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Churn
Patent for a butter churn with gentle agitation meant to keep butter cells from breaking including illustrations.
Date:
October 2, 1900
Creator:
McCausland, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Pump
Patent for a centrifugal pump. This invention "relates to centrifugal pumps in which a rotary impeller, having a fluid-entrance at the eye, discharges into a surrounding discharge chamber" (lines 8-11). Illustrations included.
Date:
October 2, 1906
Creator:
Bettis, William Irvin & Hamilton, Hugh
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine
Patent for Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine offers information about the significance of mixing ingredient benefits. The mixing and cleaning machine ease the process for everyday living.
Date:
October 2, 1906
Creator:
Stacy, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator
Patent for an acetylene gas generator. This invention is designed to be automatic, use non-freezing fluids, and work on railway trains or ships. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 2, 1906
Creator:
Woodson, Jacob W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Stay.
Patent for a new and improved bed stay. This design "consist[s] of wires doubled at their center parts and twisted . . . to form loops . . . and diverged from said twisted parts and attached to the corner portions of the bedstead, and a tension and locking device consisting of a straining-lever fulcrumed to one of the loops and adapted to lock thereon and engaging the other loop" (lines 90-97).
Date:
October 2, 1888
Creator:
Bethea, Cade
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Tool.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "consist[s], essentially, of the lever having a cutter recessed and centrally-perforated enlargement, a notch at the outer end of the said enlargement, and a curved and tapering jaw, and a lever, similarly enlarged and recessed . . . and centrally perforated, and having a head, a notch, and a curved and tapering jaw, and the rivet for uniting the two levers at the recessed enlargement" (lines 73-82).
Date:
October 2, 1888
Creator:
Benson, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved car-brake. This design consists in "the combination of the swinging arms arranged in front of the wheels, the curved brake-shoes pivoted at their front ends to the lower ends of the arms, and the swinging slotted links connecting intermediate points of the brake-shoes to a stationary part of the car, whereby the free end of the shoe is capable of a swinging movement independent of the links" (lines 76-84).
Date:
October 2, 1888
Creator:
Otenhouse, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot
Patent for a boot design that contains a counter-support of coil springs while also being inexpensive, durable, and efficient.
Date:
October 2, 1888
Creator:
Benson, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Atomizer.
Patent for an atomizer meant to distribute liquids, powders, and vapors. Its parts can be easily changed so it can be used in different situations, for cleaning, and to make its use more efficient.
Date:
October 2, 1894
Creator:
Rees, H. Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Car Coupling and Bumper.
Patent for a combined car coupling and bumper. It has a draw-head with a throat, mouth, recess, and coupling pin hole; the recess has a slot that opens into the front of the draw-head; a lock-block that fits in the slot; a pin-seat that receives the lock-block; a spiral spring that holds in the pin-seat; and a coupling pin in the pin seat and a link.
Date:
October 2, 1894
Creator:
Wallace, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuff-Holder.
Patent for an improved cuff-holder that is simple and inexpensive, and is "adapted to serve as a sleeve button and a cuff support, and capable of read adjustment to enable the wearer to arrange his cuffs as desired, and to show them beyond the coat sleeve to a greater or less extent" (lines 12-16).
Date:
October 2, 1894
Creator:
Shaw, Wilber S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cot.
Patent for a cot that "may be easily and quickly applied to wagons, cars, and to all other places where beds are inconvenient" (lines 8-10). It attaches to a vertical wall.
Date:
October 2, 1894
Creator:
Looney, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Demonstrating and Testing Piston Packing Rings
Patent for an apparatus that allows for a more accurate and efficient way to test piston packing rings by measuring ease of movement.
Date:
October 2, 1917
Creator:
Holland, Kirk D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date:
October 2, 1906
Creator:
Neel, Randolph D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Machine
Patent for well drilling machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 2, 1906
Creator:
Boaz, Ernest O. & Kenehan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher
Patent for a mail bag catcher for a train, utilized to catch mail efficiently of different sizes, weights, and through adverse conditions.
Date:
October 2, 1917
Creator:
Fleming, Jeff
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for an Artesian or oil well drilling apparatus that has a detachable drill-bit in its tubing and has an "improved means whereby an expansion drill bit or blade of any preferred construction can be secured to or detached from the drill tubing without removing the latter from the well" (lines 12-15). The tubing does not accidentally detach, and the tubing can rotate in either direction.
Date:
October 2, 1894
Creator:
Horton, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interlocking Tile.
Patent for interlocking tiles that obviate a continuous transverse mortar joint so that all liability of moisture passing through the wall is eliminated and a more substantial wall built.
Date:
October 2, 1917
Creator:
Waddell, Clarence W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Lock.
Patent for a trace lock that is mechanized to work vertically or horizontally. Illustration included.
Date:
October 2, 1900
Creator:
Halstead, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grapple
Patent for grapple for use with wells. This invention is designed to grip objects inside of drilled wells. Illustration included.
Date:
October 2, 1906
Creator:
Williams, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hammock.
Patent for a new and improved hammock. This design "is to provide a . . . hammock which is simple and durable in construction, very comfortable, and yielding to the motion of the body, at the same time avoiding the catching of buttons on the dress, as is frequently the case with hammocks having meshes. The invention consists of a number of slats, each provided at its ends with a transverse aperture, through which passes a cord or wire for holding the slats together to form the hammock" (lines 7-18).
Date:
October 2, 1888
Creator:
Norris, Barry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener.
Patent for a hame fastener "by which the ends can be securely connected together, but which may be readily disconnected when desired." (lines 10-12). Illustrations included.
Date:
October 2, 1900
Creator:
Jones, David G. & Jones, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Force-Pump.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient double action force pump that has one cylinder and one plunger. It also equalizes the opposite strokes of the plunger, and pushes water into the common chamber with both strokes.
Date:
October 2, 1894
Creator:
Thompson, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer-Distributing Attachment
Patent for an inexpensive attachment for "drilling compost, manure, or other fertilizing material &c., &c" (lines 9-10). It is designed to be attached to any farm-wagon including illustrations.
Date:
October 2, 1900
Creator:
Schlabach, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History