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Changeable Exhibitor. (open access)

Changeable Exhibitor.

Patent for a changeable exhibitor, which has horizontally and vertically moving rollers for displaying items.
Date: August 24, 1909
Creator: Williams, Winfield B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome (open access)

Aerodrome

Patent for an aerodrome which is a heavier than air flying machine powered by motorized propellers
Date: August 24, 1909
Creator: Sinclair, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn with mechanical assistance that will turn cream into butter faster than other churns.
Date: August 24, 1909
Creator: Harris, Jacob S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie. (open access)

Bale Tie.

Patent for a new and improved tie for bales. This design calls for one long, flat piece of scrap metal to be folded over on itself twice so that there are four layers of metal as well as a loop (or "rib") on either end. Then, a hole should be cut through all four layers with a tapered opening through the edge; this design is cheaper and more durable than previous bale ties.
Date: August 24, 1880
Creator: Riesel, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coating Apparatus and Mathod. (open access)

Coating Apparatus and Mathod.

Patent for a new apparatus into which long objects such as pipes can be placed, dipped into coating material, and spun so that objects are coated evenly.
Date: August 24, 1920
Creator: Watrous, Edward L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench which "may be efficiently employed in places which are inaccessible to the ordinary wrench."
Date: August 24, 1915
Creator: Culbertson, Charles P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightener. (open access)

Wire-Tightener.

Patent for an improved wire tightener.
Date: August 24, 1915
Creator: Rose, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a clamp that is used in fence construction. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 24, 1897
Creator: Howard, Zenas F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Body Lifter (open access)

Wagon-Body Lifter

New and useful improvements in Wagon-Body lifters. Furnish a wagon-body lifter simple in structure, efficient in its operation and durable.
Date: August 24, 1880
Creator: Morris, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for an automatic windmill "which will be capable of obtaining a large amount of power from a comparatively light wind." (Lines 14-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 24, 1897
Creator: Hardaway, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for "washing-machines which combine in one structure means for heating the suds-water and maintaining the same at the required temperature, a suds-box having chambered or hollow bottom and sides to secure a circulation of the suds-water independently of the agitation resulting from turning the drum or clothes-receptacle upon its axis, and a drum removably journaled in the suds-box and comprising longitudinal slats or bars having bent edge portions for scooping up the suds-water and directing the same into the drum and upon the clothes contained therein, whereby the washing process is greatly facilitated." (Lines 7-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 24, 1897
Creator: Roach, Henry B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Protector. (open access)

Knee-Protector.

Patent for leg protectors that have "a pad or reinforcement on the knees thereof, such as will afford a sufficient protection against injury by stones or other hard substances or irregularities on the surface of the ground or other place upon which the wearer is obliged to kneel." (Lines 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 24, 1897
Creator: Herbelin, Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag. (open access)

Mail-Bag.

Patent for a mail bag, which opens completely from top to bottom to prevent any mail from being missed in the bag.
Date: August 24, 1909
Creator: Forehand, Blake
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Bucket. (open access)

Well Bucket.

Patent for a new and improved well bucket. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a body having a valve-seat facing downward in its bottom, a valve having a conical guide upon its upper surface, a flange at its lower end bearing against the seat with a washer and formed with an upwardly-projecting eye or link at its top, and a rod for the attachment of the hoisting-rope passing out at the top of the bucket and having an eye at its lower end connected to the eye of the link" (lines 40-49).
Date: August 24, 1886
Creator: Fellrath, Charles John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Apparatus. (open access)

Veterinary Apparatus.

Patent for a veterinary apparatus to help ease the administration of medicine to horses and other animals. It is a bridle attachment.
Date: August 24, 1915
Creator: Biasiolli, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hair-Triggers (open access)

Improvement in Hair-Triggers

Patent for a hair-trigger for firearms.
Date: August 24, 1869
Creator: Schenck, F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hair-Triggers. (open access)

Improvement in Hair-Triggers.

Patent for improvement in fire-arms by arranging a hair-trigger on to a fire-arm that have a guard and a trigger without alternation of the interior mechanism of the gun-lock; it is not necessary for the application of a fly in the hammer to prevent the catching of the trigger in the rest-notch of the hammer. (Lines 11-19) Illustration is included.
Date: August 24, 1869
Creator: Schenck, F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Bar-Supporting Clamp. (open access)

Tongue-Bar-Supporting Clamp.

Patent for a clamp that holds the hammers in a piano. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 24, 1897
Creator: Moyer, Jesse Hechler
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Steam Engine (open access)

Portable Steam Engine

Patent for a Portable Seam Engine
Date: August 24, 1880
Creator: Kriebel, Hosea K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Support for Vehicles. (open access)

Tongue Support for Vehicles.

Patent for a new and improved tongue-support for vehicles. This design "is to provide a spring for bearing downwardly upon the rear end of the tongue, and thereby raising and supporting the front end thereof, to relieve the horses' necks of the weight of the tongue, and thereby enable them to draw the wagon more readily, and with less exertion" (lines 23-29).
Date: August 24, 1886
Creator: Ham, Zachariah Melton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track-Leveling Device. (open access)

Track-Leveling Device.

Patent for a railroad track leveling device, which attaches to the rails without the use of screws and can be used to detect low places and misalignment's of the track.
Date: August 24, 1909
Creator: Warren, Edwin A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose Reel (open access)

Hose Reel

Patent for a hose reel that makes water easily available to the people in a building that has caught fire and is more easily maneuverable.
Date: August 24, 1920
Creator: Hamner, Edward M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pusher Attachment for Tractors. (open access)

Pusher Attachment for Tractors.

Patent for an improved tractor attachment that is efficient to operate. The attachment can be fixated to connect both traditional tractors and grain headers.
Date: August 24, 1920
Creator: Records, Paul A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seeding-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Seeding-Machines.

Patent for the improvement of the seed-box so the seeds are properly distributed into the soil while preventing the seed from clogging the machine, including illustration.
Date: August 24, 1858
Creator: Keiper, D. B. & Fox, A. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History