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Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for improvements in tires, specifically a system that assists with weight distribution and adjustments to road surface conditions.
Date:
May 18, 1920
Creator:
Allan, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for a Vehicle-Wheel. This patent is an improvement over the other patents that this inventor submitted before. It will improve and strengthen the wheel by replacing rivets and bots, and instead use clips and springs.
Date:
May 18, 1920
Creator:
Allen, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for "an improved lifting-jack designed expressly for track-levelers, although the construction may be varied for other purposes." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 12, 1896
Creator:
Arnold, Raiford A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition Pulp Plaster and Process of Manufacturing Same.
Patent for "a composition pulp plaster designed as a substitute for ordinary lime-plaster and equivalent materials and particularly adapted for use in warm moist climates, where the ordinary lime-plaster lacks durability and is rendered non-adherent. A further objective of the invention is to provide a cheap substitute for plaster which will be not only waterproof, but also fireproof and gas-proof or practically impervious to air" (lines 9-18). It includes instructions for manufacturing the plaster with various proportions of the ingredients depending on the purpose.
Date:
May 9, 1899
Creator:
Blake, David H. & Ray, Jeramiah P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Block
Patent for improvements in building blocks, so they would be stronger, but lighter in weight, and cheaper to transport.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Boehm, Edward.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two Wheeled Vehicle.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle. This design "is to provide a vehicle in which a person can ride over rough ground without serious inconvenience or discomfort incident to travel over such roads. . . . [and] to so construct a gig that a person can get into the same without serious inconvenience, and to this end it is made low, the rear of the shafts being extended in line with the axle and the step secured to the shaft and extending somewhat below it. . . . [and] to provide a gig with springs that will work in two directions—laterally and vertically" (lines 20-34).
Date:
May 11, 1886
Creator:
Buckel, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Bale Binder.
Patent for a new and improved cotton bale binder. This design "consists of a simple contrivance for binding cotton and other bales together when loaded on flat cars to prevent the load from being shaken apart and separated by the shocks and jolts of the car, and also to prevent the bales from being pulled off by cotton thieves, the said contrivance consisting of two or more hooks having pulleys or eyes strung on a rope, the rope being fastened to one of the eyes or pulleys forming one end of the binder, the hooks being caught in the bands of the bales" (lines 7-18).
Date:
May 8, 1883
Creator:
Burr, Lewis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
COTTON CLEANER
This is a patent for a Cotton Cleaner. This new cotton cleaner is able to use air to rotate the rotors to then separate the dirty cotton from the clean cotton.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Cabrera, Maragarito
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barrel for Outhouses.
Patent for a new and improved barrel. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the barrel-head having the opening, of the cover adapted to close said opening, the bolt extending through said cover and into the barrel, the clamping bar longer than the width of said opening in the barrel-head, said bar being centrally pivoted by a rivet to the lower end of said bolt, and a nut screwed upon the upper end of said bolt for clamping said cover in position" (lines 16-25).
Date:
May 8, 1888
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine that launders articles of clothing. The machine has a plunger that causes rotary movement allowing cleaning fluid to reach all articles, including illustrations.
Date:
May 31, 1921
Creator:
Carroll, Houston M., Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio: Target '90 -- Goals and Decisions for San Antonio's Future
A proposal by Mayor Henry Cisneros of San Antonio to develop goals to be attained by 1990 and decisions to be made during the 1983-85 City Council Term.
Date:
May 1983
Creator:
Cisneros, Henry G.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring and Proportioning Machine.
Patent for "a device by which the mixing of various ingredients in certain desired proportions may be easily and accurately accomplished" (lines 8-11). It is meant for industrial measuring.
Date:
May 5, 1896
Creator:
Collins, Alonzo G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Apparatus.
Patent for a new and improved refrigerator. This design consists "[i]n a refrigerating apparatus, the combination of a trap cylinder communicating with a horizontal cylinder which unites two vertical piston-cylinders, said piston-cylinders having suction and compression valves arranged at their upper ends in a cap having separate communications with suction pipes with compression-pipes communicating with said trap-cylinder" (lines 44-52).
Date:
May 12, 1885
Creator:
Conacher, Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Indicator for Street-Cars.
Patent for Electrical indicator for street cars the display to the passengers the names of the streets passed by the car.
Date:
May 2, 1916
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch Operating Mechanism for Electric Railways.
Patent for a switch-operating mechanism for electric railways that uses a movable display band to control movement through an electrically operated switch. The arrival of the railway car or street car at a point adjacent to the switch automatically throws the switch to automatically shunt the car from one line to another without a motorman or switchman's intervention.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eyeglasses.
Patent for eyeglasses that builds upon the inventor's previous patent, No. 654,523, and utilizes a set of nose pieces, lenses, and springs to improve upon existing eyeglasses technology.
Date:
May 20, 1902
Creator:
Critzer, Augustus B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drinking-Cup.
Patent for a collapsible drinking cup for children, whose parts are attached together to prevent loss of parts and which can be hung from the waistband of the child.
Date:
May 11, 1909
Creator:
Dacus, Augusta
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Work-Box for Sewing-Machine Tables
Patent for a work box for sewing machine tables that can be readily placed or removed from position without any damage. Illustrations included
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Daniel, Annie Holliday & Daniel, Robert Patrick
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Power And Pumping-Jack.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in a horse power and jumping jack, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 23, 1899
Creator:
Darlington, Benjamin F. & Clary, Edwin P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pneumatic Lift and Force Pump.
Patent for a combined pneumatic lift and force pump, which is able to reach the inexhaustible supply of water found at the depths of five to forty or more feet in the arid region of Texas and Great Central Valley of Mexico. The machinery perfects the simplicity and economy of construction needed to reach and lift a great volume of water in a short time.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a steam vacuum pump for liquids, which when liquid comes out of one receptacle, it will automatically come out the second receptacle.
Date:
May 18, 1909
Creator:
Dobie, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power Mechanism.
Patent for a "simple mechanism for use in connection with a prime mover of any of the well known types using as a motive agent steam, oil, gas, electricity, etc." (lines 13-16). The mechanism is meant to increase efficiency by reducing the number of its components.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Dominguez, Salvador
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History