Cooking Utensil. (open access)

Cooking Utensil.

Patent for an improved steam-cooker in which different kinds of food can be simultaneously cooked in separate containers. Individual cooking vessels are removable from the steam-cooker.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Daniels, Laura E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper And Checker (open access)

Cotton Chopper And Checker

Patent for a cotton chopper and checker. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Agee, Jonathan F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Package - Carrying Bicycle. (open access)

Convertible Package - Carrying Bicycle.

Patent for a convertible package carrying bicycle.
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Sanders, Ira B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin Controlled Feeding Apparatus for Coin Controlled Machines (open access)

Coin Controlled Feeding Apparatus for Coin Controlled Machines

Patent for a coin controlled feeding apparatus for coin controlled machines. The design is to prevent the use of iron slugs and spurious coins.
Date: November 3, 1903
Creator: Scheble, Eugene S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Wire Mat. (open access)

Flexible Wire Mat.

Patent for a flexible wire mat that is portable, loosely woven to shake out dirt and mud, and which prevents the edges form curling up to trip people.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Shelton, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Shade or Curtain Support. (open access)

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
Crude Oil Burner (open access)

Crude Oil Burner

Patent for a "useful improvements in burners for liquid and gaseous fuel" (line 9-11). Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Gregson, Emily G. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scraper and Fender. (open access)

Combined Scraper and Fender.

Patent for a combined scraper and fender for plows.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Buttrill, David B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Box. (open access)

Collapsible Box.

Patent for a collapsible box for use in shipping goods.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Pinto, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Holder (open access)

Bag-Holder

Patent for bag holder " an improved cabinet for holding paper bags and the like articles; and the object is to construct a useful, inexpensive cabinet which will be light and compact and practical and in which bags may be placed and taken out when needed without mutilating the bags" (lines 7-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1901
Creator: Thompson, King D.
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
Circuit-Closing Device for Doors. (open access)

Circuit-Closing Device for Doors.

Patent for a device mounted within a door jamb that closes or breaks a circuit when the door is opened or closed, respectively. The electrical connection can be used to turn on lights when the door is opened and off when closed.
Date: November 4, 1913
Creator: Fitch, William Hubert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Adjuster for Electric Lights. (open access)

Cord-Adjuster for Electric Lights.

Patent for extending and retracting wires that are used to connect a light bulb to power and an illustration.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Pritchett, Ponder L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machine. (open access)

Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machine.

Patent for a new and improved band-cutting and feeding attachment for thrashing machines. This design receives grain bundles "upon an endless traveling apron provided with teeth or claws, and by it conveyed under rotary cutters, which sever the bands, the grain being then scattered or spread out by a vibrating rake into a thin sheet as it passes to the toothed cylinder. The invention relates more particularly to the construction and arrangement of parts" (paras. 3-4).
Date: November 27, 1877
Creator: O'Neall, James Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion (open access)

Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion

Patent for converting reciprocating into rotary motion by using “two vertically moving racks with a cog wheel on a small shaft between them which gears into the teeth of the racks” (lines 16-19), includes illustration.
Date: November 1, 1859
Creator: Harper, C. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude Oil Refining Process (open access)

Crude Oil Refining Process

Patent for the refinement of crude oil, producing refined oil in an economic manor.
Date: November 11, 1919
Creator: Evens, Jewett G. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile -Tire. (open access)

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
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
Fertilizer and Method of Producing the Same. (open access)

Fertilizer and Method of Producing the Same.

Patent for a new and improved condensed fertilizer formula that can be easily transported and is stable enough to be stored without appreciable deterioration, resulting in cost savings.
Date: November 22, 1921
Creator: Poynor, Camp, L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Car and Locomotive Replacing Frogs (open access)

Holder for Car and Locomotive Replacing Frogs

Patent for improving railway car frog replacement and holding. The improvements include greater strength and durability and low cost manufacture.
Date: November 1, 1921
Creator: Keith, Darwin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Package-Binder and Hooks Therefor and Record-Check (open access)

Package-Binder and Hooks Therefor and Record-Check

Patent for a simple, effective, and relatively economical way to secure items when shipped or handled. The patent includes strap binders, hooks and straps therefor, and a record check.
Date: November 8, 1921
Creator: Glisson, Amos A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Coiling Machine. (open access)

Wire-Coiling Machine.

Patent for a a wire coiling machine, which can make wire coils out of different types of wires for use in making doormats.
Date: November 5, 1907
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Coiling Machine. (open access)

Wire-Coiling Machine.

Patent for a coil wiring machine, which is affordable to make and efficient in operation.
Date: November 5, 1907
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Level-Indicator. (open access)

Level-Indicator.

Patent for a new and improved level indicator, intended for use with airplanes and other flying machines to indicate the angle of ascent or descent, as well as when the machine is on a level keel. The level indicator is designed to have a water-tight casing and weatherproof joints and has brackets to secure it to the airplane.
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Westbrook, Homer S.
System: The Portal to Texas History