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Axle-Lubricator (open access)

Axle-Lubricator

Patent for an axle lubricator. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Meyer, Edward & Schiffers, Emil C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Dennis, Decatur D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crutch. (open access)

Crutch.

Patent for improvements in crutches by making the crutch adjustable in length according to a person’s height and “overcome the jerks by the movements with the crutches.” (Lines 15-16) Illustration is included.
Date: January 8, 1901
Creator: Hough, Orson E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Manufacturing Door Plates or Signs (open access)

Apparatus for Manufacturing Door Plates or Signs

Patent for a molding and printing device for forming hollow backed signs and name plates.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Simmang, Charles Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Appratus for Treating Refuse Matter. (open access)

Appratus for Treating Refuse Matter.

Patent for "the perfection of an apparatus by the use of which night soil or garbage may be reduced to ashes in the shortest possible time and at a comparatively trivial expense" (lines 20-24).
Date: August 8, 1893
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wardrobe, Bureau, and Wash Stand. (open access)

Combined Wardrobe, Bureau, and Wash Stand.

Patent for a new and improved combination chiffarobe and wash stand. This design is "constructed with a main wardrobe section provided with hinged upper doors having lower ledges or shelves, respectively, and bureau and wash-stand structures hinged at opposite sides of the wardrobe below its doors and adapted when closed to close the lower front part of the wardrobe, and said door-ledges forming top covers to the wash-stand and bureau" (lines 31-40).
Date: May 8, 1888
Creator: Wulff, Henry F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barrel for Outhouses. (open access)

Barrel for Outhouses.

Patent for a new and improved barrel. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the barrel-head having the opening, of the cover adapted to close said opening, the bolt extending through said cover and into the barrel, the clamping bar longer than the width of said opening in the barrel-head, said bar being centrally pivoted by a rivet to the lower end of said bolt, and a nut screwed upon the upper end of said bolt for clamping said cover in position" (lines 16-25).
Date: May 8, 1888
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Bale Binder. (open access)

Cotton Bale Binder.

Patent for a new and improved cotton bale binder. This design "consists of a simple contrivance for binding cotton and other bales together when loaded on flat cars to prevent the load from being shaken apart and separated by the shocks and jolts of the car, and also to prevent the bales from being pulled off by cotton thieves, the said contrivance consisting of two or more hooks having pulleys or eyes strung on a rope, the rope being fastened to one of the eyes or pulleys forming one end of the binder, the hooks being caught in the bands of the bales" (lines 7-18).
Date: May 8, 1883
Creator: Burr, Lewis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Passenger Fare Registering Mechanism (open access)

Automatic Passenger Fare Registering Mechanism

Patent for an "automatic fare registering mechanism...adapted for use in connection with rapid transit cars or the like," (lines 10-13).
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Savage, Harry & Baker, Willard L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condensing Apparatus (open access)

Condensing Apparatus

Patent for a condensing apparatus designed to be attached to linting machines.
Date: April 8, 1919
Creator: Martin, G. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Extension Hat-Brims. (open access)

Improvement in Extension Hat-Brims.

Patent for a "new and Improved Extension Hat Brim" (lines 3-4) with folding arms to extend the brim, including illustrations.
Date: July 8, 1873
Creator: Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blackboard. (open access)

Blackboard.

Patent for a rotating blackboard that can be covered when not in use, as well as adjusted to different heights and locked into place so the writer can utilize every available space of the blackboard. The inventor designed the blackboard "for use in schools and brokerage offices."
Date: March 8, 1921
Creator: Grothaus, Julia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber. (open access)

Shock-Absorber.

Patent for an improved design of shock absorbers that gives vehicles a smoother ride.
Date: March 8, 1921
Creator: Swindowsky, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Apparatus. (open access)

Cotton Picking Apparatus.

Patent for cotton-picking apparatus. This apparatus supports complete removal of the cotton from plant without foreign objects or harm to plant.
Date: November 8, 1921
Creator: Alvin, Alleyne D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Shutter Worker And Latch (open access)

Window Shutter Worker And Latch

Patent for a window shutter and latching system. Illustration included.
Date: August 8, 1905
Creator: Richardson, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Washer. (open access)

Lock-Washer.

Patent for "an improved lock washer especially adapted for locking nuts" (lines 10-11) that was designed to "be interposed between the nut and a member to be clamped by the nut" (lines 14-16).
Date: June 8, 1920
Creator: Medbery, Clinton A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Pilot Coupling (open access)

Locomotive-Pilot Coupling

Patent for new and useful improvements in locomotive-pilot couplings (lines 5-6), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: February 8, 1900
Creator: Butcher, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in extension hat-brims. (open access)

Improvement in extension hat-brims.

Patent for "a new and Improved Extension Hat-Brim" (lines 3-4) which can be extended or folded back by the wearer. Includes illustrations.
Date: July 8, 1873
Creator: Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument. (open access)

Surgical Instrument.

Patent for a surgical instrument for use in tonsillectomies.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Gwinn, George Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sliding-Door Latch. (open access)

Sliding-Door Latch.

Patent for "a latch applicable to the sliding doors of common carriers, dwellings, and the like" (lines 10-12), to keep sliding doors shut. Illustrations included.
Date: July 8, 1913
Creator: Merritt, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock for railroad tracks, which will prevent rail bolts from unscrewing.
Date: June 8, 1909
Creator: Mills, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold and Mold Hoisting Apparatus for Building Concrete Walls. (open access)

Mold and Mold Hoisting Apparatus for Building Concrete Walls.

Patent for a new and improved concrete-raising apparatus. This design "consists in a mold in which a course of a wall can be formed, and in devices for raising the mold in the formation of another course. The invention also consists in details of construction and combination of parts" (lines 12-17).
Date: July 8, 1884
Creator: Carrico, Thomas Willson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nail. (open access)

Nail.

Patent for a nail with a spike attached to it.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Hansen, Christian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk Cooler (open access)

Milk Cooler

Patent for a milk cooler. Illustration included.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: McNeel, James S.
System: The Portal to Texas History