Apparatus for Extracting Oil (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Oil

Patent for a device for extracting cotton seed oil which ensures even cooking of the seeds by constant stirring.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Lauerman, Vandy Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating or Concentrating Ores (open access)

Apparatus for Separating or Concentrating Ores

Patent for improvements in apparatus for separating or concentrating ores through a flotation method.
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Cole, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Ankylosis of the Knee (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Ankylosis of the Knee

Patent for an apparatus for treating knee ankylosis that is ready to use at a moments notice "without unnecessary or nervous shock to the invalid to apply the requisite heat, extension, and flexion to an afflicted part to render it supple and restore to its natural functions". (lines 11-15).
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Norwood, Robert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fan Combination Stand. (open access)

Automatic Fan Combination Stand.

Patent for a new and improved automatic-fan combination-stand. This design "relates to an improved stand or support for an automatic fan, which said stand shall be portable, so as to be conveniently set up wherever desired, and which shall contain various hooks, brackets, shelves, and other conveniences" (lines 17-22).
Date: November 28, 1882
Creator: McKeehan, Charles Houston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
Date: May 3, 1904
Creator: Key, William C. & Frost, Harvey N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Hoist (open access)

Bit-Hoist

Patent for easy removal of bits from drilling machines.
Date: February 11, 1919
Creator: Parrish, Benjamin Eugene & Stage, Solomon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bracket (open access)

Bracket

Patent for a shelf bracket which can support a shelf with only one bracket.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Cockrum, George R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner (open access)

Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon oil burner. Illustrations included.
Date: May 3, 1910
Creator: Butler, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement Block (open access)

Cement Block

Patent for a cement block. This invention relates to building blocks made of artificial stone that are connected by tie rods. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Woodiwiss, Jason, Matthew; Deal, Frank L. & Burdg, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn with an automatic turning mechanism.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Liles, William Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Body. (open access)

Churn-Body.

Patent for a churn body with a temperature regulator for the cream.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Liles, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher. (open access)

Churn-Dasher.

Patent for a churn dasher, which churns cream better and faster.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Liles, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Operator (open access)

Churn Operator

Patent for a Churn Operator. This device contains specifications for operating churn-dashers, as well as improvements for the established churn operator.
Date: April 13, 1905
Creator: Ham, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Boiler. (open access)

Clothes-Boiler.

Patent for a clothes boiler where the water circulates throughout the clothes.
Date: September 27, 1910
Creator: Smith, Victor A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compression Indicator (open access)

Compression Indicator

Patent for a device that determining the compression of engine cylinders. Is meant to provide a more efficient and quicker way to test compression in explosive engine cylinders.
Date: November 26, 1918
Creator: Lambeth, Acey L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condenser. (open access)

Condenser.

Patent for a condenser for converting exhaust steam from motors into potable water for ice making.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Galbraith, David G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Neck Yoke and Swingletree (open access)

Convertible Neck Yoke and Swingletree

Patent for a convertible neck yoke and swingletree. Illustration included.
Date: May 24, 1904
Creator: Hall, Thomas I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Hanging Wall-Paper. (open access)

Device for Hanging Wall-Paper.

Patent for a device for hanging wall paper that includes a paper holder and paper brush/roller.
Date: February 13, 1912
Creator: Randle, Millard F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Tying and Untying Packages. (open access)

Device for Tying and Untying Packages.

Patent for a device to easily secure and release cords used to bind packages, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Galbraith, David G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Stand. (open access)

Display-Stand.

Patent for incorporating vertical shaft in display stands for posters advertising motion pictures and merchandise, with illustrations.
Date: June 23, 1921
Creator: Gates, Norwood
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Bit (open access)

Drill-Bit

Patent for Drill-Bit that is especially designed for purpose of drilling through rock, or other hard formations and is also adapted for use in drilling through softer formation, such as shell.
Date: June 10, 1919
Creator: Culmore, March J. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Connection for Automobile-Lamps. (open access)

Electric Connection for Automobile-Lamps.

Patent for electric connection for automobile lamps that has an improvement in electric connections or plugs for incandescent electric-lamps for automobiles.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Kearby, John Gallatin & Robinson, Zephaniah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator (open access)

Elevator

Patent for an elevator.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Ham, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post (open access)

Fence-Post

Patent for "improvements in fence-posts, telegraph-poles, and the like."(lines 11-12) These improvements include wings what mount into slots at the base of the posts to anchor them firmly into the ground. Including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1903
Creator: Childress, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History