Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer. (open access)

Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic cotton elevators and distributes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 6, 1898
Creator: Wheeler, Houston J
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth (open access)

Artificial Tooth

Patent for an artificial tooth to a gold bridge. Illustration included.
Date: September 6, 1904
Creator: Priest, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band for Paper, Currency, &c. (open access)

Band for Paper, Currency, &c.

Patent for a new and improved money clip. This design consists in "[a] band for packages provided with tongues projecting toward each other and an elastic, whereby when the band is in use the tongues will project in opposite directions to receive the elastic" (lines 57-61).
Date: September 6, 1887
Creator: Matthews, Oscar Semmes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Lard Substitute (open access)

Apparatus for Making Lard Substitute

Patent for an apparatus to produce a lard substitute from cotton seed oil. "An important object of this invention is to provide apparatus of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and continuous in operation."
Date: October 6, 1914
Creator: Chisholm, Jesse C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Spring. (open access)

Vehicle-Spring.

Patent for an improved vehicle spring on the axle that is stronger and more durable, including illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Hagemann, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Spreader. (open access)

Knee-Spreader.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in knee spreaders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Trice, Sinnette Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Seat (open access)

Vehicle-Seat

Patent for "a device of the character set forth adapted for application to buggies, carriages, sleighs, and other Vehicles and arranged adjacent to the dash, and when not in use the several parts are folded and the device entire detached and placed endwise under the seat 'and behind the cushion-fall, the parts being simple and effective in their construction and operation, strong and durable, and easily and readily handled and applied" (lines 14-24).
Date: September 6, 1892
Creator: Padgitt, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Washer And Wiper. (open access)

Window Washer And Wiper.

Patent for improvement in window washer and wiper design pertaining to the windshields or windows of street cars.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Randall, John G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Ash-Pan (open access)

Locomotive Ash-Pan

Patent for "improvements in dumping locomotive ash-pans which will not only effectually and tightly hold the ashes within the same until it is desired to dump the pan, but also to provide means whereby the requisite draft can be obtained and constantly supplied to the fire in regulated quantities" (lines 10-16).
Date: September 6, 1892
Creator: Eads, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a washing machine with a "revolving drum or clothes-carrier, of a steam-chest" (lines 79-80) surrounding the drum, a removable cover with "perforated steam-pipes" (line 83), which go around the drum.
Date: April 6, 1897
Creator: Stallings, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interest Calculator (open access)

Interest Calculator

Patent for an adjustable calendar for calculating interest between two dates, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fluting-Irons. (open access)

Improvement in Fluting-Irons.

Patent for "improvements in combined fluting and smoothing irons, which are made hollow for the purpose of receiving a heated metallic block which will raise the shell to the proper temperature for smoothing or fluting." (Line 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1876
Creator: McCausland, William I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Digging Machine. (open access)

Well Digging Machine.

Patent for a new and improved well-digging machine. This design "consists in connecting to the bottom of [a] shaft a gang of plows, which effectually break and cut up the earth, and combing therewith a fixed and inclined shear-blade and detachable earth-receiver, the said shear-blade being located in the rear of the plows, for raising the earth from the motion of the plow, and delivering it automatically into the detachable earth-receiver, which is raised to the surface with its load by means of ropes and pulleys" (lines 27-37).
Date: February 6, 1883
Creator: Chambers, Job C. & Chambers, Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Fences.

Patent for improvement in fences using wire rails, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1879
Creator: Temby, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Mixing Concrete and The Like. (open access)

Process of Mixing Concrete and The Like.

Patent for concrete mixer. The processes of mixing concrete and the like allows perfect hydration of mixture and eliminates air pockets in the mixture, including illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Woodward, Edwin C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Underground Electric Railway. (open access)

Underground Electric Railway.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in underground electric railways, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1900
Creator: Smith, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Electrostatic Magnetic Separation. (open access)

Process of Electrostatic Magnetic Separation.

Patent for an improved process of electrostatic magnetic separation to separate the particles of a mixture or mass.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire for Vehicle-Wheels. (open access)

Tire for Vehicle-Wheels.

Patent for a tire for vehicle wheels with springs.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: Guthrie, Nehemiah & Johnson, Callender L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mine-Door. (open access)

Mine-Door.

Patent for an mine door that has an improved locking mechanism. A rope is strung through pulleys, and is operated by pushing a lever that moves the rope and the door swings open.
Date: March 6, 1894
Creator: Warren, Governor D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mailing-Cabinet. (open access)

Mailing-Cabinet.

Patent for a mailing cabinet, which will assist the mail service to better aid the distribution of the mail with a larger space to sort.
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow that "deposit[s] a portion of the loosened soil in the bottom of the furrow" (lines 17-19). It is an improvement on double shovel plows, especially on how the sheaths are spread and braced.
Date: November 6, 1894
Creator: Whatley, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Step Ladder (open access)

Step Ladder

Patent for a step ladder. Illustration included.
Date: June 6, 1905
Creator: Soergel, John G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reflector for Lamps. (open access)

Reflector for Lamps.

Patent for a new and improved reflector for oil lamps. This design "consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, whereby the handle and reflector can readily be detached from the lamp-body and replaced thereon when desired" (lines 15-19). Further, the handle has a hole by which it can be hung.
Date: September 6, 1881
Creator: Ludwick, John Harvey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Apparatus (open access)

Refrigerating Apparatus

Patent for an improved refrigerating apparatus.
Date: May 6, 1919
Creator: Strange, P. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History