Collection
Country
Decade
Month
Day
Tire-Casing-Repair Tool.
Patent for improvements in the tools for repairing blow outs or punctures in parts of tire casings or shoes. Illustration is provided.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Tingle, Claude
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector.
Patent for a flexible metallic tire protector, insuring a tire against injury from tacks, nails, glass, or similar objects which can cut or damage an unprotected tire, designed to be durable, efficient, and easy to construct.
Date:
October 3, 1916
Creator:
Howard, Joseph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grading Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in grading apparatus to make it "comparatively simple and inexpensive in construction" (line 10) and readily adjustable.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Anderson, Lycurgus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop.
Patent for "simple envelop which can be cheaply manufactured and which cannot be fraudulently tampered with or opened for the purpose of removing its contents without mutilating or injuring the envelop to an extent which would be noticable" (lines 9-14), including illustrations.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Moore, Essie H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Grapple
Patent for a fish-grapple device with parts "embodying prongs or hooks which will engage the fish and prevent its escape" (lines 16-17).
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Batla, Thomas, H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen.
Patent for a wire netting screen that can be used on doors or windows.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Faires, Elisha J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Straw Rack for Threshing Machines
Patent for a rack that will separate the grain, straw, and chaff to the fullest extent.
Date:
October 3, 1916
Creator:
McGraw, Walter A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self Locking Mechanism for Steering Wheel Shafts of Automobiles.
Patent for new and useful improvements to the shaft of steering wheels making them safer and easier to handle.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Cowart, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flour Purifier And Drier
Patent for Flour Purifier And Drier and it uses.
Date:
February 3, 1913
Creator:
Smith, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Valve Attachment.
Patent for an attachment to a flush valve that will prevent the bowl from overflowing when flushing.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Lupton, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard for Hand-Planes
Patent for an improvement in guards for hand-planes, more specifically bench planes. The improvements provide a guard, which prevents wood shavings or splinters from injuring the hand.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Westberg, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie.
Patent for a railroad-tie in which it will “maintain the gage standard when one rail is replaced by another rail having larger cross section than the original rail.” (Lines 21-23) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Hynds, David H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for improvements in rail joints. A patent for a boltless, interlocking rail joint that is noiseless.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Bell, Silas D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Device
Patent for improvements to a power transmitting device, the likes of which may be attached to motor vehicles or other motor operated machinery.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Foster, Frank A. & Rockwell, Clayton S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle
Patent for an improvement on non-refillable bottles. The improvement would not let any other liquid be surreptitiously added to the bottle. Also this patent design allows for the closure plug to be reused by the manufacturer of the bottle in new bottles.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Helmcamp, Louis C. & Hoxworth, Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Tongs Support.
Patent for pipe tongs supports to provide a pipe tongs support that will permit a pipe tongs to be so balanced that it will tend to maintain itself in a horizontal position which is the position in which its use is required.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Hoffer, Temple B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Economy Air-Brake Apparatus
Patent for improvements to railway air-brake apparatuses, including specifications for such improvements.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Canion, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ship's-Bottom Paint
Patent for a paint specially made to protect the exterior of a ship, especially below the waterline.
Date:
October 3, 1916
Creator:
Brackin, Henry G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard and Landside Plow and Gage-Wheel
Patent for modifications to a plow which allow the user to adjust the depth, which lists the components of such modifications.
Date:
August 3, 1915
Creator:
Haferkamp, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Removing Snow from Railway Tracks.
Patent for a device that will remove snow from any tube structures using a rotary brush, as well as a suction device to intake displaced snow, and then melt it in a hopper.
Date:
October 3, 1916
Creator:
Purdin, Nettie J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dam Construction
Patent for a movable dam wall shorter than the depth of the water behind it, including illustrations.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Hunt, Edward B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Furniture.
Patent for convertible furniture used in education. Features a table which can be easily converted from a flat desk, to an inclined black-board, and can store building blocks and similar items.
Date:
October 3, 1916
Creator:
Barler, Eugene M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Counting-Machine.
Patent for "a counting machine, and it more particularly relates to an attachment for typewriters (lines 12-14).
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Davis, Oscar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Projectile.
Patent for self-propelled vehicle with means for reducing a barrier such as a wire entanglement.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Elrod, Henry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History