Resource Type

Fishing Signaling Apparatus. (open access)

Fishing Signaling Apparatus.

Patent for a signal that is put on a fishing pole that helps see if a fisher has a bite at night.
Date: August 14, 1916
Creator: Evans, Lyda D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp for Molds. (open access)

Clamp for Molds.

Patent for improved clamp, which releases quickly when facilitating mold removal.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Watson, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Quick-Acting Vise. (open access)

Automatic Quick-Acting Vise.

Patent for a quick-acting, easily operated vise "in which the jaws are automatically held closed upon the work until released." Its simple construction enables it to be inexpensively and efficiently manufactured.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: McCullough, Daniel B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for an invention relating to the attachment for internal combustion engines that will provide moisture through the form of liquid or vapors. Other objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Potts, Hugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Drill. (open access)

Well-Boring Drill.

Patent for for a rotary well boring drill designed to have a simple yet durable structure.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Reed, Clarence Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tramping Mechanism. (open access)

Tramping Mechanism.

Patent for self-throttling tramping apparatus to be used in conjunction with cotton gin.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Boyles, Homer A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine (open access)

Vending-Machine

Patent for a vending machine designed to dispense liquids, including illustrations.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Elder, Thomas Jefferson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk-cutter that will improve the effectiveness of stalk cutting by readily attaching to a plow or tilling machine, increasing the draft, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Gable, Gus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Box (open access)

Hat-Box

Patent for improved collapsible hat box, which may be folded into a small compact mass.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Fechner, Albert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swingletree Clip (open access)

Swingletree Clip

Patent for providing an improved form of swingletree clip which is simple in construction, may be cheaply made and in which the eye which connects the hook to the clips swiveled so that the hook may rotate and thus there will be no change of disengagement between the draft connections and the swingletree.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Leasman, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Boring-Drill. (open access)

Roller Boring-Drill.

Patent for an invention relating to "boring drills of the type having roller forms of cutters" (line 9). Structure is explained and illustration of invention is included.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Reed, Clarence Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exhibitor (open access)

Exhibitor

Patent for device which would allow motorists to display road maps in their vehicle while driving. Would also include a light so maps could be visible at night.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Atkinson, Jackson B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pulling Implement (open access)

Pulling Implement

Patent for a pulling device with a "rotatably supported winding shaft" and "means for imparting the requisite rotation" (lines 16-18).
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Badley, Drury E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Molds for Making Blocks of Plastic Material. (open access)

Molds for Making Blocks of Plastic Material.

Patent for an invention related to molds used to form plastic blocks for building purposes. Objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Hawkins, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Rack (open access)

Display Rack

Patent for a display rack for bananas and other fruits for improved mobility.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Stoneham, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedclothes-Clamp. (open access)

Bedclothes-Clamp.

Patent for new clamping device that holds the mattress and bedding of a folding bed in place, is adjustable, and is not in the way when the bed is in use.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: Baley, Katie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Water Heater and Smoke Consumer (open access)

Combined Water Heater and Smoke Consumer

Patent for a combined water heater and smoke consumer. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: Miles, Joseph Furnas; Rodgers, A. N. & Wade, James William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ash Pan (open access)

Ash Pan

Patent for an ash pan. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: Byar, Ernest & Clopton, Mortimer L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Attachment. (open access)

Buggy-Top Attachment.

Patent for improvements in "the construction of buggy-top attachments and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to be easily and quickly attached to and detached from the top of a buggy or other vehicle and capable of forming a complete extension of the same to protect the occupants of the vehicle from the weather" (lines 11-18), including illustrations.
Date: August 14, 1900
Creator: Stockton, Harris C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Sweeper. (open access)

Lawn-Sweeper.

Patent for a light weight lawn sweeper that doubles as a shovel for lawn debris. Illustrations included.
Date: August 14, 1900
Creator: Caruthers, John Irving
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marine Illusion Apparatus (open access)

Marine Illusion Apparatus

Patent for a Marine Illusion apparatus. This invention is to fit between two boats so that passengers can travel from one boat to another that is attached to a dock. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: White, Francis Marion & Langever, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism For Cleaning Seed-Cotton (open access)

Mechanism For Cleaning Seed-Cotton

Patent for mechanism for cleaning seed cotton before cotton is distributed into gins, including illustrations.
Date: August 14, 1900
Creator: Graber, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reed Organ (open access)

Reed Organ

Patent for a reed organ. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: England, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind Stacker on Grain Separators. (open access)

Wind Stacker on Grain Separators.

Patent for an improvement in a pneumatic, wind-powered stacker for threshing machines, preventing straw or chaff from entering into the stacker.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: Cumpston, Frederick Bernard
System: The Portal to Texas History