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Bicycle-Support. (open access)

Bicycle-Support.

Patent for a bicycle support which holds "bicycles in upright position when not in use" (lines 8-9).
Date: April 17, 1900
Creator: Taylor, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pumping-Head. (open access)

Pumping-Head.

Patent for a pumping head involving two piston rods that are rigid and, if broken, can be replaced without harming the rest of the machine. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1914
Creator: Boicourt, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Alarm. (open access)

Automatic Fire-Alarm.

Patent for an improved automatic fire-alarm, which will sound an alarm, release water from pipes, and alert the fire station.
Date: March 17, 1914
Creator: Singleton, Joseph J. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Control for Gas Water-Heaters. (open access)

Automatic Control for Gas Water-Heaters.

Patent for improvements to "a gas control for instantaneous gas water heaters" (lines 9-10), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 17, 1919
Creator: Hamilton, Paul H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Curing Tire-Casings (open access)

Apparatus for Curing Tire-Casings

Patent for an improved apparatus for Curing Tire-Casings (relates to molding devices for curing tire casings) which is easily and quickly set up and knocked down, holds casings safely in position while being cured, and highly efficient in curing tire casings.
Date: June 17, 1919
Creator: Bongio, Philip P. & Stephenson Elonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjuster for Locomotive-Headlights (open access)

Adjuster for Locomotive-Headlights

Patent for a mechanism for adjusting and mounting train headlights. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: McCoy, Olan B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar. (open access)

Collar.

Patent for a collar that can be fastened without the need of a button. It is meant to be attached to any shirt and constructed so that it can stay without a button through a tab system.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Narmore, Missouri A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive wire stretcher that "may be readily employed for taking up the slack of a fence wire at a point between fence posts" (lines 13-15). It also cuts wire and removes staples.
Date: April 17, 1894
Creator: Hughs, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake. (open access)

Wagon-Brake.

Patent for an improvement in a wagon-brake using an operating-lever that is mounted in a bracket near the front axle, and consist of diverging arms; and a segmental rack-plate with teeth that is arranged to be engaged by a sliding pawl. When the operating-lever and the sliding pawl are connected; when the brake-bars are in motion, clamping the wheels of a vehicle thus making it stop.
Date: February 17, 1891
Creator: Baker, Owen T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a vehicle-wheel that has cushioned, pneumatic, or elastic tires, shoulders, inwardly extending parallel branches, a felly that holds the branches in place and curves around the body of the tire, bolts that go through the felly and the branches, and spokes inside the felly.
Date: July 17, 1894
Creator: Penoyer, Newton D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Road-Scrapers. (open access)

Improvement in Road-Scrapers.

Patent for an improvement in road-scrapers, illustration included.
Date: March 17, 1874
Creator: Mayfield, William Dudley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor Turning Mechanism. (open access)

Tractor Turning Mechanism.

Patent for a tractor turning mechanism that will allow tractors to turn at any angle up to a right angle by locking one of the driving ground wheels into a pivot point for the other wheels of the tractor.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Chenoweth, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Oil-Burners (open access)

Improvement in Oil-Burners

Patent for an oil burner to be used with heating ranges, stoves, boilers, and furnaces.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Essex, Winfield S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pass-Book (open access)

Pass-Book

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pass books, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1899
Creator: Martin, Thomas P., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gauge Cock. (open access)

Gauge Cock.

Patent for steam gauge or test cocks that provides a simple and economical gauge cock for steam boilers by which the steam can be readily tested and which is adapted to close the orifice automatically to provide a constructions which will not be disarranged in operation.
Date: October 17, 1922
Creator: Woodruff, Lovell H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Feeding and Power Pull-Back Hay-Press. (open access)

Self-Feeding and Power Pull-Back Hay-Press.

Patent for a automatic hay baling machine, which has a power pull-back mechanism on a beam extending from the machine.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Feeding Hay-Press. (open access)

Self-Feeding Hay-Press.

Patent for an automatic hay baling machine with a new type of hopper made of of 4 plates, which sends the hay into the compression chamber.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeding Attachment For Disk Harrows. (open access)

Seeding Attachment For Disk Harrows.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seeding attachments for disk harrows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1899
Creator: Rogers, Jonathan Judson & Kennedy, Oliver Sylvester
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Book-Holder. (open access)

Revolving Book-Holder.

Patent for a "combined desk and cabinet especially designed for students' use to obviate the scattering about of books when writing, studying, or making reference thereto" (lines 8-12). The are two rotating sections: a many-faced book-rest, and a cabinet above it where books can be stored. There is also a sliding writing-board underneath the desk.
Date: November 17, 1896
Creator: Ballart, Calvert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Razor-Sharpening Machine (open access)

Rotary Razor-Sharpening Machine

Patent for a razor-sharpening device that will be compact and simple to produce.
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Herring, Charles M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Action (open access)

Piano-Action

Patent for a new piano-action that will get rid of unwanted sounds and reduce the amount of cushioning needed. Other goals are to ensure that strings cannot not be prevented from vibrating, and that a certain sound can be made.
Date: March 17, 1914
Creator: Blessing, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Stropping Device (open access)

Razor-Stropping Device

Patent for a razor-stropping device, which straightens and polishes the razor blade.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Bowman, Levi M. & Farmer, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pistol Stock Gun. (open access)

Pistol Stock Gun.

Patent for a detachable stock member for a pistol stock gun. Decreases the amount of space needed to store the gun when transporting it.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: High, Frederick Herman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame for Trunks, Valises, &c. (open access)

Frame for Trunks, Valises, &c.

Patent for frames for trunks, boxes, vehicle-bodies, etc., which requires no bolts and can be cast in a single piece of metal. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
System: The Portal to Texas History