Resource Type

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Saw-Set (open access)

Saw-Set

Patent for a saw set. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Adams, Theodore C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Adams, William Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reading-Stand. (open access)

Reading-Stand.

Patent for a simple, durable, and economic reading stand that has two desks, one of which is adjustable so that a person can read while sitting at any angle. The second desk is capable of holding heavy books. Both stands are vertically adjustable. The stand can be constructed to hold a lamp in addition to books.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Anderson, Francis John & Irick, William Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type Writing Machine (open access)

Type Writing Machine

Patent for type-writing machine used to center heading on a document in typewriting machines. With the success of the invention, the carriage-spacing key is depressed once for each letter in the word being centered.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Barker, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Box. (open access)

Ice-Box.

Patent for an invention of simple and efficiently designed ice boxes.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Bauer, Frederick H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder. (open access)

Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder.

Patent for a new and improved combined whip socket and rein holder. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the pivoted whip-socket, its serrated eccentric face and bearing-plate, and a spring connected to the socket and bearing-plate, whereby the eccentric face is brought to bear automatically" (lines 20-25).
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Bellah, William Newton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Signal and Crossing-Gate. (open access)

Railway Signal and Crossing-Gate.

Patent for an improved railway signal meant to be used at crossings. It consists of a rotary signal post, operating mechanism, a lamp, an arm extension, the signal hanging from the arm, a bearing for the bottom of the rotary post, a box where the bearing sits, a sleeve that holds a cap plate for the box, a ladder from the post to the cap plate, and a brace.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Berry, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Water Regulator For Boilers. (open access)

Feed-Water Regulator For Boilers.

Patent for a new and useful feed water regulator for boilers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Bowles, Hardy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Iron. (open access)

Shaft-Iron.

Patent for a new and useful shaft iron, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Boynton, Willie Amos
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Couch (open access)

Combination Couch

Patent for bed that transforms to a settee or a wardrobe. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Brandt, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Powder-Dividing Machine (open access)

Powder-Dividing Machine

Patent for a machine used primarily by pharmacists to divide medicinal powders. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Brown, Patrick H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swing. (open access)

Swing.

Patent for an improved and inexpensive swing that is foot-operated. The swing is built into a frame, and connects to the frame on two points on each end of the swing.
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Brydson, John J. & Greathouse, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Operated Door. (open access)

Electrically-Operated Door.

Patent for am electrically-operated door. This device has mechanisms that are when stepped on automatically open and close the door.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Cain, Ira L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder (open access)

Sash-Holder

Patent for an improved window-sash lock.
Date: August 1, 1882
Creator: Carson, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener (open access)

End Gate Fastener

Patent for gate on the back of a wagon. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Clarke, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in remedies for constipation, &c. (open access)

Improvement in remedies for constipation, &c.

Patent for a new medical compound to treat constipation and related illnesses which lists the ingredients and dosages.
Date: August 1, 1876
Creator: Coleman, George S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Drop-Lid for Bins or Boxes. (open access)

Automatic Drop-Lid for Bins or Boxes.

Patent for "boxes or bins for store counters and shelves; and it has for its object to provide certain improvements in the lid devices for boxes or bins, so as to avoid the many objections to hinged lids, which interfere with free access to the interior of the box or bin when the same is used under the counter or on shelves" (lines 8-15).
Date: August 1, 1893
Creator: Dailey, Basil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mason's Jointer (open access)

Mason's Jointer

Patent for jointers used by stone masons and brick masons which can be used to cut out mortar to a predetermined depth between courses of bricks and smooth the mortar surface for a neat and attractive joint.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Downs, Anthony Wayne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop (open access)

Folding Coop

Patent for folding coop. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Franke, Herman R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace Buckle (open access)

Trace Buckle

Patent for trace buckle. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Godfrey, Walter J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher. (open access)

Horse-Detacher.

Patent for a new and useful horse detacher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Haines, Samuel Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wall Construction (open access)

Wall Construction

Patent for a wall construction with metallic column casings and reinforced rods. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Harry, Owen K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Henderson, Thomas & Stapp, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
String-Fastener. (open access)

String-Fastener.

Patent for string fastener of a simple construction to fasten a string after it has been arranged around a box, including illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Hine, Frank B.
System: The Portal to Texas History