent for a bale forming apparatus. This invention is designed as an improvement to existing bale-forming apparatus.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Anderson, William E.; Dyer, Frank L. & Workum, Julius F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
GATE
Patent for a Gate. "My invention is an improved gate adapted for use as a farm-gate and for other uses." (lines 11-12) and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
BRUCE, ROBERT A
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivator-Beams
Patent for an attachment for cultivator beams designed to help adjust cultivators while in usage. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
Barham, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buttonhole Cutter or Shears.
Patent for a buttonhole cutter or shears, which has an adjustable stop for creating buttonholes of different sizes.
Date:
March 17, 1908
Creator:
Barr, George T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a nut and pipe wrench. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Barr, George T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jar.
Patent for a jar for thick semi-liquids such as mustard, which has a discharge spout in the side that allows the contents to be used without taking off the lid of the jar.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Barr, George T., Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole.
Patent for a trolley pole, which attaches easily to the wire and can be placed on it by the operator without him leaving his station on the trolley.
Date:
March 16, 1909
Creator:
Barr, George T., Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Fastener.
Patent for a mail bag fastener which automatically locks when closed and can only be opened with a key.It also holds the mail bag open when letters are being withdrawn.
Date:
July 16, 1907
Creator:
Barr, George Taylor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill Coupling
Patent for a thill coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
November 13, 1906
Creator:
Barry, Jefferson D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool
Patent for a combination tool. Illustration included.
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Barry, Jefferson D.; Wise, Daniel; Dehn, Frederick D. & Crossland, Mortimer L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Kindler
Patent for an automatic fire kindler which can be put on a timer and start a fire in a stove with a bundle of matches inserted into the device ahead of time.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Bates, Samuel F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner
Patent for an oil burner for refined oil which vaporizes all the oil put into the burner.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Breckenridge, William D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for an oil-burner, which can be turned on and off with a single switch.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Breckenridge, William D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bee-Gum
Patent for a bee hive which has multiple compartments which the bees can travel through and, when keeper wants to remove honey all the bees can be sent into one compartment to avoid the danger of being stung. It also has ventilation and rain protection.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Caperton, William Elson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Transplanting Machine.
Patent for Vegetable transplanting machine, it describes about new technique of planting a crops with effective irrigation technique
Date:
February 10, 1902
Creator:
Carroll, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge for Guns.
Patent for "a projectile having an elliptical cross-section and slight longitadinal twist for use in guns provided with a corresponding bore." (lines 8-11), including description and illustrations.
Date:
September 24, 1901
Creator:
Cole, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Firearm
Patent for "a projectile adapted for use in guns having an elliptical and twisted bore" with an illustration.
Date:
June 3, 1902
Creator:
Cole, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Barrel.
Patent for improvement in small firearms. The gun combines a cylindrical breech and with an elliptical bore in order to increase the projectile’s impact and stabilize its trajectory. The invention uses an ordinary ball cartridge, improving upon an earlier patent by the inventor. Detailed explanation and illustrations included.
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Cole, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Stock.
Patent for an improved wooden stock for firearms which combines maximum lightness and strength, may be produced at reduced cost, and is adapted for convenient and advantageous manipulation for defensive purposes.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Cole, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History