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Battery-Connector
Patent for a battery connector for providing electricity in homes without being connected to a power plant.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Hall, James Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can Soldering Machine
Patent for a can soldering machine. This device is designed to solder multiple units of lids to cans. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
Irwin, Wiley I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bonnet.
Patent for new and useful improvement sin bonnets, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1900
Creator:
Thornton, Frances E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pipe Coupling.
Patent for an improved air-pipe coupling that is airtight and watertight and has a flexible union for railroad cars.
Date:
May 2, 1893
Creator:
Thomas, James Bryant
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top Prop.
Patent for a new and improved prop for carriage tops. This design consists in "a prop-joint for vehicles, the combination of the bow, the prop-casting having the circumferential flanges lying against the opposite sides of the bow, and the opposite extension plates lying against and secured by screws to the rear edges of the bow" (lines 70-75).
Date:
July 31, 1888
Creator:
Jacobs, William Ramsey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design "consists of a buckle or tie consisting of a base-plate having one or more projections or hooks on its face, to one of which is permanently secured one end of the wire or band, while the other end is passed around the bale and secured to the opposite hook or projection" (lines 21-27).
Date:
March 31, 1885
Creator:
Tippit, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Quick-Acting Vise.
Patent for a quick-acting, easily operated vise "in which the jaws are automatically held closed upon the work until released." Its simple construction enables it to be inexpensively and efficiently manufactured.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
McCullough, Daniel B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date:
April 11, 1905
Creator:
Bays, Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightener.
Patent for a new and useful wire tightener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 5, 1898
Creator:
Brown, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Shaft Carrier
Patent for vehicle shaft carrier. Illustration included.
Date:
January 31, 1905
Creator:
Randall, Osro W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Table.
Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design consists in "the rigid supporting-frame of an ironing-table, a cross-piece secured to the outside of the upper ends of the supports at one end of the frame, so that its upper edge shall project above the supports, an ironing-board top hinged to one side of the cross-piece, and a shelf secured to the upper edge and projecting to the opposite side of said cross-piece" (lines 86-94).
Date:
October 19, 1886
Creator:
Adair, Annie E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lemon and Lime Squeezer
Patent for an improved lemon and lime squeezer that can divide the lemon and lime into two halves and squeeze the halves in succession, or one half be left un-squeezed.
Date:
June 3, 1919
Creator:
Bolton, Jack R.; Williams, John D. & Struve, Felix L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leaf-Turner.
Patent for a new and improved leaf turner which allows the piano player to turn the pages of their sheet music without taking their hands off the keyboard. This leaf turner is "noiseless and efficient in operation and...will respond instantly to the actuating impulse" (lines 21-23). It is not expensive to make, and securely holds music and releases it without effort.
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Holcom, Jarret C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for connecting pipe-sections
Patent for embodying an improved construction whereby the ends of relatively heavy and large pipe sections be screwed together with minimum amount of manual labor.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
Simms, Joe M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Tire
Patent for a bolt-free spring connection between a vehicle tires inner and outer rims, allowing for an air cushion between rims and improving overall performance of vehicle tires.
Date:
September 18, 1917
Creator:
Horne, Henry M. & Buford, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for improving wrenches to reach "parts of machinery [that are] ordinarily difficult [to] access" (lines 12-13), specifically "used in removing or replacing the nut or nuts on a fourth connecting rod of a Ford motor [ . . . ] such rod being in a position difficult to reach by an ordinary wrench" (lines 17-21).
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Slagle, George R.; Garner, Arthur N. & Rushin, Willliam R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet.
Patent for "a more complete and convenient kitchen cabinet... with an effective and desirable sink attachment, whereby dirty water may be easily disposed of." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 28, 1895
Creator:
Brooks, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella-Case.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in umbrella cases, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1899
Creator:
Ferry, Thomas Cate
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Detaching Horses
Patent for improvements for a device used to detach a horse or horses from a vehicle. Included illustration shows 3 elevation views of the detacher.
Date:
July 25, 1876
Creator:
Craig, John Kerr
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churn-Motors
Patent for an improvement in churn-motors, which would allow for the motor to run faster or slower as needed, with illustration.
Date:
July 30, 1878
Creator:
Alexander, Julius A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers
Patent for an improvement in Horse Powers and in it's construction.
Date:
September 2, 1879
Creator:
Smith, William W. & Randall, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harrows and Clod-Crushers
Patent for the improvement in the design of harrows and clod-crushers.
Date:
November 11, 1879
Creator:
Murphy, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound.
Patent for a cough syrup formula made from various plant extracts, to treat inflammatory diseases. No illustration.
Date:
June 26, 1860
Creator:
Reeves, J. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pliers
Patent for pliers. The invention relates to improvements of the pliers, primarily adapted for use by linemen in securing an electric conducting wire upon an insulator, splicing the wire or stretching the same. The construction is to produce a pair of pliers which are simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and which will perform the functions of several ordinary tools.
Date:
October 5, 1915
Creator:
Bryce, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History