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Air-Brake.
Patent for "a direct air brake system [that is] adapted to be used in combination with an automatic system, whereby the brakes can be applied by either the automatic or quick system, or the direct, or by both, as the conditions may require" (lines 8-13).
Date:
July 11, 1893
Creator:
Pinkston, Lucien A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Timber.
Patent for an invention to aid in the treatment of treating timber. The invention is said to "provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient apparatus by means of which railroad cross-ties, fence-posts, and the like may be expeditiously and economically treated by immersion in a bath of some preserving liquid" (lines 16-22) including illustrations.
Date:
July 11, 1905
Creator:
Gerhard, Philip H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Sewing Machines
Patent for an attachment for a sewing machines. Illustration included.
Date:
July 11, 1905
Creator:
Bearden, Jackson Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic gas-lighter
Patent for automatic gas lighter, designed for igniting the headlights of auto vehicle, the principle object was to attach a simple automatic lighter to any automobile which is cheaper and reliable.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
Ben F. Keith
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for a new bale tie made from metal, with "integral interlocking terminal portions" (lines 25-26), including instructions and illustration. The bale tie is "strong in character, constructed at small cost, of a minimum number of parts, and capable of easy and expeditious manipulation" (lines 18-21).
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
O'Riordan, John Eldridge
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Billiard-Ball Holder.
Patent for a simple billiard-ball holder that is meant to "provide a means for holding the balls when not in use, so that they will not fall out of the holder to the floor, and means to provide for the tilting of the holder out of line, so that the balls will roll to the opposite end, and out of the opening into the triangle, thereby saving a good part of the time in taking the balls out of the holder" (lines 20-27).
Date:
July 11, 1893
Creator:
Rohrbach, Gabriel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring and Mortising Machine.
Patent for a machine to bore square holes in substitute for a chisel and reduce labor, including illustration. The inventor calls it a "Mortise and Tenon Machine."
Date:
July 11, 1848
Creator:
Swingle, Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book.
Patent for a checkbook holder that includes a special binder for check stubs, with instructions and illustration. When a new set of checks and binder are inserted into the holder, the old binder of stubs can be easily removed and saved, for receipt purposes.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
Bennett, Paul H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Circulating-Fan
Patent for a circulating fan for cooling rooms. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 11, 1911
Creator:
Jalonick, Hartwell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Computing Device and Weighing-Scale.
Patent for "a simple, economical, and portable combined computing and weighing scale for ordinary use so simple in its operation that an illiterate person can manipulate it with as much facility as one trained to the practical use of more complicated devices" (lines 20-25).
Date:
July 11, 1899
Creator:
Stephens, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Multiple Weight And Pendulum Scale.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combined multiple weight and pendulum scale and appliance, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 11, 1899
Creator:
Stephens, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Sack
Patent for a sack for cotton pickers. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 11, 1911
Creator:
Kendall, Ernest L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cover or Closure For Jars.
Patent for a new and useful cover or closure for jars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 11, 1899
Creator:
Shaw, Wilber S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Badge, Button, or similar article.
Patent for design for a badge, button or similar article demonstrating the logo for the National Anti-Tipping League.
Date:
July 11, 1911
Creator:
Henne, Herbert George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in shaft stirrups for vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 11, 1899
Creator:
Carter, Jesse M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drawing Table
Patent for a drawing table. This invention provides "support of a roll of paper or drawings beneath the top of the table in such a manner as to facilitate the unwinding of the roll" (line 9-11). Illustrations included.
Date:
July 11, 1905
Creator:
King, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrostatic Magnetic Separator.
Patent for a magnetic separator that makes use of electrostatic to aid in the process of separation. The invention is said to accomplish "the most efficient magnetic separation in which the action of a magnetic roller is assisted and materially improved by the presence of a static current" (lines 16-19) including illustrations.
Date:
July 11, 1905
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrothermal Bath Apparatus
Patent for an electrothermal bath apparatus. This device is designed to bath the recipient in lights attached to a single collapsible frame. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 11, 1905
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fifth Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved fifth wheel for vehicles. This design "consists of improvements in the construction and arrangement of the fifth-wheel apparatus of carriages, the object of which is to enable the parts to be made more cheaply, also to be more readily removable, and also to be more durable in use than as such apparatus is now made" (lines 7-13).
Date:
July 11, 1882
Creator:
Weber, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish and Rat Trap
Patent for fish and rat trap that can catch bait robbers as well as fish to reduce the nuisance for fishermen. The device contains a sensitive trigger release mechanism that can be activated under water at any point.
Date:
July 11, 1916
Creator:
Cotton, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flue Cutter and Expander
Patent for a flue cutter and expander. Illustration included.
Date:
July 11, 1905
Creator:
Blevins, Samuel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gripping Device.
Patent for equipment for use in the drilling of wells to help with the placement of casing, pipes, etc. by holding it in place
Date:
July 11, 1922
Creator:
Moody, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for a new and improved type of cotton bale tie utilizing an automatic leverr-clasp buckle fastener.
Date:
July 11, 1874
Creator:
Lenard, William Rinulda
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide
Patent for a compound for destroying weevils, rats and mice.
Date:
July 11, 1882
Creator:
Wheeler, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History