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Hitching Device
Patent for hitching device for use with hitching posts. Illustration included.
Date:
November 27, 1906
Creator:
Hazlewood, George W. & Robinson, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Breaking Device
Patent for a horse breaking device. This invention is designed to break the horses without balking. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Bump, James G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Can Fastener for Ice Plants.
Patent for an ice-can fastener that can be easily opened and closed, allowing water to freeze quickly in the can. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Drake, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Burner
Patent for the provision of spring pressed clamps pivotally mounted on a burner and adapted to engage opposite sides of the base of a lamp chimney and thereby securely hold the lamp chimney in place on the burner and yet permit the ready removal of the chimney.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Patterson, Simon H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leg Brace
Patent for a leg brace. Illustration included.
Date:
October 17, 1905
Creator:
Norwood, Robert R. & O'Neall, Elisha V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for an improvement to combination-locks for doors, safe, and bureaus, "with readily-operated means for holding the combination-disks inactive and in position to permit a locking-bolt to be freely operated by a key when so desired, which means will also permit the combination to be set so that the bolt cannot be moved by a key until the disks of the combination have been brought to proper position." (lines 11-18)
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Dalton, Lewis & Cross, Dick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Strike.
Patent for simple and durable lock plates for door frames. This patent is for the keeper plates for door locks and is an invention "for rendering the plate adjustable both vertically and horizontally without detaching the same from the door jamb" (lines 11-14). Includes one illustration page and description.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Russell, Leo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler
Patent for a milk cooler that may be used to keep milk or other food items chilled without the use of ice. Illustrations included
Date:
June 2, 1908
Creator:
Hay, Perrie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Monkey Wrench
Patent for a type of monkey wrench in which the movable jaw of the wrench is mounted upon the fixed jaw so that it is easily shifted upon the disengagement of a detent for the fixed jaw. This allows the wrench to be held in any desired adjusted position with relation to the fixed jaw.
Date:
October 18, 1912
Creator:
Joseph Mensik
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mud-Drum for Boilers
Patent for a mud drum for boilers to prevent the accumulation of sediment and mud in the water. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Stroope, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Broadfoot, Jacob O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil or Gas Cooking-Stove
Patent for a gas or oil cooking stove. The gas or oil cooking stove is designed to save fuel, maximize utilization of heat, and eliminate the smell of gas or oil in cooking.
Date:
May 12, 1914
Creator:
Seale, Jefferson W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Well Drill
Patent for an Oil-Well Drill with the "...object of the invention being to provide means to prevent the drill from becoming unscrewed from the drill rod and dropping into the bottom of the well" (lines 12-16).
Date:
December 29, 1916
Creator:
Parker, Roy B. & Spurlock, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oven
Patent for an oven that cooks evenly and at a higher heat than other ovens with the same amount of fuel.
Date:
October 8, 1912
Creator:
Seale, Jefferson W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint.
Patent for paints for roofs and for barns to prevent leaks and efficient in preserving the material of buildings at a relatively small costs.
Date:
July 20, 1920
Creator:
Watson, Grover C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper Clip
Patent for a paper clip. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1910
Creator:
Galbraith, David G. & Galbraith, Nannie L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Lock.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in permutation-locks." (Lines 6-7) This lock is specifically designed to protect delivered milk bottles from theft.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Otey R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pistol- Holster
Patent for a pistol holder. The holder will secure the pistol in the position that it should be in, at all times.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Parrish, Byron B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to that type of plows in which a double share is employed, one of which turns the sod or furrow in one direction and the other in the opposite direction, said plow being capable of being brought alternately into action, each to turn a furrow in the same direction in right or left turn plowing. . . . whereby the duplex plows may be alternately raised and lowered, and held in either the non-acting or operative positions. . . . and simple means for locking the plows in position for operation and for operating the locking devices" (lines 8-24).
Date:
September 17, 1889
Creator:
Leas, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Knee Pad
Patent for a pneumatic knee pad. Illustration included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Gibbs, Paalgo P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Liquid-Cooling Tank.
Patent for a portable tank for transporting liquids, which has a compartment for ice to keep the liquids cool including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1911
Creator:
Ingram, Jonathan D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Drill
Patent for Post Hole Drill.
Date:
February 17, 1917
Creator:
Blue, Lee A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversing Mechanism For Engines.
Patent for improvements in "reversing mechanism for engines, where the operating lever may be supported in such a manner as to substantially eliminate lost motion, and where the reverse lever may be operated with greater convenience and facility." (lines 11-17).
Date:
December 5, 1916
Creator:
Wagner, Warren
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Bearing
Patent for Roller Bearing
Date:
January 2, 1917
Creator:
Galbraith, David G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History