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Baling-Press
Patent for "improvements in baling presses: and it consists in a press having a suitable frame, a box mounted thereon having a hinged front and a hinged side." (lines 11-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1900
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clamp.
Patent for a clamp "for use in in connection with hoisting-tackle for raising or lowering well-pipes..."(lines 9-10) that has one side attach to the pipe and the other side be releasable from the pipe.
Date:
April 9, 1907
Creator:
Danforth, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a hand-lever baling press.
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Williamson, Charles Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Gins
Patent for a condenser for cleaning cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 21, 1911
Creator:
Riemenschneider, Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Weevil Destroyer
Patent for a cotton boll weevil destroyer. Illustration included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Bergmann, Bertha
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Block-Signaling Device.
Patent for a block signaling device for railroads, which sends an audible signal as well as a telephone message to the incoming train.
Date:
October 6, 1908
Creator:
Fechner, William & Fechner, Albert Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Scraper Attachment for Disk Plows
Patent for an attachment for disk plows to "clean any disk in any kind of soil" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date:
December 31, 1907
Creator:
Fell, Julius P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar and Necktie Holder
Patent for a collar and necktie holder for holding the collar ends and tie at any position without the use of buttons. Illustrations included
Date:
January 16, 1912
Creator:
McDuff, Daniel Ryan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Safety-Valve and Waste-Cock.
Patent for a combined safety valve and waste cock for cooling engines.
Date:
April 26, 1910
Creator:
Fell, Julius P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air Water Elevator.
Patent for a new improvements to compressed-air water-elevators, including illustrations.
Date:
June 1, 1897
Creator:
Bechtol, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine.
Patent for improvements to cotton picking machines "of that class in which the cotton-boll is caught on the end of a revolving picker" (lines 11-12). Improvements include a combination of a revolving drum with hollow tubular arms attached to the drum, as well as revolving pickers attached to those arms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1897
Creator:
Haring, Peter Paul.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Protector and Irrigator For Plants
Patent for a combined protector and irrigator that provides protection for the plant from insects and other animals, and provides proper watering from a reservoir. The contraption can be re-used and be accommodated for different size plants.
Date:
October 30, 1917
Creator:
Arnold, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed
Patent for a bed attachment that is a removable back rest allowing for users to recline at an angle. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Hillyer, Mary Louise
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer
Patent for an ice cream freezer that has an attachment at the top which can be grasped by hand to keep the ice cream freezer rigid while operating.
Date:
August 16, 1921
Creator:
{Neyland, William M.}
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shadde Adjuster
Patent for improvements for the window shade adjuster. The window shade adjuster limits the amount of light from entering through a window by providing a slidable bar that can be moved.
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Fechner, Albert H. & Fechner, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Board
Patent for an ironing board. Illustration included.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
Riedel, Edward C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer. Illustration included.
Date:
April 4, 1905
Creator:
Moore, Isham S. & Pace, Azie E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Loader.
Patent for a wagon loader, which includes a scale as a part of the loading device.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
McKinney, Ansel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sewing Machines
Patent for "a new Improved Sewing-Machine" that "has for its object to provide more useful and efficient machines than those now in use."
Date:
November 16, 1869
Creator:
Cleaver, P. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvement in automatic car-couplings “in which the coupling-pin (worked by a rope or chain) is guided in a vertical tube extending upward from the draw-head, and is supported in position for coupling by a block sliding with the draw-head,” (lines 9-14) includes illustration.
Date:
April 14, 1891
Creator:
Angerstein, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sewing-Machine.
Patent for improvements to the sewing machine. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 16, 1869
Creator:
Clever, P. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tire-Tighteners.
Patent for improvement in tire-tighteners to contract a tire upon its felly without removal.
Date:
November 27, 1876
Creator:
Martin, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus
Patent for improvement to an ironing apparatus to "produce a cheap portable ironing-machine, with which any capable person (and even children) can with very liggle fatigue and labor, do the ironing for a large family in a very short time".
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Martin, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.
Reissued patent for a chemical process to create a plastic material made of bitumen, clay, and mineral and/or fossil substances.
Date:
September 26, 1876
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
System:
The Portal to Texas History