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Burner.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in burners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1899
Creator:
Dickerson, Ernest Clifton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Pump
Patent for an automobile pump. This invention is designed for quick mounting and dismounting in order to lift an automobile to remove its tires. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
Goeth, Richard Anton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Crank-Shafts.
Patent for an improvement for Bearings for Cranks Shafts. This invention provides a means for "tightening the bushings of the bearings easily and quickly when necessary" (lines 9-13).
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Blumberg, Hamilton G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Signal
Patent for the creation of signals to be used in conjunction with automobiles during traffic.
Date:
February 22, 1921
Creator:
Ziegenbalg, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stool and Table
Patent for a combined stool and table that can be folded and is portable for use in cars or at picnics; includes "knife, fork and spoon compartments" (line 25).
Date:
February 22, 1921
Creator:
Lewis, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tumbler-Washer.
Patent for a device that is meant to thoroughly clean the inside and outside of glasses, mugs, and similar articles. The operator need not get their hands wet, and the brushes that clean the glasses are adjustable for different sized glasses.
Date:
August 22, 1893
Creator:
Zauner, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Hydrocarbon Burner
Patent for a liquid hydrocarbon burner used to vaporize liquid hydrocarbons (e.g., kerosene, crude oil) for use in heating and cooking.
Date:
September 22, 1914
Creator:
von Hohenstein, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater.
Patent for easy to clean water heater that is meant to deal with issues of hard water residue collecting on parts. Includes Illustrations.
Date:
January 22, 1901
Creator:
McKinnon, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Standard.
Patent for an improvement on wagon-standards, to produce a durable, inexpensive, and simple wagon. When the wagon-body is removed, the wagon-standard can fold compactly. This allows the running-gear to carry timber or a platform for carrying other heavy materials.
Date:
December 22, 1896
Creator:
Foutrel, Emile
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock for Toy Banks
Patent for a lock for toy banks. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 22, 1909
Creator:
Hansen, Christian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmitting-Gear for Windmills.
Patent for an improved transmitting-gear for windmills "which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to impart a long stroke to the pump-rod or other device to be actuated" (lines 11-14), including one illustration.
Date:
January 22, 1901
Creator:
Allison, Jesse H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Operating Fans &c.
Patent for a way to mechanically fan oneself. The machine is "held in the hand and driven by pressure of the thumb applied intermittently to a vibrating lever" (lines 15-17).
Date:
December 22, 1896
Creator:
Flores, Alfredo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for a well pump. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1908
Creator:
De Hymel, Leo Blake
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Forming Individual Foot-Forms and Fitting Shoes Thereon.
Patent for the improvement of the process of forming individual foot forms or replicas of a person's specific foot. This alleviates a person having to go through the painful process of breaking in new shoes. The foot forms can then either be kept by the individual or by the shoe dealer for making future foot wear.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Butler, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Submarine Telescope.
Patent for submarine telescope using a pair of longitudinal tubes, mounted lens, rigid rods, electric light bulb, and chains for securing to the boat. Intended as useful improvements to submarine telescopes with the objection to assist in locating submerged objects. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1919
Creator:
Armstrong, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Uterus-Battery.
Patent for "a simple and compact electrical or galvanic device, adapted, when placed in the womb of a patient, to develop a mild electric action and thereby promote the flow of the menses and render the same regular and painless" (lines 16-19).
Date:
May 22, 1894
Creator:
Hinkley, Charles Samuel Whitney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pressed-Metal Wheel
Patent for an improved pressed-metal wheel by inventor Oliver G. Simmons.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Simmons, Oliver G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for an improvement of a mechanical operated gate. Illustration included.
Date:
March 22, 1904
Creator:
Burkhardt, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Rib
Patent for a gin rib. This is an improvement on the ribs/grates for cotton gins. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
Ellman, Louis W. & Davis, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Geometric Figure
Patent for a sewing pattern for spherical objects, including illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1920
Creator:
Miller, Emma Thornton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Range-Finder for Rifles.
Patent for range-finder for rifles, with illustrations. The invention "is adapted for ready application to a rifle by producing a simple dovetailed groove in the stock or stock-tip, near the front end" (lines 9-12).
Date:
May 22, 1883
Creator:
Ord, Edward O. C., Jr. & Kress, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Follower For Barrels.
Patent for a new and useful follower for barrels, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1899
Creator:
Shanks, David Willis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Motor.
Patent for an internal combustion engine designed for better lubrication and simplicity of repair.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Sanford, Harold M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pedal Attachment for Pianos.
Patent for a piano pedal attachment that will attach easily and keep mice and vermin from entering the piano opening. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 22, 1914
Creator:
Klappenbach, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History