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Improvement in Brick-Machines.
Patent for improvement in brick machines by “providing the mixing and grinding-shaft with arms at the bottom, adapted in form and arrangement for pressing the clay through the openings, in the bottom of the curb, into the moulds, below, which rest on ways above a sliding carrier, provided with brackets, for forcing the moulds out.” (Lines 26-34) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 4, 1869
Creator:
Morgan, Asa
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machine for Cutting Stalks in the Field Preparatory to Plowing.
Patent for improvement in machine for clearing cotton and corn-fields of the stalks after the crops have been gathered by “providing a revolving drum or roller with knives, set spirally around it, which cut the stalks of cotton or corn-fields into pieces of any desired length, for the purpose of being plowed under the surface for fertilizing, by rolling it over them.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 4, 1869
Creator:
Wright, Reuben
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barrel-Shelf
Patent for barrel shelves which attach to barrels to hold up sacks during filling and fold up when out of use.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Hughes, Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beauty-Pillow.
Patent for improvement in beauty pillow which is slanted to draw the skin back toward the scalp to prevent wrinkling. Illustration is included.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Fitze, Eloise
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filing-Cabinet.
Patent for a filing cabinet that allows for the easy removal of the contents and attaches to other filing cabinets to create a larger cabinet.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Atkinson, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for an oil burner, which produces more heat through the use of super-heated air to encourage better combustion.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Bissonnet, William Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner
Patent for an oil burner for refined oil which vaporizes all the oil put into the burner.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Breckenridge, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for an oil-burner, which can be turned on and off with a single switch.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Breckenridge, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ribbon Cabinet and Winding Machine.
Patent for ribbon cabinet and winding machine, in which "ribbons, such as are used on typewriters, adding machines, and cash registers and line machines may be stored in bulk on large reels from which said ribbon may be transferred to individual machine spools when desired," (lines 17-20) "and whereby the desired kind of ribbon may be wound upon the machine spools as it is used." (lines 75-76)
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Worsham, Louis W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire
Patent for tires for vehicle wheels carcasses built-up with metallic reinforcing inlays which are provided with internal air tubes to improve on use and less expensive to produce.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Varnell, Clyde
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Piston.
Patent for an improved pump piston used to pump oil from deep wells. The main improvement in this piston is that it is less susceptible to damage from sand or sediment by keeping sediment out of the piston valve, thus preventing it from accruing any long term damage that may render the piston irreparable. This design is also capable of fixing any wear due to sand or grit without removing the piston from the well.
Date:
May 4, 1920
Creator:
Coulson, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Plunger
Patent for an improvement in Pump-Plungers. "It has a particular application to pumps of this character for use in oil or water wells where the liquid is mixed with sand" (lines 13-16), including illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1920
Creator:
Mackenzie, Alexander S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stamping Machine.
Patent for improvements to stamping-machines used for the purposes of marketing nuts. The device can efficiently perform the laborious act of stamping individual nuts with a trademark. It can be adjusted to stamp nuts of any size, along with other similar objects, without breaking or injuring the nut.
Date:
May 4, 1920
Creator:
Wischhesen, Frederick B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Flushing Means
Patent for a method of expelling debris and deposits in a foot valve, including illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1920
Creator:
Coulson, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History