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Stem Winding and Setting Watch.
Patent for a new and useful winding and setting mechanism for watches, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 1, 1898
Creator:
Donnelly, Leo E. & Looney, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sunshade Holder
Patent for a sunshade holder. Illustration included.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
Atkinson, Earl H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Up Stand for Mail.
Patent for the tying of mail into bundles. The invention is adjustable and allows for mail of various widths.
Date:
June 5, 1917
Creator:
Zerwer, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load Lifting Device
Patent for improved load-lifting devices.
Date:
December 26, 1916
Creator:
Trigg, Van H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Lighting System.
Patent for an invention as specified relates to new and useful improvements in telephone lighting systems for the purpose of providing lamps on subscribers' telephones arranged.
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Boze, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mud-Shredder for Vehicle-Wheels.
Patent for a mud-shredding device that is attached to vehicle wheels in order to prevent accumulation of mud.
Date:
January 27, 1914
Creator:
Newsom, Henry G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medicine - Glass.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in medicine-glasses.
Date:
November 23, 1897
Creator:
Jenkins, John Marshall
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Throat Latch Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved throat-latch fastener. This design consists in a "connecting-plate for bridles, having the side and end bars, the intermediate transverse bars . . . and the central longitudinal bar, having a stud in one portion thereof" (lines 79-83).
Date:
April 17, 1888
Creator:
Hopson, Franklin Oliver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Motor.
Patent for a new and improved motor. This design consists, "with the frame having the side and end slots, of the two drive-wheels and their springs, the movable spring-actuated shaft having the central pinion, the pivoted lever, the catch of the same, the crank-shaft formed with the central crank and having the pinion, the connecting-pitman, the pivoted adjustable fan-rod formed with the series of apertures near its upper end and along its central part, the adjustable weight, and the connecting-rod" (lines 116-126).
Date:
May 8, 1888
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal Railway Tie
Patent for metal railway tie. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Robinson, James R. & Sugrue, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milking Device
Patent for a portable milking device for cows. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 30, 1912
Creator:
Lévay, Ellis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine.
Patent for a new and useful traction engine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 13, 1899
Creator:
Chappel, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy
Patent for a whirligig toy that rattles.
Date:
April 16, 1912
Creator:
Webster, George Lamont
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Hanger.
Patent for a new and useful meat hanger, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 23, 1898
Creator:
Couch, Lizzie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Crane
Patent for a mail crane. This invention is designed "for instantly shifting the bag or pouch holding arms of the crane" (line 17-18). Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Hardwick, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Jet for Conveyers
Patent for a pneumatic jet that uses steam jets to provide power for various tasks such as distributing seed cotton or elevating coal. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 21, 1909
Creator:
Rice, Earley W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for an improvement to the plow that allows "for holding the plow-point firmly in position upon the standard or foot without the use of bolts and nuts." (Lines 10-13)
Date:
January 15, 1907
Creator:
Johnson, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Carriage.
Patent for a new and useful plow carriage, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 1, 1898
Creator:
Shipman, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of making tire-fillers
Patent for the process of making tire fillers that relates to the fillers for tire casings and the process of producing the same.
Date:
September 9, 1919
Creator:
Aycock, Edward F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Thrower for Electric Railways
Patent for a switch-thrower for use with electric railways. This invention uses switch tongues via solenoids and engages a connection between the solenoids and the switch tongue. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
Posey, James A. & Dunaway, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown Extension Covered Wagon-Bed
Patent for a knock-down wagon bed, particularly to be extensible for cotton hauling.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Joly, Charles J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock, which holds securely in place and is inexpensive to manufacture.
Date:
June 14, 1910
Creator:
Posey, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for a new and improved design and construction for washing machines.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Davis, John Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow.
Patent for a new and improved sulky-plow. This design "has for its objects to provide simple and efficient means whereby the plow may be caused to run level when breaking upon uneven ground, or, when after breaking, when one wheel is run in a furrow previously formed. These objects [the design] attain[s] by . . . the mechanism for lowering or elevating the [plow] for the purpose of leveling it" (lines 10-20).
Date:
September 28, 1886
Creator:
Brown, Peter C. & Bragg, Thomas P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History