Packing-Gasket (open access)

Packing-Gasket

Patent for a packing gasket comprising a soft metal sleeve formed to a non-leaking joint between connected pipes.
Date: November 6, 1920
Creator: Allison, Jesse H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track Appliance for Automatic Stops (open access)

Track Appliance for Automatic Stops

Patent for a new and improved track appliance for automatic stops in relation to railway trains.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Bulla, Melbern B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for an improved hydrocarbon burner, including illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Critchett, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing-Reel. (open access)

Fishing-Reel.

Patent for a new and improved fishing reel that allows an angler to control the tension of the line when unwinding.
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Dickson, Frederick Lindsay
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game (open access)

Game

Patent for a game. This invention is board-game simulating base-ball. Illustration included.
Date: January 6, 1907
Creator: Grant, Joseph T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Gas. (open access)

Process of Producing Gas.

Patent for a new method of making gas. The process is a simple and efficient method of making gas continuously, including illustrations.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Hirt, Jules H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Coffee-Pot. (open access)

Collapsible Coffee-Pot.

Patent for a new and improved collapsible coffee pot and similar receptacles, including illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Irwin, Walter W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiber Extracting Machine (open access)

Fiber Extracting Machine

Patent for "new and improved Fiber-Extracting Machine." (6-7). These improvements are specific to equipment used to separate fibers from vegetable and plant matter. The primary function of this equipment is to extract fiber from the agave plant.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Lambert, William O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excavator and Conveyer. (open access)

Excavator and Conveyer.

Patent for an excavator machine designed "to continuously excavate the ground at different elevations, as in ditching or cutting away embankments" (lines 15-18) including illustrations.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Lee, James Milton
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
Cartridge Holder (open access)

Cartridge Holder

Patent for a belt adapted to hold the shells used in fire arms.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Logan, Paul H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Patent for Film Winding Attachment (open access)

Patent for Film Winding Attachment

Patent for film-winding attachment that allows for the exact number of rotations to wind film. This invention seeks to prevent unnecessary damage that excessive winding can do to film.
Date: January 6, 1920
Creator: Mansfield, Clarence H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Catching Waste Products From Lead, Silver, or Other Smelters. (open access)

Apparatus for Catching Waste Products From Lead, Silver, or Other Smelters.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in apparatus for "catching the waste products from lead, silver , or other smelters" (line 5 - 7).
Date: June 6, 1899
Creator: Sergeant, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder-Grinding Attachment For Lathes (open access)

Cylinder-Grinding Attachment For Lathes

Patent for an improved attachment for the lathe to grind cylinders of different sizes
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Snell, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History