Resource Type

Apparatus For Cleaning Dishes. (open access)

Apparatus For Cleaning Dishes.

Patent for new and useful improvements in apparatus for cleaning dishes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Wright, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scrubber And Mop. (open access)

Combined Scrubber And Mop.

Patent for the combination of a scrubber, a mop, and a water receptacle to supply the cleansing liquid to the surface that is being cleaned and it provides a mechanism for wringing the mop.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Lee, Bryant
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Yoke Or Poke. (open access)

Animal Yoke Or Poke.

Patent for a new and useful animal yoke or poke, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Worley, Frank Athar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator that "consists in providing the main axle with spur-wheels and with depending supports to which are attached the beams of the cultivator shovels and a cutting blade which extends in front of the machine and is adapted to be vibrated by the spur-wheels as the machine moves over the ground, thereby providing means for chopping cotton or other stalks" (lines 17-25).
Date: January 23, 1894
Creator: Bosley, Henry C. & Organ, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a new and useful wire stretcher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Olson, John Lauris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a washing machine that has an improved construction, is more efficient, and one that quickly and thoroughly washes clothes without damaging the clothes. The machine is a cylinder that has a crank-operated inner scrubbing cylinder. The machine has a spout in order to drain the cylinder.
Date: January 23, 1894
Creator: Walter, George P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for a windmill. Illustrations included.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Moon, Richard D. & Horne, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vine-Support, (open access)

Vine-Support,

Patent for a new and useful vine support, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Henry, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Expanding Mandrels. (open access)

Improvements in Expanding Mandrels.

Patent for improvements in expanding mandrels by way of an expanding-chuck.
Date: January 23, 1872
Creator: Simons, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wardrobe-Beadsteads. (open access)

Improvement in Wardrobe-Beadsteads.

Patent for a new and improved office-furniture that combines a desk, bookshelf, folding bed, hat-rack, and wash-basin, including descriptions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1877
Creator: Sutcliffe, Wilson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tug Attachments for Harness. (open access)

Improvement in Tug Attachments for Harness.

Patent for improving the tug-harness attachments on a horse harness to better lock straps in place.
Date: January 23, 1877
Creator: Brodnax, David W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds or Bitters. (open access)

Improvement in Medical Compounds or Bitters.

Patent for a medical compound prepared with whisky, gentian-root, cinchonabark, quassia and cloves which is intended as "a remedy for miasmatic fevers" (line 23) including instructions for the preparation and administration of the medicine.
Date: January 23, 1872
Creator: Turner, Richard G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Mechanism (open access)

Transmission Mechanism

Patent is for power transmission in motor vehicles. It is housed in one case.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Stillians, Harry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns (open access)

Improvement in Churns

Patent for a geared mechanism to attach to existing churns to aid in the production of cream into butter. Illustrations include front and side elevations.
Date: January 23, 1877
Creator: Gray, Whitley F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for an improved design of the plow consisting of a modified foot of the plow and curved blade. Illustrations included.
Date: January 23, 1877
Creator: Moore, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy Repeating Gun. (open access)

Toy Repeating Gun.

Patent for an improvement on toy repeating guns "which may be cocked and fired by manipulation of a single member and which embodies a magazine to receive a number of projectiles which automatically feeds by gravitative action into proper position to be projected by the striker or discharging member. " (lines 10-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Osborn, Carl B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Job Press Standardizer (open access)

Job Press Standardizer

Patent for job press.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: McMath, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Radiator Supporting Frame (open access)

Radiator Supporting Frame

Patent for support structure for car radiators.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Neveu, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment (open access)

Plow Attachment

Patent for a plow attachment. This design has improvements for the foot portion of plows and cultivators. The attachment is easy to apply, and can be adjusted accordingly.
Date: January 23, 1906
Creator: Clark, Samuel Houston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Submerged Current - Motor. (open access)

Submerged Current - Motor.

Patent for a new and useful submerged current motor, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Hardaway, Robert Early
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stop-Cock. (open access)

Stop-Cock.

Patent for a stop-cock adapted to be used with water service pipes. It features a key operable lock stop-cock whose parts must be manipulated at specific times in order to open the passageway.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Suess, Walter E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
System of Subirrigation. (open access)

System of Subirrigation.

Patent for the improvement of a subirrigation system, which allows the prevention of the pipes being choked by pipes through the use of coiled pipes.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Robinson, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for a washing machine. The design includes a plunger that reciprocates up and down in order to agitate the contents. It is operated by a foot-plate and is meant to be easy-to-use.
Date: January 23, 1906
Creator: Moeckel, A. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Folder. (open access)

Paper-Folder.

Patent for a rotary paper folder meant to fold newspapers as they come from the press in a web. The invention is simple, and cuts the paper into sheets of the desired length. Its folding attachment folds the paper in parallel columns, and the knives do not move in relation to the cylinders.
Date: January 23, 1894
Creator: Carr, Elijah W.
System: The Portal to Texas History