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Railway Frog
Patent for railway frog. This invention is an object to provide an improved mounting of the wing rail. Illustration included.
Date:
May 30, 1905
Creator:
Anderson, Sidney A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo.
Patent for an improvement of a silo that includes a sliding door, including illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Barker, Judge F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Feed
Patent for a steam feed. This invention is designed "for sawmill carriages characterized by a steam cylinder, and a piston operating in the cylinder and having its rod connected to the sawmill carriage" (line 9-12). Illustration included.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Black, Lee Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shears
Patent for shears to be used by metal workers. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Burkett, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Line-Shift.
Patent for line shifter attachment for typewriter which makes it possible for the typewriter to print characters above or below the standard line of print. This attachment makes the typewriter useful for taking stenographic notes.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Byrne, Henry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for a new and useful acetylene gas generator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Camp, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Street Car Coupling
Patent for automatic street car coupling.
Date:
May 30, 1905
Creator:
Cary, Lewis C.; Caldwell, Julia & Swiney, Everett E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweep-Wing Attatchment for Plows
Patent for adjustable sweep wings that attach near the shovel or blades of a plow, and which will vary the throw of the soil as it is dug by the plow.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Casstephens, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cover for Kettles and the Like.
Patent for an improved cover for kettles, pots, saucepans, and other culinary vessels. The improved cover prevents hands from being burned by steam from the vessel.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Cepeda, Josefa E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Gatherer and Pruning Implement.
Patent for a combination orchard tool that gathers fruit, holds it in a bag, and can sever fruit stems in order to pick them. After severing, the fruit falls into the bag. The operator pulls a string that falls along the long handle, and the knife springs up from the bag so that it can sever the stems.
Date:
May 30, 1893
Creator:
Chambers, Silas
System:
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Hose-Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful hose coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Conley, Andrew Jackson
System:
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Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved, simple, and effective car coupling that couples automatically and without anyone having to go between the cars. It consists of a drawhead with a slot on one side, upper and lower slides in the drawhead, a coupling pin that sits in the upper slide, a lever that is connected to the slide, a spring that holds the lower slide in place, and a bolt that connects the lever with the upper slide.
Date:
May 30, 1893
Creator:
Cundiff, Middleton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for an improvement in car-couplings with illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1876
Creator:
Darrow, Nicholas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Warehouse Truck
Patent for improving hand truck, aiming to increase the carrying capacity of the truck.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Dickson, Braxton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Wheel
Patent for a pneumatic wheel. This invention is an improvement in vehicle wheels whereby a pneumatic tube which is "effectually mounted intermediate of the hub and rim and affords the wheel maximum resiliency of structure so as to insure of the absorption of the shocks incident to travel" (line 11-16). Illustration included.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Downing, Otto P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Oil Dispenser
Patent for a lubricating oil dispenser designed specifically to dispense lubricants and similar liquids. Dispenser is formed with a transparent container tubes to show the customer the character of the liquid being dispensed.
Date:
May 30, 1922
Creator:
Fenaes, Alfred R. & Kennedy, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine.
Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design consists of "the rotating disk or circular-washboard, faced with radial ribs and operated by a crank which is supported in a plane parallel to the bottom of the box, so that the circular board shall rotate at a right angle thereto; the galvanized-sheet-iron inner box, made with a semi-cylindrical bottom to receive the circular wash-board; and the separate detachable wash-board, provided with a semicircle of radial ribs, and which fits into the sheet-iron box opposite to the circular rotating board" (lines 18-28).
Date:
May 30, 1882
Creator:
Fuchs, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy-Wrapping Machine.
Patent for improvements to candy-wrapping machines, particularly for wrapping sticky candy.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy Wrapping Machine
Patent for a candy wrapping machine, which can expeditiously and individually wrap candy, especially stick candy. "This invention is an improvement upon the candy wrapping machine shown and described in my application No. 852,939, filed July 24, 1914."(lines 14-17).
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Gebhardt, William.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chimney.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in chimneys, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Glover, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddle Pad.
Patent for a new and improved saddle pad. This design "consists of a saddle-pad formed of an upper and lower cover connected by lacing, provided with pockets, and filled intermediately with layers of felt or cloth" (lines 13-16). The saddle pad was designed to increase comfort for the rider while maintaining comfort for the animal.
Date:
May 30, 1882
Creator:
Hake, Francis Anton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Exploded Ordnance
Patent for a gas gun. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Hamilton, Ernest Hubbard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders.
Patent for "improved means for supporting trousers and drawers, or two garments of similar form, simultaneously by the same suspenders" (lines 12-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Hudson, Edwin P. & Mally, Frederick W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in locks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1899
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History