Bottle (open access)

Bottle

Patent for a new and useful improvements in bottles. This invention is to "provide an improved vessel of this class the neck of which is formed in such manner and provided with attachments so constructed that when the vessel has been filled and the attachment applied the vessel may be emptied of its contents, but cannot be refilled or reused" (line 12- 18).
Date: December 14, 1897
Creator: Saunders, David Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie (open access)

Bale Tie

Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This invention is to "provide a new and improved bale-tie which is simple and durable in construction, not liable to become accidentally unlocked, and arranged to permit its use on ordinary compresses" (line 7 - 11).
Date: December 14, 1897
Creator: Edmonston, Thomax Cole
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator.

Patent for a acetylene gas generator which combines "both a generator and a gasometer the parts of which are so arranged as to render the machine efficient and entirely automatic in action, as well as inexpensive of production." (lines 16-20) including illustrations.
Date: October 14, 1902
Creator: Reynolds, Pearl P. & Reynolds, Jerry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casing Mechanism (open access)

Casing Mechanism

Patent for a casing mechanism for placing in oil wells to block water flow.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Stewart, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cross-Head (open access)

Cross-Head

Patent for a cross-head for piston pumps which helps prevent breakage of the other pump parts.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Dubuque, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for an invention relating to the attachment for internal combustion engines that will provide moisture through the form of liquid or vapors. Other objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Potts, Hugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Core-Barrel. (open access)

Core-Barrel.

Patent for a core barrel for use in rotary drilling of oil or water wells, that will allow for easy extraction of the upwardly extending column of material.
Date: October 14, 1919
Creator: Humason, Granville A. & Childs, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Headlight. (open access)

Automobile Headlight.

Patent for an improved automobile headlight equipped with a movable lens and reflector to cast light down towards the roadway.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: Head, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charge Firing Pin (open access)

Charge Firing Pin

Patent for a new improvement in Charge - Firing Pens by John N. Swanson. Designed for bombs and torpedoes to create a simple firing pen mechanism that is simple, yet prevents accidental detonation of munitions
Date: January 14, 1918
Creator: Swanson, John N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill Bit (open access)

Drill Bit

Patent for improvements in drill bits, particularly in the application used in drilling in soft formations, such as clay, gumbo, or similar material. The purpose of the invention is to provide a way to prevent the sticking of material to the drill and drill collar while the drilling operation is being performed.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Childs, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Locking Device (open access)

Automatic Locking Device

Patent for improvements to automatic locking devices when turned one direction with illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Dixon, Thomas K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Building Concrete Structures. (open access)

Apparatus for Building Concrete Structures.

Patent for an apparatus for building concrete structures that includes the method or process of erection.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: Sands, Edward E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Disk Gin. (open access)

Pneumatic Disk Gin.

Patent for an improved version of a pneumatic disk gin. It has been designed for "ginning fibrous material, such as seed cotton" (lines 13-14) and improves the separation of the cotton and the seeds with the use of its perforated disks.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Garner, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Cleaner (open access)

Seed Cleaner

Patent for cleaning seeds. This invention will improve seed cleaning and catch unwanted seeds.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Garner, James C
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type Delivery Machine (open access)

Type Delivery Machine

Patent for a type delivery machine that separates different characters of type from one another.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Choate, King E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine (open access)

Type-Writing Machine

Patent for improvements to typewriting machines with the aim of providing "a machine of simple and durable construction, capable of use for the ordinary purposes to which type-writers are applied, but especially adapted and designed for typewriting upon blank books, thereby facilitating the making of official records and producing records that are more legible and compact than it is possible to obtain by handwriting" (lines 11-18).
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Borden, William J. & Johnson, Jahu W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Mechanism (open access)

Well Drilling Mechanism

Patent for a well drilling mechanism. This invention addresses the time consuming labor of screwing together sections of drilling pipe. This invention "contemplates an apparatus adapted to be attached to the frame of the rotary and operated by the driving mechanism of the rotary...screwing and unscrewing accomplished by mechanical means without manual means" (lines 38-44). Illustration included.
Date: January 14, 1913
Creator: Hall, Samuel N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Drill. (open access)

Well-Boring Drill.

Patent for for a rotary well boring drill designed to have a simple yet durable structure.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Reed, Clarence Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a valve, comprised of a valve seat and a moving part that is made in such a way as to minimize wear and tear. The seat, which attaches to the pump stem, supports the value stem, which is then covered by a thimble that supports a rubber disk. This rubber disk helps prevent liquid and sand from wearing against the valve stem.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Wintz, Thornton E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Hub. (open access)

Wheel Hub.

Patent for a new and improved wheel hub. This design consists "[i]n a sectional hub, each spoke-socket having a separate side opening closed by a plate [that] fit[s] into an annular groove . . . of the cylinder . . . and [is] held by bolts passing between the tenons of spokes, to allow each spoke to be separately reached and tightened by a wedge under the end of its tenon" (lines 59-65). This "obviate[s] the necessity of removing the wheel-tire for replacing a broken spoke with a new one" (lines 7-9).
Date: December 14, 1880
Creator: Oualline, Edward Napoleon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fluting-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Fluting-Machines.

Patent for an improvement in gage-fluting machines, including an illustration. "It relates to a machine for fluting or crimping articles of ladies' apparel" (lines 6-7).
Date: January 14, 1873
Creator: Saunders, David R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating Apparatus (open access)

Ventilating Apparatus

Patent for a ventilation apparatus that prevents the accumulation of dust in the interior of passenger coaches on railway-trains, while also cooling the coach.
Date: March 14, 1901
Creator: Reynolds, William H. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Policemen's Batons. (open access)

Improvement in Policemen's Batons.

Patent for an improved policemen's baton made of flexible material, such as india-rubber or gutta-percha, and sometimes an interior metal stem. Using a flexible material makes the baton elastic enough so that no serious injury can be caused, yet it is still effective. Illustration included.
Date: October 14, 1873
Creator: Beery, Simon & McDonald, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner that has plurality of nozzles from which hydrocarbon is discharged by steam pressure to collide at common point before combustion.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Wall, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History