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Churn
Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Smith, Columbus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker's Sack And Support Therefor
Patent for a cotton picker's sack and support therefor. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1905
Creator:
Clark, Isom J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gate.
Patent for an automatic gate that can be unlatched and opened by a vehicle approaching; and then, closed and latched again after passage of the vehicle. The automatic gate is reliable, not easily deranged, and simple in construction.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Laas, Louis August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton-Chopper And Cultivator.
Patent for a new and useful combined cotton chopper and cultivator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 13, 1899
Creator:
Parker, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Attachment.
Patent for a new and useful buggy top attachment, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 13, 1899
Creator:
Peikert, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Funnel.
Patent for a funnel which automatically seals when liquid in a receptacle reaches a certain level. The spout of the funnel also contains a stopper which can be lifted to permit liquid to pass into the receptacle at the desired time.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Evans, Jesse M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Mill.
Patent for a new and improved coffee mill. This design consists of "the combination of the case having the chambers and the hopper, the burr or grinding disk, fastened to the lower end of the inner side of the hopper and to the upper side or top of the chamber . . . shaft, having a disk, revolving in a covered recess or chamber in the burr, bridge, screws, and handle" (lines 57-65).
Date:
June 13, 1882
Creator:
Fleming, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Skid.
Patent for a device that will protect cotton pick-sacks against wear and tear when being dragged on the ground.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Ullmann, Fannie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Controlling Device for Water Heaters.
Patent for a device that controls the gas supply valve for water heaters. Patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Cochran, Harry A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clasp.
Patent for a new clasp, or fastening device, that is less expensive to construct and easier to use, with illustration. The clasp is to be used for the varied purposes of "hair dressing, millinery, drapery, and dress-wear" (lines 78-79).
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Fridolph, Anna S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safe Lock
Patent for providing "a means which will necessitate the operation of a series of setting devices before the several bolts can be moved to unlock the door". (lines 11-14).
Date:
June 13, 1918
Creator:
Harris, William J. B. of Bonham, TX
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a simple and efficient wire stretcher that aids in fence-building, tightening loose wires, cutting wires, and tying broken wires. The stretcher is similar in appearance to a wrench that can be taken apart in order to properly utilize the tool.
Date:
June 13, 1893
Creator:
McKinney, John Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. This invention is designed to prevent movement. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Miller, William J. & Cass, Thomas N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wire stretchers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 13, 1899
Creator:
Smith, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Protector.
Patent for a knee protector that enables the wearer to fasten the device to the knee and includes a frame and knee receiving pocket.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Russel, Callie B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Viscoscometer.
Patent for a device that accurately determines the viscosity of different liquids, particularly oils, and is able to be kept at a uniform temperature.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Lorenz, Charles O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Voice Recording and Reproducing Device.
Patent for a voice recording "attachment for a moving picture camera, which, while a picture is being taken will produce [...] photographic record of sounds that appropriately accompany the picture" (lines 11-16), including illustrations.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Walker, Jack L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design "consists in the combination of a central vertical shaft a series of supporting-arms projecting horizontally out from this shaft, a number of curved buckets which are pivoted at or near their centers between these supporting-arms, and suitable springs or weights which are attached to the inner edges of these buckets" (lines 13-20).
Date:
June 13, 1882
Creator:
Lowther, Lorenzo Dow
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher.
Patent for a new modification in the device mail-bag catcher, which can be used to either train or track device.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Huff, Barney L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicating Apparatus for the Spark Plugs of Hydrocarbon Engines.
Patent for an indicating apparatus for the spark-plugs of hydrocarbon-engines. The apparatus allows the motor vehicle driver to determine "which spark plug is connected in circuit with the timer" (lines 20-21). The patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Remmert, Otto H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating Implement
Patent for an irrigating implement. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1905
Creator:
Banks, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer.
Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer for use by trains.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Tauson, Reinhold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner.
Patent for a liquid fuel burner that mixes air with the fuel.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Hannah, Robert L. & Hannah, Homer R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer.
Patent for an wheeled vehicle mounted insect destroyer that brushes insects from plants and destroys them utilizing flames, includes illustrations.
Date:
June 13, 1922
Creator:
Franks, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History