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Copy Holder.
Patent for a new and improved copy-holder. This design "is [for] an improved copy-holder intended especially for holding deeds when being transcribed to the records, and seeks to provide a simple, inexpensive construction by which the deed may be held and to and from which the deed or other paper may be adjusted without difficulty, such construction serving also to mark or indicate the particular line of the paper being copied" (lines 7-15).
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
Adair, Irvine James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for "a simple, practical combined planter and cotton and corn cultivator, which shall be easily adjusted and operated, and shall be cheap and durable" (lines 11-12). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
August 20, 1867
Creator:
Adams, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator.
Patent for improvements in cotton cultivators.
Date:
August 13, 1867
Creator:
Adams, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Compressor for Deep Well Pumps.
Patent for a new and improved air-compressor. This design "relates to improvements in air-compressing mechanism for the purpose of pumping for forcing from deep wells and performing similar work; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of a larger and smaller air-cylinder, and the combination therewith of mechanism to force the air from the larger into the smaller cylinder to increase the air-pressure in the latter" (lines 22-30).
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
Adams, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Set
Patent for a saw set. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Adams, Theodore C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Adams, William Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter
Patent for a seed planter that has a revolving set of cups that are filled with seed and then planted as the seed planter crosses a field.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Adams, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for T-Stands
Patent for improvement of T stands, which includes a vertical rod that makes attachment and removal easier.
Date:
August 2, 1921
Creator:
Adamson, John Selden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing Signal
Patent for improvements in Railway-Crossing Signals that provide both a visual and audible signal to be given at the crossing when a train is approaching.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Adleta, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede.
Patent for a new and improved velocipede. This design "has relation to that class of velocipedes in which the rider is suspended within a large wheel impelled by a frictional contact between the inner periphery of the same and the driving wheel" (lines 8-12). With this design, "by the increased size of wheel, not only is speed gained, but the same may be propelled with greater ease over rough or smooth roads and with greater comfort to the rider, in that the jolt is less, and yet at the same time all the benefits arising from this class of exercise are obtained" (lines 27-34).
Date:
August 5, 1890
Creator:
Akers, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Heating Oil-Retorts and Apparatus Therefor.
Patent for "a method of securing even heating of oil retorts and the like throughout their length" and "a new apparatus, particularly intended for the heating and cracking of oils to convert the same into pyrolytic products". The invention may be used for any oil converting retort, but the patent description relates to the production of gasoline.
Date:
August 16, 1921
Creator:
Alexander, Clive M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fare-Box.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, fraud preventing fare-box for street-railways.
Date:
August 8, 1882
Creator:
Alexander, Samuel & Boyle, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch
Patent for a railway switch. Illustration included.
Date:
August 18, 1903
Creator:
Aley, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rock-Drill
Patent for a rock drill design for quick drilling.
Date:
August 16, 1921
Creator:
Alford, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a spring cushioned tire. The springs are positioned between the wheel ferry and the tread.
Date:
August 30, 1921
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for improving vehicular tires by making them more durable for heavier vehicular use.
Date:
August 30, 1921
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slime-Pulp Thickener
Patent for a device for thickening slime or pulp in the treating of ores wet milling. The device controls the disbursement of slim pulp in the thickener, producing a better solid to liquid ratios.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for improvements to non-refillable bottles to prevent tampering and/or re-filling of container with alternate substance. Item is designed to be used on any ordinary bottle.
Date:
August 19, 1902
Creator:
Allen, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Motor
Patent for hybraulic motor. Illustration included.
Date:
August 9, 1904
Creator:
Allen, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of Railroad-Beds.
Patent for a railroad-bed design that is used to support railroad tracks.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Alley, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake Mechanism For Hand Cars
Patent for a brake mechanism for rail hand cars.Illustration included.
Date:
August 28, 1906
Creator:
Allison, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Machine
Patent for a weighing machine. Illustration included.
Date:
August 16, 1910
Creator:
Allison, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Saturating Oils
Patent for the process of saturating oils. This is a continuation of the treating and improving petroleum hydrocarbons application serial number 792615 filed 1913-09-30.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Almer McDuffie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Casing.
Patent for a new type of puncture-proof tire casing.
Date:
August 31, 1920
Creator:
Anderson, Arthur V. & Morgan, Alfred M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History