Corn-Popper (open access)

Corn-Popper

Patent for a corn popper used for popping corn and general cooking. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Young, G. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Popper (open access)

Corn-Popper

Patent for a corn popper. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Young, George B. & Young, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Apparatus. (open access)

Cleaning Apparatus.

Patent for a cleaning apparatus, which cleans objects by blasting air across them and has an air cleaning system for use after the cleaning is done.
Date: June 1, 1909
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Catching Waste Products From Lead, Silver, or Other Smelters. (open access)

Apparatus for Catching Waste Products From Lead, Silver, or Other Smelters.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in apparatus for "catching the waste products from lead, silver , or other smelters" (line 5 - 7).
Date: June 6, 1899
Creator: Sergeant, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Spring Lifter. (open access)

Valve-Spring Lifter.

Patent for valve spring lifter designed for use with internal combustion engines that holds the intake or exhaust valve springs in an elevated or rigid position. Illustrations included.
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: Mountain, Thomas O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Scale (open access)

Weighing Scale

Patent for weighing scale. Illustration included.
Date: June 7, 1904
Creator: McKee, Clarence W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weighing-Scale (open access)

Weighing-Scale

Patent for an improved weighing scale that is made in a way that prevents error in weighing objects.
Date: June 27, 1905
Creator: McKee, Clarence W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating-Packing. (open access)

Lubricating-Packing.

Patent for lubricating packing, which lasts a long time under high pressure.
Date: June 8, 1909
Creator: Stewart, Martin L. & Carr, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter-Tying Device (open access)

Letter-Tying Device

Patent for a package tie. Illustrations included.
Date: June 22, 1909
Creator: Greenwood, Bluford Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transportation or Storage Receptacle (open access)

Transportation or Storage Receptacle

Patent for a transportation or storage receptacle. The invention is ment for the transportation of perishable item requiring temperature control.
Date: June 16, 1903
Creator: Anderson, Richard C. & McKee, Clifford E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Starter for Electric Motors (open access)

Starter for Electric Motors

Patent for an electric motor starter. Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Mayo, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pumping-Engine. (open access)

Pumping-Engine.

Patent for a pumping engine that pumps air, water, oil, or other agents. It was designed to be used for air pumps on locomotives, inflating tires on automobiles, pumping water in steam operated machines, and other uses.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Allison, Jesse H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool (open access)

Tool

Patent for tool has combined multiple tools. The compact, is simple and easy to operate and it is convenient.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Milliorn, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for the improvement on plows so that the operator can "readily adjust the moldboard or shovel into any desired inclination" (lines 14-15). The clamp is also adjustable.
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Baker, Jessie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tatting-Shuttle. (open access)

Tatting-Shuttle.

Patent for an improvement in shuttles for making tatting which both winds the thread and uses spring tension to prevent it from unwinding, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 17, 1919
Creator: Houseman, George Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension Table (open access)

Extension Table

Patent for an extension table employed for dining that can be easily and quickly adjusted for different lengths. "When the table is closed or adjusted to its minimum length the leaves will be contained in the body of the table instead of having to be removed therefrom, as is usual" (lines 15-19) illustrations included.
Date: June 9, 1903
Creator: Palladino, Gaetano
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soda-Ash Process. (open access)

Soda-Ash Process.

Patent for a new process to create soda-ash, also known as sodium carbonate. Includes the detailed steps to this process and the chemical reactions involved.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Hirt, Jules Hector
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hook. (open access)

Hook.

Patent for a hook that folds up for use in small spaces on garments.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Havens, Berthal Dale-Owen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filtering-Machine (open access)

Filtering-Machine

Patent for a filtering machine which operates centrifugally to filter out solid matter from liquids. Illustrations included.
Date: June 22, 1909
Creator: Wilder, Richardson Timothy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor cleaner. (open access)

Floor cleaner.

Patent for a floor cleaner that cleans better.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Crawford, Hezikiah H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reciprocating Electric Engine (open access)

Reciprocating Electric Engine

Patent for "means for employing an ordinary continues current from a suitable source to produce an oscillating primary magnetic field of a solenoid-magazine and to use said magnetic field for setting a piston-like armature in a reciprocal axial motion to develop mechanical power in both directions" (lines 11-17).
Date: June 13, 1905
Creator: Wagner, Bruno Otto
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reeling Device. (open access)

Reeling Device.

Patent for a reeling device that helps tie both mail matter and packages of articles in an efficient manner. It can be used on various sized mail and packages with minimum effort using tying cord and a clamping device.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Gillespie, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plane Attachment. (open access)

Plane Attachment.

Patent for an attachment to be affixed to a hand plane to guard the hand from splinters while in use.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Langford, Joseph O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of and Means for Inflating and Introducing Sealing Liquid Into Pneumatic Tires. (open access)

Method of and Means for Inflating and Introducing Sealing Liquid Into Pneumatic Tires.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Methods of an Means for Inflating and Introducing Sealing Liquid Into Pneumatic Tires," (lines 5-8) including illustrations.
Date: June 17, 1919
Creator: Anthony, Daniel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History