Resource Type

Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer for use on cotton fields to destroy moths that produce boll weevils. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Sissom, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Lubricating-Cups. (open access)

Locking Device for Lubricating-Cups.

Patent for a locking device for lubricating cups that prevents the plug from coming out of the cup.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Anderson, Kos M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Coupling. (open access)

Wagon-Coupling.

Patent for an improved wagon-coupling, which is easy to manufacture.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Biggers, Samuel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liner for Steam-Pumps. (open access)

Liner for Steam-Pumps.

Patent for a removable liner for steam pumps.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Loading and Unloading Mechanism for Mixing-Drums or Other Receptacles (open access)

Loading and Unloading Mechanism for Mixing-Drums or Other Receptacles

Patent for improving the regulating of asphalt and concrete mixers.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Hahn, William Berton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve Gear For Pneumatic Cotton-Feeders. (open access)

Valve Gear For Pneumatic Cotton-Feeders.

Patent for a new and improved valve gear for pneumatic cotton feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Williams, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Gathering Machine (open access)

Insect Gathering Machine

Patent for insect gathering machine. Illustration included.
Date: June 27, 1905
Creator: Fogle, James Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Forms (open access)

Locking Device for Forms

Patent for a locking device for forms that will not crush the edges of circular forms.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Irvin, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inhaler (open access)

Inhaler

Patent for an inhaler. Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: White, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Plate (open access)

Lock-Plate

Patent for improvements in lock-plates for the stays of wire fences.
Date: March 22, 1900
Creator: Wood, Alpheus H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Injector-Burner (open access)

Injector-Burner

Patent for an injector burner which "consumes a mixture of oil and steam" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Wiggs, James A., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a new and useful valve for "controlling the flow of steam, compressed air, water, or other fluid" (line 12 - 14).
Date: December 27, 1898
Creator: Mitchell, Charles Bradley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Rail-Lubricators (open access)

Improvements in Rail-Lubricators

Patent for "a lubricating apparatus for use on street and other cars for lubricating the track when the car rounds a curve" (lines 8-11) including list of parts and illustrations.
Date: April 27, 1910
Creator: Freeman, Frank S. & Doke, Fred L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brake (open access)

Wagon Brake

Patent for a wagon brake. Illustration included.
Date: September 27, 1904
Creator: Melton, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Apparatus. (open access)

Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Apparatus.

Patent for a mailbag catching and delivering apparatus for trains that can be used by a train going either direction on the tracks.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Tidmore, Irenaeus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Loader. (open access)

Wagon-Loader.

Patent for a wagon loader, which includes a scale as a part of the loading device.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: McKinney, Ansel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Trusses. (open access)

Improvement in Trusses.

Patent for improvements in the wiring and metal plates in self-adjusting trusses.
Date: September 27, 1870
Creator: Baker, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Ice-Machines (open access)

Improvements in Ice-Machines

Patent for an improved make and design for ice-machines including instructions for construction and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1877
Creator: Rankin, Thomas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vapor-Burners. (open access)

Improvement in Vapor-Burners.

Patent for, "an improved construction and arrangement of vapor-burner, by which the same is readily lighted, adjusted to a larger or smaller flame, or extinguished" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
Date: February 27, 1877
Creator: Sawyer, Frederick A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tire-Tighteners. (open access)

Improvement in Tire-Tighteners.

Patent for improvement in tire-tighteners to contract a tire upon its felly without removal.
Date: November 27, 1876
Creator: Martin, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stalk-Pullers. (open access)

Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.

Patent for improvement in cotton-stalk pullers with beveled edges for firmer hold on the stalks.
Date: January 27, 1874
Creator: Heacock, Cadwallader
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tire-Tighteners. (open access)

Improvement in Tire-Tighteners.

Patent for a device "for the purpose of tightening or loosening tires on wheels belonging to any kind of vehicles without shrinking or cutting the tires." (Lines 6-9) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1875
Creator: Horton, Henry A. R. & Hayes, Amos P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Farm-Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Farm-Fences.

Patent for "a cheap and easily-constructed fence, and one which neither small nor large stock will be able to jump over or pass through." (Lines 11-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1875
Creator: Rush, Alonzo & Yarbrough, Fisher
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Photographers' Bath-Warmers (open access)

Improvement in Photographers' Bath-Warmers

Patent for keeping photographers' chemicals and bath water the same temperature throughout the liquids. The patent contains instructions and illustrations for the creation and use of the invention.
Date: March 27, 1877
Creator: Fellrath, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History