Improvement in Throttle-Valve Stands and Stems. (open access)

Improvement in Throttle-Valve Stands and Stems.

Patent for "a new arrangement of support for the stem of a throttle-valve, and has for its object to facilitate the lubricating of the screw and cause the parts to be firmly held in place." (Lines 19-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 2, 1872
Creator: Compant, John M. & Krauskopf, Engelbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tube-Clamp (open access)

Tube-Clamp

Patent for a tube clamp for holding pipe sections in wells.
Date: May 21, 1912
Creator: Krauskope, Oscar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rocky Creek Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1979
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rocky Creek Quadrangle

Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Bolt Wrench (open access)

Tire Bolt Wrench

Patent for a tire bolt wrench. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Moore, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stone-Drilling Machine. (open access)

Stone-Drilling Machine.

Patent for a stone drilling tool, which has water automatically flowing through it.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Weiss, Adolf
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Setting Machine. (open access)

Tire-Setting Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in tire setting machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 4, 1898
Creator: Mathisen, Christian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat fastener (open access)

Hat fastener

Patent for a fastener that uses combs connected inside the crown of a hat to secure it upon the head.
Date: January 12, 1911
Creator: Mueller, Lisette
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roadway for Vehicles (open access)

Roadway for Vehicles

Patent for a roadway for automobiles built of rail tracks that accommodate different tire sizes, so that wheels may run along the rails inlaid on roads.
Date: October 18, 1913
Creator: OBarr, Richard H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Spading Machine. (open access)

Rotary Spading Machine.

Patent for a new and improved rotary spading machine. This design "consists in the combination of a cylinder or drum armed with a series of spades or teeth, and mounted on a revolving shaft having a bearing or ground wheel, and a series of cleaning fingers or disks, which operate between the teeth of a second cylinder or drum which is mounted in a frame hung loosely on the main shaft of the machine, so as to rise and fall and adapt itself to the inequalities of the ground" (lines 21-30).
Date: March 8, 1881
Creator: Schuchard, Julius
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap (open access)

Fly-Trap

Patent for an insect trap for flies. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Krueger, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Emergency-Door for Safes. (open access)

Emergency-Door for Safes.

Patent for an emergency door for safes that provides an improved arrangement including a supplemental door which will automatically move to closed position when the main door is opened to its limit.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Puhl, Max O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Operating Mechanism. (open access)

Pump-Operating Mechanism.

Patent for a pump operating mechanism, which is run by horses going in a circle around the device to power the pump.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Siggel, Willie F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press Follower-Board (open access)

Cotton-Press Follower-Board

Patent for cotton baling press that provides a detachable follow block.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Wuensch, Hearman & Pfeil, Otto
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft and Pulley Collar. (open access)

Shaft and Pulley Collar.

Patent for a collar for pulleys and shafts with set-screws that protects the set-screws from damage or harming people working with the systems.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Beal, Ephaphras Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Garment. (open access)

Combination-Garment.

Patent for a onese. A shirt and underwear in a single piece. Has ample room in the seat.
Date: January 25, 1919
Creator: Gold, Anna
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Load-lifter. (open access)

Load-lifter.

Patent for the improved design of a load lifter.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Meyer, Dietrich H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp for Spirit-Levels. (open access)

Clamp for Spirit-Levels.

Patent for clamps for spirit levels that allow a spirit level to be attached directly to a straight edge so that one person could safely use both the straight edge and the spirit level simultaneously. Additionally, the clamp production is simple so it can be produced at a low cost.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Bridgman, Jesse Everet
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bee Hive Stand. (open access)

Bee Hive Stand.

Patent for a new and improved bee-hive stand. This design consists in "the combination, with a floor, of a frame provided with opposite side standards and a row of central standards, the longitudinal side bars, and a central longitudinal bar connected with said standards, tie-bars constructed to hook on said longitudinal bars, and a roof provided with hinged lids and supported by said side and central standards" (lines 85-93).
Date: December 10, 1889
Creator: Lipp, Simpson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Water-Supply Regulator for Windmills (open access)

Automatic Water-Supply Regulator for Windmills

Patent for automatic water supply regulator to stop flow of water at the specified level. Additionally the wind mill will start when it hits a certain water level, creating an off an on cycle.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Pressler, Walter F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History