Automatic Weighing-Machine (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Machine

Patent for an automatic weighing machine for weighing and dispensing certain weights of grain into hoppers.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Ball, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Controller Attachment for Levers (open access)

Controller Attachment for Levers

Patent for improvements on controllers for levers
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Smith, David C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Music-Rack and Front Panel for Pianos (open access)

Combined Music-Rack and Front Panel for Pianos

Patent for a music rack and front panel for pianos. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band-Cutter and Feeder (open access)

Band-Cutter and Feeder

Patent for "new and useful improvements in band-cutters and feeders" (lines 6-7).
Date: February 26, 1889
Creator: King, Charlie C. & Trimble, Alonzo D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Drafting-Instrument. (open access)

Combination Drafting-Instrument.

Patent for a combination drafting-instrument that is "carried about the person and serve as a combined pencil-holder and drafting tool and when used in the latter capacity to serve the functions of a divider, a square, a compass, and a caliper for either inside or outside gaging" (lines 10-15).
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Deats, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roaster. (open access)

Coffee Roaster.

Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design calls for "a revolving cylinder; and the invention consists of a cylinder provided with a hollow trunnion, and of a semi-tubular tester introduced through said trunnion into the cylinder, which tester serves as a handle for revolving the cylinder, and can be withdrawn from time to time with samples of coffee to enable the operator to judge of the progress of the roasting process" (lines 11-19).
Date: February 15, 1881
Creator: Owens, Harrison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve for explosive-engines. (open access)

Valve for explosive-engines.

Patent for an improved valve for use in explosive engines which lists the movements of various parts in order to allow air and fuel to mix and explode.
Date: February 2, 1914
Creator: Ray, Albert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Derailing Block dated October 1, 1918 (open access)

Derailing Block dated October 1, 1918

Patent for new and improved detailing rocks for railroads. What makes this unique is that the clamp can be quickly and effectively clamped to railroad tracks.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Samuel Harvey Garrett & Joseph Owen Staude
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bushing Extractor and Inserter (open access)

Bushing Extractor and Inserter

Patent for the creation of a manner in the method of bushing extractors and inserters.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Renfro, Leonardo E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine. (open access)

Advertising-Machine.

Patent for a machine that displays advertisements in a rotation.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Barnett, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balancing Pump Jack (open access)

Balancing Pump Jack

Patent for increasing the power of pump jacks and providing simple devices for aiding the driving mechanism. A shifting weight helps balance the sucker rod.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Dayton, W.L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake. (open access)

Wagon-Brake.

Patent for an improvement in a wagon-brake using an operating-lever that is mounted in a bracket near the front axle, and consist of diverging arms; and a segmental rack-plate with teeth that is arranged to be engaged by a sliding pawl. When the operating-lever and the sliding pawl are connected; when the brake-bars are in motion, clamping the wheels of a vehicle thus making it stop.
Date: February 17, 1891
Creator: Baker, Owen T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Machine. (open access)

Well Drilling Machine.

Patent for a driving mechanism to reduce the numbers of shafts and other parts needed for well drilling. The invention allows for one main driving shaft to be used as the primary source for well drilling.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Herdman, Adam H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Bit (open access)

Well Drilling Bit

Patent for a well drilling bit. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Byron, Marcus A. & English, Harry White
System: The Portal to Texas History
Walking-Cane. (open access)

Walking-Cane.

Patent for a walking cane which is made of two intertwined sections of spiral steel wires, which can be painted different colors creating a noticeable object that can be used by sports fans to show support for their team at games,
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Alverson, Lewis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor Turning Mechanism. (open access)

Tractor Turning Mechanism.

Patent for a tractor turning mechanism that will allow tractors to turn at any angle up to a right angle by locking one of the driving ground wheels into a pivot point for the other wheels of the tractor.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Chenoweth, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating Device (open access)

Ventilating Device

Patent for a ventilating device for vehicles. Illustrations included.
Date: February 28, 1911
Creator: Cunningham, Melville Boyd
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watchmaker's Tool. (open access)

Watchmaker's Tool.

Patent for a watchmaker's tool that removes "the collet and hair spring of a watch from the balance wheel arbor, without injuring the hair spring of the watch and at the same time holding the balance wheel secure against accident or injury" (lines 10-14).
Date: February 12, 1895
Creator: Seyfriedt, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a rotary-blade stalk cutting machine. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 23, 1897
Creator: Evridge, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrostatic Indicator for Weighing Scales. (open access)

Hydrostatic Indicator for Weighing Scales.

Patent for a new and improved hydrostatic indicator for scales. This design consists in "a reservoir, an outer cylinder, a hollow inner cylinder, an attached stand-pipe, and registering-dial, said inner cylinder being surrounded by and sliding within said outer cylinder, said outer cylinder being provided with an attached inlet-pipe communicating with said reservoir, said pipe being provided with two valves, in combination with a bearing-bar, side rods, and under bar, forming a frame bearing upon the inner cylinder" (lines 55-65).
Date: February 5, 1889
Creator: Lewis, Henry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Picture Display Machine (open access)

Picture Display Machine

Patent for machines that display advertising machines that will rotate in the advertisements it displays.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Osborne, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Bath Apparatus (open access)

Electric Bath Apparatus

Patent for device that allows an electric bath to be taken despite varying degrees of current intensity.
Date: February 27, 1917
Creator: Lowe, James D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Filtering Gas Burner (open access)

Air Filtering Gas Burner

Patent for device that helps prevent air from choking burners when used in cooking.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Parks, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hotel Key Tag (open access)

Hotel Key Tag

Patent for key tag.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Rosenfield, Clarence
System: The Portal to Texas History