Gin. (open access)

Gin.

Patent for improved cotton gins through the "construction and arrangement of the roll box and the ginning devices" (lines 11-12).
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brush-Cylinder for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Brush-Cylinder for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for brush cylinders for cotton gins which when clamped have no need to be further secured or fastened.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Supplying, Heating, and Burning Crude Oil and Air (open access)

Apparatus for Supplying, Heating, and Burning Crude Oil and Air

Patent for an apparatus for supplying, heating, and burning crude oil and air for use in heating stoves.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Weaver, Henry Ellis
System: The Portal to Texas History
APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND CLEANING SEED COTTON (open access)

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AND CLEANING SEED COTTON

Patent for an improvement to the method of cleaning seeded cotton.
Date: November 12, 1889
Creator: ELAM, WILLIAM E.; THOMAS, ROBERT S.; CRAWFORD, DWIGHT H. & HARDWICK, SAUNIE W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Elevating, Distributing, and Feeding Seed-Cotton to Gins (open access)

Apparatus for Elevating, Distributing, and Feeding Seed-Cotton to Gins

Patent for improvements to cotton gins so that seed cotton can be fed to two gins at the same time, while using the same power as would normally be necessary for one gin.
Date: April 12, 1892
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Leg. (open access)

Artificial Leg.

Patent for an artificial leg that has an improved ankle joint and a socket for the stump. It is also more comfortable than other artificial legs.
Date: February 12, 1895
Creator: Chapman, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring (open access)

Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring

Patent for improvements to treating concrete flooring. The process described for mixing animal, mineral, and vegetable waxes to produce a treatment which renders already poured concrete floors (or other cement or stone) dustless and waxy to prevent disintegration of the floor's components.
Date: May 12, 1917
Creator: Annan, Alfred H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn Swing (open access)

Lawn Swing

Patent for an improved version of a Lawn Swing that is easily constructed and weather resistant, including illustrations.
Date: December 12, 1919
Creator: Galipp, Herman C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Curing Plant (open access)

Vegetable-Curing Plant

Patent for curing vegetables by a unit system. The design is a curing house of multiple bins with air circulation in each, allowing for a faster and more uniform curing process.
Date: November 12, 1918
Creator: Ewton, Thomas F. & Waldrop, Frances E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Tubing Catcher (open access)

Well-Tubing Catcher

Patent for an improved well tubing catcher, which "provides an equal and positive bearing surface for the gripper slips or dogs in all their adjusted positions" (lines 16-18), including illustrations.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Wilson, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for windmill for utilizing wind or water power (lines 9-10).
Date: June 12, 1883
Creator: Sickles, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lens-Grinding Machine. (open access)

Lens-Grinding Machine.

Patent for a lens grinding machine that polishes any kind of lens via the means of a reciprocating motion in both the grinding tool and the lens holder.
Date: August 12, 1913
Creator: Rousseau, Almer A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trunk. (open access)

Trunk.

Patent for a trunk that is usual except for its multiple trays, "a series of levers connecting the trays, and a second series of levers connecting the first-mentioned series of levers with the trunk-lid" (lines 56-59). The levers raise the trays and move them outward, and they can lock in place.
Date: May 12, 1896
Creator: Giraud, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Target-Controlled Roundabouts (open access)

Improvements in Target-Controlled Roundabouts

Patent for a target-controlled roundabout comprised of a "revoluble member arranged to be operated by a plunger" (lines 11-12).
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Lero, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Top Rest. (open access)

Vehicle-Top Rest.

Patent for am improved vehicle top rest, which employs two coils of wire to hold up the vehicle-top and increases the strength and durability of the device.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Henry, Patrick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating System for Vehicles. (open access)

Ventilating System for Vehicles.

Patent for a ventilation system for closed moving vehicles that is run off of the motion of the vehicle from the roadway surface or a motor and has air pipes for taking out stale air and bringing in fresh air.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Carroll, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bee-hives (open access)

Improvement in Bee-hives

Patent for an improvement of a bee-hive enabling inspection of bees, protection of bees from moths, ventilation of the hive, and removal of honey without disturbing the brood-chamber.
Date: September 12, 1876
Creator: Hayden, Noah Dunken & Clapp, Amasa O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Station-Indicator. (open access)

Station-Indicator.

Patent for a station-indicator for trolley cars meant to "produce an automatic apparatus of this kind which is worked by the movement of the car and in which a map is employed, which is moved in such a way that the various points at which the car stops will always be correctly indicated" (lines 13-18).
Date: June 12, 1894
Creator: Baker, Artemas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spraying Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Spraying Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for spray attachment for a Cultivator, which is an agricultural farm equipment used for soil tillage. The machine is designed to stir soil around a crop. The improvement of the spray attachment is a nozzle that can control the spray of fluid at the same time the soil is being cultivated.
Date: October 12, 1915
Creator: Oldham, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Electrostatic Separation. (open access)

Process of Electrostatic Separation.

Patent for new improvements to Processes of Electrostatic Separation, "particularly to a process where the comminuted material subjected to the influence of an electrostatic field" (lines 12-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protecting Alarm-Circuit. (open access)

Protecting Alarm-Circuit.

Patent for a circuit to be connected to a security alarm so that when the circuit is broken, the alarm will sound. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Barriclow, Irvin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Map Cabinet (open access)

Map Cabinet

Patent for a storage device designed to store maps, blueprints, artworks, and other flat objects.
Date: January 12, 1917
Creator: Fanning, Samuel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor for Street-Cars. (open access)

Motor for Street-Cars.

Patent for an improved motor design for street-cars in which each car has its own motor. The motor is steam powered.
Date: March 12, 1895
Creator: Slaughter, Joel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Wheel for Vehicles. (open access)

Spring Wheel for Vehicles.

Patent for spring-wheel that will supply resiliency for shock absorption, preventing shocks and jarring to the body of the vehicle.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Crowe, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History