Automatic Hose-Coupling (open access)

Automatic Hose-Coupling

Patent for an automatic hose coupling with instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Herr, Herbert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Stretcher. (open access)

Curtain-Stretcher.

Patent for a curtain stretcher where the parts can be disconnected and readily assembled to accommodate curtains of various types. It permits stretching without screwing curtains or disengaging them from the clamps. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Hiegel, Eugene J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Writing-Machine. (open access)

Writing-Machine.

Patent for writing-machine mechanism which prolongs the life of the ribbon and provides "means to rotate the platen step by step at each actuation of one or more of the keys" (line 20).
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Edwards, Alrah B. & Russell, Frank K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen-Cabinet

Patent for a built-in organization system for kitchen cabinets, including illustrations.
Date: February 24, 1914
Creator: Rosser, Virgil O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Top. (open access)

Vehicle Top.

Patent for a new and improved vehicle top. This design consists in "the combination of the supporting-bows having grooves in their side, the upper ends of the grooves overlapping the curtain-supporting frames, comprising the flexible side-bars provided with lateral tongues fitting in the grooves of the supporting-bows, and the cross-bars secured to the side bars and having their ends fitted in said grooves, and the covering secured to said frame" (lines 82-91).
Date: April 24, 1888
Creator: McCurdy, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet. (open access)

Kitchen Cabinet.

Patent for a new and improved cabinet. This design consists in "the combination, with a hinged door or lid, of [a] . . . separate bail" (lines 99-100). Further, said bail is "pivotally secured at its upper ends to the cabinet, and adapted to support on its middle portion the free end of the said door when the latter is in its horizontal position . . . [and it consists in] a suitable frame, the drawers having compartments on either side thereof, in combination with the hinged pie-board having the opening . . . which when raised closes said compartments" (lines 1-10).
Date: May 24, 1887
Creator: Dollens, Wood C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus. (open access)

Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Patent for a well-drilling apparatus meant "to provide improved means for adjusting and withdrawing drill-tools without removing the drill-rod to provide a folding reamer and means for adjusting the blades thereof, and to provide means for conveying water to the drill, whereby the drillings are carried up outside of the drill-rod or barrel" (lines 9-16).
Date: December 24, 1895
Creator: Horton, Stephen A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jetty. (open access)

Jetty.

Patent for a an inexpensive and durable jetty made from "piles driven in the ground in the ordinary way, but incase them in such a way that they will not be liable to early decay or infested by insects, which cut and destroy them when not protected" (lines 11-15).
Date: September 24, 1895
Creator: Bryant, Benjamin N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Lifting-Jack.

Patent for a lifting jack for car trucks.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Berge, Emil Herman Zum
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transformer (open access)

Transformer

Patent for transformer.
Date: February 24, 1903
Creator: Depp, Otis J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for stalk cutter that breaks the stalks close to the ground, featuring a lever that enables cutter height adjustments to facilitate the breaking of stalks. This stalk cutter has no cutting edges and will not dull over time.
Date: February 24, 1914
Creator: Blakely, Phylander.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suit-Box. (open access)

Suit-Box.

Patent for a pasteboard box with flexible binding that can be used for carrying suits.
Date: March 24, 1914
Creator: Moses, Jacob B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor. (open access)

Motor.

Patent for a new and improved motor. This design consists in "[t]he combination, of a clock-work mechanism, of the spring-shaft, the screw geared thereto, whereby the said screw will be rotated simultaneously with the spring-shaft, the friction-drum, and the brake-bar bearing on the said drum and engaging the screw" (lines 90-95).
Date: August 24, 1886
Creator: Roberts, Robert Edward Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Interrupter. (open access)

Electrical Interrupter.

Patent for an electrical interrupter for dividing charges of electricity into intervals.
Date: November 24, 1908
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence Fabric. (open access)

Fence Fabric.

Patent for a new kind of fence fabric that lays flatter, can be made more efficiently, and slips less.
Date: September 24, 1918
Creator: Dobkins, Pearl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steel Form for Laying Concrete (open access)

Steel Form for Laying Concrete

Patent for metal forms used in the laying of concrete for construction of sidewalks, curbs, or gutters.
Date: October 24, 1916
Creator: Cramer, Walter H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary-Disk Plow. (open access)

Rotary-Disk Plow.

Patent for a light rotary-disk plow that is as strong as other plows, and has multiple concave plow disks that are arranged diagonally to the line of draft. The disks are adjustable and avoid excess friction. The plow's motion drives it into the ground.
Date: March 24, 1896
Creator: Hardy, Clement A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Greaser. (open access)

Poultry-Greaser.

Patent for a poultry greaser, which allows the application of insecticide to chickens while they are eating.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Wilson, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper Separator (open access)

Paper Separator

Patent for a paper separator.
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Brintnall, Harry W. & Venney, Felix A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator, Cleaner, and Feeder. (open access)

Cotton Elevator, Cleaner, and Feeder.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton elevators, cleaners, and feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 24, 1898
Creator: Seifert, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator. (open access)

Cotton Elevator.

Patent for a new and improved cotton elevator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a frame, a suction-pipe having one end bent downward to receive the seed cotton and the other end terminating in an upwardly-extending dust flue, and a suction-fan having its suction and discharge at the periphery, of a perforated screening-cylinder, an endless belt which co-acts with the cylinder to deflect the cotton into the discharge pipe, and a blowing-fan in the latter for forcing the seed-cotton to the gins" (lines 48-58).
Date: December 24, 1889
Creator: Swinnerton, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor. (open access)

Tractor.

Patent for a tractor in which the placement of the power source reduces dead weight and provides a low center of gravity, thereby increasing stability.
Date: May 24, 1921
Creator: Martin, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Illusion Boat (open access)

Illusion Boat

Patent for an illusion boat. This "invention realtes to a carrier for amusement and pleasure , and more particularly to a carrier by which mock diving trips may be made, or trips which will have the appearance of the boat or carrier going down under water and traveling under the water" (line 6-11). Illustrations included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Smith, Marshall, E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Nut-Lock Washer. (open access)

Design for a Nut-Lock Washer.

Design patent for a nut-lock washer that consists of an annular disk having a depression on the margin of its inner opening and with an incision cut in from the periphery, forming a tongue.
Date: October 24, 1899
Creator: Carroll, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History