Apparatus for Treating Ankylosis of the Knee (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Ankylosis of the Knee

Patent for an apparatus for treating knee ankylosis that is ready to use at a moments notice "without unnecessary or nervous shock to the invalid to apply the requisite heat, extension, and flexion to an afflicted part to render it supple and restore to its natural functions". (lines 11-15).
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Norwood, Robert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Boiler. (open access)

Clothes-Boiler.

Patent for a clothes boiler where the water circulates throughout the clothes.
Date: September 27, 1910
Creator: Smith, Victor A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to that type of plows in which a double share is employed, one of which turns the sod or furrow in one direction and the other in the opposite direction, said plow being capable of being brought alternately into action, each to turn a furrow in the same direction in right or left turn plowing. . . . whereby the duplex plows may be alternately raised and lowered, and held in either the non-acting or operative positions. . . . and simple means for locking the plows in position for operation and for operating the locking devices" (lines 8-24).
Date: September 17, 1889
Creator: Leas, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy (open access)

Toy

Patent for improvements in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts used in building articulated toy snakes that mimic the animal's movement. The patent and illustrations describe the shapes of the toy's sections and the manner of their hinged connection to one another.
Date: September 19, 1922
Creator: Davis, William Theodore
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Rod for the Rails of a Track (open access)

Tie-Rod for the Rails of a Track

Patent for a tying rod for railroad tracks. Illustrations included.
Date: September 12, 1911
Creator: Bzsan, Stephen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Underreamer for Reaming Out Producing-sands. (open access)

Underreamer for Reaming Out Producing-sands.

Patent for "underreaming tools or bits which can be adjusted from the top of the well and which can be set at the required angle..."
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Lambeth, Acey L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Connection for Automobile-Lamps. (open access)

Electric Connection for Automobile-Lamps.

Patent for electric connection for automobile lamps that has an improvement in electric connections or plugs for incandescent electric-lamps for automobiles.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Kearby, John Gallatin & Robinson, Zephaniah
System: The Portal to Texas History