Resource Type
Degree Department
Country
Decade
Day
Jewel-Setting.
Patent for a new and useful jewel setting, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 31, 1899
Creator:
Wandry, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jetty
Patent for new and useful Improvement in Jetties in which wood-work shall be protected agains teredo.
Date:
March 31, 1885
Creator:
Hayatt, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jetty
Patent for new and useful Improvement in Jetties in which wood-work shall be protected agains teredo.
Date:
March 31, 1885
Creator:
Hayatt, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heel-Support
Patent for a heel support which keeps "shoes from sagging over the heel" (lines 11-12) and is durable.
Date:
May 31, 1910
Creator:
Moorefield, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Motor Drive.
Patent for an electric-motor drive that can be used specifically with a cotton tramper, including instructions and illustrations.. This invention serves multiples methods of improvement compared to current electric-motor drives, and will make the processes its involved in more efficient, while being inexpensive to construct.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Whitt, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drawer.
Patent for "drawers, and the object of the same is to provide an improved attachment, whereby the ends of the drawer must move in unison and thus avoid wedging of the drawer, which often occurs when it is moved inward and outward, and a further object is to provide a tension mechanism for the said-drawer controlling device, whereby when the drawer is unlocked there will be sufficient tension upon the same to force it open, and further when the drawer is pulled outward too far the said tension device will exert an inward pull thereon and thus prevent the unconscious entire withdrawal of the drawer from the bureau-case or other article of furniture or device to which it belongs." (Lines 12-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 31, 1895
Creator:
Matthews, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight.
Patent for "simple, durable and inexpensive" (line 22) dirigible headlight that can installed on automobiles and can be controlled from the steering wheel.
Date:
July 31, 1917
Creator:
Crawford, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight Mechanism.
Patent for improvements in headlights in which the headlights can be adjusted more easily, the headlights can be more readily applied to the automobile, and to provide new connected for the devices.
Date:
August 31, 1920
Creator:
Meeks, Mack O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Impression-Tray.
Patent for improvements in dental impression trays that is adaptable for when there is only one or a partial set of teeth. There is a separate, smaller dental impression tray that is easily accessible and can be adapted to take impressions of one tooth or partial teeth.
Date:
August 31, 1920
Creator:
Littlejohn, Thomas F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Lantern-Box.
Design patent for a lantern box with a hexagonal shape and 5 square windows on each side.
Date:
October 31, 1899
Creator:
Rhodes, Omer J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Handle for Tools.
Patent for a detachable tool handle.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Ligon, Arthur Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Mold.
Patent for dental mold, it is an improvement on patent no. 700855, by the same inventor. The improvement was to have open sides and large exit at the bottom of the lower neck of the mold, and a flask having a wide inlet in order to keep the molten metal from contact with the metal of the mold to avoid being suddenly cooled. (Lines 19-23) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 31, 1903
Creator:
Streetman, Willard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Swaging Apparatus
Patent for a dental apparatus that produces gold facings and cusps for individual teeth, as well as plate and bridge work.
Date:
July 31, 1906
Creator:
Crawford, Lyter H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Link for Clothes-Lines.
Design patent for a link for clothes-lines of a useful and novel design.
Date:
October 31, 1899
Creator:
Irvine, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for "improvement in acetylene-gas generators, and has for one object to provide an exceedingly- simple apparatus of this description in which the pipes and connections are closed , and thus protected from freezing by the effects of atmospheric changes; and a further object of my invention is to remove the possibility of an explosion taking place during the manipulation of the machine." (lines 9-17) including illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1900
Creator:
Hartman, Gus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Rack
Patent for a display rack. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 31, 1911
Creator:
Hendrix, Julius M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Incline Wrecking-Frog.
Patent for a wrecking-frog that has "a minimum of weight and maximum of strength and durability, which will accurately guide a derailed wheel to replacement upon the track and which is also equally adapted to derailing a train, car or other vehicle when an occasion arises rendering derailment necessary or expedient" (lines 10-16).
Date:
October 31, 1893
Creator:
Mooney, Patrick T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Covering and Protecting Contents of Drawers.
Patent for an improved device designed to cover and protect the contents of drawers, this result being attained through a flexible cover wound upon a suitable roller, the latter being operated to wind or unwind the cover by opening or closing the drawer." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Burt, Horace Roscoe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calcining-Furnance.
Patent for updates to "calcining-furnaces", specifically several original and new parts, including illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1900
Creator:
Hughes, Godfrey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crank.
Patent for automobile attachments where the motor can be cranked to start without danger to the operator from an engine back-fire.
Date:
August 31, 1920
Creator:
Gilley, Zachriah E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a device that can be easily attached to riding cultivators.
Date:
August 31, 1920
Creator:
Starch, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress.
Patent for a new and useful cotton compress, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 31, 1899
Creator:
Brady, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for an improvement in cotton-press to form cylindrical cotton bales, including illustrations.
Date:
December 31, 1901
Creator:
Bessonette, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator that can be used a riding or walking cultivator and has a better holder for the standards.
Date:
January 31, 1911
Creator:
West, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History