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Cooking-Stove
Patent for a cooking stove that can be easily replaced with a new one if it breaks.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Earnest, Mettie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Buckle
Patent for buckles used to hold bands of bales. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 3, 1907
Creator:
Patterson, James S. & Smith, Dallas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Concentrator, Amalgamator, and Separator
Patent for improvements to a Combined Concentrator, Amalgamator, and Separator used for ore and gravel.
Date:
December 3, 1901
Creator:
Journeay, William O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Wheel Chill
Patent for a car wheel chill. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 3, 1907
Creator:
Carr, Benjamin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt Tightener and Stretcher
Patent for a device that stretches and tightens belts, ropes, wire, etc.
Date:
December 3, 1901
Creator:
Engle, Jacob S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for a bailing press machine designed to be more efficient and durable. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 3, 1907
Creator:
Jones, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard
Patent for a cattle guard that will turn horses, cattle, mules, etc.
Date:
December 3, 1901
Creator:
Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clasp.
Patent for a new and improved clasp. This design "is to make a fastener for pieces of leather by which bridles and other parts of harness may be made with less stitching and riveting, thereby lessening the labor and cost of manufacture" (lines 15-20). To this end, it consists in "two plates, [one] having key-hole slots with beveled side walls, and the [other] carrying studs undercut . . . and provided with top pin, in combination with the spring-plate perforated . . . to receive [the] pin to form the leather clasp or fastening described" (lines 77-83).
Date:
December 3, 1889
Creator:
Waters, Richard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin or Linting-Machine
Patent for machine to "provide means for removing lint cotton from the gin saw teeth" (lines 11-12) and "provide efficient means for taking care of the cotton after it leaves the saw teeth." (lines 14-19)
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Hodo, Wesley A. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Athletic Shoe
Patent for improvements to athletic shoes for men, women, and children that improve the comfort of the shoe, support the anatomy of the foot, and prevent “falling arches and other foot ailments” (p. 1, lines 22-23).
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Rokahr, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chemical Composition
Benjamin R. Harris' legal patent from the United States Patent Office, on the chemical compositions he created which are products with hydrophyllic characters and explaining how he forms them.
Date:
December 3, 1935
Creator:
Harris, Benjamin R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedclothes Clamp
Patent for a bedclothes clamp to hold covers on a bed.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Giordano, Anthony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Holder.
Patent for a bottle holder, to hold ink bottles to a surface such as a desk or table. It is designed to be both a permanent or detachable fixture.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Kayser, Mary Louise
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for "an improved apparatus for generating acetylene gas" (lines 12-13). The apparatus includes a carbid receptacle with a conical bottom and a cylindrical valve for better control of the carbid, as well as a gas tank with a gasometer-bell which operates the system.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Lay, Claud
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling.
Patent for a coupling invention that consists of a detachable key member and locking key member for a valve plug. It is meant to improve couplings for detachable handles of drain-cocks.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Copeland, Joe S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Bed Lifting Device
Patent for a wagon-bed lifter that will remove and wagon beds and position them for easy re-assembly.
Date:
December 3, 1901
Creator:
Slate, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sheet-Metal Cans.
Patent for sheet-metal cans, specifically a spout attachment for cans.
Date:
December 3, 1872
Creator:
Delany, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Cooler.
Patent for a new and improved water cooler. This design "consist[s] of the outer vessel having the removable cover provided centrally with an aperture, the inner vessel supported on legs centrally within the outer vessel and provided with perforated shelves, the keepers for locking the two vessels at a regulated distance apart concentric with each other, and the removable cap to the inner vessel provided with a vertical tube communicating with the interior of the inner vessel and passed through the space between the tops of the two vessels and through the central aperture in the cover" (lines 81-93).
Date:
December 3, 1889
Creator:
Clark, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler
Patent for a milk cooler in which the design of traditional milk coolers is improved upon.
Date:
December 3, 1889
Creator:
Porter, Louis H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Hanger.
Patent for adjustable-height lamp hanger primarily for electric lamps, including description and illustration.
Date:
December 3, 1901
Creator:
White, Herbert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box Hanger
Patent for a mail box hanger for mailboxes that allows the mailman to easily deliver mail to them.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Bell, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stamp Rack
Patent for a stamp rack. This invention is designed to support ordinary rubber stamps. Illustration included.
Date:
December 3, 1907
Creator:
Owens, James Powell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument
Patent for a surgical instrument for increasing dilation of the uterine cavity and for taking medical tampons in and out.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
McMordie, William Emmett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Supporting Structure
Patent for portable support stand for suspension weights. Made foldable for ease of use in outdoor farm work. Including illustration.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Neblett, Cyrus W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History