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Spring-Bottom Camp-Bed (open access)

Spring-Bottom Camp-Bed

Patent for an improved, less expensive, and easier to use camp bed granted to William Green Holden.
Date: April 1, 1884
Creator: Holden, William Green
System: The Portal to Texas History
Puncture-Proof Tire (open access)

Puncture-Proof Tire

Patent for improved armor in tires so they do not puncture as quickly or as easily, including illustrations.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Hibbs, Cassell De
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stump-Extractor. (open access)

Stump-Extractor.

Patent for improvements in stump-extractor by utilize the hoisting or power machine to perform extraction on stump or for other weights. (Lines 12-14) This machine will be portable for “easily moved from point to point, and comprising means for the development of great power with a minimum exertion on the part of the animal or animals used to operate the machine and also within a comparatively small compass.” (Lines 20-25) Illustration is included.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Redman, Charley R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Lister (open access)

Sulky-Lister

Patent for improved version of sulky-lister, with more effective spring between planter and lister-plow. Improvements include ability for covering disks to move downward and function at required drill depth.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Engelmann, Gustav
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Cracker. (open access)

Nut-Cracker.

Patent for improvements in nut-cracker by using “a pair of bent handle-limbs pivoted together near the bends of the limbs, a hammer-block rigidly secured on the opposite end of each handle-limb; each hammer-block having a cavity, these cavities being formed in opposed ends of the hammer-blocks; a handhold in each handle-limb, and a guide-piece having parallel members affixed by their ends on one of the handle-limbs, and loosely embracing the other handle-limbs.” (P. 2, lines 42-51.) Illustration is included.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Dickey, William V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Shoe (open access)

Tire-Shoe

Patent for a tire-shoe that would help reinforce damaged vehicle tires.
Date: April 1, 1919
Creator: Motl, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Adjuster. (open access)

Tire Adjuster.

Patent for a new and improved wheel adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the terminal tire-lugs having right and left screw-threaded sockets, of a right and left screw-stem, a turning block of substantially the same cross-section as the rim of the wheel, connected to the screw-stem so as to slide thereon but revolve rigidly together, and means . . . for locking the turning block to the terminal lugs" (lines 8-16).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Surratt, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Punture-Healing Composition. (open access)

Punture-Healing Composition.

Patent for "improvements in puncture healing compounds". A beeswax, paraffin, rosin, and linseed oil mixture will be injected into the innertube or other air compartment of a "pneumatic tire" and will repair any punctures without deteriorating the material of the inner tube.
Date: April 1, 1919
Creator: Weaber, Marie R. & Clemens, Hermann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing (open access)

Gearing

Patent for gearing for a flying machine. This gearing will allow for two independent drive shafts to work with tow independent engines to allow both engines to connect to either or both draft shafts.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Herrmann, Ernst W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electro Medical Belt. (open access)

Electro Medical Belt.

Patent for a new and improved electro-medical belt. This design "consists in a belt or support constructed of multiple-ply electro-conductive belting, which [the design] make[s] by inserting a conductor or conductors between the folds of a multiple-ply band with suitable contact-points at the surface, a sling supported by and movable on the belt for carrying the electric generator, also constructed of the electro-conductive belting, and having detachable connectors between its contact points and those of the belt-contact plates, consisting of disks or plates provided with tongues" (lines 18-29).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Shelton, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a new drill that is used for pipes in wells, including illustrations.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: O'Brien, Robert P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rock-Drill. (open access)

Rock-Drill.

Patent for a composite rock drill composed of granular metal or minerals held together in a binder to present sharp points for the efficient drilling of rock and other substances.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Blackburn, Julian E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riveting Machine. (open access)

Riveting Machine.

Patent for a new and improved riveting-machine. This design consists "of the upright frame having the cross-head in the upper front part thereof, the vertical driving rods . . . adapted to move in said cross-head, the upright with perforated top and spring-actuated sleeve attached to the frame below the rod, the separable rivet-holder attached to said rod by the arms, the frame, and the sleeve . . . the upright with solid top attached to the frame below the rod, and means, as pivoted levers . . . at the top of the machine, connecting-rods . . . and treadle-levers . . . for actuating the driving-rods" (lines 60-74).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Carl, Reinhold A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Gage and Filing Clamp (open access)

Saw Gage and Filing Clamp

Patent for a combined saw gage and clamp which can be "applied to a saw blade to gage the depth of the cut as well as reversed and used as a clamp for the saw blade in setting the teeth" (lines 16-18).
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Curby, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan. (open access)

Fan.

Patent for a fan designed for use on a table or desk.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Fitzhugh, Cameron S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor-Sweeping Compound (open access)

Floor-Sweeping Compound

Patent for an improved floor-sweeping compound which changes the traditional woody filler with a less flammable and more absorbent mineral wool filler.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Boddeker, James A. & Stratford, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Collar Fastener. (open access)

Horse Collar Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved horse-collar fastener. This design "relates to certain new and useful improvements in horse-collar fastenings of that class designed to lock the two sides of the horse-collar and to permit of the ready separation thereof to facilitate the placing and removal of the collar when desired; and it has for its object to provide a simple and cheap device of this character wherein provision shall be made for the retention of the lever against the catch, and also means for preventing the drawing of the screws" (lines 15-26).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Bomar, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow designed with an implement to allow user to remove excess dirt from the blade as the plow is being used.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Dyer, Charles V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Destroying Stumps of Trees. (open access)

Method of Destroying Stumps of Trees.

Patent for a method of destroying the stumps of persimmon and sassafras trees using saltpeter, soda, and salt.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: McLelland, Jacob J. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor. (open access)

Motor.

Patent for improving the “’multiple cylinder rotary engine’“ (lines 9-10) through "controlling devices" (line 24) that are both automatic and manual and help engine pistons function more effectively. This patent builds upon earlier patents regarding motor design by the inventor, and will connect to a generator concurrently patented by the inventor. Detailed explanations and illustrations included.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Walker, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Railway, &c (open access)

Elevated Railway, &c

Patent for improvements "to provide an improved track having provisions for readily tightening the track, each span or section being tightened by means of a single tightening device arranged, preferably. . . second, to provide an improved truck with guiding rollers or pulleys, the weight of the truck being carried upon yielding supports; third, a simple and improved swivel or turning device or connection between the car and track, whereby the turning of curves is more easily accomplished with a minimum of friction; fourth, to so mount the truck upon the track that displacement or removal thereof sidewise is impossible fifth, to provide an improved switch; sixth, to provide for a road-bed upon a span in crossing a stream or other analogous obstruction" (lines 14-31).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M. & Taylor, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dish-Washer (open access)

Dish-Washer

Patent for a combined dishwasher and drainer.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Ervin, Ida
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crab and Fish Trap. (open access)

Crab and Fish Trap.

Patent for a new and improved seafood trap. This design consists in "a net or trap for crabs or fish, which comprises flat frame-sections hinged together, netting attached to said sections, and a rod or bar extending across said sections and engaging with suitable devices thereon for holding said sections partly extended until the hinged sides strike bottom and thereby release the rod or bar" (lines 83-90).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saddle Jack. (open access)

Saddle Jack.

Patent for a new and improved saddle-jack. This design consists in "the combination, with a support, of a post having a hollow trunnion and carrying a saddle-tree support on its upper end, and a bolt passing through the hollow trunnion and carrying hooks on its upper end for engaging a saddle-tree to hold it on its support" (lines 84-90).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Garrett, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History