Can Closure (open access)

Can Closure

Patent for a can closure. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Brundrett, Arnold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the standards, the longitudinal bars connecting the same, the driving-shaft journaled on the upper bars, the counter-shaft journaled on the lower bars and provided with a crank-disk at one end, gearing between the driving-shaft and the counter-shaft, the balance-wheel on the counter-shaft, the rock-shaft journaled on the upper bars and provided with the oppositely-extending crank-arms between the said bars, the crank arm depending from the end of the rock-shaft, [and] the pitman" (lines 88-99).
Date: April 29, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for improvements to cylinder washing machines.
Date: April 29, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life-Saving Raft. (open access)

Life-Saving Raft.

Patent for a life-raft composed of multiple airtight cylinders. The raft is adapted for use at sea in large quantiles aboard vessels.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Comer, Samuel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Turbine. (open access)

Turbine.

Patent for a turbine engine powered by steam.
Date: August 29, 1911
Creator: May, Reynolds
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Riding-Saddles. (open access)

Improvement in Riding-Saddles.

Patent for improvement in riding-saddles by "which the leather straps hitherto required for the girth-riffing may be dispensed with, and in place thereof a stronger and more durable rigging obtained, that leaves the top and sides of the tree in perfectly smooth state."
Date: October 29, 1878
Creator: Nothaf, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wheel (open access)

Trolley Wheel

Patent for a trolley wheel. The invention allows for the spreading of wear over contact blocks within the hub of the wheel. Illustration included
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Smith, Charley E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen Attachment for Suction or Exhaust Fans. (open access)

Screen Attachment for Suction or Exhaust Fans.

Patent for a screen attachment that protects fan blades from damaging and being damaged by debris. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1897
Creator: Davis, Micajah R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft Coupling. (open access)

Shaft Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved shaft coupling. This design "relates to couplings for shafts and the like, and has for its object to provide a simple, durable, inexpensive, and efficient means by which the shaft-rods can readily be adjusted at any desired relative angle" (lines 12-16).
Date: August 29, 1882
Creator: Davis, Micajah Read
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

Patent for improvement in car-couplings, including description and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1875
Creator: Ramage, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jeweler's Tool. (open access)

Jeweler's Tool.

Patent for improvements in jeweler’s tools by “comprising a tubular handle, a reciprocatory punch-stem extending through the handle and beyond both ends thereof, a retracting spring seated within the handle and engaging with the stem, a punch-needle having a socket member detachably engaging one end of the punch-stem, and a cap detachably fitting one end of the handle over the end of the stem opposite the punch-needle.” (Page 2, lines 5-[13]) Illustration is included.
Date: April 29, 1902
Creator: Nilson, Albert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History