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Oil-Burning Attachment For Stoves or Furnaces
Patent for "an attachment for wood and coal stoves and furnaces by which hydrocarbon oils can be burned in connection with a wood or coal fire in a very effective and economical manner, the attachment being also capable of being used alone for heating and cooking..."
Date:
November 4, 1902
Creator:
Cordray, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Sharpener.
Patent for a pencil sharpener that sharpens pencils quickly and efficiently. This invention catches the resulting shavings and dust, and has a compact design to fit in a pocket.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Wolf, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie
Patent for a new design of railroad-ties meant "for clamping together the two members of the tie and for adjusting them relatively to each other so as to adapt them to clamp rails of different widths" (lines 13-16), with illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Grant, James K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Matrix Molding Device.
Patent for improvements on matrix molding devices, "to provide simple devices or improvements in matrices of standard size and adaptation for use in linotype and other line casting machines for preparing the operating edges of printers' slugs for holding cross-rules" (lines 10-15), including illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1918
Creator:
Markwell, Andrew E. & Evans, S. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ditching Machine.
Patent for a new and improved ditching-machine. This design "consist[s] of the standards, block, handles, braces and round ears, axle and wheel having cogs, scoop provided with points, chute and side plates, elevator shaft, its upper end resting on the round band, elongated cups, rollers, and cog-wheels, shaft, inclined chute, [another] cog-wheel, arms, band, and rollers" (lines 87-95).
Date:
November 4, 1890
Creator:
Witt, William Carroll, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dog Attachment for Logging-Cars, &c.
Patent for a new dog attachment "for logging cars, sleds, and wagons, &c., [...] which will securely retain logs on a car, sled, or wagon and also readily release the same for unloading when required" (lines 9-13), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 4, 1902
Creator:
Hudgens, George Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Doll Novelty.
Patent for a new device, which is a rounded, weighted base placed in a doll that allows the doll to raise itself when turned over on any side without external assistance by lowering the doll's center of gravity. Descriptions of materials used and illustrations are included..
Date:
November 4, 1902
Creator:
Flint, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Educational Device.
Patent for "improvements in combined desk and blackboard devices arranged in convenient shape for opening and closing and reversing in position" (lines 8-11); including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Fanning, Sam H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Packer.
Patent for an automatic cotton packer that provides a new method to packing cotton. This mechanism can be controlled automatically or by hand. As the cotton leaves the gin, it is packed automatically.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Kinne, Tempel Leeroy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement.
Patent for an agricultural implement related to ground treating. The implement introduces a novel mounting for a colter that will keep it in line with the draft beam, as well as aids in holding the soil-turning elements in place.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Vanderwater, Daniel B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for baling-press which is to "provide a rotary sweep,..., which is connected in a novel manner to the compressing-plunger, whereby said plunger is operated twice to each revolution of the sweep" (lines 12-16). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 4, 1902
Creator:
Fitz Water, Marshall V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddle.
Patent for a new and improved saddle. This design "consists in a rubber or other elastic seat having a thick central portion with tapering thin edges and a leather covering for the same" (lines 9-11).
Date:
November 4, 1884
Creator:
Adams, James E. & Shero, Philip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Balance.
Patent for a new and improved sash balance. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a window-frame provided with the pulleys . . . sash provided with the grooves, and [the other] pulleys working in said grooves, and cord having one end attached to the upper part of the frame . . . passing thence under [the latter] pulleys in the upper sash, thence over [the second] pulley" (lines lines 81-87).
Date:
November 4, 1890
Creator:
Cayce, Henry P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoeing-Rack.
Patent for improvements to a frame in which a horse can be held into a convenient position for elevating the hoof to apply a horse shoe. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Huffman, Polly
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow.
Patent for a disk plow modification, which allows the disk to be self-sharpening and automatically release accumulated garbage.
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Hoffman, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Account-Index.
Patent for an account index card holder with “superposed parallel arms” (lines 111-112) that allow portions of the front and reverse side of each card to be visible. The holder and its supports may be used with a system for organizing, tracking, and indexing accounts.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Roach, William Eli
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Attaching Horseshoes.
Patent for a new and improved device for attaching horseshoes. This design "relates to improvements in means for attaching shoes to the hoofs of horses or mules without the use of nails; and the invention consists in . . . a nailless shoe [that] can be firmly and securely attached to the foot and detached therefrom without requiring the services of a smith" (lines 9-18). To this end, it consists in "the combination, with the shoe-plate and the toe-plate, of the toe-bar having a flange to engage the toe-plate, the bits, half-bands, and clamping-bolts" (lines 61-65).
Date:
November 4, 1890
Creator:
Mayow, Daniel L. & Castle, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "consist[s] of the frame, raised axle, and arch, having at one end the bearing, the transverse shaft carrying the bevel-gear, and journaled in said bearing, and the vertical arm, the said shaft also carrying a sprocket-wheel, which is connected to a similar wheel upon the axle by means of the endless chain, the cutter-shaft, journaled at opposite ends in the arms . . . and the removable cutter" (lines 68-77).
Date:
November 4, 1884
Creator:
Daniel, William L. & Daniel, Robbert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cross-Roller Bit.
Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in cross-roller bits. Invention relates to "improvements in rotary boring drills for use in drilling wells for water, oil or gas and has particular reference to drills of the so called cross roller type for use in hard formation."
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Lock.
Patent for an inexpensive automobile lock that is adapted to fit the front bumper of an automobile and designed to lock the two front wheels in place.
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Tiedemann, Otto
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Lifting Grapple
Patent for a device to hook to an automobile and lift either the front or the rear of the chassis off of the vehicle. To be used for ease of repair and maintenance to automobile motor.
Date:
November 4, 1919
Creator:
Wood, Guy & Reagan, Emmet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt Fastener
Patent for new and useful improvement in Belt-fastners by which the end of the belt may be quickly united and held without cutting holes in it.
Date:
November 4, 1884
Creator:
Norris, Albion K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Circuit-Closing Device for Doors.
Patent for a device mounted within a door jamb that closes or breaks a circuit when the door is opened or closed, respectively. The electrical connection can be used to turn on lights when the door is opened and off when closed.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Fitch, William Hubert
System:
The Portal to Texas History