Resource Type
States
Counties
97 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 24 of
97
next
Combined Filtering and Heating Device
Patent for a combined filtering and heating device for water that is attached to a dentist chair.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Gambati, Olympio F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door
Patent for a car door. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
Pearce, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing Mechanism
Patent for a casing mechanism for placing in oil wells to block water flow.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Stewart, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Structure
Patent for building frame structures with interlocking timbers that allows for easy movement of the timbers to provide ventilation when needed.
Date:
February 19, 1907
Creator:
Yoakum, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Fastening
Patent for a bale band fastening. Illustration included.
Date:
February 28, 1905
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for a baling press. This is an invention designed for use in baling cotton. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 27, 1906
Creator:
Washington, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Heater and Filter
Patent for a combined heater and filter. This invention is used in a dentists office to regulate the water supply for at the dentists chair. Illustration included.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Gambati, Olympio F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arc-Lamp Headlight
Patent for an electric arc headlight for trains, cars, or boats which produces a steady light and lasts long enough to allow travel over long distances.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Lacy, Benjamin B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conveyer
Patent for a conveyer system in use with threshing machines. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
Richmond, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy.
Patent for a canopy for beds and sofas to keep out insects.
Date:
February 25, 1908
Creator:
Swanwick, Harry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Bottoms of Ships.
Patent for apparatus for cleaning the bottom of ships "to provide a simple and practical apparatus for removing barnacles, seaweed, mud, and other adhesions from the sides and bottom of a ship" (line 10).
Date:
February 11, 1902
Creator:
Culpepper, Robert Smith
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blank for Making Perforated Tubing
Patent for a blank for the manufacturing of well tubing used in water and oil wells.
Date:
February 18, 1913
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
Patent for combining both cotton choppers and cultivators. This will create a more easily operated piece of machinery.
Date:
February 4, 1902
Creator:
Bass, James Milton, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Holder.
Patent for a bicycle-holder that holds the bicycle upright. It consists of "a pair of plates clamped upon a portion of the frame of a bicycle, two pairs of ears formed integral with and depending from said plates, one pair of ears being formed convcavo-convex to form a socket between them and constructed with semicircular notches in their lower edges, a rod having a ball or spherical body on its upper end that is located and held for movement in the so formed socket, a lug formed integral with the lower end of one of the remaining pair of ears, and an arm pivoted between said remaining pair of ears, said arm having a bifurcated lower end that engages the rim or tire of the front wheel of the bicycle" (lines 40-54).
Date:
February 11, 1896
Creator:
McKanna, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Funnel for Forcing Molasses, &c.
Patent for a new and improved funnel. This design "relates to improvements in funnels for transferring molasses and other thick liquid and substances from one receptacle into bottles, jars, and other vessels; and the objects of [the] improvements are to provide a funnel with means for securing it to a table, counter, &c.; to provide said funnel with means for forcing a liquid therethrough and the forcing apparatus with a detachable spout thereunder" (lines 10-19).
Date:
February 2, 1886
Creator:
Henke, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard for Railroads.
Patent for a cattle-guard for railroads that is "a series of plates or slates mounted with the capability of partial or complete rotation on axes substantially parallel with the rails and between the said rails and on either side of the track so as to span the road bed or space between the ends of the fence" (lines 25-31). The plates have longitudinal flanges with serrated edges.When the cattle step on the guard, they will experience pain and avoid the spot.
Date:
February 6, 1894
Creator:
Lee, Jacob M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for the "construction of a spark-arrester adapted to the smoke-stack of any locomotive" (lines 12-13) detailing a new and better combination and arrangement of plates and screens.
Date:
February 10, 1880
Creator:
Wiggin, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Container.
Patent for new improved containers adapted for the shipment of eggs, including illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
Hall, Cyrus M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel Buffer
Patent for an improved construction for a vehicle-wheel buffer which eliminates deterioration of its components found in ordinary type buffer. This invention implements an anti-friction mounting which allows the buffer to rotate freely.
Date:
February 25, 1915
Creator:
Kettler, Martin F.; M. F. Kettler
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Forming Press.
Patent for a bale forming press to form bales of hay and automatically secure "baling wires around the bale as formed" (lines 13-14). It automatically stops the feeder when "the bale is being tied" (lines 19-20) and winds and automatically unwinds and winds the wire.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Dudley, Andrew T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Swing and Couch.
Patent for a piece of swinging furniture for infants and small children which can be converted between a seat and a couch. This device is designed to be collapsed and folded for easy storage, as well as to be cheap and easy to manufacture. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 10, 1920
Creator:
McDevitt, Leslie I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Air-Compressor.
Patent for an improved Compound Air-Compressor by having four cylinders, in pairings of a high pressure and a low pressure cylinders. The air from the low pressure cylinder will be fed to the high pressure cylinder. The pistons will work in succession rather than simultaneously.
Date:
February 17, 1920
Creator:
Jones, Oceola
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Maximum-Speed Controller
Patent for improvements is construction and adaptation of a gear pump.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Weston, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill Bit
Patent for improvements in drill bits, particularly in the application used in drilling in soft formations, such as clay, gumbo, or similar material. The purpose of the invention is to provide a way to prevent the sticking of material to the drill and drill collar while the drilling operation is being performed.
Date:
February 14, 1922
Creator:
Childs, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History