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Burner
Patent for a hydrocarbon oil burner. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 3, 1910
Creator:
Butler, Albert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Operating Mechanism
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Gate-Operating Mechanisms" (lines 4-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 12, 1911
Creator:
Wilson, Simeon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Can Fastener for Ice Plants.
Patent for an ice-can fastener that can be easily opened and closed, allowing water to freeze quickly in the can. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Drake, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Hoist
Patent for easy removal of bits from drilling machines.
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Parrish, Benjamin Eugene & Stage, Solomon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Jack.
Patent for an automobile jack designed to be attached to a beam embedded in a garage's concrete floor, with an added safety mechanism to prevent collapse. Including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Black, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Structure
Patent for a window structure. This invention includes upper and lower sash frames. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 11, 1913
Creator:
Hatzfield, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Repairer.
Patent for a new wire stretcher and repairer that stretches and repairs broken telephone, telegraph, or other types of wires and also takes up slack in the line when stringing wires.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Butler, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved wrench, which is especially useful for machinists. The improvement to existing wrench technology is present in positions where a thin jaw wrench is necessary and in removing parts upon which an ordinary nut wrench, even thin jawed, would act.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Seale, Jefferson, W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Strike.
Patent for simple and durable lock plates for door frames. This patent is for the keeper plates for door locks and is an invention "for rendering the plate adjustable both vertically and horizontally without detaching the same from the door jamb" (lines 11-14). Includes one illustration page and description.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Russell, Leo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine
Patent for a coin and check operated vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 28, 1913
Creator:
Vandagriff, James V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Burner
Patent for the provision of spring pressed clamps pivotally mounted on a burner and adapted to engage opposite sides of the base of a lamp chimney and thereby securely hold the lamp chimney in place on the burner and yet permit the ready removal of the chimney.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Patterson, Simon H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Table Cloth Clasp.
Patent for table cloth clasp, "which may be readily detachably connected with the table top, will securely hold the table cloth in place thereon, and will be entirely concealed by the table cloth" (lines 14-17).
Date:
February 14, 1913
Creator:
Hatzfeld, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washer.
Patent for improvements in washers by providing a washer with “two pivoted members, which can be swung open to insert the washer without removing the bolt or spoke upon when the washer needed to be replaced.” (Lines 10-13, p. 1) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Bulter, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil or Gas Cooking-Stove
Patent for a gas or oil cooking stove. The gas or oil cooking stove is designed to save fuel, maximize utilization of heat, and eliminate the smell of gas or oil in cooking.
Date:
May 12, 1914
Creator:
Seale, Jefferson W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie
Patent for a metallic casing for a railroad tie. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Bzsan, Stefan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Liquid-Cooling Tank.
Patent for a portable tank for transporting liquids, which has a compartment for ice to keep the liquids cool including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1911
Creator:
Ingram, Jonathan D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Drill
Patent for Post Hole Drill.
Date:
February 17, 1917
Creator:
Blue, Lee A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Upholstery.
Patent for an improvement in upholstery, more specifically, inflatable type upholstery; includes illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Dodd, Laura L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Rod for the Rails of a Track
Patent for a tying rod for railroad tracks. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 12, 1911
Creator:
Bzsan, Stephen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper Clip
Patent for a paper clip. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1910
Creator:
Galbraith, David G. & Galbraith, Nannie L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gasolene-Cut-Off Lock for Automobiles.
Patent for a lock-controlled device to cut-off gasoline to the carburetor to prevent unauthorized or accidental use of the automobile. "Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of this character which is simple and inexpensive in its construction" (lines 20-22).
Date:
November 2, 1915
Creator:
Reid, William Otho
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel.
Patent for improving Spring-Wheels that "prevent the wheel from 'skidding' or slipping upon muddy or soft roads [...] which may be applied without material structural change to wheels of forms and sizes" (lines 9-15), including illustrations.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Mensik, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Operating Mechanism.
Patent for a gate-operating mechanism for quickly opening and closing a gate, including farm gates, from either side without the use of springs, including a description of the design and illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Butler, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Hay-Rake.
Patent for a hay rake that may have its working width considerably reduced when the machine is being conveyed to or from a field, including illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1914
Creator:
Glenn, James R. & Glenn, Jesse, E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History