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Means for Securing Flexible Material to Supports, Frames, &c. (open access)

Means for Securing Flexible Material to Supports, Frames, &c.

Patent for a means for securing flexible material to supports, frames, or other similar spaces. Illustrations included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Fulton, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brace (open access)

Wagon Brace

Patent for wagon brace that obviates danger of thimbles breaking under excessive weight and strain.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Albritton, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight. (open access)

Dirigible Headlight.

Patent for a new headlight design to automatically turn on the headlights with steering gear.
Date: April 1, 1919
Creator: Chalmers, Andrew E. & Chalmers, Welcome A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar. (open access)

Horse-Collar.

Patent for a "simpler, less expensive" (line 22) horse collar, with an adjustable, laced seam that utilizes less material than other collars. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Hendrix, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement. (open access)

Mechanical Movement.

Patent for improved mechanical movements "applicable to windmills for operating pump-rods and the like" (lines 10-11) including instructions and an illustration.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Ward, Ziba G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigation Apparatus. (open access)

Irrigation Apparatus.

Patent for an irrigation apparatus that can be used in various size fields and mimics the falling of rain.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Roddy, Isham L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Triple Valve for Fluid-Pressure Brakes. (open access)

Triple Valve for Fluid-Pressure Brakes.

Patent for a triple valve for fluid-pressure brakes in trains that prevents accidental triggering of the emergency brakes.
Date: October 10, 1911
Creator: Robinson, John W. & Douglas, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oven (open access)

Oven

Patent for an oven that may be used with open burners such as gas or oil burners. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Bolls, Virginia V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Watering Pool (open access)

Stock-Watering Pool

Patent for stock-watering pool.
Date: January 20, 1903
Creator: Hudson, Benjamin F. & Cook, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Oven-Plate. (open access)

Rotary Oven-Plate.

Patent for a certain new and useful rotary oven plate, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1899
Creator: Naquin, Olinda G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sand-Screen for Water-Wells (open access)

Sand-Screen for Water-Wells

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in sand screens for water wells, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1899
Creator: Hudson, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caisson-Driver. (open access)

Caisson-Driver.

Patent for an improved machine that sinks caissons into gravel or mud in order to make a foundation for breakwater, jetty, bridge, or similar purpose. It applies continuous and heavy pressure to the caisson during operation, and "is provided with a jet apparatus to force the sand and mud from within the caisson and cause it to settle around the outer portion of the same, thus holding it firmly in place, and which in general enables a caisson foundation to be laid with great facility and in a substantial manner" (lines 20-26).
Date: April 4, 1893
Creator: Perrenot, Theodore F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito Bar Frame. (open access)

Mosquito Bar Frame.

Patent for a new and improved mosquito-bar frame. This design "relates to improvements in that class of mosquito-bar frames which are adapted to be placed above a bed, so as to support the mosquito-netting in a way to cover the bed and guard the occupants thereof; and the object of [the] invention is to produce an extremely simple frame which may be easily dropped into a horizontal position over the bed or as easily tipped up and made to slide behind the head-board, where it will be entirely out of the way" (lines 7-17).
Date: April 12, 1892
Creator: Holden, Elbridge G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Scouring Water-Ways. (open access)

Apparatus for Scouring Water-Ways.

Patent for an improved apparatus for scouring water-ways by using water-discharge pipes and air-discharge pipes arranged at each side of the vessel. When “vessel is slowly moved forward while the water and air forcing pumps are working,..... direct force of the water-jets and air-jets will agitate and scatter and lift the dislodged particles and float them much higher and longer than would be the case were the water-jet pipes alone used.” (Lines 63-75) Illustration is included.
Date: March 31, 1891
Creator: Holden, Elbridge G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement (open access)

Mechanical Movement

Patent for "improvements in devices for converting reciprocal into rotary motion, and is more particularly adapted and intended for use with windmills in applying the reciprocal motion of the pump-rod to the operation of rotating machines" (lines 11-16).
Date: January 8, 1889
Creator: Fulton, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater for Washing Machines. (open access)

Water Heater for Washing Machines.

Patent for a new and improved water heater for washing machines. This design "relates to that class of washing-machines in which a rotary slatted cylinder for holding the clothes and a coil of pipe for supplying the drum with hot water are employed; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction and arrangement of the heater and pipes for conveying water to and discharging it from the drum" (lines 14-21).
Date: June 28, 1881
Creator: Bailey, Charles F. & Perrenot, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Plow (open access)

Rotary Plow

Patent for "rotary plows for plowing land, preparing the land to receive the seed and cultivating the plants, which shall be convenient in use, effective in operation, and not liable to get out of order" (lines 19-23) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1880
Creator: Tally, Thomas Jackson.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Water-Elevators. (open access)

Governor for Water-Elevators.

Patent for improvements on governor for water-elevator to alleviate problems of waste of water from overage of water and also allows for self-regulation of the supply of water. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 8, 1880
Creator: Fulton, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Ironing And Fluting Machines. (open access)

Improvement In Ironing And Fluting Machines.

Patent for improvements to Ironing and Fluting Machines.
Date: June 13, 1878
Creator: Bailey, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for Sash-Holder. (open access)

Design for Sash-Holder.

Patent for "the design [of] a sash or window-frame fastener" (lines 28-30).
Date: April 10, 1877
Creator: Overton, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus. (open access)

Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.

Patent for "a machine for ironing clothing by means of a revolving heated roller, under which is passed a reciprocating table, on which the clothing is placed." (Lines 7-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1876
Creator: Bailey, Charles F. & Perrenot, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fence-Building Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Fence-Building Machines.

Patent for "a portable machine comprising a pile-driving apparatus, with a portable attachment for making the holes and driving in the posts; also, a boring attachment for deep holes, and also wire-drums for carrying and delivering wires for the wire fence or telegraph wires." (Lines 6-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1876
Creator: Tally, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus. (open access)

Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.

Patent for "a certain new and useful improvements in Ironing-Machines"
Date: February 29, 1876
Creator: Cottingham, Gideon W. & Cottingham, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus. (open access)

Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.

Reissue patent for an ironing machine that "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the horizontally-moving iron and horizontally-reciprocating table..." (para. 2).
Date: September 21, 1875
Creator: Cottingham, Gideon W.
System: The Portal to Texas History