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Ax Handle
Patent for an ax handle. The handle is a tubular handle which also includes hingedly connected part fitting into the eye of the ax head. Illustration included.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Burks, William Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Destroyer.
Patent for machine to exterminate boll weevils, including illustrations. This device administers insecticide and captures damaged plants and insects.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Henry, William L. & Calloway, Irven E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy Support
Patent for a canopy support. Illustration included.
Date:
March 21, 1905
Creator:
Raines, Henry & Gooch, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a clothes-pin made of one piece of wire twisted around with a spring-clamping mechanism for holding clothes.
Date:
July 9, 1907
Creator:
Freeze, John A.
System:
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Composition of Matter.
Patent for a compound with waterproof and flame-retardant properties in its use as a roofing paint.
Date:
April 2, 1895
Creator:
Freeze, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight
Patent for updated design for dirigible headlights submitted by Mr. John Alton Fleming. The main aim of this improved design is to create a means by which the application of dirigible lights can "be easily and quickly applied and connected to the automobile and properly connected to the headlights without modifications to the automobile" (lines 17-22).
Date:
December 30, 1919
Creator:
Fleming, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design has for its object, "first, to provide a gate that the rider or driver can open or shut without dismounting; second, one that cannot be left accidentally open, so as to admit stock to pass through an inclosure; and third, one that the vehicle or horse[-rider] passes over, and one that the wind does not affect" (lines 11-17).
Date:
December 16, 1884
Creator:
Cowan, Elias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press
Patent for a hay press. Illustration included.
Date:
November 6, 1906
Creator:
Stewart, Warren Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Camp-Stoves.
Patent for "an improved stove for camp and other uses, that may be reduced to small and compact size for transportation and readily put up for use." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1878
Creator:
Vollbrecht, Louis P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Skid Device
Patent for a device that affixes to automobile wheels to provide tire traction and prevent skidding.
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Williams, Harry S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for "a pump that is simple, durable, and efiicient, which can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost, and which can be readily cleaned and repaired. It consists, preferably, in a double-cylinder pump that is adapted to operate by a direct lift without a valve in the plunger" (lines 8-15).
Date:
September 27, 1892
Creator:
Tom, Joseph C.
System:
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Pump.
Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and effective pump that can be easily cleaned, but stays relatively clean.
Date:
April 10, 1894
Creator:
Tom, Joseph C. & Tom Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Punching Machine
Patent for a punching machine. Illustration included.
Date:
October 4, 1904
Creator:
Raines, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator.
Patent for a new and useful refrigerator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 19, 1899
Creator:
Stewart, Burgess Modrel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible and Adjustable Heel-Sweep.
Patent for an adjustable heel sweep for farm equipment, which can cut both wide and narrow angles.
Date:
November 2, 1909
Creator:
Brockman, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Gutter.
Patent for a simple and durable reversible gutter for houses and other buildings that can be easily cleaned and painted.
Date:
April 23, 1895
Creator:
Freeze, John Andy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Selecting Mechanism.
Patent for seed selecting mechanisms that plants or drops two seeds at the same time and can be attached to the hopper of a planter.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Vest, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self Locking Door For Cotton Presses
Patent for a self-locking door clamp for cotton presses, including illustrations.
Date:
July 23, 1901
Creator:
Westbrook, John Alburt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Clamp.
Patent for a spring clamp "for suspending small articles -- such as towels, dishcloths, and napkins -- and which may also be employed for hanging window-curtains, portières, goods in show-windows, and similar purposes" (lines 7-12)
Date:
January 6, 1903
Creator:
Westbrook, Nancy Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stump-Puller
Patent "to improve the construction of stump-pullers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one which will possess great strength and durability and which ma be readily operated with a minimum amount of power" (lines 10-15).
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Bethel, Ion Maywood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Signal
Patent for a telephone signals. This inventions is a switchboard drop of the visual signal for magneto system at a central office. Illustration included.
Date:
January 8, 1907
Creator:
Schuessler, Gustavus W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support for Vehicles.
Patent for a tongue-support for the tongues of vehicles that "provide an exceedingly simple and effective catch or holder for holding the support up against the under side of the tongue" (lines 18-21), including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Ashby, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toothbrush.
Patent for a new and improved toothbrush that has a rotary brush which turns while the user brushes it back and forth over their teeth and a hollow stem that sends water to the brush while it is in use.
Date:
November 2, 1920
Creator:
Simon, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle
Patent for improvements in axles "particularly to axles for buggies and other light vehicles." (Lines 12-13)
Date:
February 19, 1907
Creator:
Raines, Stephen H. & Schuessler, Amile O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History