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Cotton-Handling Apparatus.
Patent for a new cotton-handling apparatus with cleaning mechanisms and a storage-house, including illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Tidwell, Albert F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clamp.
Patent for a new clamp to improve support functionality in household construction, including illustration.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Stevens, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill and Engine Coupling.
Patent for a windmill and engine coupling that connects the piston or plunger of a pump to a windmill, engine, or similar motor. The coupling aims to improve the construction of couplings to increase the ease of operation of such motors.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Sheen, Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Keeping Count of Games of Dominoes.
Patent for new and useful improvements in machines for keeping count of games of dominoes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Marler, Jack W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Reservoir For Stoves.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in water reservoirs for stoves, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Horsley, Robert Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Binding Grain
Patent for improvement in machines for binding grain for reapers.
Date:
February 13, 1875
Creator:
Tucker, Argyle W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Velocipedes
Patent for the improvement of Velocipedes. The improvement consists of a new and novel combination and arrangement of propelling power, due to the weight of the body, which may be aided by the muscular force thereof and guiding apparatus.
Date:
February 13, 1872
Creator:
Maltby, Henry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Nut.
Patent for a lock-nut which prevents the nut from accidentally rotating on the bolt, including illustrations. The nut is locked in position when a locking key is introduced to grooves on the lower surface of the nut and the adjacent face of the washer.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Crawford, Hezekiah H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheelwright-Machine.
Patent for a wheelwright machine for attaching tires to wheels that includes a sliding wrench.
Date:
February 13, 1921
Creator:
Gosett, Allen Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevator.
Patent for a water-elevator that elevates huge amounts of water for ranches and irrigating. The elevator "can be easily operated by the direct pull of a single animal, which passes and repasses the well during the operation of raising and lowering the well bucket, and by this means contemplates dispersing with the necessity of winding drums or windlasses and horse powers, which are usually employed in connection with water elevators" (lines 16-23).
Date:
February 13, 1894
Creator:
Campbell, George William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner with an improved fuel passageway.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Clarke, Marcus S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine.
Patent for "steam-engines of the reciprocating type, the purpose being to simplify the construction, reduce the number of working parts, economize in fuel, and to utilize the steam so as to obtain a maximum percentage of power therefrom." (line 8-13) instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Murphy, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picture Display Machine
Patent for machines that display advertising machines that will rotate in the advertisements it displays.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Osborne, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Washstand
Patent for washstand that can fold up and be put away when not being used.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Ewell, Ocie D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup.
Patent for a new and useful stirrup, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Percifield, Clarence W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Socket.
Patent for an electric lamp socket that regulates the intensity of the current passing through the socket. It has multiple contact posts and a manually operated slide that makes contact with the posts.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Hall, James Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard Doors and the Like
Patent for improved guards for doors.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Agee, Howard L. & Agee, Sidney A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Gate
Patent for gate for rail and train tracks.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Burress, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nail-Puller.
Patent for a new and improved nail puller, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Lubbock, William Lochart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw.
Patent for a saw toothed drums or cylinders (such as used for gins that denude cotton seeds).
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Garner, James C. & Reynolds, Charles S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing.
Patent for a gearing that is designed to improve the construction and power obtained from machines utilizing horse powers.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
McLendon, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch.
Patent for an automatically releasing latching bolt and other improvements for a gate latch, including illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Howard, Frank L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire and Burglar Alarm.
Patent for a fire and burglar alarm for use in buildings.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Gregory, Marshall J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener.
Patent for a new and useful sash fastener, which is "capable of holding a sash at any desired adjustment and of being arranged to lock the sashes against vertical movement on each other" (line 13 - 14).
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
James, Will S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History