Flushing-Cistern For Closet-Bowls (open access)

Flushing-Cistern For Closet-Bowls

Patent for a cistern and closet bowl designed so that the cistern flushes, refills, and secures the bowl. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: Van Zandt, John H. & Thacher, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Little, Leander H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Siphon (open access)

Automatic Siphon

Patent for an automatic siphon. This invention is intended to for the purpose of draining cellars and basements. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Ackley, George D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with an adjustable disk.
Date: September 5, 1911
Creator: Burton, Walter C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Controlled Slide (open access)

Coin-Controlled Slide

Patent for a coin-controlled slide used for operating mechanical musical instruments and vending machines. Illustrations included.
Date: September 13, 1910
Creator: Hammond, Robert P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Cot. (open access)

Folding Cot.

Patent for certain new and useful improvement in folding cots, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 19, 1899
Creator: Martindale, James Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beehive (open access)

Beehive

Patent for a concrete beehive whose walls keep the temperature even, is ventilated, and large enough to fit honey frames into.
Date: September 7, 1909
Creator: Weaver, Phillip
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Radiator (open access)

Automobile-Radiator

Patent for an automobile radiator which does not leak.
Date: September 27, 1910
Creator: Garrison, Fernando G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Trough (open access)

Feed-Trough

Patent for a feed trough for chickens and other small animals.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Davis, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freight And Grain Car (open access)

Freight And Grain Car

Patent for "freight-car which shall be simple, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and which shall, by virtue of its attachments, be capable of instant transformation from a car for transporting grain, cereals, and similar loose substances in bulk toa car for transporting miscellaneous dead freight" (lines 17-24).
Date: September 6, 1892
Creator: Butz, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Bottle. (open access)

Design for a Bottle.

Design patent for "a bottle or similar receptacle designed in the configuration of a trunk, or so formed that the outline presented resembles a trunk" (lines 13-16). The accompanying illustration is not available for this design.
Date: September 6, 1887
Creator: Powell, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Center and Other Tables. (open access)

Center and Other Tables.

Patent for a new and improved table. This design consists "[i]n a table, stool, or other like article of furniture, the combination, with a slotted standard and rods extending across the slots, of the legs having dowel-pins entering holes in the under side of the table-top, and cam-shaped hooks connected to the legs and engaging with the slots and rods of the standard" (lines 73-79).
Date: September 15, 1885
Creator: Burroughs, William Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn Sheller. (open access)

Corn Sheller.

Patent for a new and improved corn-sheller. This design, "[o]n its rear face, at the upper end of the body of the corn-sheller . . . provide[s] a hinged nubber-plate, which serves as a supporting-arm, and is constructed . . . for use in breaking or cutting off the smaller end of the ear of corn, at which end unsound kernels of corn are frequently found. The nubber-plate is hinged . . . to the upper end of the rear face of the body, and when opened out extends at nearly a right angle from the body and inclines slightly downward. When folded, the nubber-plate rests against the rear face of the body" (lines 39-52).
Date: September 13, 1887
Creator: Price, Benjamin B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick Press. (open access)

Brick Press.

Patent for a new and improved press for bricks. This design "relates to certain improvements in that class of brick-presses in which the clay is molded into shape by hand-power; and the object of [the] improvement is to form a cheap, durable, and effective machine for accomplishing the work" (lines 10-15).
Date: September 6, 1881
Creator: Thomas, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barrel-Washer. (open access)

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
Document File-Case. (open access)

Document File-Case.

Patent for "an envelop for holding papers of various kinds and which is convenient and durable and can be manufactured at small cost" (lines 9-11). the side flaps are adjustable and are connected using elastic straps so they don't accidentally disconnect under tension.
Date: September 29, 1896
Creator: Ward, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver (open access)

Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver

Patent for a combined door-bell and mail-receiver "devices for receiving and holding mail" (lines 9-10).
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: McDonald, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Turner (open access)

Bag-Turner

Patent for "a machine which will perform the whole act of turning a sack" (lines 11-12), including illustrations.
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Hirschfeld, Ike
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for the Welding and Soldering of Articles Constructed of Aluminum. (open access)

Composition of Matter for the Welding and Soldering of Articles Constructed of Aluminum.

Patent for composition of aluminum, lead, block tin and zinc to be used for "welding and soldering articles constructed of aluminum" (line 95).
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Wells, Clarance Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cleaning Wells (open access)

Device for Cleaning Wells

Patent for improving the efficiency of oil wells.
Date: September 2, 1919
Creator: Sargent, Lemuel S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Protecting And Preserving Poles And The Like (open access)

Apparatus For Protecting And Preserving Poles And The Like

Patent for add-on device to shield existing electric posts and poles from decay over time and weather damage.
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Lewis, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Purifier (open access)

Gas-Purifier

Patent for a device that separates impurities and contaminants from gas used in generators. A series of filters, and baffles are used to extract impurities to the gas supplied to a generator.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Modlin, F.E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hairpin (open access)

Hairpin

Patent for preventing "the accidental displacement of the dislodgment of the pin from the hair of the wearer." (Lines 11-12).
Date: September 11, 1919
Creator: Nalle, Charles R. of Forth Worth, TX
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Inside Door-Lock. (open access)

Detachable Inside Door-Lock.

Patent for a detachable inside door-lock. This is a simple locking device that can be applied and removed from any type of door. The purpose is to make a room private and burglar proof.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Arledge, Elbert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History