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Adjustable Shade or Curtain Support.
Patent for adjustable and curtain supports, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 29, 1898
Creator:
Dallin,Bruce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support
Patent for a supporter for the top of a buggy. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 29, 1909
Creator:
Putman, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Pot.
Patent for a new and improved coffee pot. This design "has relation to that class of coffee-pots in which the body of the pot contains a cone-shaped chamber provided at the apex with a tube for the discharge of the boiling water as it passes through the same into a receptacle containing the coffee; and the object thereof is to improve the construction of this class of coffee-pots" (lines 12-19).
Date:
December 29, 1885
Creator:
Covington, Philip A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for improvements in baling presses "in which the necessary motion may be imparted to the plunger in a rapid and effective manner, and which shall be productive of considerable saving of labor and power" (lines 15-19)
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Zachariah J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barrel-Washer.
Patent for a machine that cleans barrels. It has "barrel-supporting rollers to rotate the barrel in contact with brushes" (lines 13-15), which are more durable than rollers made from rubber tires. The rollers also each have an inner portion, a detachable annular exterior, and an elastic ring around the outside. Brushes are attached on opposite sides of the barrel, held up by a frame.
Date:
September 29, 1896
Creator:
Herold, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chase for Printers.
Patent for chase for printing presses, and more particularly to facets of choses or type which are adjustable without knocking down the type and which can be shifted to any desirable position on the bed of the printing press and held rigid.
Date:
April 23, 1915
Creator:
Bolles, Percy S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Intestine-Protector.
Patent for an intestine protector that protects the intestines from needles (or other sharp instruments) after surgical procedures have concluded.
Date:
April 29, 1913
Creator:
Miller, Robert E. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile -Tire.
Patent for a wire-wrapped casing for car tires.
Date:
November 29, 1919
Creator:
MIchero, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Activated-Sludge Treatment.
Patent for a method that dehydrates sewage for easier removal.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Moor, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World-Chronometer
Patent for a globe set on top of a pedestal, where the globes rotates by clock work to instruct the user of the time for any given place on the globe. Sides of the pedestal also allow for advertising.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Agnew, Walter F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jail Cells.
Patent for new and improved jail cells. This design calls for cell walls constructed of vertical sections secured by through-bolts, tubular bars for the concealment of the through-bolts, wooden corner-posts and sill and head timbers, and outer and main walls lined with sheet-iron (with narrow windows lined with chilled cast-iron) (paras. 15-19).
Date:
January 29, 1878
Creator:
Thomas, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Gearing.
Patent for a gearing for windmills, which provides "a more even and steady... stroke of the pump rod" (lines10-11).
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Keys, Milton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Box.
Patent for an invention relating to detachable flanges found in locomotive driving boxes. Benefits and objectives are explained and illustrations are included.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Hazelwood, William A. & Whiteside, J. Aldo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner
Patent for a liquid fuel burner. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 29, 1910
Creator:
McQuerry, James Cravens & Everett, Arch Letrobe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue
Patent for a tongue. "This invention has relation to tongues, especially adapted to be applied to agricultural machines, as for instance wheel mounted plow frames, and has for its object the provision of a tongue structure with means for connecting the same to the frame of the machine so that frame may be swung under the tongue laterally while the frame is being over the ground." (line 8-16). illustration included.
Date:
October 29, 1912
Creator:
Brown, Bartley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Car
Patent for stock cars. Illustration included.
Date:
August 29, 1905
Creator:
Wyatt, Everett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fountain Tooth Brush
Patent for a fountain tooth brush. Illustration included.
Date:
November 29, 1904
Creator:
Hosmer, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Float Valve
Patent for a float value. This invention is designed to automatically close. Illustration included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Axtell, Fred W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Cord Shoe
Patent for a water shoe which is made of a woven mesh-work portion made of braided threads of rectangular cross section.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Tynes, Lucius M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Tooth-Cleaner.
Patent for a device to clean teeth, made of a fabric pocket that can be placed over an index finger, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Over, Edwin Gould
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Music
Patent for invention in sheet-music that "overcomes" the defects of market's sheet music (lines 21-30); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 29, 1900
Creator:
Martin, T. P., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for improvements in rotary engines by proving “a reversible rotary steam-engine in which friction shall be reduced to as small an extent as consistent with suitable packing of the joints, the pressure on the piston-wings be practically balanced, and compensation made for wear” (lines 11-16). Illustration is included.
Date:
September 29, 1891
Creator:
Bretherton, Montague James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garbage Can
Patent for a garbage can. Illustration included.
Date:
June 29, 1909
Creator:
Taylor, Mack T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Device or Saw-Guard.
Patent for a saw guard to protect the fingers from accidentally being cut while cutting timber.
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Schubert, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History