Building Block Machine (open access)

Building Block Machine

Patent for a building block machine. This invention is used to form blocks out of plastic material into artificial stone, as well as molding concrete blocks. Illustrations included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Latimer, Samuel A.; Dunkin, James J.; Stacey, J. H.; Hall, A. L.; Porter, R. S.; Haynes, S. F. et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Step. (open access)

Wagon Step.

Patent for a new and improved wagon-step. This design "permit[s] a driver to mount or dismount without necessitating his [or her] dropping the reins, and which when not in use can be folded up out of the way of the wheels" (lines 14-17). It consists in "the rod provided at its upper end with a handle and journaled in suitable bearings and extending diagonally along the side of the body, and the step-brackets arranged at intervals along the rod and consisting of the stems rigidly secured to the rod and the steps formed integral with the stems and extending out horizontally therefrom" (lines 64-71).
Date: November 18, 1890
Creator: Thompson, Robert K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing - Machine (open access)

Ironing - Machine

Patent for a new and useful improvements in ironing machines for household use to"produce a simple, effective, and inexpensive ironing-machine especially adapted for household or family use" (line 27 - 29).
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Walter, George P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Motor. (open access)

Mechanical Motor.

Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "is to convert a given rotary into a vertical reciprocating motion, and to provide means whereby the stroke of the reciprocating motion may be increased or diminished, according to the use or work to which the machine may be applied; and to these ends the novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the same" (lines 10-18).
Date: November 11, 1884
Creator: Groves, Isaac N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eye Testing Device. (open access)

Eye Testing Device.

Patent for a neater and more attractive eye testing device, including illustrations.
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Jones, Aaron Leroy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sand Cap For Vehicles Wheels (open access)

Sand Cap For Vehicles Wheels

Patent for sand cap for vehicle wheels. Illustration included.
Date: November 7, 1905
Creator: Wright, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle For Attachment To Vehicles (open access)

Receptacle For Attachment To Vehicles

Patent for a receptacle for attachment to vehicles. Illustration included.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Wright, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Blade (open access)

Cultivator Blade

Patent for a cultivator blade. Illustration included.
Date: November 7, 1905
Creator: Harlow, James S.
System: The Portal to Texas History