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
Fire-Extinguishing Device. (open access)

Fire-Extinguishing Device.

Patent for fire extinguishing devices to "supplying steam to the fluid so that oxygen sufficient to support combustion will not reach the flame" (lines 14-16).
Date: July 6, 1920
Creator: Byrd, Williman Harvey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a water pipe valve. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Chalk, Russell H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Flooring (open access)

Sanitary Flooring

Patent for sanitary flooring to be used in toilet rooms to protect from unsanitary floors and odors. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Clayton, Nicholas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for Insect Guard for Furniture (open access)

Design for Insect Guard for Furniture

Design patent for an insect-guard for furniture that is both useful and ornamental.
Date: July 6, 1897
Creator: Collier, John Charlis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaving-Cup (open access)

Shaving-Cup

Patent for a shaving cup with two compartments for soap and water and a drain. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Cook, Howard Price
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows (open access)

Improvement in Plows

Patent for improvements in the construction of plow-beams to be attached to the front axles of a wagon.
Date: July 6, 1869
Creator: Cummins, A. G. & Cummins, J. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for a car coupling that separately joins two train cars together. illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Dobbs, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sad-Iron-Edging Machine (open access)

Sad-Iron-Edging Machine

Patent for edging machine for removing rough edges from sad irons. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Dorsey, Royal H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Engine-Cut-Out Valve. (open access)

Locomotive-Engine-Cut-Out Valve.

Patent for valves on locomotives that allow the locomotive to continue to operate under specified conditions until it can be repaired or the locomotive has reached its destination, including illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Dugan, Samuel Austin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Key-Ring Clip. (open access)

Key-Ring Clip.

Patent for new improvements for key ring clips that will not detach in a seated position.
Date: July 6, 1920
Creator: Evans, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starter (open access)

Engine-Starter

Patent for improving the performance of starter mechanisms for internal combustion engines.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Everly, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle. (open access)

Receptacle.

Patent for a "discharge spout" (line 34) that prevents accidental spills for receptacles that contain liquids, including illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Goodpasture, Thomas B. & Maxwell, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher (open access)

Wire-Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher for barbed wire or woven wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Graham, Bruno
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding Saddle. (open access)

Riding Saddle.

Patent for a new and improved saddle. This design "provide[s] a flexible or elastic seat, consisting of a number of thicknesses of tanned sheepskin, with the wool on, between the saddle-tree covering and the ordinary external rawhide or other covering, thus preventing the said covering from resting on the inner edges of the saddle-tree side bars, which forms a comfortable and easy saddle; and, in addition to this, [the] invention relates to the opening rearwardly and laterally in the saddle-tree for attaching the girth-rigging thereto, in place of the ordinary rings" (lines 30-41).
Date: July 6, 1886
Creator: Hake, Francis A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Fly Catcher and Trap. (open access)

Sanitary Fly Catcher and Trap.

Patent for improvements in traps to bait flies and trap them.
Date: July 6, 1920
Creator: Harris, Raymond J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road-Repairing Machine (open access)

Road-Repairing Machine

Patent for a road repairing machine which repairs roads by leveling them. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Herring, Windsor G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a pump for deep wells with a "specially constructed piston capable of a powerful working stroke and which will secure at all times a full volume of liquid at each stroke of the pumping rod." (line 25) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1920
Creator: Humason, Granville Allison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the driving devices and the pivoted dasher-operating lever, of the fly-wheel provided with a series of holes each of square contour throughout the greater part of its length, the wrist-pin shaped to fit in any one of said holes, the cap pivoted on the rear side of the fly-wheel and adapted to cover any one of the holes in which the pin may be placed, and the pitman attached to the wrist-pin and connecting the same with the pivoted lever" (lines 70-80).
Date: July 6, 1886
Creator: Jones, Caleb
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Cooler (open access)

Feed-Cooler

Patent for a feed-cooler "relates to driers, and more especially to those having vertical shafts; and the object of the same is to produce a machine for cooling and drying molasses feed, hot grain or any granular feed substance or material containing heat or moisture or both" (lines 12-18).
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Josey, Jackson E. & Miller, Rudolph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Gear for Engines. (open access)

Valve-Gear for Engines.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Steam-Engine Valve-Gears." The invention consists in "combining with a crank-shaft and a valve-shaft a lever, shaft, and two friction-wheels" (lines 4-9)
Date: July 6, 1880
Creator: Josserand, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device. (open access)

Hitching Device.

Patent for "a hitching device which can be applied to a strap between its ends and which is freely adjustable back and forth upon the strap without wearing or injuring the strap in any manner and to form a hitching device which consists of two entirely separate and distinct pieces, thus doing away with all joints, pivots, or other connections, and the necessity for forming holes or perforations of any kind in the strap." (Lines 22-31) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1897
Creator: King, Sandy & Myers, Marshall
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crown Setter (open access)

Crown Setter

Patent for a crown setter that can make impressions of varying sizes with the same tool.
Date: July 6, 1920
Creator: Lewis, Samuel Riley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Differential Driving Mechanism. (open access)

Differential Driving Mechanism.

Patent for a differential driving mechanism which allows axles to rotate at different speeds, includes illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Lindsley, Berrien M.
System: The Portal to Texas History