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Design for Overalls. (open access)

Design for Overalls.

Patent for a design for a pair of overalls that has a lengthened apron over the pant legs. This apron is fastened from its center down to its crotch.
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Lightner, Charles Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cage or Support for Well-Tubing (open access)

Cage or Support for Well-Tubing

Patent for a well tubing cage which provides support for well tubes so that a second pipe is not required. Illustrations included.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Harpham, Harry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cushion-Tire for Vehicles. (open access)

Cushion-Tire for Vehicles.

Patent for a sectional metal tire cushion that is applied over a preexisting wheel.
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Millen, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Keeping Contents of Vessels Beneath The Surface of Liquid Therein Contained. (open access)

Device for Keeping Contents of Vessels Beneath The Surface of Liquid Therein Contained.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for keeping the contents of vessels beneath the surface of the liquid therein contained,
Date: December 13, 1898
Creator: Schenck, August & Schenck, Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cactus-Burner. (open access)

Cactus-Burner.

Patent for a new and useful cactus burner, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 9, 1898
Creator: Edmunds, Eddie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calculating-Yardstick (open access)

Calculating-Yardstick

Patent for a calculating yardstick for measuring cloth and calculating its price per yard.
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Weierhauser, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camera. (open access)

Camera.

Patent for "means for accurately focusing the main or photographic lens without relying upon the scale; to provide means for determining the full extent of the view to be photographed; and to provide for seeing the image upon a ground glass up to the moment of exposure." (lines 10-16)
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Overman, Charles Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel Heater For Internal Combustion Engines (open access)

Fuel Heater For Internal Combustion Engines

Patent for a fuel heating system designed to be incorporated into combustion engines.
Date: April 1, 1919
Creator: Vaughan, E. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Retainer or Dog (open access)

Cotton Retainer or Dog

Patent for improving a tool (dog) used in the operation of processing cotton bales. The (dog) tool does not require the replacement of other tools in cotton processing.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Cameron, Theodore R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Fixture (open access)

Curtain-Fixture

Patent for
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Thompson, Christopher Columbus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cover for Kettles and the Like. (open access)

Cover for Kettles and the Like.

Patent for an improved cover for kettles, pots, saucepans, and other culinary vessels. The improved cover prevents hands from being burned by steam from the vessel.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Cepeda, Josefa E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Attachment (open access)

Cotton-Gin Attachment

Patent for an attachment to be used as a chute for cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Story, Henton L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cultivator and Cotton-Chopper

Patent for improvements "to provide flexible revolving knives or hoes, and, second, to afford facilities for supporting the cultivating and chopping device when out of the ground without throwing more weight behind the axle on the main wheels to tip the end of the pole against the horses necks" (lines 13-19).
Date: January 14, 1890
Creator: Hurd, Judson B. & McLane, Hiram H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Culvert. (open access)

Culvert.

Patent for metal road culvert improvements. Light weight, but sturdy, interlocking metal sheets are used. They can be stacked for cheaper and easier shipping. The culvert allows large amounts of water to flow through.
Date: April 22, 1913
Creator: Youngblood, David Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Stretcher (open access)

Curtain Stretcher

Patent for curtain stretcher or frames
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Buckreis, Valentine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a machine that can be drawn along a row of cotton to chop the adjacent plants and cultivate the ground under the machine. The device is height adjustable by the operator.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Schwab, Bruno; Schneider, Richard & Hoegenauer, Haver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper. (open access)

Cotton-Tramper.

Patent for a cotton tramper that allows the plunger mechanism to operate automatically when needed to enhance the item's utility.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Jacob, Ernst A. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Condenser. (open access)

Cotton-Condenser.

Patent for a cotton condenser that can receive lint cotton and form it into a continuous bat so that it can be passed from condenser to compress. It provides better quality of lint that is formed into the bat by removing dust and inferior fibers.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Reagan, Edgar U. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin (open access)

Cotton-Gin

Patent for a new and improved cotton-gin, where the rollers, feed devices, and blades will be vertically disposed and arranged in groups, and which will also simplify the construction of cotton-gins.
Date: February 19, 1901
Creator: Wentworth, William Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Tramper and Baler. (open access)

Cotton Tramper and Baler.

Patent for an improved cotton tramper and baler that can more efficiently compress cotton into bales that are convenient for handling and shipping.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Crowell, Pearl K.
System: The Portal to Texas History