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Base-Ball Score-Card
Patent for a baseball score card that has spaces for putting the players name on the card from both teams on the same side.
Date:
December 5, 1911
Creator:
Dealey, Walter A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for a new and useful animal trap, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 5, 1899
Creator:
Buckersberg, Simon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Supplying Device For Diving Purposes.
Patent for a new and useful air supplying device for diving purposes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 5, 1899
Creator:
Hensley, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for an aeroplane that will maintain its balance in the air automatically
Date:
December 5, 1911
Creator:
McManus, Augustus F. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Lubricator.
Patent for an axle lubricator that continuously lubricates an axle through a hollow nut in the end of the hub bushing, and the oil cup can be refilled easily and without removing the wheel.
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Miller, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Telephone-Exchange System.
Patent for "a simple system and arrangement which is especially adapted for a telephone exchange, which enables the instruments to be connected by a single wire, which dispenses with the use of an operator at the central station, which has automatic means for registering the messages sent by each subscriber, and which is provided with an automatic switching device by means of which one subscriber may connect with any other" (lines 10-19).
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Serdinko, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Window-Shade
Patent for an adjustable window-shade that is more useful and can be "raised and lowered in its entirety" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustration.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Hayes, George Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for new and useful improvements in wrenches, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 5, 1899
Creator:
Rollins, Edgar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Manufacture of Organic Solvents
Patent for new improvements to the manufacture of organic solvents. Specifically as it it relates to the treatment of acetone oils with catalysts for the purpose of converting the ketones contained within the acetone oil into alcohol.
Date:
December 5, 1914
Creator:
Hibbert, Harold
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Seat Spring.
Patent for an elliptic seat spring on a wagon that is "arranged longitudinally on the front of the wagon-box, for the purpose of taking up the jar and jolt of wagons in passing over rough places in the roads" (lines 15-18). The springs will stay in place once installed.
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Ingle, Jacob Odem, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for a simple and durable lifting jack for wagons that is easily operated and does not move the hoisting lever in the post.
Date:
December 5, 1893
Creator:
Ball, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn Mower
Patent for a lawn mower in which the means for adjusting the intermediate blade has been created so that a groove for a predetermined depth can be cut, and easy removal of the blade when it is desired to sharpen the same. Additionally, a ground-engaging roller is included to keep the machine at the same level so that the knife will cut into the ground at an even depth.
Date:
December 5, 1919
Creator:
Coniglio Carmelo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wire fence tools, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 5, 1899
Creator:
Boynton, John Blijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Low-Pressure Tire-Signal.
Patent for a device that attaches to the valve of an automobile tire and creates a warning noise if the tire pressure is too low. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 5, 1911
Creator:
Collins, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Body Lifter
Patent for new and useful improvements in Wagon-Body Lifters. (Line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 5, 1905
Creator:
Reneau, Charley William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tanning.
Patent for improvements in tanning materials: "extractive matter for the manufacture of leather from the wood and bark of the mesquit - a tree of extensive growth on the prairies of western and north western Texas" (lines 9-13).
Date:
December 5, 1865
Creator:
Park, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washboard
Patent for washboard that "is made for automatically moving, step by step, a cake of soap inclosed in a housing" (lines 9-11) against the cloths being washed and is "operated by the pressure exerted through the rubbing action upon a rubbing board associated with the device" (lines 22-24).
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Durden, Perrey Milton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compound Tools.
Improvement in Kitchen-Utensil for lifting pots, kettles, plates, and as a means for holding a device for mangling meats.
Date:
December 5, 1876
Creator:
Mayfield, Samuel B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Food Products.
Patent for a new process "to make lard and butter substitutes, and other edible fatty products possessing the desired consistency and flavor" (lines 27-30) by hydrogenizing oils and fats. Includes explanation of the process.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Walker, Thomas Bailey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for Plow Attachment
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Fletcher
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Instrument for Curved Surfaces
Patent for Measuring Instrument for Curved Surfaces
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Mckinney, Elnathan J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Egg Testing Globe
Patent for egg tester, where you can place an egg into the globe and see if it is fertilized.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Woolfolk, Paul E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neck Yoke
Patent for neck yokes, particularly for hogs, but not made especially for hogs.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
McClure, Cicero F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insulating Tube
Patent for sercuing, protecting, and insulating electrical wires.
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Morene, Carl T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History