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Advertising Clock
Patent for an advertising clock. This invention is designed to display advertisement at regular intervals. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Barnett, John Beverly & Turner, W. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Place Heater.
Patent for a new and improved fire-place heater. This design "is to provide an inexpensive fire-place heater, constructed so that it may heat two or more rooms on the same floor of a building, and with a single fire, so as to economize fuel and labor of attendance" (lines 7-11).
Date:
June 2, 1885
Creator:
Bartlett, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Fly-Trap.
Patent for a cheap and simple electric fly trap that operates automatically, including illustrations.
Date:
November 2, 1915
Creator:
Bass, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner.
Patent for crude-oil burner that has excellent combustion, it is simply constructed to to make it easier to use, and requires little or no attention. It is adaptable to be used in fire-boxes (cooking and heating stoves, furnaces, and ranges).
Date:
December 2, 1902
Creator:
Bateman, Talbot O. & Wilson, Homer T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Attachment for Wagon-Beds.
Patent for a low cost, removable hoisting attachment for wagon beds, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
May 2, 1893
Creator:
Baugh, Edward H. & Selvidge, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Appliance
Patent for an automatic air brake appliance for railroad cars that activates if the car derails.
Date:
May 2, 1911
Creator:
Baxter, Joseph Sewell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing-Tables.
Patent for ironing tables in use with ironing machines. Consist of adjustable frame for stretching and holding garments for ironing.
Date:
April 2, 1878
Creator:
Becker, Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for wrenches that provides a means for engaging faces of the jaws to be renewed or changed. This improvement also allows for secure placement without loss of motion.
Date:
August 2, 1921
Creator:
Belcher, Mark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Needle Threader for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved sewing-machine needle-threader. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the slide-bearing of the needle-bar, of the slide, its stop and spring, and the pivoted funnel-guide having a squared bearing to engage the spring, and a face-groove in its small end to engage the needle" (lines 73-78).
Date:
September 2, 1884
Creator:
Bellah, William N.
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
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
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
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
High-Pressure Suction Fan and Blower.
Patent for "a fan which will operate in a continuous and highly efficient manner and increase the air pressure with a reduced power of operation" and "may be used either in conjunction with a cotton gin...or it may be used for any other purpose where suction or blast fans are used" (lines 31-33, 10-15). It includes an illustration.
Date:
August 2, 1921
Creator:
Blackmon, Enoch J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for device locks a nut to the threaded portion of a bolt.
Date:
January 2, 1917
Creator:
Blackwelder, Charlie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pantaloons and Overalls.
Patent for new and improved overalls and pants. This design "consists in a garment cut in four pieces of peculiar form united in a peculiar manner, whereby the seat and crotch and the inner sides of the legs are made of double thickness and the leg and crotch both rendered seamless, in order that they may be worn without the discomfort attending the use of garments in which heavy seams or welts exist in the middle" (lines 10-18).
Date:
June 2, 1885
Creator:
Blake, Samuel Diggs
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
Cotton Thinner
Patent for a cotton thinner. This invention is designed to thin rows of cotton and corn. Illustration included.
Date:
April 2, 1907
Creator:
Bolin, Nathan C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Curing Tire Casings.
Patent for a more efficient system for curing tire casings. The new patented apparatus was capable of providing both smooth and ribbed tire textures by way of aluminum tips and molds. Additionally, the apparatus provided retreading and faster curing of pneumatic tires.
Date:
December 2, 1919
Creator:
Bongio, Philip P. & Stephenson, Elonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Two-Wheeled Delivery-Vehicle.
Patent for "a light and convenient vehicle for the use of mail-collectors in cities, and for the transportation and delivery of parcels, milk, or other articles," (lines 8-12) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 12, 1891
Creator:
Boone, Manly Breaker
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Root Crop Harvester
Patent for a root crop harvester. This invention is designed for the harvesting of peanuts, potatoes, sugar beets, turnips, onions, etc. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Bourland, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle for Peanut-Harvesters.
Patent for improvements to peanut harvesters, specifically receptacles. The receptacle can be placed on the back of the harvester to collect the unneeded vines and then form them into bundles.
Date:
November 2, 1915
Creator:
Boyd, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stalk-Cutter and Rake
Patent for a stalk-cutter and rake design, "such as well enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same" (lines 9-11).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Boykin, Archable T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antiseptic Shaving Outfit.
Patent for a more compact and improved version of an antiseptic shaving outfit, including illustrations.
Date:
January 2, 1917
Creator:
Braunstein, Aron
System:
The Portal to Texas History