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Display Rack
Patent for store window display racks which can be easily removed and altered in appearance, allowing for more unique showings of commercial goods.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Adamson, John Seldon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design "consists of a short thin plate of metal having two tongues . . . fronting each other, said plate being pivoted at one end to the bale-hoop . . . the other end of the bale-hoop being passed under the tongues and drawn tightly around the bale, the expansion of the bale on the hoop causes the respective ends to pull on the respective ends of the tie-plate . . . so as to grip the edges of the end passed between the tongues and hold it firmly" (lines 7-19).
Date:
July 24, 1883
Creator:
Arnold, Abbott
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for the Protection of Vessels.
Patent for a device that protects boats and consists of supporting plates, two of which are firmly secured to the side of the boat, springs between the supporting plates, and chains that limit the movement of supporting plates.
Date:
July 24, 1894
Creator:
Bailey, William Henry, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Drying Briquets
Patent for drying briquets. Briquets are placed on a track, which is then rotated by chains as it dries, before falling into a stack in a chamber. This allows for faster, more even drying of the briquets before use.
Date:
July 20, 1917
Creator:
Baker, Burke
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Signal-Actuating Mechanism for Railways
Patent for an improved signal actuating mechanisms for railways. When the train cars reach an operating mechanism, a flag will be raised where pedestrians or cars cross, and cause a signal to be repeated until the train passes.
Date:
July 20, 1920
Creator:
Bashara, Samuel Farris
Object Type:
Patent
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Generating System
Patent for steam generating system. Illustration included.
Date:
July 21, 1908
Creator:
Bebber, August W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Razor
Patent for a razor held in place by a guard that protects the user against injury and the razor against dulling. The safety razor is easy to clean and is designed to be "cheaply and easily manufactured" (lines 21-22).
Date:
July 5, 1921
Creator:
Benton, Columbus A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Tricycle.
Patent for a specification to improve a motor-tricycle's ability to ride over obstructions and uneven surfaces to reduce shock to the front of the frame and the rider (lines 14-20). The patent includes the detailed specifications and illustrations.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Benton, Walter L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Hood.
Patent for an "inexpensive to manufacture, and convenient and comfortable in use" (lines 17-18) sleeping hood to be worn while sleeping to prevent snoring.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Bloomfield, Emma D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baking-Pan
Patent for a Baking Pan for bread and similar foods, noted for its unique construction, such "that the heat given off from the fuel burner will be confined so as to completely surround the pan, in which the articles to be cooked, are located" (lines 13-17).
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Boger, Daniel W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Razor.
Patent for new and improved safety razor, which will be similar to an ordinary razor, and "can be used either in its safety form or in the ordinary manner" (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1897
Creator:
Bradley, Richard Sherman.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Steel Bar.
Patent for a combination steel bar meant to easily remove nails and spikes from board without bending the nails or spikes and without splitting the board. It can also be used to remove siding from houses and ships.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Brooks, Jesse S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer
Patent for a well strainer with a plurality of little strainers over each intake pipe in a well.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Brown, Arthur Melville & Hunter, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Button.
Patent for a button that can fit in any buttonhole. It is "a bar having a button or know affixed thereto and having key-hole-slots, of a button attached to an arm having a tongue and a contracted offset portion adjacent thereto and between the same and the button carried thereby, the said tongue being of a thickness substantially the same as the width of the slot" (lines 55-62).
Date:
July 21, 1896
Creator:
Burroughs, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Fastening
Patent for "a new and useful bale-band fastening or bale-tie for an object to provide a simple and efficient device for taking up a maximum amount of slack in the band with a minimum movement, while at the same time serving to tightly secure the band about the bale and preventing the same from loosening or the ends thereof from rending apart ." (lines 5-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 10, 1900
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design "consists of a volute spring-washer which is formed of a stiff or steel strong plate that is coiled or set up in . . . an edgewise manner, and is provided with one or more projections or spurs on its top and bottom surfaces, adapted to engage with the under side of the nut and the fish-plate or other object, said spurs or projections being formed on the top and the bottom edges of the inner and outer coils of the spring-washer" (lines 20-29).
Date:
July 1, 1884
Creator:
Campbell, Eli F.; Noble, Laroy C. & Howe, Milton G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Device for Wells
Patent for a device that removes loose debris in wells
Date:
July 21, 1917
Creator:
Carden, David A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Clutch
Patent for a fluid clutch for engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 16, 1912
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Clutch
Patent for a fluid-clutch that prevents jarring when the clutch is taken off.
Date:
July 2, 1912
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Controlling Mechanism for Motor-Vehicles.
Patent for a device that automatically closes the throttle to slow the speed of a motor vehicle when necessary. The device is designed to respond to vehicle load, road surface, and a predetermined speed limit.
Date:
July 17, 1917
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Expansive and Contractive Well-Drill
Patent for improvements for expansive and contractive well drill involving improvements to drill bits.
Date:
July 2, 1918
Creator:
Carter, Oscar Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Funnel Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved funnel attachment for pouring. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the supporting frame, a shaft journaled in the frame, a crank for rotating the shaft and carried by the frame, and a screw-conveyer carried by the shaft and having the smaller blades and the larger blade arranged above the [smaller] blades, and bearing against the funnel above the conducting tube thereof when the device is adjusted in the funnel" (lines 52-60).
Date:
July 27, 1886
Creator:
Charlton, James & Lynch, Hubbard Calhoon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire.
Patent for improvements in pneumatic tire that gives a novel means to repairing a worn casing, a blow out, or a rim cut.
Date:
July 13, 1920
Creator:
Church, Shelby L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History