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Adding-Machine (open access)

Adding-Machine

Patent for adding machine that has improvements such as a controllable disk to avoid over or under rotation and simpler means of adding and removing adding disks.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Sweet, William F. & Tideman, S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Headlight-Reflector (open access)

Adjustable Headlight-Reflector

Patent for an adjustable headlight reflector for train engines which will shine the light straight in front of the train.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Pratt, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Lamp-Shade. (open access)

Adjustable Lamp-Shade.

Patent for a simplified, detachable, and adjustable lamp shade that is "more practical and efficient without increasing the cost of manufacture" (lines 27-29), including illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Landers, Charles G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Shade-Support (open access)

Adjustable Shade-Support

Patent for an adjustable window shade support.
Date: July 16, 1912
Creator: Dixon, Raymond E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjusting Device for Compressing-Rolls. (open access)

Adjusting Device for Compressing-Rolls.

Patent for adjusting devices for compressing rolls which “employed for compressing into a continuous thin sheet cotton fiber; and the objects in view are to provide a simple and convenient means for binding the rolls in contact, and when so bound to prevent any undesired yielding.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Goldthwaite, Joseph G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome (open access)

Aerodrome

Patent for an aerodrome. Illustrations included.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Helm, Amos J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane. (open access)

Aeroplane.

Patent for an aeroplane which is a device that is able to travel through the air due its shape and the reaction from atmosphere and gravity.
Date: December 16, 1913
Creator: Hanna, John G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Brake Lock (open access)

Air Brake Lock

Patent for an air brake lock. Illustrations included.
Date: May 16, 1905
Creator: Mabry, Davis L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressing Apparatus. (open access)

Air-Compressing Apparatus.

Patent for a new air compressing apparatus which employs two kinds of tanks called high pressure containers and low pressure containers charged by means of an air compressing engine.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Gebhardt, William Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Cushion Tire. (open access)

Air-Cushion Tire.

Patent for improvement to the air-cushion tire in terms of resilience, and an improved structure.
Date: March 16, 1920
Creator: Williams, Harry S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pump. (open access)

Air-Pump.

Patent for an air pump improvement that simpler and cheaper to produce. It also provides a description of "the combination and arragement of parts" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Runge, Friedrich Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Valve Cage for Air-Brake Pumps (open access)

Air-Valve Cage for Air-Brake Pumps

Patent for an air valve cage for air brake pumps which reduces the wear on the air brake pump and substantially reduces the maintenance costs of the system.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Mattingly, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angle-Bending Machine (open access)

Angle-Bending Machine

Patent for angle-bending machine.
Date: December 16, 1902
Creator: Dillon, Ivy Hancock
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke (open access)

Animal-Poke

Patent for an animal poke worn on the head of cattle to prevent jumping outside the field which allows the cow to graze freely while wearing the poke.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Seay, Mark Machel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Morris, Leopold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Tread. (open access)

Animal-Tread.

Patent for improvements in animal-treads when “animal is placed in the tread, the single or double tree being attached to the arm c’, and thus in addition to his weight he will have his strength to operate the tread. The function of the rope and weight is to keep the traces and tree from under the animal’s feet in case he should slack his speed, and thus prevent his tripping.” (Lines 59-66) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Bevil, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antiskidding Device (open access)

Antiskidding Device

Patent for an anti-skidding device to be used in tires and other traction wheels.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Weatherly, W. G. & Weatherly, E. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus and Method for Inducing Electrical Property Changes in Carbon Nanotubes (open access)

Apparatus and Method for Inducing Electrical Property Changes in Carbon Nanotubes

Patent relating to an apparatus and method for inducing electrical property changes in carbon nanotubes.
Date: September 21, 2004
Creator: Allara, David L., 1937-; Chen, Min; Henley, Donald E.; Imholt, Timothy & Roberts, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus and Method for Transmitting Secure and/or Copyrighted Digital Video Broadcasting Data over Internet Protocol Network (open access)

Apparatus and Method for Transmitting Secure and/or Copyrighted Digital Video Broadcasting Data over Internet Protocol Network

Patent relating to an apparatus and method for transmitting secure and/or copyrighted digital video broadcasting data over internet protocol network.
Date: November 19, 2008
Creator: Mohanty, Saraju P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Apparatus for Forcing Liquids from Barrels. (open access)

Apparatus for Forcing Liquids from Barrels.

Patent for a new and improved device for extracting liquids from sealed containers. This design utilizes a bellows apparatus, and "by simply compressing [it] air is forced into the space in the barrel or vessel above the liquid, when the pressure of this air will exhaust the liquid through the faucet at the bottom under pressure" (lines 65-70).
Date: October 16, 1883
Creator: Park, Hardy B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores (open access)

Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores

Patent for the Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores. This machine makes the extraction of sulfur from ores containing less than 20% sulfur, while also removing the impurities.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Austin, Paul P. Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for handling and cleaning seed-cotton that “use a pneumatic tube, through which cotton is drawn by an exhaust-current.” (Lines17-19) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Thomas, Robert S.; Hardwick, Saunie W. & Elam, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Silos and the Like. (open access)

Apparatus for Molding Silos and the Like.

Patent for an apparatus of simple structure that allows for the easy adjustment and manipulation of parts. It is "used for molding silos and similar structures from concrete cement material" (lines 10-12).
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Atkins, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Operating Churns, &c. (open access)

Apparatus for Operating Churns, &c.

Patent for an apparatus for operating churns, ice cream freezers, or the like, and is meant "to produce an apparatus in which there is simultaneously given to the vessel a revolving motion and a revolving or vibrating motion to the agitator working in the vessel" (lines 14-18).
Date: April 16, 1895
Creator: Crawford, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History