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Apparatus For Making Mattresses (open access)

Apparatus For Making Mattresses

Patent for mattress making machine, which cleans, compresses, and stuffs cotton or other materials into a mattress, including illustrations.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Woolery, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for "an automatic car-coupling which may be uncoupled from the sides of the cars, and which will allow of a car on which it is provided being coupled to a car provided with the ordinary link-and-pin coupling" (lines 7-12).
Date: October 30, 1888
Creator: Eddleman, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Radiator (open access)

Automobile-Radiator

Patent for automobile radiator with protective members for the water-containing chambers.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Herold, Harry H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for an improved, simple, and inexpensive wire-stretcher that enables "one person to stretch fence wires conveniently for the purpose of mending them, or for stapling or otherwise securing them to fence posts in constructing fences" (lines 13-17).
Date: October 30, 1894
Creator: Crisp, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ink Blotter. (open access)

Ink Blotter.

Patent for a new and improved ink blotter. This design "is to facilitate the process and shorten the time of the [writer] in blotting of the ink from his [or her] writing. [The design] attain[s] this object by so constructing the blotter that when in use it is always attached to and worn upon the hand holding the pen" (lines 8-13).
Date: December 30, 1884
Creator: Smith, L. Starr
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator for Vehicles. (open access)

Indicator for Vehicles.

Patent for a device for vehicles which can signal turns and stops. Designed to be used in place of the driver's hand, this device consists of indicator arms mounted of either side of a vehicle and button controls placed near the driver's seat. Illustrations included.
Date: December 30, 1919
Creator: Hutchison, William F., Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Curtain. (open access)

Window-Curtain.

Patent for improvements in curtain-fixtures in which it can be “readily applied to a window and capable of enabling its brackets to be readily adjusted to suite a curtain-roller.” (Lines 11-13) It also can prevent the curtain-roller becoming accidentally disengaged from the bracket by reason of one bracket being slightly higher than the other. (Lines 15-17) Illustration is included.
Date: June 30, 1891
Creator: Mendenhall, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trade-Book. (open access)

Trade-Book.

Patent for a Trade Book intended to document discount credentials, expense accounts, daily reminders, and a diary for a number of business types including hotels, retailers, and advertisers.
Date: April 30, 1901
Creator: Glisson, Amos A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watch Charm (open access)

Watch Charm

Patent for a watch charm. This invention is designed to be interchangeable ornament charms or badges. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Simon, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gage Cock (open access)

Gage Cock

Patent for gage cock.
Date: January 30, 1917
Creator: Lang, Victor A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medicine Dial. (open access)

Medicine Dial.

Patent for a new and improved medicine-dial. This design "consists in the combination of an upright or standard, which is suitably bent, with a revolving dial, which is placed thereon and which can be turned so as to indicate the time when the next dose of medicine is to be taken. The object of [the] invention is to produce a medicine-dial which can be stuck into the cork of the bottle of medicine or cover of any kind and set so as to indicate when the next dose is to be administered" (lines 13-23).
Date: October 30, 1888
Creator: Wesson, Miley B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mandolin. (open access)

Mandolin.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in Mandolins to"obtain a tone for mandolins as nearly as possible equal to that of violins and other stringed instruments played by bows"(line 8-10)
Date: November 30, 1897
Creator: Simpson, Roy B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Catcher. (open access)

Trolley-Catcher.

Patent for a simple and efficient trolley pole that can be "dropped to a position of safety when the trolley wheel leaves the wire, whereby the pole is prevented from coming in contact with the supports of the trolley wire, the feeders, &c." (lines 10-14). The pole is easily re-engaged.
Date: October 30, 1894
Creator: Cobb, Woodson D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Snap-Hook (open access)

Snap-Hook

Patent for a snap hook in order to "provide a hook of simple construction that shall be securely locked when in use" (p. 2)
Date: December 30, 1890
Creator: Adams, Don B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston Ring (open access)

Piston Ring

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Piston Rings (lines 5-6)."
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Byrant, Clarence R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post Structure (open access)

Post Structure

Patent for improved base plate for wooden posts to protect the posts from damage and extend its usability.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Dietz, Paul A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Lock. (open access)

Sash Lock.

Patent for a new and improved sash lock. This design, "by means of a series of bolt-holes in both the upper sash and the frame the sashes can be held open for ventilation or securely locked in a closed position, as found desirable, and by means of the mortised seats and overhanging shoulders at the extremities of the slots, both the bolts can be drawn entirely within the casing and securely held in such position to enable both sashes to be raised or lowered at pleasure, and in the ordinary manner" (lines 75-84).
Date: November 30, 1886
Creator: Price, Harry F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Action. (open access)

Piano-Action.

Patent for a new and useful piano-action in which the so-called hammers is "pivotally connecting the hammers to the rail by a specific means." (Lines 11-12) Illustration is included.
Date: June 30, 1891
Creator: Norcross, Levi W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Adjustable Feeder Valve (open access)

Automatic Adjustable Feeder Valve

Patent for fluid pressure regulation valves.
Date: January 30, 1917
Creator: Hard, Raymond E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Jack for Double-Acting Pumps (open access)

Pump-Jack for Double-Acting Pumps

Patent for a stronger, more compact pump jack for double acting pumps. Illustrations included.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Axtell, Fred W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress Stuffing Machine (open access)

Mattress Stuffing Machine

Patent for a mattress stuffing machine that holds material to form mattresses, as well as compressing and stuffing the material into ticks.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Woolery, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preparing Stock Food and Oil From Cotton Seed (open access)

Preparing Stock Food and Oil From Cotton Seed

Patent for cooking cotton seed kernels and hulls for the purpose of making cotton seed oil and valuable stock food. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Willis, William A. & Beland, Joe H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Stop (open access)

Door Stop

Patent for a door stop. Illustration included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Hagerty, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for a acetylene gas generator with an improved valve for sending carbide into the generator which is more efficient and cheaper to make.
Date: July 30, 1907
Creator: Menczer, Samuel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History