40 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
prev
Results:
25 - 40 of
40
Timber Hewing Machine
Patent for a timber hewing machine. This invention is designed for hewing timbers or railroad ties. Illustration included.
Date:
July 31, 1906
Creator:
Melton, William K. & King, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley
Patent for "a peculiar construction" (lines 11-12) that will reduce the liability of a trolley running off of the trolley-wire. This construction "involves a trolley-wheel carried on an axis fixed on the trolley pole or harp and an auxiliary wheel yieldingly mounted on the pole and pressed against the under side of the wire, so that should the pole drop slightly the auxiliary wheel will move relatively to the pole and reduce this contact with the wire." (lines 12-19)
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Ward, Gurney Enoch
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swab Holder
Patent for improvements in swab-holders consisting of a sectional box or cup containing fibrous material to apply a lubricating oil for the piston-rod to reduce friction and wear on the rod.
Date:
July 10, 1906
Creator:
Bruce. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electromechanical Switch Thrower
Patent for an electromechanical switch thrower. Illustration included.
Date:
July 31, 1906
Creator:
Posey, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Bearing
Patent for a roller bearing. Illustration included.
Date:
July 31, 1906
Creator:
Horger, John M. & Horger, Simeon D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan
Patent for a fan. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Pochyla, Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Anchor
Patent for anchors, flukes and braces attached to the end of a fence post, pole, or similar that will shore and hold the post in the desired vertical position for installation.
Date:
July 3, 1906
Creator:
Rousseau, Pinkney H. & Lambert, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Pocket
Patent for a particular pocket and its attachments that allows access by the owner but prevents objects held within from falling out or easily removed by another person.
Date:
July 31, 1906
Creator:
McCauley, Walter John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Lock.
Patent for improvements and simplification of the permutation lock including a latch-bolt slidable case and a tumbler-shaft journaled in a side wall of the case.
Date:
July 10, 1906
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for pump that allows for ease of maneuvering, via balanced operating mechanism; as well as ease of access and repacking, via a simpler valve.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Terry, Hiram
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Grip
Patent for pipe grip. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Griffin, Claud Champ
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint
Patent for a rail joint. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Wingren, Eric Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame
Patent for improved quilting frame which may be set up easily, and folded down and stored when not in use. Additionally, the improved design provides for fabric to be secured on all sides, and for the operator to adjust the angle of the fabric.
Date:
July 10, 1906
Creator:
Berglund, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Swaging Apparatus
Patent for a dental apparatus that produces gold facings and cusps for individual teeth, as well as plate and bridge work.
Date:
July 31, 1906
Creator:
Crawford, Lyter H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for cultivator attachment improvement "for the purpose of thinning cotton plants to save chopping" (p. 1, lines 9-10). Improved cultivator attachment is used in conjunction with cultivator shovel to cause intermittent deposition of soil on plants to achieve thinning.
Date:
July 3, 1906
Creator:
Teeter, William Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for an improved arch-bar for cultivators that allows increasing and decreasing the space between drag bars without having to stop the team of horses.
Date:
July 31, 1906
Creator:
Weempe, Charles M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History