Crayon-Holder (open access)

Crayon-Holder

Patent for a new and useful crayon holder, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1899
Creator: Yates, Robert T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy for Folding Beds. (open access)

Canopy for Folding Beds.

Patent for a new and improved canopy for folding beds. This design "will automatically fold up within the bed when the same is closed, and will similarly open out with the opening of the bed without any other attention than the proper arrangement of the folds of the mosquito or fly netting" (lines 21-25). It consists in "an automatically raising and lowering canopy consisting of a raising-frame having vertical bars pivoted to the bed at the bottom and a horizontal connecting-bar at the top, a canopy-top frame pivoted to the bed-casing, having side bars and a horizontal connecting-bar, and couplings" (lines 13-19).
Date: July 19, 1892
Creator: Eva, Addison H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ceiling-Plate. (open access)

Ceiling-Plate.

Patent for improvements to ceiling plates that allow a ceiling plate through which a pipe passes to remain securely attached to the ceiling (or other surface) even while the pipe expands or contracts.
Date: June 19, 1917
Creator: Donnelly, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Sorter. (open access)

Coin-Sorter.

Patent for a coin sorter that sorts coins according to their dimensions and places in a receptacle with removable bottom cover to collect the sorted coins.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Haynie, Brooks & Parmele, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incubator. (open access)

Incubator.

Patent for an incubator, which automatically turns all the eggs to allow them to get the same amount of warmth and light.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Gerard, Alonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saws. (open access)

Improvement in Saws.

Patent for improvements to circular or straight saws that steady the saw and prevent vibration and buckling. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1871
Creator: Littlepage, Caleb V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stalk-Pullers. (open access)

Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.

Patent for an improved stalk-puller for use in pulling cotton-stalks in preparing the land for another crop.
Date: September 19, 1876
Creator: Brown, Robert D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Methods of Forming Saw-Teeth. (open access)

Improvement in Methods of Forming Saw-Teeth.

Patent for "a rule for giving to the backs of saw-teeth such an angle as will allow the teeth to be made of proper strength and at the same time to be chambered out and pointed so that they will cut the wood like chisels instead of scraping or tearing the wood." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1871
Creator: Littlepage, Caleb V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Vehicle. (open access)

Motor-Vehicle.

Patent for "improving the construction of motor vehicles, especially the running gear...and to provide a strong and durable construction adapted to afford a sufficient support for the motor and driving gears at a point beneath the body of the vehicle and between the front and rear axles where a load can be carried to greatest advantage" (lines 11-19).
Date: February 19, 1907
Creator: Lloyd, William Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Extracting Cotton and Corn Stalks. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Extracting Cotton and Corn Stalks.

Patent for the improvement of pulling the roots of cotton and corn stalks while minimizing the damage to the soil, including illustration.
Date: February 19, 1861
Creator: Bishop, Josiah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shutter Fastener. (open access)

Shutter Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved blind fastening. This design "relates to an improvement in fastenings for outside blinds, shutters, or the like, and the purpose of [the] device is to provide a fastening that cannot be unlocked from the outside, even though slats be cut from the blinds or shutters to which the fastening is applied and two hands or arms are thrust through within reach of the said fastening. [The] fastening has two catching-latches, one locking and holding latch, and one bolt, all to be operated simultaneously when the blind is closed against the sill, [so] said blind may be released" (lines 12-24).
Date: March 19, 1889
Creator: Bachman, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Steam Engine. (open access)

Rotary Steam Engine.

Patent for a new and improved rotary steam engine. This design "first, provide[s] a novel form of valve for regulating the induction and eduction of steam to and from the cylinder; second, [it] provide[s] novel devices for reversing the movements of the rotating pistons; and, third, [it] provide[s] novel combinations of the parts of which the engine is composed"
Date: July 19, 1881
Creator: Cross, David L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Siphon-Pump Attachment for Oil-Cans. (open access)

Siphon-Pump Attachment for Oil-Cans.

Patent for a siphon pump attachment that takes up little space and can be used in different sized containers. It is an improvement on a previous patent granted to E. A. Franklin (No. 503,232).
Date: February 19, 1895
Creator: Franklin, Edward R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms. (open access)

Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms.

Patent for improvement in breech-loading fire-arms.
Date: November 19, 1878
Creator: Petmecky, Joseph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Canopy. (open access)

Mosquito-Canopy.

Patent for a folding bed that has a mosquito canopy that automatically unfolds over it. It includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 11, 1891
Creator: Eva, Addison H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevating Brick Car (open access)

Elevating Brick Car

Patent for an elevating brick car. This invention "is to improve construction of elevating brick cars or trucks and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient car or truck designed for use in a brick yard for carrying bricks from a machine to a yard, kiln, or drier" (line 11-17). Illustrations included.
Date: April 19, 1904
Creator: Zilker, Andrew J.; Tidmarsh, Albert L. & Armstrong, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History