Boring Drill (open access)

Boring Drill

Patent for a boring drill
Date: July 8, 1909
Creator: Hughes, Howard R. of Houston, Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adding Machine. (open access)

Adding Machine.

Patent for a new and improved adding machine using rotating discs.
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: Druschke, Julius C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Explosion-Hatch for Oil-Tanks. (open access)

Explosion-Hatch for Oil-Tanks.

Patent for useful and new improvements in explosion hatches for oil tanks. This product specifically provides a hatch on the oil tank which will permit the escape of combustion gasses through the hatchway. It does so without damage to the hatch, case, or the tank. This provides additional safety and security for the operator.
Date: November 8, 1921
Creator: Hull, Burton E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Tank-Gage. (open access)

Electrical Tank-Gage.

Patent for tank gages that use an electrical indicator to show fluid levels and waste that settles at the bottom of the tank.
Date: November 8, 1921
Creator: Bartlett, Ernest C. & Allison, Joseph, E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Drifting-Valve. (open access)

Locomotive Drifting-Valve.

Patent for locomotive drifting valves to admit saturated steam from the boiler to the steam chamber of the valve chest and cylinders while the locomotive is running with the main steam throttle closed.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Meister, Alfred A.; Surles, John W. & Boyle, Edmund F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel For Bicycles. (open access)

Wheel For Bicycles.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wheels for bicycles. This design is to "provide an improved tire for this purpose which is adapted to take the place of a pneumatic tire and to operate in a similar manner" (line 13 - 17).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Bowley, James Deamess
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen (open access)

Well-Screen

Patent for a well screen which allows water to flow through easily while stopping any other items from going through into the well.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Decker, Harry R. & Houk, Russell W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen (open access)

Well-Screen

Patent for a durable well screen with a wide area.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Winding-Tool For Bale-Fastenings. (open access)

Winding-Tool For Bale-Fastenings.

Patent for a new and useful winding tool for bale fastenings.
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device (open access)

Lubricating Device

Patent for lubricating device which is a dispenser for liquids or semi liquids to come out of.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Aycock, Nathaniel. M
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boat. (open access)

Boat.

Patent for boat with improvements towards easy movements by using a propeller and rudder. The boat is designed with the user to use their feet to manually move the boat. The boat is designed for hunting or fishing while keeping the hands free.
Date: March 8, 1921
Creator: Greer, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Forming Cotton-Seed Meal into Cakes (open access)

Machine for Forming Cotton-Seed Meal into Cakes

Patent for "an organized machine adapted to rapidly compress charges of cotton-seed meal into cakes of sufficient solidity to bear handling and removal to a press, whereby the oil is expressed therefrom, and to deliver said cakes at a point or points in convenient proximity to said press or presses, so that the time and labor involved in preparing the meal for the, press and of inserting it therein will be reduced to the minimum" (lines 9-18).
Date: April 8, 1890
Creator: Price, James S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Adjustable Cultivators"
Date: February 8, 1876
Creator: Price, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating-Fastener. (open access)

Ventilating-Fastener.

Patent for an improved tuft fastening device that provides ventilation through cushion tufts to make cushions cooler to the touch, including illustrations.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Davis, Don M. & Underwood, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine (open access)

Vending Machine

Patent for improvements in vending machines.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Linck, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Hay-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton and Hay-Presses.

Patent for improving the cotton and hay press.
Date: August 8, 1871
Creator: McGowen, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for an improved pump for oil or water wells after completion. It is designed to remove sand and slush and keep it out of the valve cage and seat.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Kutschbach, August E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Baling-Presses.

Patent for improvements to presses used for baling cotton and other materials, including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: McGowen, Edmond Felder
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pressure-Controlling Valve Mechanism For Hydraulic Presses. (open access)

Pressure-Controlling Valve Mechanism For Hydraulic Presses.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pressure controlling valve mechanism for hydraulic presses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 8, 1898
Creator: Price, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Guard. (open access)

Stock-Guard.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in stock guards, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 8, 1898
Creator: Lee, Jacob M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire - Protector (open access)

Tire - Protector

Patent for a new and useful improvements in tire-protectors. This design "has relation to armor for pneumatic tires" (line 8-9).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Cross, Abraham
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Separating Associated Liquids. (open access)

Method of Separating Associated Liquids.

Patent for an invention that "relates to the art of separating associated liquids" (lines 9-10).
Date: April 8, 1919
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horizontal-Drilling Machine. (open access)

Horizontal-Drilling Machine.

Patent for an easily adjustable and transportable machine that drills a horizontal hole in the ground to accompany a previous invention of the inventor, a method for the destruction of military fortifications. The machine's mechanisms are so housed to protect against exploding shells and includes illustrations.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Strap (open access)

Hitching Strap

Patent for a hitching strap to prevent animals from running away.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Stifter, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History