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Liquid-Fuel-Measuring Tank
Patent for a liquid fuel measuring tank that accurately measures fuel and can automatically stop accumulating fuel when a certain amount has been reached, including illustrations.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Helm, Virgil L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal-Shears
Patent for "a machine of this nature specially designed for slotting sheets of metal in the formation of devices for plaiting cloth, a further object of the invention being to provide a machine that will be easy and simple of operation and may be operated with accuracy and into which the plate may be inserted and from which it may be removed with facility" (lines 8-17).
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Hackett, Harry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Plow.
Patent for motor-plows with a spring-actuated motor driving device. The motor-plow can be rewound for use by the hand of the operators without leaving the driver's seat. The motor-plows have a plurality of moldboards and provide an inexpensive motor eliminating the use of draft-animals.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Kucharski, Konstanty
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nesting and Brooding Box
Patent for a nesting and brooding box made to keep poultry safe from other animals and to be easily transported. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Bradford, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank Protector.
Patent for an invention to protect oil tanks against destruction from lightning by carrying escaped gas away from the oil tank's exterior, illustration included.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Cohen, Wolf
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plane Attachment.
Patent for an attachment to be affixed to a hand plane to guard the hand from splinters while in use.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Langford, Joseph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvement in plows by first connecting a furrow-shoe to the moldboard, and second, by provide means for operating the plow-point to make a deep or shallow furrow and for raising and lowering covering-plows simultaneously when the plow is in operation. (Lines 13-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Morrison, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for "a shovel or point attachment for plow-stocks for operation in turf, stubble, or grubby or rocky soil deep or shallow, the attachment being particularly adapted for turning stalks, weeds, grass, and stubble" (lines 11-17).
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Buster, Walter L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile.
Patent for improvements in projectiles for use in smooth-bore guns of any caliber, the same being so grooved or rifled as to insure rapid rotation and great accuracy and range in flight. (Lines 8-11.) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Croom, Alvis F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail
Patent for a new railroad rail design. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
King, Alphonse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rapid-Transit Car
Patent for a rapid transit car that runs on cables in the air.
Date:
June 25, 1912
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Case and Account Register
Patent for revolving case and cash register. This device is designed as an account system and provides customers with and account book for keeping records. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1912
Creator:
Trenton, Albert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self-Dumping Cage for Hoisting Coal, & c., from Mines.
Patent for improvements in self-dumping cage for hoisting coal or other minerals by first provide a simple and easily-controlled dumping mechanism which can be set at bottom of shaft; second, to secure a positive action of the dumping mechanism and reduce the shock and strain commonly incident to the operation of self-dumping cages; third, to provide a firmer and more easily operated dog for holding car on cage-platform. (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Burdic, Malvern W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe Blacking and Polishing Machine
Patent for an invention "to improve the construction of shoe blacking and polishing machines" (lines 10-12) Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1912
Creator:
Bean, Jesse Alfonso
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signaling Device for Automobiles.
Patent for turn signal device for automobiles that "can be easily and quickly attached to the frame of the usual wind shield" (lines 21-22) and allows driver to operate it without letting go of the steering wheel.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Niissle, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Heel
Patent for a spring heel made to absorb shocks from walking and to provide overall support for the heel. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Luzzi, August F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thimble.
Patent for an improved thimble that incorporates a thread-cutter tool.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Colburn, Sophia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Truing and Dressing Commutators.
Patent for a tool "for truing and dressing the commutators of dynamo motors... especially designed for truing and dressing the commutators of motors employed for propelling cars" (lines 9-14).
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Frick, Claus Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Finder.
Patent for a simple, durable, and easily constructed trolley guide that can be easily attached to an above or below ground trolley that is already in use.
Date:
June 25, 1895
Creator:
Taylor, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine.
Patent for improvements in vending machines for the purpose of vending liquids such as gasoline and oils.
Date:
June 25, 1916
Creator:
Noark, Henry & Duke, Samuel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Shooting Torpedo.
Patent for "torpedoes of the type used in "shooting" wells, the object being to provide a torpedo which will be especially useful in the removal of casings from wells" (lines 9-13), such as easier removal from dry wells. Also, modifications to the hammer are noted to ensure explosion.
Date:
June 25, 1918
Creator:
Franklin, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History