Resource Type
Degree Department
Country
States
Decade
Month
Day
Language
585 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Automobile Seal-Holder.
Patent for adjustable holders on automobiles for carrying the registry seal. In particular, this invention utilizes some sort of holder that clamps both to the part of the automobile it attaches to and the registry seal.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Blair, Stuart Baggs
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack.
Patent for a jack for lifting heavy loads on railroads, which has an automatic steady movement of the load up and down without adjusting the jack settings.
Date:
August 6, 1907
Creator:
Blake, David Alexander & Blake, Charles William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device
Patent for a "locking device for coin controlled receptacles" (lines 11-13)
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Boone, Wallie R. & Watson, Chester A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for a rotary engine. This invention consists of a "stationary jacket and a rotor revoluble therein with a maximum degree of power and a minimum of friction" (lines 11-14). Illustrations included.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Bosley, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine
Patent for a coin-operated vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 6, 1911
Creator:
Boucher, Horace E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Hoist.
Patent for vehicle hoist that "will be operated automatically by the momentum of the vehicle" (lines 17-19). The hoist is intended to be accessible to all users, professional and layperson, due to its simple design and lower price.
Date:
December 6, 1921
Creator:
Boutte, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Knife and Hook.
Patent for Cotton Knife and Hook, a tool used for cutting and pulling out cotton from the bales. The tool has a knife with a curved point at the tip, as well as a notch for the user to place a finger for support.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Bowers, Jacob R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Door For Freight-Cars.
Patent for a new and useful grain door for freight cars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 6, 1900
Creator:
Boyers, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie Wire for Insulators
Patent for device that attaches wire to electric devices, without employing the use of tie wires.
Date:
February 6, 1917
Creator:
Boyter, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing attachment for cotton presses.
Patent for improvement of packing attachment for cotton presses.
Date:
October 6, 1885
Creator:
Bradford, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for a washing machine that runs the clothes through hot suds and both rubs and squeezes the clothes.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Braly, Hugh L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Machine
Patent for a simple valve grinding machine designed to be efficient and easy to use, as well as more secure (within a valve casing) than previous models.
Date:
November 6, 1918
Creator:
Branning, Willie F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pistol Case
Patent for pistol case. Illustration included.
Date:
September 6, 1904
Creator:
Brannon, Virgil C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for "improved construction and arrangement of parts of two cycle motors" (lines 15-17) of gas engines involving the compression and introduction of additional explosive material into the explosion chamber at the end of each cycle of movement. This invention intends to improve the efficiency of gas use, cool the motor's cylinder walls more easily, and delay the wearing of piston rings.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Brevard, Procter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment.
Patent for cultivator attachment that is useful in breaking up the soil at opposite side of the plants and leveling the ground between the rows. It can be adjusted to any desired angle (vertical, horizontal) or level (up and down).
Date:
January 6, 1903
Creator:
Brewer, John Meed
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bridge and Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a bridge with movable parts that disallows the passage of cattle while allowing for the passage of human foot-traffic and automobiles.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Brian, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Clothes Washer and Churn.
Patent for a new and improved combined clothes washer and churn. This design "is to facilitate the operations of washing clothes and churning, and also to avoid the necessity of having a separate mechanism for each use. The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 16-21).
Date:
March 6, 1883
Creator:
Bridges, Mary Jane
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Buckle
Patent for a bale band buckle. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 6, 1911
Creator:
Brigance, Alice O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism for Steam Engines
Patent for valve gear mechanism for steam engines.
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Broadway, Fred V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Fence-Post.
Design patent for a fence-post that has a tapering post-body with a step series adjoining true cylindrical portions of gradually increasing diameter.
Date:
June 6, 1899
Creator:
Brooks, Jesse W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
In-situ vitrification of soil. [Patent application]
A method of vitrifying soil at or below a soil surface location. Two or more conductive electrodes are inserted into the soil for heating of the soil mass between them to a temperature above its melting temperature. Materials in the soil, such as buried waste, can thereby be effectively immobilized.
Date:
April 6, 1981
Creator:
Brouns, R. A.; Buelt, J. L. & Bonner, W. F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fishing Tool
Patent for invention that improves fishing. Not only is the tool used for fishing, it can find and remove objects from the water.
Date:
December 6, 1921
Creator:
Brown, Charles Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for an improved model of wrench, designed to work upon the bore of tubes, thimbles, and other forms of pipes. This invention improves on the construction of the wrench, allowing it to be inserted in the end of a tube, and when rotated, be effectively engaged with the tube to turn the same.
Date:
March 6, 1917
Creator:
Brown, Charley S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Handle for Pans, Tubs, &c.
Patent for a wire handle for pans, tubs, &c that consists of two handles on either side of the tub, which are connected via a wire that fits in the lip of the rim of the receptacle. The handles, when taken out of the receptacle, consist of one single frame.
Date:
February 6, 1894
Creator:
Brown, John Stoddart
System:
The Portal to Texas History