Automobile Windlass. (open access)

Automobile Windlass.

Patent for improved Automobile Windlasses. It is a combination of horizontally disposed tubular sections on the right and left hand, an improvement in the windlass attaching mechanism.
Date: October 11, 1921
Creator: Davis, Marion A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Train Signaling And Stopping Device. (open access)

Train Signaling And Stopping Device.

Patent for Train Signaling And Stopping Device improvements intended to be of low cost, simple, durable, and run on electricity.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: McGregor, Charles Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fraud-Preventing Means For Commercial Papers (open access)

Fraud-Preventing Means For Commercial Papers

Patent for new format of bank checks in order to deter fraud.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: Tackett, William Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Construction for Railway Cars (open access)

Door Construction for Railway Cars

Patent for a door to box cars, that slides across the car in the same method as a sliding door, rather than opening outward.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Tierney, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for improvements in washing machines to mimic "the rubbing actions of the human" (lines 14-15) and to lessen the impact on clothes.
Date: October 10, 1916
Creator: Miller, Charles R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain Door (open access)

Grain Door

Patent for a railway car door that is designed to assist with loading and unloading of grain
Date: October 23, 1915
Creator: Alquist, Sven Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grading-Machine. (open access)

Grading-Machine.

Patent for improvement in grading machines in which the speed of the drum, the speed of the drive wheels and the distance of the axis of the drive wheels can all be adjusted. Illustration is included.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Foley, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wheel (open access)

Trolley Wheel

Patent for a trolley wheel. The invention allows for the spreading of wear over contact blocks within the hub of the wheel. Illustration included
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Smith, Charley E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvester. (open access)

Cotton Harvester.

Patent for improved cotton harvester consisting of the parts, constructions, arrangements, and combinations of parts. Patent includes figures for parts in several views.
Date: October 15, 1912
Creator: Upshaw, Lucius L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Can Spout. (open access)

Oil Can Spout.

Patent for new improvements to oil can where an attachment to the can is made and acts as both a stopper and a spout
Date: October 10, 1911
Creator: Melvin, Joe D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete-Mixer. (open access)

Concrete-Mixer.

Patent for a concrete mixer that keeps the materials low to the ground and has improved mixing and delivery mechanisms.
Date: October 3, 1911
Creator: Foley, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a riding cultivator, which has beams that can be swung from side to side.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Upshaw, Foy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truss Bridge (open access)

Truss Bridge

Patent for a truss bridge. Illustration included.
Date: October 30, 1906
Creator: Inman, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for gate that uses a lever mechanism for operation while seated in a vehicle or on horseback. This invention allows the user to open and close the gate while seated. Illustration included.
Date: October 16, 1906
Creator: Baker, Guilford D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for a washing machine. "This invention relates to washing-machines in the nature of a combined boiler and washing machine" (8-10). Illustration included.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Pollard, Louis Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer-Distributer. (open access)

Fertilizer-Distributer.

Patent for a new and useful fertilizer distributer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 31, 1899
Creator: Stell, Ira L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pop-Valve For Kilns. (open access)

Pop-Valve For Kilns.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pop valves for kilns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1899
Creator: Moore, La Fayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal Cutter And Roller. (open access)

Metal Cutter And Roller.

Patent for a new and useful metal cutter and roller, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 4, 1898
Creator: Beaty, Gilbert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for an improvement on a quilting attachment for sewing-machines previously granted to the inventors (no. 529,518). This patent is an improvement on "the general construction of the device, to provide simple means for adjusting the elevation of the track at its extremities to vary the inclination thereof and for securing the upper ends of the supporting devices to a stationary object, such as the ceiling, and to provide means for adjusting the inclination of the traveler-bar of the hanger to suit that of the track" (lines 14-23).
Date: October 10, 1896
Creator: Click, Washington B. & Click, Isaac A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Distributer for Gin-Feeders. (open access)

Cotton-Distributer for Gin-Feeders.

Patent for a cotton-distributor that moves cotton from a wagon or storage and evenly and quickly distributes it to multiple gin feeders in a line.
Date: October 17, 1893
Creator: Davis, Micajah R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoof-Pad. (open access)

Hoof-Pad.

Patent for an adjustable rubber foot pad or expander for horses. It can fit on any sized foot, does not put metal into contact with any sensitive parts of the foot, and can be worn for any type of travel. The parts can be easily replaced when they ear out. The pad can expand a contracted hoof naturally and easily.
Date: October 17, 1893
Creator: Ryan, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine. (open access)

Washing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved washing-machine. This design "is to simplify and improve the construction of washing machines and to enable clothes to be thoroughly washed without liability of injuring them" (lines 10-14). This design consists in "a frame comprising the legs, the rounds connecting the legs, and the parallel horizontal side bars connecting the upper ends of the legs at each side of the frame, the ends of the frame being open at the top, a diamond-shaped washing-machine body journaled between the sides of the frame, the spiral springs arranged at each end of the horizontal bars" (lines 89-98).
Date: October 25, 1892
Creator: Gardner, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Table. (open access)

Ironing Table.

Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design consists, "with the supporting-frame and hinged board, of the inclined bar pivoted to the under side of said board, the lever hinged at one end to the lower end of the bar and fulcrumed . . . to the under side of the cross-bar, and the treadle hinged to one bottom rail and passing under the other" (lines 75-82).
Date: October 21, 1890
Creator: Wagnon, Andrew W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "the combination of the beam having the downwardly and forwardly extending standard and foot, the seat-plate secured to the foot and having perforations, the arm or bracket extending laterally from the standard, and the share bolted to the seat-plate and having the landside and the moldboard bolted to the plate and arm and resting upon said plate and arm and upon the upper edges of the mold-board and landside" (lines 64-74).
Date: October 21, 1890
Creator: Stone, James Micajah
System: The Portal to Texas History