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Bit-Frame
Patent for a bit frame for holding ceiling cleats in place so that screws can be driven at each end. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 9, 1912
Creator:
Lagarde, Everette S. & Angenend, Peter A., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Display Figures
Patent for an attachment for display figures that fills out the sleeves of a garment.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Beyette, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Pipe Coupling
Patent for a train pipe coupling which connects automatically and does not come loose when the train is going around curves.
Date:
April 12, 1910
Creator:
Blair, Oliver C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Box for Locomotives.
Patent for a new and improved axle-box for locomotives. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a pedestal, of an axle-box mounted to slide vertically in the said pedestal, a second axle-box mounted with one side in a bearing in the said pedestal, and a connecting-rod secured to the last-named axle-box and pivotally connected with the first-named axle-box" (lines 67-73).
Date:
April 2, 1889
Creator:
Chase, Ransford T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cart-Saddle
Patent for a more animal-friendly saddle to attach a horse to a cart by adjusting the way the girth is handled as the cart is loaded.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Franks, Ely Anderson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for concepts and designs used to improve performance of Spark-Arresters used in the smoke stacks of locomotives with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 6, 1880
Creator:
Wiggin, John E.
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Opener and Cleaner.
Patent for cleaning and renovating cotton and other fibrous materials that are found in the lint that falls from the gin in the regular ginning process.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Garner, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coop.
Patent for a coop to ship poultry and similar animals. Slidable slats and bars allow for food and water access.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Ferguson, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant.
Patent for getting knowledge on how to collect the cotton and make it usable.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
James C. Garner, of Dallas, Texas & Charles S. Reynolds, of Houston, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book.
Patent for improvements to check-books for easier access to the check stubs.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Schwander, Peter W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Body.
Patent for an automobile body that is designed for people who enjoy doing outdoor activities. Compares this design to the current design of what is called "touring cars."
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Saxon, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin
Patent for new and useful improvement to clothes pins to automatically lock themselves against accidental disengagement from the clothes line.
Date:
April 22, 1913
Creator:
Ingersoll, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roasting and Grinding Machine.
Patent for "a combined roasting and grinding machine" (lines 12-13) with a conveyor that moves the coffee from end to end.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Herndon, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Drill.
Patent for detachable heads and plates for frusco-conical rollers that allow for space between drills, including illustrations.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Reed, Clarence Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Brake Mechanism
Patent for a centrifugal break mechanism, primarily designed as an automatic brake device for elevators travelling at an abnormal speed.
Date:
April 16, 1918
Creator:
Cobb, Albert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
ATTACHMENT FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION MOTORS
Patent for an Attachment for Internal Combustion Motors. This new attachment provides many improvements in the regulation of auxiliary air, whether it enters or leaves the internal combustion motor (Shine). It also regulates hot or cold air, or can shut off the air supply entirely (Shine).
Date:
April 26, 1921
Creator:
Shine, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grapple for Oil-Wells and the Like.
Patent for an improved grapple device that can help recover rigging parts from oil wells, including illustrations.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Reed, Clarence E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reamer.
Patent for an enlarged reamer for maintaining the gage of the hole comprising a head threaded at one end for attachment to the drill and disk-shaped reaming cutters housed in slots in the sides.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calipers.
Patent for calipers that make it easier to read measurements, by having a strip of measuring tape at the ends that allows users to determine the distance between the arms easier. The measuring tape component is also retractable.
Date:
April 4, 1922
Creator:
Miller, William James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Building Mold.
Patent for Concrete Building Mold that is composed to be able to be detachable and reversible.
Date:
June 14, 1920
Creator:
Rossiter, Jay A
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Floor System.
Patent for improved T-beams for floor support, which improve bonding between the beams and poured flooring and columns.
Date:
April 26, 1921
Creator:
Moore, Stuart B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reamer.
Patent for rotary reamers for progressively enlarging holes in pilot drills, particularly roller disk type reamers used in oil, water, or mining applications.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Humason, Granville A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Distilling Hydrocarbons
Patent for distilling hydrocarbons from crude petroleum oil.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Averill, Willard C., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History