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Banana-Case
Patent for a banana case to "provide a case or crate in which bananas may be readily packed and transported without injury to the fruit."
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
Aiken, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Sand and Gravel Washer
Patent for "a combined gravel and sand washing box which shall effectually serve as a means for practically removing all sand and dirt from gravel and stones and all mud and fine dirt from sand" (lines 30-34).
Date:
November 20, 1888
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pole Tip and Neck Yoke Clamp.
Patent for a new combination wagon-pole tip and neck-yoke clamp. This design "provide[s] a combined wagon-pole tip or socket and neck-yoke clamp of novel construction, which can be easily attached to and detached from the pole or neck-yoke, and which, when in use, will be self-adjusting to the movements of the neck-yoke due to the motion of the team" (lines 9-15).
Date:
November 14, 1882
Creator:
Sibert, Francis William & Hurd, Stephen Porter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake
Patent for an air brake with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Wolf, Gustav B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Sealing Tire-Punctures and the Like.
Patent for sealing tire punctures consisting of the extract obtained from boiling guayule and candelilla plants in water to which is added asbestos and fullers' earth.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Garza, Ricardo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Screen
Patent for "a new and improved window-screen which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to permit of readily placing the screen in position on the window or removing it therefrom and without requiring special runs or guideways and to allow of using the screen either inside or outside of the window, as desired" (lines 8-16)
Date:
November 27, 1900
Creator:
Holden, Elbridge G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Line-Insulator.
Patent for Line-Insulator for improvements telephone and telegraph line
Date:
November 11, 1913
Creator:
Meusebach, Otto C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Machine
Patent for a simple valve grinding machine designed to be efficient and easy to use, as well as more secure (within a valve casing) than previous models.
Date:
November 6, 1918
Creator:
Branning, Willie F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism for Gas Engines
Patent for improvements in the valve mechanisms of gas engines, with the object being to "provide an air cooling chamber for maintaining the exhaust valve in a cooled condition under all conditions of operations (lines 9-14).
Date:
November 12, 1914
Creator:
Blumberg, Humble G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two-Row Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for cotton and corn planters. The invention is for a two row type planter that allows for planting on "beds" or "listed" land.
Date:
November 11, 1913
Creator:
Henefield, John B. & Henefield, Edward I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a combination lock that is able to be changed at will due to its arrangement of parts.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type
Patent for type. This inventions is for the body of type used in printing presses. Illustration included.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interlocking-Bar Grating for Jails.
Patent for gratings used in jails. "In these structures as ordinarily made upright and horizontal bars are provided which are located at right angles to each other, these bars being necessarily secured together at their points of intersection to prevent their being spread apart" (lines 11-16).
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Holder
Patent for a device to hold type, so it can set and be delivered.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a lock. Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Escutcheon.
Patent for a lock escutcheon, which can be attached to the door on either side and which does not require carpentry expertise to install.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Magruder, Paul K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for a new and useful lifting jack, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 7, 1899
Creator:
Luke, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dining-Tables.
Patent for an improved dining table with a rotating food service, a water reservoir and fountain, and an elevated wine bucket. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 14, 1876
Creator:
Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transplanter
Patent for transplanter. This transplanter is designed to keep the roots compacted with the immediate soil around the root system.
Date:
November 3, 1903
Creator:
Snowden, Lewis Waller
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.
Patent for a refrigeration apparatus "in which a continuous operation is maintained by means of a current of ether or other volatile fluid which liquefies at a low temperature." (Lines 18-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 28, 1871
Creator:
Mühl, A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Operating Mechanism.
Patent for the improvement within the lamp operating mechanism for automobiles. The invention allows lamps to be turned on simultaneously by using the front wheels.
Date:
November 11, 1913
Creator:
Wogenstahl, Leo J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Ores.
Patent for "an improved method of reducing gold and silver ores and recovering their metals." (Lines 10-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 17, 1896
Creator:
Barbour, Thomas P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling Press.
Patent for improvement in baling press "for compressing cotton, hay, and other substances for baling" (lines 10-11).
Date:
November 20, 1866
Creator:
Gillis, C. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument.
Patent for a surgical instrument for use in tonsillectomies.
Date:
November 8, 1910
Creator:
Gwinn, George Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History