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Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids.
Patent for a pneumatic lift that maintains the air pressure needed to effectively move liquid through a pipe.
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Marking the Keys of Key-Boards for Musical Instruments
Patent for "a system of musical notation in which the several notes or note-symbols are shaped so as to approximate in appearance the shape of the letters from which they derive their appellations" (lines 37-41) especially in relation to piano-fortes, organs, and keyed instruments and in teaching music, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1880
Creator:
Black, Jane B. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chase for Printers.
Patent for chase for printing presses, and more particularly to facets of choses or type which are adjustable without knocking down the type and which can be shifted to any desirable position on the bed of the printing press and held rigid.
Date:
April 23, 1915
Creator:
Bolles, Percy S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Equalizer
Patent for a draft class. This device is for use with wagons to equalize draft animals. Illustration included.
Date:
June 29, 1909
Creator:
Bouldin, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "has relation to that class of car-couplings in which the open ends of a coupling bar or link are engaged by hooks in the draw-heads; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a coupling, in which the hooks are projecting from the under sides of arms pivoted upon the draw-heads and dropping down by their gravity, and in which the said hooks project into registering recesses in the upper side of the draw-head" (lines 23-33).
Date:
June 29, 1886
Creator:
Boyers, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Fastener.
Patent for improvements in trace fasteners, with illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1897
Creator:
Brownwell, John A. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine.
Patent for new steam engine design with illustrations
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Burrow, Edgar A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor
Patent for Governor that improves upon a speed controlling mechanism, specifically for controlling a reciprocating element like an engine piston, including illustration and instructions. This application is a division of an earlier application (Serial Number: 843, 812 submitted June 08, 1914).
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Burrow, Edgar A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Gear.
Patent for a horizontally arranged cylinder that when used would bear no wear indefinitely. The cylinder was made specifically for steam engines.
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Burrow, Edgar A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester
Patent for a peanut harvester which can be attached to a standard cultivator frame. It is designed to uproot and sever peanut vines, then deposit the newly aerated peanut vines back onto the ground.
Date:
June 29, 1920
Creator:
Byrd, Gordon W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date:
June 29, 1909
Creator:
Cadenhead, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calipers.
Patent for calipers that can be adjusted micrometrically to within one five-thousandth of an inch. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1897
Creator:
Clarke, George R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Glazier's Table
Patent for a table that holds window glass in place for assembly. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 29, 1909
Creator:
Cosby, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bag and Twine Holder
Patent for a device which holds both string and bags, with description of construction, parts, and use, and with illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1886
Creator:
Cushing, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen Attachment for Suction or Exhaust Fans.
Patent for a screen attachment that protects fan blades from damaging and being damaged by debris. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1897
Creator:
Davis, Micajah R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Money-Changing Machine.
Patent for a machine that provides change in coins automatically.
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Dodson, Clifton T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Securing Device
Patent for a fastening strap that secures baby shoes to baby feet, including illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1920
Creator:
Elliot, Eloise Foster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shutter-Actuating Apparatus.
Patent for a device which acts as "a simple and relatively inexpensive apparatus by means of which a camera shutter may be operated either for snapshots or time exposures, from a point at a distance from the camera so that the operator may be included in the photograph and yet be able to absolutely control the time and duration of the exposure" (lines 10-17). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 29, 1920
Creator:
Emmrick, Hans B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing Scale
Patent for moving a pole along a beam that efficiently measures weight as a scale.
Date:
June 29, 1918
Creator:
Foster Jr., Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Device
Patent for improvements in display devices that displays apparel without taking up a lot of space and will be out of the way when not needed.
Date:
June 29, 1920
Creator:
Frank, Henry L. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Slaughtering and Curing Meat
Patent for the design of a facility to slaughter, pack, preserve, and cure meat.
Date:
June 29, 1869
Creator:
Fulton, G. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements In Dropping-Bottles
Patent for improvements in dropping-bottles that can be used by doctors, nurses, and pharmacists to dispense medicine one drop at a time.
Date:
June 29, 1875
Creator:
Garrett, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Pump.
Patent for pumps for oil and water wells that can be operated by compressed air to force the water or oil out of the well.
Date:
June 29, 1920
Creator:
Goss, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Oven.
Patent for a device that heats wagon and buggy wheel tires that will warm them evenly.
Date:
June 29, 1920
Creator:
Howlett, Isaac C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History