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Arc-Lamp (open access)

Arc-Lamp

Patent for an arc lamp which does not spark for use in headlights for trains and automobiles and in street lights.
Date: June 28, 1910
Creator: Anderson, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Cotton-Bales. (open access)

Apparatus for Making Cotton-Bales.

Patent for improvement in apparatus for making cotton-bales from continuous sheets or bats by “employing only a single press and which permits the ginning and bat-forming devices to be operated continuously which accumulated the cotton in light and fleecy condition during the covering and removal of the bales, which feeds the cotton from the accumulator to the baling apparatus whenever this is desired.” (Lines 68-75) Illustration is included.
Date: June 18, 1901
Creator: Anderson, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids. (open access)

Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids.

Patent for a pneumatic lift that maintains the air pressure needed to effectively move liquid through a pipe.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination, with a draw-head, of an L-shaped lever pivoted in the same and provided at its angle with a lug, which L-shaped lever has a coupling-pin suspended from the end of the long arm, and has its short arm passed into an aperture in the inner end of a bar sliding in the bottom of the draw-head, whereby when the lug is depressed the coupling-pin will be raised and the bar in the draw-head will push the link out from the end of the draw-head" (lines 7-17).
Date: June 12, 1883
Creator: Appell, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Signal. (open access)

Railway Signal.

Patent for a new and improved railroad signal. This design consists in "[a] continuous electric conductor extending beside a railroad, a contact-maker borne by a train, an electric galvanic battery, a stationary transmitter, and a train provided with transmitting and receiving instruments on two or more members of the train and connected with the electric circuit in multiple arc . . . whereby a message can be sent to each member simultaneously" (lines 8-17).
Date: June 7, 1887
Creator: Armstrong, James Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Penholder. (open access)

Penholder.

Patent for a simplified construction of a pen holder which is inexpensive to manufacture. It detachably engages the pen point, prevents rusting and sticking. Releases pen point without user needing to grip, therefore avoiding sullying fingers.
Date: June 22, 1920
Creator: Baldwin, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Compressing and Rolling Bats (open access)

Machine for Compressing and Rolling Bats

Patent for a machine used to compress bats from cotton before the bailing or packing process. Illustrations included.
Date: June 10, 1910
Creator: Ball, Samuel M.; McNiel, Benjamin N. & Pennington, Harry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen Cleaner. (open access)

Well-Screen Cleaner.

Patent for cleaning well screens and preventing oil well pipes from clogging to improve production.
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Bashara, Samuel F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie (open access)

Railway Tie

Patent for a railway tie designed to to provide a metallic tie which is light strong, and durable (line 16-17) illustration included.
Date: June 30, 1903
Creator: Beazley, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for an oil burner that attaches to locomotives.
Date: June 21, 1910
Creator: Blackmond, William C. & Stoy, Guy Everett
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine (open access)

Type-Writing Machine

Patent for improvements to typewriting machines with the aim of providing "a machine of simple and durable construction, capable of use for the ordinary purposes to which type-writers are applied, but especially adapted and designed for typewriting upon blank books, thereby facilitating the making of official records and producing records that are more legible and compact than it is possible to obtain by handwriting" (lines 11-18).
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Borden, William J. & Johnson, Jahu W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Crude Petroleum for Purification. (open access)

Treatment of Crude Petroleum for Purification.

Patent for the purification of crude petroleum by separating impurities such as sand and clay using a heat treatment.
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Bostick, Joseph Wallace & Homer, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bow for Vehicle Tops (open access)

Folding Bow for Vehicle Tops

Patent for "improvements in folding bows for vehicle-tops...for removably mounting the top upon the body of the vehicle" (lines 5-22) including illustrations.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Bright, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer. (open access)

Well-Strainer.

Patent for a well strainer, which is cheaper to make than previous ones without reducing efficiency.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: Brown, Arthur M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travelers' Value of Time and Reliability as Measured on Katy Freeway (open access)

Travelers' Value of Time and Reliability as Measured on Katy Freeway

Report on Traveler's Value of Time and Reliability as Measured on Katy Freeway.
Date: June 2016
Creator: Burris, Mark Whitman, 1970-; Spiegelman, Cliff; Abir, A. K. M. & Le, Sunghoon
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock. (open access)

Nut Lock.

Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design "is to provide a spring-washer of great stiffness and strength, which, when applied to a bolt beneath a nut, serves to prevent the latter from turning, and also acts to firmly hold the parts of a rail-joint after there has been some wear thereof, thus keeping the bolts from becoming loose and rattling from such wear" (lines 13-20).
Date: June 10, 1884
Creator: Campbell, Eli F.; Noble, Laroy C. & Howe, Milton G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Core-Taking Device (open access)

Core-Taking Device

Patent for improvements to a core-taking device which will "form a core, in the process of drilling, and embodies means for severing the core, when formed, and retaining the same in the core barrel until, it is withdrawn for inspection" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1922
Creator: Christian, Walton G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Preparations of Chewing-Gum. (open access)

Improvement in Preparations of Chewing-Gum.

The production of chewing-gum will become much simpler with the improved patent of chewing-gum.
Date: June 23, 1877
Creator: Cotter, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Bit (open access)

Drill-Bit

Patent for Drill-Bit that is especially designed for purpose of drilling through rock, or other hard formations and is also adapted for use in drilling through softer formation, such as shell.
Date: June 10, 1919
Creator: Culmore, March J. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bag and Twine Holder (open access)

Combined Bag and Twine Holder

Patent for a device which holds both string and bags, with description of construction, parts, and use, and with illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1886
Creator: Cushing, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Can (open access)

Oil Can

Patent for an oil can. This design is a non-explosive air vented for pouring can. Illustration included.
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Demory, Alexander F. & Suhm, Carl J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap. (open access)

Trap.

Patent for a small animal trap that prevents injury to the animal. When the animals step on the pedal inside the enclosure, a door is automatically dropped. The animal is trapped inside the enclosure.
Date: June 27, 1922
Creator: Dinkins, Earl T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuse-Plug. (open access)

Fuse-Plug.

Patent for a fuse plug for prolonged usage by allowing a new wire to be substituted to replace melted wire. This fuse plug has a second wire that can be triggered into circuit.
Date: June 11, 1918
Creator: Dugan, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor. (open access)

Motor.

Patent for improvements in motors designed for motor-vehicle operation. Cheaper manufacture and less expensive fuel are included as claimed improvements.
Date: June 5, 1916
Creator: Edwards, Charles R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History