Building Construction. (open access)

Building Construction.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in building construction" (lines 9-11), including illustrations.
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: Laughlin, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for an improved pump valve designed for a pump for pumping oil from oil wells "which will not be affected by the fluid or gas pressure in the bore" (lines 17-18).
Date: September 30, 1919
Creator: Graf, Sydney H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Operating Mechanism (open access)

Valve-Operating Mechanism

Patent for Valve Operating Mechanism that includes "new and useful improvements" (lines 5-6), and "has for its primary object to provide a simple and efficient means for operating a valve at a distance" (lines 10-12).
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Baurens, Jean Marie, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Device. (open access)

Fishing Device.

Patent for fishing gear belt/straps that can be worn by fisherman to support fishing pole that it "may be temporarily held in fishing position with the hands free" (lines 11-12). Includes illustration of device in use.
Date: September 12, 1916
Creator: Drinkard, Kenton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mandrel (open access)

Mandrel

Patent for Mandrel
Date: September 12, 1916
Creator: Smith, Frederick C
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transplanter (open access)

Transplanter

Patent for transplanters that allows fro greater ease in the removal of plants from hot beds, using an attached blade to easily cut through extended roots and provide enough accompanying soil for the plant.
Date: September 12, 1916
Creator: Frakes, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim (open access)

Demountable Rim

Patent for a durable yet inexpensive "demountable rim for vehicle wheels" (lines 12-13), with a sectional design for ease of attachment and removal.
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: McPherson, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Box Oil-Cup (open access)

Journal-Box Oil-Cup

Patent for an oil cup for lubricating journal boxes. Illustrations included.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Alexander, Colwell Hyman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System. (open access)

Telephone System.

Patent for a telephone system that can be used for long distance calls.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe (open access)

Shoe

Patent for a shoe that describes the benefit for shoe. Shoe control overall health well-being with its flexibility and support.
Date: September 11, 1906
Creator: Evesson, Martin V. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate or Box. (open access)

Crate or Box.

Patent for "a crate or box of knockdown form consisting of a crate or box made of separable sections and bound together by wires and stay-bolts that are loosely set into the sections" (line 11-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 26, 1905
Creator: Hines, Warren H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve For Oil Wells (open access)

Valve For Oil Wells

Patent for a valve for oil wells. This invention is designed to control the flow of oil during drilling. Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Bernard, Horace D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Surveying Instruments (open access)

Attachment For Surveying Instruments

Patent for attachment for surveying instruments. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1904
Creator: Armstrong, Edward R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wall And Floor Brace (open access)

Wall And Floor Brace

Patent for wall and floor brace. Illustration included.
Date: September 6, 1904
Creator: Ettler, John Adolph & Sutherland, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a drill and reamer for the use of drilling deep wells. "This invention consists of a tool combining a drill-point and a reamer, the point penetrating the formation and the reamer following and rendering the sides of the bore smooth and in conjunction with the body directing the drill in a straight or true course" (lines 5-10). Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mining Sulfur. (open access)

Mining Sulfur.

Patent for extracting sulfur that is being mined from the stratum that has the minerals. A fluid medium, such as air or a heated liquid, is forced into the stratum which assists with the elevation of the liquid mineral. As the minerals come up the heated tubes, the liquefied minerals are sent into vats.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reamer for Oil or Artesian Wells (open access)

Reamer for Oil or Artesian Wells

Patent for "a reamer of novel construction for enlarging the bore or opening of a well when it is required to increase the diameter to receive the casing or for other purpose. The reamer combines a head and a guide, the latter entering the bores, so as to steady and give proper direction to the tool and also prevent the cuttings entering and filling the bore during the process of enlargement" (lines 9-18).
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drawers-Supporter. (open access)

Drawers-Supporter.

Patent for a new and useful drawers supporter, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 20, 1898
Creator: James, Thomas S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handle-Bar. (open access)

Handle-Bar.

Patent for "handle-bars for bicycles, velocipedes, and the like; and the primary object is to enable the successful use of animals' horns in the formation thereof and to provide for the adjustment and securing of such handle-bars in either a raised or lowered position or at any point within range of a circular adjustment" (lines 8-15).
Date: September 6, 1898
Creator: Martin, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Distributer. (open access)

Oil-Distributer.

Patent for simple and efficient oil-distributor that is meant to calm the water next to a ship. It also takes up little space and can easily be launched over the side of the ship and is insured so that oil is automatically distributed into the water.
Date: September 17, 1895
Creator: Ericson, John & Phinney, Adelbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gravity Oil-Distributer for Ships. (open access)

Gravity Oil-Distributer for Ships.

Patent for a gravity oil-distributors for ships at sea that calms the water during storms. "the objects of [the] invention are to produce a very simple, cheap and buoyant boat or float, that may be compactly stored upon deck, conveniently launched over the side of the vessel, and so manipulated therefrom as to keep a proper and desired relative position in connection therewith, and which will automatically feed oil to the water" (lines 11-18).
Date: September 18, 1894
Creator: Ericson, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Trough. (open access)

Feed-Trough.

Patent for improvements in feed-troughs in which a controlled amount of feed can be placed in a feed box, and in which the latter will be fed as rapidly as consumed and the unconsumed feed will be protected. (Lines 11-14) Illustration in included.
Date: September 8, 1891
Creator: Webb, William James
System: The Portal to Texas History