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Blow-Out Boot
Patent for a blow-out boot which would prevent the usual particulate from being able to enter the inner tire after a blow-out.
Date:
January 4, 1921
Creator:
Barnes, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drag Saw.
Patent for a new and improved drag saw. This design "is to provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and easily-operated machine for cross-cutting timber for railway-ties and material, or for cord-wood, stove-wood, or other uses" (lines 7-11).
Date:
January 1, 1884
Creator:
Bennett, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Signal Device
Patent for telephone signal device.
Date:
January 9, 1917
Creator:
Boyd, Ura M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Running Gear.
Patent for a new and improved running gear. This design consists "[i]n an adjustable axle, the combination of the squarely grooved or axle-tree, having [a] central square block, the spindles having inner square portions, having horizontal slots and vertical slots, vertical nutted bolts and horizontal nutted bolts, [and] having hooks adapted to have the draft-chains attached to them" (lines 74-81).
Date:
January 9, 1883
Creator:
Brosius, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Lock
Patent for an improvement for window sash locks, with an improved ability to hold windows in place.
Date:
January 10, 1922
Creator:
Brown, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for the Disposal of Night-Soil, &c.
Patent for a method of disposing of human feces "by water and the destruction of disease producing germs in the same in centers of population which are situated near running streams or large bodies of water" (lines 12-15).
Date:
January 20, 1894
Creator:
Busbee, Loranzo D. & Rosser, Charles M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester
Patent for a cotton harvester. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 3, 1911
Creator:
Byron, Hagar B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drainage Apparatus.
Patent for a drainage apparatus by using two siphon-pipes, a back-pressure valve and an automatic starting device to drain the water from one place to another when the water is at a predetermined level. Illustration is included.
Date:
January 8, 1901
Creator:
Carroll, Samuel C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Guard for Cars.
Patent for a safety-guard for cars that use a flexible netting in front of the car and has a double frame for support. It folds compactly when not in use.
Date:
January 29, 1895
Creator:
Champlin, William B., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Time-Controlled Operating Mechanism.
Patent for improvements in automatic time-controlled operating mechanisms by using a combination of a spring-actuated rotary disk, a clock mechanism, and co-acting cams to automatically operating at predetermined times, electric switches and other devices, such as locking and unlocking doors of warehouses. Illustration is included.
Date:
January 18, 1910
Creator:
Chappel, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time Switch
Patent for an electric time switch. This invention allows for an automatic opening of an electric line at a predetermined time. Illustration included.
Date:
January 15, 1907
Creator:
Chappel, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Pipes
Patent for an attachment for pipes. Illustration included.
Date:
January 31, 1911
Creator:
Charles, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Work Engaging Support for Surface Treating Machines
Patent for work engaging support for surface treating machines. Intent of patent is to provide support for revolving sections of machinery in order to provide greater stabilization.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Clark, Alex A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Attachments for Lathe Head-Stocks
Patent for an attachment for lathe-head stocks. It is "a device that may be readily adjustable to provide a backing... that may be gripped by the chucks of a jewelers or watch-makers lathe" (lines 26-29).
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
De Long, Charles E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Gear Shifting Device.
Patent for a new transmission gear shifting device will "provide means for shifting the transmission parts of an automobile or other motor driven vehicle, without employing the usual hand levers and appliances, and to do so by means of electrically controlled operating mechanisms in combination with certain component parts." (Lines 12-18) including illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
De Witt, G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Effects of Urbanization on Floods in the Dallas, Texas Metropolitan Area
From abstract: The analyses indicate that in a fully-developed residential area, the flood peaks with be 1.2 to 1.4 times those from an undeveloped area; and the annual direct runoff will be about double that from an undeveloped area. Data were not sufficient to determine the increase in runoff from a highly industrialized area where the effective imperviousness approaches 100 percent.
Date:
January 1974
Creator:
Dempster, George R., Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Disinfectant Telephone-Mouthpiece
Patent for a mouthpiece for transmitters that contains a disinfectant used to prevent the spread of bacteria that has been exhaled into the mouthpiece. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 18, 1910
Creator:
Dixon, Joseph W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quick Tire-Patch for Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for a quick tire patch for pneumatic tires for the purpose of providing an adhesive repair patch that is easy and convenient to apply and that may be used immediately after application.
Date:
January 7, 1919
Creator:
Duffy, Clarence O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Abrading Element For Tire-Patch Containers
Patent for an improved tool that is affixed to tire-patch containers. It is used for abrading the surface of a tire to effectively roughen it (without the use of sandpaper) to allow the adhesion of a patch. Includes illustrations.
Date:
January 4, 1921
Creator:
Duffy, Jesse A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kite.
Patent for a new design of kite in which the frame is adjustable and able to form different shapes. Illustrations and instructions included.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map Cabinet
Patent for a storage device designed to store maps, blueprints, artworks, and other flat objects.
Date:
January 12, 1917
Creator:
Fanning, Samuel H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Riding-Horse.
Patent for mechanical riding horse that is designed for children to use. It's purpose is a toy that can be ridden and travelled on as a tricycle.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Finley, David Guy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Railway-Tie and Rail-Clamp.
Patent for a combined railway tie and rail clamp, which is made of metal rather than wood.
Date:
January 3, 1911
Creator:
Finley, Jefferson L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Patent Awning
Patent for awning.
Date:
January 16, 1917
Creator:
Foord, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History