Apparatus for Making Soap. (open access)

Apparatus for Making Soap.

Patent for a new and improved soap-making machine. This design "consist[s] of grease and soda tanks, the latter tank having a diaphragm . . . a register-tank, pipes leading from said grease and soda tanks to said register-tank, a pivoted converter, a rotary shaft in said converter and blades, a shaft journaled in uprights attached to said converter and provided with a crank and a bevel wheel, the latter gearing with a bevel-wheel on said rotary shaft in the converter, and removable furnaces for said grease tank and converter" (lines 21-32).
Date: September 20, 1887
Creator: Grant, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Liquids. (open access)

Apparatus for Separating Liquids.

Patent for dehydrating petroleum oil emulsions through liquid seperation.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Signal-Actuating Mechanism for Railways (open access)

Automatic Signal-Actuating Mechanism for Railways

Patent for an improved signal actuating mechanisms for railways. When the train cars reach an operating mechanism, a flag will be raised where pedestrians or cars cross, and cause a signal to be repeated until the train passes.
Date: July 20, 1920
Creator: Bashara, Samuel Farris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for an improved baling press.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Washington, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for "construction and arrangement of arrow-shaped draw-heads and lever-bars adjustable upon rack-bars for the purpose of raising and lowering the draw-heads" (lines 16-20)including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1880
Creator: Gray, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the laterally and vertically movable draw-head having the hook at its outer end, the keeper depending from the lower side of the car, and in which the draw-head is confined, the spring connected to one side of the draw-head and bearing thereon, and the arm pivoted in a slot in the draw-head, and having the head projecting in rear of the lip or shoulder of the hook, and the lever fulcrumed to the end of the car and connected to the car" (lines 87-97).
Date: July 20, 1886
Creator: Gorny, Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Container. (open access)

Container.

Patent for an adapted barrel/container that can be assembled from the barrel/containers collapsed form, including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: York, Edward Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Core-Taking Device (open access)

Core-Taking Device

Patent for improvements to a core-taking device which will "form a core, in the process of drilling, and embodies means for severing the core, when formed, and retaining the same in the core barrel until, it is withdrawn for inspection" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1922
Creator: Christian, Walton G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed-Meal Heater (open access)

Cotton-Seed-Meal Heater

Patent for improvements to cotton-meal heaters "to provide means to communicate as much heat as possible to the meal contained in the heater in as short a time as possible, and to retain the heat in the meal until it has all been used in forming the cakes" (lines 18-22).
Date: May 20, 1890
Creator: Price, James Sterling
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a portable crude oil burner that attaches to stoves.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Lubbock, William L. & Hamblen, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Articulator. (open access)

Dental Articulator.

Patent for a dental articulator that will more precisely demonstrate the natural movements of the human jaw.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Hall, Rubert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Driving Gearing for Motor Vehicles (open access)

Driving Gearing for Motor Vehicles

Patent for a driving mechanism that allows all four wheels of a motor vehicle to be used for traction purposes.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Twyford, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator. (open access)

Elevator.

Patent for an elevator used to lift pipe and other similar objects, the invention is designed to help drilling operations for oil wells.
Date: January 20, 1920
Creator: Steen, Buford J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop (open access)

Envelop

Patent for envelopes, particularly for inter-office use, in which an envelope would have an improved means for indicating the designation of the envelope to any series of persons or locations. Additionally, the envelope is provided a series of spaces with a separatable or removable indicator adapted to be located in any said spaces to indicate the destination of the envelope.
Date: October 20, 1919
Creator: Crate, James S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Explosion Hatch for Oil Containers (open access)

Explosion Hatch for Oil Containers

Patent for improved explosion hatch for oil containers.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Scott, Clarence N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed Mixer (open access)

Feed Mixer

Patent for refinements in feed mixer technology.
Date: May 20, 1913
Creator: Dixon, Elbert S. & Werner, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence or Gate. (open access)

Fence or Gate.

Patent for a new and improved fence or gate. This design consists in "[a] fence or gate composed entirely of pipes interchangeably connected together by couplings, and consisting of the long tubular pickets and the intermediate short tubular pickets, each long tubular picket being formed by two short tubular pickets connected by an intermediate coupling in the form of a Greek cross, a similar coupling at the top of each long and short tubular picket, and the T-shaped couplings at their bottoms, combined with a series of horizontal tubes" (lines 54-64).
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: Friday, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor Surfacer, Cleaner, and Polisher (open access)

Floor Surfacer, Cleaner, and Polisher

Patent for a mechanism designed for surfacing, cleaning, and polishing wooden flooring. Illustrations included.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Warner, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Poultry-Coop. (open access)

Folding Poultry-Coop.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in folding poultry coops, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1900
Creator: Ramsay, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Form for Building Concrete Structures (open access)

Form for Building Concrete Structures

Patent for a form for building concrete structures. Illustrations included.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Duller, David M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gangway for Loading or Unloading Stock Cars. (open access)

Gangway for Loading or Unloading Stock Cars.

Patent for a new and improved gangway. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in an animal-trap having an inclined bottom and opposite sides, of a winch journaled at one end thereof, a movable platform mounted on the bottom and provided with opposite posts at its front end, a gate hinged to one of said posts, and opposite chains connected to the winch at one end and passing over drums located at the opposite ends of the sides, the opposite terminals of the chains being connected to the opposite posts" (lines 6-16).
Date: August 20, 1889
Creator: McIver, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for a hay-press that automatically compresses hay into bales that is cost effective and easy to operate, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Tanner, Frank W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling. (open access)

Hose-Coupling.

Patent for a coupling device for train pipes used on railroad trains to connect fluid conduits and similar pipes.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Hume, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tires (open access)

Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tires

Patent for an inner tube for pneumatic tires that has been layered with vulcanized fabric so as to protect from damage. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Culmore, March
System: The Portal to Texas History