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Apparatus for Manufacturing Heating and Illuminating Gas
Patent for an apparatus for manufacturing heating and illuminating gas. Illustration included.
Date:
July 19, 1910
Creator:
Wynne, Milton P. & Wagley, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Fuel
Patent for artificial fuel made from coal.
Date:
July 19, 1904
Creator:
Thomas, Adelaide M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back Spacing Attachment for Type Writing Machines
Patent for an attachment to provide type writing machines with back space. Illustration included.
Date:
July 19, 1904
Creator:
Parker, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag.
Patent for a new and improved bag. This design is "compris[ed of] the body divided down its front, one edge having staples and the other edge having openings adapted to engage said staples, a covering-flap provided with an opening adapted to engage one of said staples, and a flexible fastening device secured to said bag and adapted to be passed through said staples for securing the edges and covering-flap" (lines 62-71).
Date:
July 19, 1887
Creator:
Franks, Lewis Wigfall
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design is of a metal band with several slots, so that the accompanying metal button can pass through any two overlapping slots, securing the bale within the band.
Date:
July 19, 1881
Creator:
Griffin, James Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box Bull and Calf Wheel Gudgeon.
Patent for protection and strengthening of box bull and calf wheel gudgeons. The purpose is to prevent various troubles with well drilling (oil, etc.).
Date:
July 19, 1921
Creator:
Taylor, James Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy for Folding Beds.
Patent for a new and improved canopy for folding beds. This design "will automatically fold up within the bed when the same is closed, and will similarly open out with the opening of the bed without any other attention than the proper arrangement of the folds of the mosquito or fly netting" (lines 21-25). It consists in "an automatically raising and lowering canopy consisting of a raising-frame having vertical bars pivoted to the bed at the bottom and a horizontal connecting-bar at the top, a canopy-top frame pivoted to the bed-casing, having side bars and a horizontal connecting-bar, and couplings" (lines 13-19).
Date:
July 19, 1892
Creator:
Eva, Addison H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design is "to provide a novel car-coupling pin and means for operating the same to automatically couple cars through the medium of ordinary links without the use of triggers located within the draw-head . . . The invention consists, essentially, in a vertically-movable coupling-pin adapted to rotate axially in the pin-hole of the draw-head, and having a wing or lug for supporting it in its elevated position, combined with a yielding draw-head having a vertical slot to receive the wing or lug and a shoulder to support the same" (lines 8-22).
Date:
July 19, 1887
Creator:
Power, Kelsey L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for a new coupling mechanism that will automatically couple railway cars together without human assistance.
Date:
July 19, 1892
Creator:
Faubion, John, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check Row Planter
Patent for check row planter. Illustration included.
Date:
July 19, 1904
Creator:
Perkins, Albert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee - Pot.
Patent for a new and useful coffee pot, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 19, 1898
Creator:
Ingle, Jacob Odem
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar Fastener and Supporter
Patent for an object that provides the collar support and is hidden.
Date:
July 19, 1921
Creator:
Hudson, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colter Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a new and useful colter attachment for plows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 19, 1898
Creator:
Haynes, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Fire Screen and Fender.
Patent for a combined fire screen and fender. This design "works in the mantle-piece by means of weights, and is secured in position by by means of a spring-latch that catches in notches in the jamb. This screen thus arranged can be made to answer for three purposes: By letting it down nearly to the hearth it acts as a blower; by letting it entirely down accidents from fire are prevented, and when let down in the summer time it makes a handsome summer screen" (lines 21-30).
Date:
July 19, 1881
Creator:
Matthews, James Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Clearing Waste-Pipes.
Patent for a device for clearing clogged waste pipes, which attaches to an air pump.
Date:
July 19, 1910
Creator:
Somerville, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Display Rack
Patent for a rack for displaying doors. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 19, 1910
Creator:
Forgy, Herbert Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drier.
Patent for a drier, specifically to dry saturated grounded food items. This device is best used for flour from corn to dry before processing it to a powder form, but can also be used for other types of cereal.
Date:
July 19, 1921
Creator:
Garza, Pablo Gonzalez
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ejecting-Penholder.
Patent for an ejecting penholder, which holds the pen securely and is simple to make and operate.
Date:
July 19, 1910
Creator:
Smith, John N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Brush
Patent for invention of new and useful improvements of electric brush, adapted for use as a body or flesh brush, with battery that can be easily removed and replaced with accompanying drawings
Date:
July 19, 1882
Creator:
Williams, Robert, E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Current Relay
Patent for Electric-Current Relay to allow capability of use with either a direct or alternating current. This is adapted for economical use in constant temperature apparatus. Further, this technology avoids the possibility of "sticking of relay movable contacts".
Date:
July 19, 1921
Creator:
Lorenz, Charles O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Excavating and Grading Machine.
Patent for a cultivating machine that pulverizes colds of soil using a revolving cylinder of blades, including illustration.
Date:
July 19, 1859
Creator:
Morrel, Z. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Pressure Regulator
Patent for a fluid pressure regulator which regulates the supply of steam and oil to an oil burner. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 19, 1910
Creator:
Beech, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Cot or Bedstead.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in folding cots or bedsteads, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 19, 1898
Creator:
Rimmelin, Edward H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Measurer and Tally
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of grain measurers and registers.
Date:
July 19, 1887
Creator:
King, Benjamin Cicero & Boon, George Hamilton
System:
The Portal to Texas History