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Knee Pad (open access)

Knee Pad

Patent for a knee protector design "which when worn will not inconvenience the wearer when standing or walking" (lines 10-12). Illustrations are included.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Ashton, Epps
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road Building Machine (open access)

Road Building Machine

Patent for a road building machine comprised of multiple mechanisms including a blast furnace, mixing chambers, and chemical tanks.
Date: December 6, 1921
Creator: Austin, Stephen F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer. (open access)

Type-Writer.

Patent for a new device for typewriters which allows for shifting from lower case to upper case by means of "the one set of keys ordinarily employed, but of modified construction" (lines 14-15) including descriptions of the device, operation, and illustrations
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Austin, Thomas R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Plow Propeller (open access)

Hand Plow Propeller

Patent for hand plow propeller. Illustration included.
Date: September 6, 1904
Creator: Avant, Leonidas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process for Extracting Honey. (open access)

Process for Extracting Honey.

Patent for a beehive and extraction process for honey, which does not destroy the wax cells the honey is stored in.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Avant, Leonidas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Automobile Lamp Support (open access)

Dirigible Automobile Lamp Support

Patent for an automobile lamp which directs light towards other automobiles.
Date: October 6, 1914
Creator: Bailey, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syrup-Pan (open access)

Syrup-Pan

Patent for a syrup pan for boiling down sap into syrup that keeps the solid matter in the pan and only lets the liquid syrup flow out.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Baker, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for a Planter that is adjustable used to drops seeds, forming a covered furrow so that sub-soil may be plowed.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Baker, Gustavus A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow improvement specifying the method in which the handle attaches to the beam of the plow. Parts of the plow are adjustable.
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Baker, Jefferson H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake. (open access)

Wagon-Brake.

Patent for "a brake which is quickly applicable to any form of wagon and which is attached to the wagon-gear only and has no connection with the body of the wagon, thus allowing the wagon-body to be entirely removed from the bolsters without interfering with the action and operation of the brake mechanism." (Lines 10-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1897
Creator: Baker, Owen T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator or Bulletin (open access)

Indicator or Bulletin

Patent for a bulletin that can be used in street cars to display station or street names. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Barnes, Ned E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher (open access)

Horse-Detacher

Patent for a vehicle attachment that allows the driver to detach the vehicle from the horse, should the horse become difficult to control. Illustrations included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Barnett, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Timber-Jack. (open access)

Timber-Jack.

Patent for timber-jacks which are "particularly adapted for use for persons using cross-cut saws on large pieces of timber."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Barret, James H. & Barret, J. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton choppers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Bartels, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Cleaner. (open access)

Well-Cleaner.

Patent for improvements for cleaning oil, water, and gas wells that goes into the well and flushes out a clogged screen.
Date: August 6, 1920
Creator: Bashara, Samuel F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.

Patent for a new improvement for a cotton-cultivator with different tools and connections, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1873
Creator: Bates, Finis L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ringlight for use in high radiation (open access)

Ringlight for use in high radiation

The present invention relates generally to ringlight for providing illumination about a central viewing area and more particularly to an improved ringlight design suitable for use in automatic gaging applications conducted in hostile radioactive environments. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a ringlight which is relatively simple in construction and with few parts, and which is thus very reliable in operation. The above and other objects are achieved in the present invention by a ringlight providing an annular array of light-emitting elements centered about a viewing passage, wherein the improvement comprises: a first annular body, a second annular body mounted concentrically within the first annular body so as to form an annular void and light-emitting aperture therebetween, and a plurality of optical fibers extending into the void with end portions thereof secured therein so as to form an annular array of optical fiber end surfaces at said light-emitting aperture, the first and second bodies cooperating to angle the end portions of the plurality of optical fibers toward a central axis of the viewing passage.
Date: March 6, 1991
Creator: Baylor, G. A. & Jacket, H. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to an improvement in plows; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the mold-board" (lines 6-8).
Date: January 6, 1885
Creator: Bedinger, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary for Oil-Wells. (open access)

Rotary for Oil-Wells.

Patent for a pipe rotary for use "in sinking oil-wells" (line 10). The patent allows for the power to be applied to the "pipe-sections which constitute the casing of the well" (line 14-15).
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Bernard, Horace D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Refrigerating Apparatus. (open access)

Rotary Refrigerating Apparatus.

Patent for new rotary refrigeration apparatus with illustrations
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Bertsch, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Stay. (open access)

Bed Stay.

Patent for a new and improved bed stay. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a bed-stay, of wires connected to the corners of the bed-stead, blocks on the wires, loops connected to the blocks, a lever hung to the loop, and a latch device locking the free end of the lever to the loop" (lines 10-15).
Date: December 6, 1887
Creator: Bethea, Cade
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Making Lubricants. (open access)

Method of Making Lubricants.

Patent for method of creating a lubricant using graphite and lubricating oils.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Bierbaum, Christopher, H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a new and useful washing machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1900
Creator: Biggs, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drilling-Machine (open access)

Drilling-Machine

Patent for a rotary drilling machine for drilling oil wells that has a stronger grip than previous drills.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Black, Lee J.
System: The Portal to Texas History