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Peanut Digger.
Patent for new and useful improvements to a machine for harvesting or digging peanuts, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Amos, Thomas E. & Abernathy, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brick-Machine.
Patent for a brick machine that is "effective, yet simple and durable, machine especially adapted to receive bricks from a stiff-mud mill and re-press them and also to provide a means whereby the machine will be automatic in its action." (Lines 7-12) Illustrations included.
Date:
May 15, 1900
Creator:
Anthony, Russell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two-Way Faucet.
Patent for "a two-way faucet adapted for attachment to a hydrant or other source of supply and also for connection with a hose, whereby water my be obtained for general or household purposes without the necessity of the water passing through the rubber hose, which would render the water unfit for domestic use or for culinary purposes." (Lines 13-20) Illustration included.
Date:
May 15, 1900
Creator:
Barrett, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "the frame, drum, the power-ropes to be wound thereon, and the platen combined with the levers having rounded upper and lower ends to operate in rounded sockets in the said platen and the upper part of the frame and the toggle-joints near the centers of the said levers, comprising the rounded projection on one of the members adapted to fit a corresponding cavity or recess in the adjacent end of the other member, the lateral ears and the pin to pass through said ears and the rounded projection" (lines 12-23).
Date:
May 15, 1888
Creator:
Bartle, John Nelson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cameras.
Patent for an improved camera attachment for adding titles to film that prevents the film from being exposed to light except when the title is photographed, with illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Bretz, George W.; Lowry, Claud A.; Wood, Oscar O.; Wade, J. H.; Pirtle, P. R.; Jones, F. E. et al.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vechicle-Top Support.
Patent for "supports for the bows of folding vehicle-tops, and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character for application to one end of the shifting rail of the top, so as to receive the bows and cushion them against injury in folding and when the vehicle is passing over a rough roadway." (Lines 8-15) Illustration included.
Date:
May 15, 1900
Creator:
Buchanan, Sanford McElroy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle
Patent for a non-refillable bottle that once filled, it does not allow anything else to be added to the bottle.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
Burke, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Harp.
Patent for improvements to the efficiency of trolley harps by changing how the currents that power "overhead type electric car systems" (lines 13-14) are conducted.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Carmack, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fare-Box
Patent for new and useful improvements in electrical fare boxes.
Date:
May 15, 1888
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Split Switch
Patent for a split switch, with illustrations. The "invention relates to split switches; and the object of our invention is to provide a switch which will be normally in condition to prevent a train from running on the main track from the siding, and yet always keep the main track in condition for the rapid movement of trains, and at the same time allow the shunting of a train from the main track to the side track" (lines 16-24).
Date:
May 15, 1883
Creator:
Crowley, John Henry & Temple, Bernard Moore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
File-Wrapper and Package Fastener.
Patent for securing expansible envelopes and file wrappers with a flexible cord.
Date:
May 15, 1900
Creator:
Davis, Frederick Clarke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Device for Elevators.
Patent for an improved elevator safety device that engages the brakes should the cable break or engine become inoperable to bring the elevator to a gradual stop, with illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Davis, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quick-Speed Steam-Engine.
Patent for a simple, efficient, and high pressure quick speed steam-engine that maximizes power with the minimum amount of steam.
Date:
May 15, 1894
Creator:
Devoissaud, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine Governor.
Patent for a governor meant to be used with a double cylinder single-action steam engine of Devoissaud's invention. It has "a plate-like governor valve having suitable steam ports, is introduced within a vertical channel formed in the single head plat that closes one end of two steam cylinders, which are located in the same vertical plane on a bed-plate; said valve being directly attached to, and controlled by the governor, for the alternate introduction of steam directly through the cylinder head into the two cylinders, for the actuation of working parts of the steam engine" (lines 17-27).
Date:
May 15, 1894
Creator:
Devoissaud, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Wheel.
Patent for improvements and a cushion to steering wheels of automobiles to provide better grip and comfort, including illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Dominguez, Salvador
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drafting-Tool.
Patent for a drafting ruler that does not need to be turned end over end to be used.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Faas, Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "has for its objects to provide a coupling-pin which can be reversed when one end becomes worn, to provide a reversible pin of novel construction, which is adapted to automatically engage the ordinary coupling-link, and to provide a coupling-pin of novel construction, with a device for holding it elevated when it is not desired to engage a coupling-link" (lines 10-18).
Date:
May 15, 1883
Creator:
Fowler, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Firing-Valve to Control the Feed of Oil in Firing Oil-Burning Locomotives.
Patent for valve changes that "provide a valve operating means whereby the valve may be very finely adjusted and prevented from being casually turned" (lines 16-18).
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Gilman, Benoist P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pipe Clamp And Wrench
Patent for a combined pipe clamp and wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
Harris, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cistern
Patent for the "class of cisterns used to catch rain-water from the roofs of houses or other places" (lines 9-11); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 15, 1900
Creator:
Harry, H. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Separator and Bagging Device for Grain
Patent for a thresher attachment that uses a suction fan to separate grain from lighter materials and allows the grain to be collected in a bag or other container.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
Henninger, Thomas C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Building Wire Fences.
Patent for a simple and effective tool used for building wire fences that is "a nail holding and driving device, a measuring attachment, and a wire cutter" (lines 12-14).
Date:
May 15, 1894
Creator:
Highsmith, Lewis C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Stay.
Patent for a fence stay that can be put on without any special tools. The stay also forms a clamp in itself and does not require any other tie to keep it in place.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring-Drill.
Patent for improvements to rotary boring drills.
Date:
May 15, 1915
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History