Resource Type
Counties
45 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 24 of
45
next
Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic cotton elevators and distributes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 6, 1898
Creator:
Wheeler, Houston J
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for a car coupling that separately joins two train cars together. illustrations included.
Date:
July 6, 1909
Creator:
Dobbs, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beverage Cooler And Dispensing Apparatus.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements i beverage coolers and dispensing apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 6, 1900
Creator:
Sidoti, Antonio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth
Patent for an artificial tooth to a gold bridge. Illustration included.
Date:
September 6, 1904
Creator:
Priest, Frank L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Shade Roller And Lock.
Patent for new and useful improvements in a combination shade roller and lock, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 6, 1899
Creator:
Sturgis, Herbert M
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch
Patent for a railway switch that can be opened by a car or engine. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 6, 1907
Creator:
McGee, Richmond M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Planter, Chopper, And Cultivator.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in "combined cotton planters, choppers, and cultivators" (line 9-11).
Date:
December 6, 1898
Creator:
Albreekt, Niklaus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band for Paper, Currency, &c.
Patent for a new and improved money clip. This design consists in "[a] band for packages provided with tongues projecting toward each other and an elastic, whereby when the band is in use the tongues will project in opposite directions to receive the elastic" (lines 57-61).
Date:
September 6, 1887
Creator:
Matthews, Oscar Semmes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar Proof Safe.
Patent for a new and improved safe. This design "relates to burglar-proof safes, the object being to provide a safe with non-explosive seams; and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 14-17).
Date:
September 6, 1881
Creator:
Gerard, Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Lard Substitute
Patent for an apparatus to produce a lard substitute from cotton seed oil. "An important object of this invention is to provide apparatus of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and continuous in operation."
Date:
October 6, 1914
Creator:
Chisholm, Jesse C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy, Cake, and Cracker Box.
Patent for "a tin box for candy, cakes, or crackers" (lines 15-16) with a display glass panel on the front wall.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Rizzotto, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bracket for Window-Shades.
Patent for new and improved brackets to hang window shades and curtain rods without damaging window frames, including illustrations.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Choules, Arthur Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Filling Device.
Patent for filling bottles with "two liquids and introducing them into the bottle at the same time under pressure" (lines 17-18), specifically for "carbonated beverages" (lines 12-13).
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Dannelley, Dillon C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roaster.
Patent for a coffee roaster, with key features such as electric heat and agitation of coffee beans during roasting, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1918
Creator:
Shortt, Everett T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Spring.
Patent for an improved vehicle spring on the axle that is stronger and more durable, including illustrations.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Hagemann, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Spreader.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in knee spreaders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 6, 1900
Creator:
Trice, Sinnette Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Seat
Patent for "a device of the character set forth adapted for application to buggies, carriages, sleighs, and other Vehicles and arranged adjacent to the dash, and when not in use the several parts are folded and the device entire detached and placed endwise under the seat 'and behind the cushion-fall, the parts being simple and effective in their construction and operation, strong and durable, and easily and readily handled and applied" (lines 14-24).
Date:
September 6, 1892
Creator:
Padgitt, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Washer And Wiper.
Patent for improvement in window washer and wiper design pertaining to the windshields or windows of street cars.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Randall, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Ash-Pan
Patent for "improvements in dumping locomotive ash-pans which will not only effectually and tightly hold the ashes within the same until it is desired to dump the pan, but also to provide means whereby the requisite draft can be obtained and constantly supplied to the fire in regulated quantities" (lines 10-16).
Date:
September 6, 1892
Creator:
Eads, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine with a "revolving drum or clothes-carrier, of a steam-chest" (lines 79-80) surrounding the drum, a removable cover with "perforated steam-pipes" (line 83), which go around the drum.
Date:
April 6, 1897
Creator:
Stallings, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interest Calculator
Patent for an adjustable calendar for calculating interest between two dates, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Moody, Jason B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fluting-Irons.
Patent for "improvements in combined fluting and smoothing irons, which are made hollow for the purpose of receiving a heated metallic block which will raise the shell to the proper temperature for smoothing or fluting." (Line 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 6, 1876
Creator:
McCausland, William I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Digging Machine.
Patent for a new and improved well-digging machine. This design "consists in connecting to the bottom of [a] shaft a gang of plows, which effectually break and cut up the earth, and combing therewith a fixed and inclined shear-blade and detachable earth-receiver, the said shear-blade being located in the rear of the plows, for raising the earth from the motion of the plow, and delivering it automatically into the detachable earth-receiver, which is raised to the surface with its load by means of ropes and pulleys" (lines 27-37).
Date:
February 6, 1883
Creator:
Chambers, Job C. & Chambers, Silas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences.
Patent for improvement in fences using wire rails, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1879
Creator:
Temby, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History