Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press that uses the minimum amount of power to accomplish the baling process.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Gill, Fleet & Graham, Daniel O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Implement. (open access)

Compound Implement.

Patent for a compound tool for building and repairing fences, which combines a post hole digger and a wire stretcher.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Haynes, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth Bucket or Vessel. (open access)

Cloth Bucket or Vessel.

Patent for a cloth bucket or vessel to place milk or water in to keep it cool when ice is not available. One places the bucket in the shade and the air circulates freely through the bucket. The bucket is thick enough that it will not drip, but is breathable to allow aeration and evaporation.
Date: January 14, 1896
Creator: Slack, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shafts (open access)

Buggy-Shafts

Patent "is to provide a construction whereby the shafts and cross beam which connect the same may be held against relative movement" (lines 10-13).
Date: January 26, 1915
Creator: McMillan, Newton W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fifth Wheel. (open access)

Fifth Wheel.

Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design consists in "the combination of the lower section carried by the axle, an upper section bearing on the lower section and having the spaced lugs, a bolster fitted between the said lugs, a reach having its front end resting on the upper section, and the plate secured to the front end of the reach and having the loops at its ends, which fit around the upper and lower sections" (lines 39-47).
Date: January 11, 1887
Creator: Switzer, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester. (open access)

Spark-Arrester.

Patent for self-driven, rotating, exhaust vent brushes to arrest sparks.
Date: January 18, 1887
Creator: Elkins, William Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Hub. (open access)

Vehicle-Hub.

Patent for improvements to vehicle wheel hubs, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 12, 1892
Creator: Jones, George W. & Green, Furney F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire - Fence Machine. (open access)

Wire - Fence Machine.

Patent for a new and useful wire-fence machine. This design is to "provide a simple, compact, light, and comparatively inexpensive machine adapted to be transported with facility to enable a single operator to readily distribute" (line 10 - 13).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Allen, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Motor (open access)

Water-Motor

Patent for water motors that aides in "the transmission of the power generated by the revolution of two or more water-wheels to a single driving-shaft" (lines 8-10).
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Vernon, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon or Vehicle Tongue Support. (open access)

Wagon or Vehicle Tongue Support.

Patent for the improvement of vehicle support through the use of these supports for easier transportation.
Date: January 16, 1912
Creator: Wilhelm, Dee W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Brake (open access)

Vehicle Brake

Patent for a vehicle brake. This invention uses brake shoes. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Ashinhurst, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wash Boiler (open access)

Wash Boiler

Patent for improvement on boiler washing machines so that steam is produced in conical chambers underneath a false bottom thus producing steam in less time and stirring the clothes as steam is vented upward and out of said chambers.
Date: January 24, 1893
Creator: Medley, John Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post (open access)

Post

Patent for a fence post for fastening wires. Illustrations included.
Date: January 24, 1911
Creator: Redwine, Roy D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Conveyer. (open access)

Pneumatic Conveyer.

Patent for pneumatic conveyer using cars, cylindrically-shaped runners, tracks, and lubrication device, including illustrations.
Date: January 3, 1893
Creator: Vernon, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner for stoves and furnaces
Date: January 30, 1912
Creator: Daniel, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History