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Show-Globe.
Patent for "a globe adapted to serve simply for the purpose of illumination and furnishing a pure white bright light for general purposes, or to serve as an illuminated show-globe for druggists," (lines 10-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1891
Creator:
Berger, Otto & Eldridge, Hilliary
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Bed
Patent for a bed that can be converted from a sideboard or a table. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1908
Creator:
Bowdon, Viola G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Signal
Patent for an automobile signal which can be attatched to an automobile to signal the automobiles driving intent, stopping, turning etc.
Date:
December 22, 1914
Creator:
Brewster, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Egg Preserving Compound
Patent for a egg preserving compound. This invention consists of an air-excluding coating to prevent deterioration for an indefinite period.
Date:
December 22, 1903
Creator:
Brown, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeding Trough
Patent for a feeding trough. This invention is designed to prevent the waste of feed by collecting the feed pushed out during feeding. Illustration included.
Date:
December 22, 1903
Creator:
Butz, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent for new and useful improvement in Skeleton Tillage-Plow.
Date:
December 22, 1874
Creator:
Canty, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper
Patent for a stalk chopper particularly designed for slicing cotton and corn stalks. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1908
Creator:
Canuteson, Alfred & Ringness, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Force - Pumps.
Patent for new and improved force pump with three cylinders.
Date:
December 22, 1874
Creator:
Chambers, J. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eyeglass-Mounting
Patent for a mounting for eyeglasses to be fitted on the bridge of the nose. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1908
Creator:
Chappel, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Attachment.
Patent for "a device which will support the weight of the telephone-receiver on the switch-lever whether the receiver be hung on the hooks of said lever or carelessly dropped, [the] object being to provide against the short-circuiting of the local battery when the telephone is not being used, whereby it would become uselessly exhausted, and also to insure that the signal-bell shall at such times always be in operative circuit with the central station, so that the annoyance to a distant exchange or subscriber by a failure of the call-bell to respond is avoided." (Lines 9-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 22, 1896
Creator:
Christopher, William O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Digger
Patent for post hole digger with a simple construction which can be manufactured at a comparatively smaller cost.
Date:
December 22, 1914
Creator:
Day, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for a well pump. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1908
Creator:
De Hymel, Leo Blake
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lever-Jack
Patent for a lever jack. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1908
Creator:
Dillon, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Log Turner]
Patent for a log turner. This "invention relates to an improvement in nigger-bars used in connection with steam-cylinders to turn the logs on sawmill-carriages" (line 8-11). Illustration included.
Date:
December 22, 1903
Creator:
Edwards, Daniel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Operating Fans &c.
Patent for a way to mechanically fan oneself. The machine is "held in the hand and driven by pressure of the thumb applied intermittently to a vibrating lever" (lines 15-17).
Date:
December 22, 1896
Creator:
Flores, Alfredo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Standard.
Patent for an improvement on wagon-standards, to produce a durable, inexpensive, and simple wagon. When the wagon-body is removed, the wagon-standard can fold compactly. This allows the running-gear to carry timber or a platform for carrying other heavy materials.
Date:
December 22, 1896
Creator:
Foutrel, Emile
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Tongue Attachment
Patent for a vehicle tongue attachment. This invention is designed to combine horse drawn and motor options for plows and other farming machines. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1903
Creator:
Gillespie, David Augustus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame and Trace Connector
Patent for a Hame and trace connector. Illustration included.
Date:
December 22, 1903
Creator:
Goodman, Forest Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
High Specific Surface area Aerogel Cryoadsorber for Vacuum Pumping Applications
A cryogenic pumping system is provided, comprising a vacuum environment, an aerogel sorbent formed from a carbon aerogel disposed within the vacuum environment, and cooling means for cooling the aerogel sorbent sufficiently to adsorb molecules from the vacuum environment onto the aerogel sorbent. Embodiments of the invention include a liquid refrigerant cryosorption pump, a compressed helium cryogenic pump, a cryopanel and a Meissner coil, each of which uses carbon aerogel as a sorbent material.
Date:
December 22, 1998
Creator:
Hill, Randal M.; Fought, Eric R. & Biltoft, Peter J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Side Frame for Railroad Trucks
Patent for side frame for railroad trucks to prevent the accidental detachment of the binder or tie bar.
Date:
December 22, 1914
Creator:
Horton, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for a hay-press that has an easily detachable tie-box and power-head, and the plunger-beam has an improved construction. Loose hay "fed into the feed-box [is] gathered or collected by the plunger through the instrumentality of teeth on a peculiarly-formed power-head engaging teeth on the plunger-beam and then compressed by a finger or arm on the power-head baring against the end of the plunger-beam" (lines 22-28). The press does not need to pinned to the ground.
Date:
December 22, 1896
Creator:
Jones, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Provision-Safe.
Patent for "a pantry and kitchen safe combined and designed to be built apart from the house and constituting a distinct and removable piece of furniture," (lines 11-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1891
Creator:
Jones, Walter Adolphus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Manufacturing Anti-Corrosive Compounds.
Patent for "an anti-corrosive coating for iron and all other metals, and one which in all respects does positively preserve the same, and into the composition of which enters as an element neither lead, oil, nor any other ingredient that contains any destructive or otherwise deleterious acid or alkali." (Lines 7-13) Includes instructions.
Date:
December 22, 1874
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Putting Up Caustic Alkalies.
Patent for a method of packaging caustic alkalies inside of treated paper or wood. This patent describes the mixture and use of this treatment.
Date:
December 22, 1874
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.; Middleton, George W. & Smith, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History