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Combined Stool and Table (open access)

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
Attachment for Bale-Forming Presses. (open access)

Attachment for Bale-Forming Presses.

Patent for an attachment for bale-forming presses consisting of needles, wire storage spools, and a "yieldable mechanism" allowing the wire to pass (line 17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Freeman, Lawrence K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjusting and Locking Device for Skid Chains. (open access)

Adjusting and Locking Device for Skid Chains.

Patent for anti-skid chains for use on automobile wheels and tires which may be locked to prevent slipping.
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Boyd, James S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anticreeper for Railway Rails. (open access)

Anticreeper for Railway Rails.

Patent for an anti-creeper with improved strength and serviceability "in the location and construction of the tie abutting portion" (lines 28-29).
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Weston, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Coffee-Roasters (open access)

Attachment For Coffee-Roasters

Patent for coffee roaster attachment to aid in storing coffee after particle separation and also as a filter. The intention was to have this particular device be an attachment for many coffee roasters.
Date: February 12, 1918
Creator: Liberto, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Agitating Device. (open access)

Anti-Agitating Device.

Patent for anti-agitating device, including two figures describing said device, with illustrations. Author describes improvements for liquid dispensers on previous anti-agitating devices by altering the cylinder duties during its performance.
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: Catron, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for
Date: February 28, 1919
Creator: Cogburn, Robert H. of McKinney, TX
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. [Copy #2] (open access)

Ironing-Table. [Copy #2]

Patent for an ironing board that has adjustable height and can be folded for storage.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Click, John Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. [Copy #1] (open access)

Ironing-Table. [Copy #1]

Patent for an ironing board that has adjustable height and can be folded for storage.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Click, John Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for tools used for construction, plumbing, machinery, home renovations, and many more.
Date: February 27, 1923
Creator: Edwards, Charles R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Structure (open access)

Window Structure

Patent for a window structure. This invention includes upper and lower sash frames. Illustrations included.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Hatzfield, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Working Tool. (open access)

Wire Working Tool.

Patent for a new and useful wireworking-tool. "This invention relates to a wireworking-tool particularly adapted for use in twisting wire-ties around posts and over runners, drawing staples, and cutting wires" (line 8-11).
Date: February 4, 1902
Creator: Hargrove, Benjamin O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. The invention utilizes wire-winding reel and gear-wheels Illustration included.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Curtis, Zenas Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher (open access)

Wire-Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher to stretch regular wires or barbed wired for fencing. Illustrations included.
Date: February 20, 1908
Creator: Tyer, Sampson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shadde Adjuster (open access)

Window-Shadde Adjuster

Patent for improvements for the window shade adjuster. The window shade adjuster limits the amount of light from entering through a window by providing a slidable bar that can be moved.
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Fechner, Albert H. & Fechner, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Yielding Power-Coupling (open access)

Yielding Power-Coupling

Patent for a yielding power coupling to connect power units in cars to form a complete system. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher that is safer to use than other wire stretchers.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Stewart, James Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date: February 21, 1905
Creator: Hunter, Arthur G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Ventilation. (open access)

Window Ventilation.

Patent for a window ventilator for use in damp or cold weather that blocks the rain or cold, while allowing fresh air to enter the house.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Best, Julius J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench designed for right and left-handed users, makes for simpler use of tool by having fewer components than other more standards wrenches.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Wulff, William F. & Wulff, M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a "simple form of device for stretching wire, said device being adapted for attachment to a post or other support and to the wire to be stretched" (lines 9-12).
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Brannon, Walter Zebulin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener. (open access)

Wire Tightener.

Patent for a new and improved wire tightener. This design is especially "for use in the tightening of wires in the construction of fences and in taking up slack after such fences have been constructed, but which instrument is also capable of use in tying packages with wire, binding planks to posts, and in other instances where it is desirable to tighten wire and secure it when so tightened. The invention consists, broadly, in a wire-tightener having a frame provided with guides for the wire and with a threaded bearing, a screw turning in said bearing, and a hook on said screw to engage the wire" (lines 8-20).
Date: February 12, 1889
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design consists in "the combination, with an essentially T-shaped body having the members of the head inclined in direction of the straight member and provided with a series of teeth, of a lever pivoted to the straight member of the body contiguous to the head and clamping-jaws pivoted upon the said lever" (lines 32-39).
Date: February 19, 1889
Creator: Hughes, George Roland
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for wire-stretching levers, with instructions and levers.
Date: October 20, 1891
Creator: Richardson, Jerome Shipley
System: The Portal to Texas History