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Kitchen Utensil.
Patent for a kitchen utensil that can be used for washing dishes, scraping cooking vessels, and cleaning ornamental glass and silver.
Date:
June 11, 1895
Creator:
Adair, Annie E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence-Stay Machine.
Patent for wire working machines, specifically for automatically making wire fence stays. This machine can be operated manually and it is portable.
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Alverson, Lewis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Driven-Implement Frame
Patent for improvements in power driven implement frames, specifically in tractors, with illustrations.
Date:
January 13, 1920
Creator:
Armstrong, Ira
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator
Patent for an elevator which locks itself should the hoisting cable break. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Ballard, Silas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map
Letter Patent of "a map, drawing or similar device provided with an index" (lines 72-74); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Bentley, H. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Listing-Machine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in listing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 19, 1899
Creator:
Blanchard, William R.
System:
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Listing-Machine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in listing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 19, 1899
Creator:
Blanchard, William R.; Matthews, Lafyette & Watkins, Cisero
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Removing Ink from Paper.
Patent for a process of removing ink from paper that uses three chemical solutions that the paper is soaked in after an initial water bath to remove all the ink and produce paper pulp that can be recycled into new paper.
Date:
November 14, 1911
Creator:
Bonser, John Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine-Brake.
Patent for a break that "the device may be brought to a stop either gradually or instantaneously as may be desired. The break is a reciprocative one and comprises a rubber or other elastic or yielding wheel designed to engage the periphery of the fly wheel of the motor and a lug, tooth or analogous provision for engagement with a tooth of a ratchet wheel on the said fly wheel; in operating the break the rubber wheel is first brought into contact with the fly wheel and then by continued movement of the brake lever the said lug or projection enters a tooth of the ratchet wheel and stops the revolution of the same" (lines 14-27).
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Boulte, Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Front Truck for Planters &c.
Patent for a front truck for planters, which can be used for steering the machine.
Date:
May 24, 1910
Creator:
Brim, Isaac D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Machine
Patent for a machine to assist with making quilts that is equipped with vertical needles and horizontal shuttles. It also has a "take up and feed mechanism" (lines 13-14) to dispense material evenly while stitching.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Britter, Andrew W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for a new and useful fire escape, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 2, 1898
Creator:
Buck, Sterling P. & Meaker, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Cultivators
Patent for an attachment for cultivators. Illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1905
Creator:
Burks, Edwin H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke
Patent for an animal poke which is worn around the belly of the cow or other animal, and pokes the animal when it pushes against a fence and has a hook attached to the back of the poke which will catch onto the fence if they try to go underneath or over the fence.
Date:
July 28, 1908
Creator:
Bush, Caswell C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plant-Protector.
Patent for a cloth device that protects plants from wind, while admitting sufficient light to the plant, including illustrations.
Date:
September 29, 1914
Creator:
Campbell, Singleton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheep-Dip.
Patent for "a new composition of matter for the treatment of 'scab' on sheep or for other animals subject to like diseases" (lines 9-11) which lists the ingredients and measurements and instructions.
Date:
June 19, 1883
Creator:
Carpenter, Peter M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Light Hanger.
Patent for an electric light hanger that attaches to the wall or ceiling and has a pulley system for moving it up and down.
Date:
January 19, 1909
Creator:
Carter, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Light Hanger
Patent for an electric light hanger. Illustration included.
Date:
October 30, 1906
Creator:
Carter, James William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator
Patent for a numbering indicator used to mark the status of stored batteries.
Date:
May 29, 1919
Creator:
Carter, James William, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chicken-Roost
Patent for an improved chicken roost.
Date:
March 11, 1913
Creator:
Conner, Joshua H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Heater.
Patent for improvements in “tire-heating furnace where tires of various sizes may be heated either independently or continuously and having certain other highly advantageous characteristics.” (Lines 7-13) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 16, 1891
Creator:
Cook, Nathan H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Electric-Car Line.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in elevated electric car lines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1899
Creator:
Cooley, Joe H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Ink-Bottles.
Patent for a holder for mucilage bottles, ink bottles, or similar containers. "The invention consists of a wire rest or holder bent to form a horizontal base and upwardly projecting clamping-arms" (lines 16-18).
Date:
February 21, 1893
Creator:
Corley, Daniel B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roof Screw.
Patent for a new and improved roof screw. This design consists, "[a]s a new article of manufacture, [in] a screw consisting of a threaded shank having an integral head, an enlarged collar or flange on said shank below the head thereon, and an elastic cushion on the shank immediately below the enlarged collar or flange, for the purpose described" (lines 60-66).
Date:
September 23, 1890
Creator:
Corley, Daniel B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History