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Combined Crutch and Chair. (open access)

Combined Crutch and Chair.

Patent for a combined crutch and chair.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Johnson, Samuel J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher. (open access)

Churn-Dasher.

Patent for a churn dasher, which churns cream better and faster.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Liles, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Tie (open access)

Bale Band Tie

Patent for a bale band tie. Illustration included.
Date: December 27, 1904
Creator: Robinson, Laurence B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bench-Dog (open access)

Bench-Dog

Patent for a bench dog for holding boards while they are being cut.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: McCormick, Terrill W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catamenial Bandage. (open access)

Catamenial Bandage.

Patent for a catamenial bandage, which fits itself to the wearer and does not show underneath clothing.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Argo, Ida M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle (open access)

Bottle

Patent for a bottle. Illustration included.
Date: December 27, 1904
Creator: Marion, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle (open access)

Back-Band Buckle

Patent for a back band buckle which tightens when it is pulled on.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Henson, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn with an automatic turning mechanism.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Liles, William Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barrel-Truck. (open access)

Barrel-Truck.

Patent for a new barrel truck or wheeled dolly design for moving barrels or boxes more easily, including illustrations.
Date: December 27, 1887
Creator: Wilson, William W. & Newton, Jeremiah L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Attachment. (open access)

Bedstead Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved bedstead attachment. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the side rails and head and foot boards, of the plates having angular projections provided with wedge-shaped grooves and small inclined recesses at their upper parts, and the plates having the tapering wedge-shaped projections provided with the lugs integrally formed with their upper portions and adapted to engage the recesses, whereby when the projecting engaging portions of the plates . . . wear and become loose they are prevented from disjointure by the engagement of the lugs" (lines 83-94).
Date: December 27, 1887
Creator: McCormick, Henry Jasper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chuck. (open access)

Chuck.

Patent for chucks that secure pipes, preventing movement when being cut or threaded, including illustrations.
Date: December 27, 1921
Creator: Castanie, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Body (open access)

Wagon-Body

Patent for "new and useful improvements in wagon-bodies, having for its object simplicity and durability," (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
Date: December 27, 1887
Creator: Folsome, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Screen (open access)

Well Screen

Patent for a well screen that is durable.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Lubricating-Cups. (open access)

Locking Device for Lubricating-Cups.

Patent for a locking device for lubricating cups that prevents the plug from coming out of the cup.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Anderson, Kos M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liner for Steam-Pumps. (open access)

Liner for Steam-Pumps.

Patent for a removable liner for steam pumps.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a new and useful valve for "controlling the flow of steam, compressed air, water, or other fluid" (line 12 - 14).
Date: December 27, 1898
Creator: Mitchell, Charles Bradley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Apparatus. (open access)

Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Apparatus.

Patent for a mailbag catching and delivering apparatus for trains that can be used by a train going either direction on the tracks.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Tidmore, Irenaeus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Loader. (open access)

Wagon-Loader.

Patent for a wagon loader, which includes a scale as a part of the loading device.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: McKinney, Ansel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Cultivators, Scrapers, and Choppers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton Cultivators, Scrapers, and Choppers.

Patent for a new cotton cultivator that allows for a worker to adjust the cultivator's angle based on soil depth.
Date: December 27, 1870
Creator: Young, John H. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows (open access)

Improvement in Plows

Patent for a new design for a subsoil plow. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: December 27, 1870
Creator: Clifton, Josiah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner for Stoves or Furnaces (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner for Stoves or Furnaces

Patent for invention that relates to improvements in hydrocarbon-burner for stoves or furnaces or the like, the same being more especially intended for the consumption of crude oils... Among other things the invention has for its object the provision of an improved burner in which the liquid is vaporized within a confined space by causing it to splash upon a suitable obstacle and against the inner surface of a heated air-tube; to heat the air as it passes to the burner and to commingle the vapor and heated air so as to obtain an economical and combustible mixture (Greene, 1902).
Date: December 27, 1901
Creator: Greene, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pressure Regulator for Fermented Liquids. (open access)

Pressure Regulator for Fermented Liquids.

Patent for a new and improved pressure regulator for fermented liquids. This design "has for its object to provide an improved automatic hydraulic apparatus for supplying compressed air to kegs or casks containing fermented liquids, to replace the vacuum caused by drawing off a portion of the said liquid, and thus to maintain a uniform pressure in such vessels as long as any portion of their contents remain to be drawn therefrom" (lines 8-15).
Date: December 27, 1881
Creator: Freeman, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Colter. (open access)

Plow Colter.

Patent for a new and improved plow colter. This design calls for a colter that conforms to the face-curve of the plow shovel, thus forming a landside. The colter can be attached to and removed from either side of the plow standard.
Date: December 27, 1881
Creator: Kersh, Alvin Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Box (open access)

Journal-Box

Patent for "improvements in journal boxes, the object of my improvement being to provide simple and effective means for applying the lubricant, retaining it always within reach of the wearing surfaces, and conveying it over all of the surface which is subject to frictional content" (lines 8-14).
Date: December 27, 1892
Creator: Sneddon, William
System: The Portal to Texas History