Apparatus for Cooking Cotton-Seed Meal. (open access)

Apparatus for Cooking Cotton-Seed Meal.

Patent for an apparatus for cooking cotton-seed meal meant to get the maximum amount of oil for the meal used and puts moisture into dry meal and evaporates excess moisture in meal. Meal is continuously supplied through the machine and water-bath. The steam does not burn or harm the meal.
Date: August 27, 1895
Creator: Dabney, Benjamin & Yopp, William I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion. (open access)

Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion.

Patent for improved apparatus for separating liquids in emulsion (relates to improved apparatus for separating one liquid from another) when found in emulsion and has especial reference to means for rapidly and effectually dehydrating petroleum oil emulsion.
Date: May 27, 1919
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Forming Machine. (open access)

Bale-Forming Machine.

Patent for improvement on a bale forming machine that will operate easily, positively, and automatically. This invention described for forming and automatically securing wires around bales of hay and other like materials. It has a special object that is an improved form of clutch for connecting the wire twisters and needles and disconnecting them from a driving means. The clutch will permit the plunger in the bailing chamber to perform a predetermined number of strokes after the completion of the bale to be tied.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: Freeman, Lawrence K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. This is an invention designed for use in baling cotton. Illustrations included.
Date: February 27, 1906
Creator: Washington, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Building-Block. (open access)

Concrete Building-Block.

Patent for concrete building blocks, intended for use in the building of smaller structures, which are strong, easily assembled, and light weight.
Date: December 27, 1921
Creator: McEwen, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Container. (open access)

Container.

Patent for new improved containers adapted for the shipment of eggs, including illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1917
Creator: Hall, Cyrus M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Automobile-Body (open access)

Convertible Automobile-Body

Patent for a convertible automobile body with front seats that can be adjustable horizontally to connect with the rear seats and form a bed.
Date: December 27, 1921
Creator: Mitchell, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cross-Roller Drill-Bit (open access)

Cross-Roller Drill-Bit

Patent for an improvement upon a prior patent for a rolling drill cutter. The drill bit is designed with several rotating saw like structures which assist in the drilling process.
Date: December 27, 1919
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Faucet. (open access)

Faucet.

Patent for improved faucet for dispensing soft drinks, designed to dispense a certain amount to ensure uniformity.
Date: December 27, 1921
Creator: Klein, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor-Surfacing Machine. (open access)

Floor-Surfacing Machine.

Patent for a new floor-surfacing machine that is "pivotally mounted upon supporting carriers and carrying an abrading roller which may be forced into contact with the floor to be smoothed, or withdrawn from said contact by operating the machine upon its pivoted support" (lines 11-18), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Warner, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Food Compound and Process of Making the Same. (open access)

Food Compound and Process of Making the Same.

Patent for an economic and palatable food compound or ingredient called "rice cream" for use in preparing pastries, ices, confectionery, sauces, puddings, and dressings; similar to malted milk and gelatin.
Date: December 27, 1921
Creator: Sasseen, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Funnel Attachment. (open access)

Funnel Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved funnel attachment for pouring. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the supporting frame, a shaft journaled in the frame, a crank for rotating the shaft and carried by the frame, and a screw-conveyer carried by the shaft and having the smaller blades and the larger blade arranged above the [smaller] blades, and bearing against the funnel above the conducting tube thereof when the device is adjusted in the funnel" (lines 52-60).
Date: July 27, 1886
Creator: Charlton, James & Lynch, Hubbard Calhoon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holster (open access)

Holster

Patent for a holster. This invention is designed for attachment to a belt or clothing. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Townsend, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for improvements in hydrocarbon burners that is inexpensive and can take refined oil or heavy crude oil and make it useable as fuel.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: St. Wrba, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spark-Conductors for Railroad-Trains. (open access)

Improvement in Spark-Conductors for Railroad-Trains.

Patent for improvement in spark-conductors for railroad trains by using a “horizontal flue in sections and use “other devices to engage and disengage the sections, where by to arrest and extinguish sparks and conduct the smoke, ashes, and cinders to the rear.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date: April 27, 1869
Creator: Wright, Reuben
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vapor-Burners. (open access)

Improvement in Vapor-Burners.

Patent for, "an improved construction and arrangement of vapor-burner, by which the same is readily lighted, adjusted to a larger or smaller flame, or extinguished" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
Date: February 27, 1877
Creator: Sawyer, Frederick A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine. (open access)

Internal Combustion Engine.

Patent for improvements to the class of explosive engine for a motor vehicle and internal gas combustion engine, including illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Murray, Harry A.; Dorman, William T. & Pollard, Claude
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Machine (open access)

Ironing-Machine

Patent for an ironing machine that has an adjustable ironing board.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Green, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Box (open access)

Journal-Box

Patent for "improvements in journal boxes, the object of my improvement being to provide simple and effective means for applying the lubricant, retaining it always within reach of the wearing surfaces, and conveying it over all of the surface which is subject to frictional content" (lines 8-14).
Date: December 27, 1892
Creator: Sneddon, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Line support (open access)

Line support

Patent for an adjustable support for clothes lines.
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Lott, Truman R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Forming Concrete Foundations and the Like. (open access)

Method of Forming Concrete Foundations and the Like.

Patent for forming concrete foundations and piers by placing metal tubes into the ground and enveloping them with gravel.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Cement or Concrete Ties (open access)

Mold for Cement or Concrete Ties

Patent for a mold for cement or concrete railroad ties. Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Percival, Herbert Elmer
System: The Portal to Texas History
Necktie-Holder. (open access)

Necktie-Holder.

Patent for a necktie-holder "which may either be used in connection with a four-in-hand or bow tie." (lines 10-11) including illustrations. The holder has been adapted to maintain the tie in the proper position by having it be engageable with the collar button and secured within the tie. Another feature of the device is the adjustable frame which enables the holder to adapt to collars of different sizes.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Duff, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refilling Bottle. (open access)

Non-Refilling Bottle.

Patent for a non-refilling bottle that has a groove in its neck, a spring that fits in the groove, and a keeper that fits in the bottle opening and keeps the spring in place. The cork fits inside the keeper, thus sealing the bottle. A wire goes through the cork and the keeper, and is twisted together above the cork; when pulled, the bottle can be opened.
Date: October 27, 1896
Creator: Taylor, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History