Turn-Table for Automobiles. (open access)

Turn-Table for Automobiles.

Patent for a turn-table that rotates an automobile and is powered by the engine of the automobile. It is designed to be operated by the driver of the automobile, without needing to exit the vehicle. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Loessin, Julius W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump and Sprinkler. (open access)

Pump and Sprinkler.

Patent for a new and improved pump and sprinkler. This design "consists of a portable force-pump provided with a capricious air-chamber, and having on the end of its discharge-pipe a sprinkler of novel form, which causes the liquid to be ejected in a fine spray. . . . [This] provide[s] a simple, durable, and effective device, designed especially for use in sprinkling cotton-plants with poisonous solutions, to protect them against the ravages of injurious insects and worms" (lines 7-17).
Date: March 1, 1881
Creator: Polansky, Alois Josef
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spindle Lubricator. (open access)

Spindle Lubricator.

Patent for improving the process of lubricating spindles without removing the wheel, and at a more affordable cost.
Date: January 1, 1918
Creator: Stair, Oscar H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the plow-beam, of the staple secured to the plow-beam, the curved shank provided at its upper front end with the triangular loop having notches on its lower edge, which engage with the said staple, the bolt pivoted in the said plow-beam and connected to the rear portion of the shank under the handles, and the blades secured to the lower front end of shank under the staple" (lines 72-81).
Date: May 1, 1888
Creator: Nitschmann, Franz
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tent-Frame. (open access)

Tent-Frame.

Patent for a tent frame, which can be easily put together in the dark.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Huebner, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Cabinet for Laces &c. (open access)

Display-Cabinet for Laces &c.

Patent for a display case for lace that allows for all of it be seen and easily measured for sale.
Date: March 1, 1910
Creator: Hunger, Otto A. & Hunger, Frederick W.
System: The Portal to Texas History