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Device for Closing Spouts of Cans. (open access)

Device for Closing Spouts of Cans.

Patent for spout closing device that is made of parts that are simple and economical to manufacture.
Date: June 11, 1918
Creator: Coffin, Albert T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Direction-Indicator (open access)

Direction-Indicator

Patent for Direction Indicator for a motorized vehicle. This particular model is electrically operated and used to indicate to other vehicles and pedestrians, what the vehicle intends to do and aims to reduce accidents.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Britton, Osa Leo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Account-Book. (open access)

Account-Book.

Patent for a new and improved account book that is arranged to improve accuracy of record-keeping and facilitate the referencing of different accounts.
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Zimmerman, Charles Levy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dehydrator. (open access)

Dehydrator.

Patent for a continuous dehydrator that has specific use for gold and silver ores, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1917
Creator: Biesel, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Preventing Overflow of Tanks. (open access)

Device for Preventing Overflow of Tanks.

Patent for preventing the "repeated discharge of the contents of a flush tank" (lines 10-11) and enhance overall utility that require a flush tank. Information and illustration provided.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Logan, Paul H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutter-Head (open access)

Cutter-Head

Patent for a cutter head, related to cutter heads used for woodworking machinery, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Crawford, John Mack
System: The Portal to Texas History
Distilling Device (open access)

Distilling Device

Patent for a water distilling device which connects to a hot water boiler in a house.
Date: March 15, 1910
Creator: Nenninger, Oscar A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Flower-Holder for Personal Wear. (open access)

Design for a Flower-Holder for Personal Wear.

Design for a flower-holder for personal wear that resembles a flower in and of itself.
Date: May 2, 1899
Creator: Littlehale, Cora N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas-Generating Apparatus. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas-Generating Apparatus.

Patent for "improvements in apparatus for generating acetylene , and comprises the novel features." (lines 8-10) including illustration.
Date: July 24, 1900
Creator: Metcalf, Charles Wesley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Stand. (open access)

Display-Stand.

Patent for a display stand for dresses in stores that allows them to drape in a natural manner. The display stand is made up of a rod that can be moved up and down through a opening in the store counter, which allows for easy use and storage of the stand.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Glenn, William Holt
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Measuring Distances. (open access)

Device for Measuring Distances.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for measuring distances, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 1, 1898
Creator: Farrand, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Jar And Can Opener. (open access)

Fruit-Jar And Can Opener.

Patent for a new and improved fruit jar and can opener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 28, 1898
Creator: Schairer, John Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calcining-Furnance. (open access)

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
Cover for Culinary Utensils. (open access)

Cover for Culinary Utensils.

Patent for improvements in covers for culinary vessels in which “the cover will confine the odors arise from the vessel and at the same time the steam may be allowed to escape at any time without removing the cover from the vessel.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date: January 11, 1910
Creator: Reeves, Bell N.
System: The Portal to Texas History