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Draft-Equalizer
Patent for "a draft-equalizer that the draft will be equally distributed among each of the animals attached thereto, so that one may travel in the furrow, if desired, and the remainder permitted to move over the unplowed ground" (lines 22-27).
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, Samuel Cornelious
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump Valve
Patent for a pump valve. Illustration included.
Date:
March 14, 1905
Creator:
Bassett, John Mott
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Raising Fluids from Artesian Wells
Patent for a method of using compressed air to retrieve contents of bored wells.
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Brown, Frank O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tandem-Roller Attachment.
Patent for improved, simply constructed, and high-efficiency tandem roller attachments with the purpose of, "preventing surface waving of roadways," (lines 18-19) including illustrations.
Date:
May 14, 1918
Creator:
Brown, Frank O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Photography Exposure Meter
Patent for a Photography Exposure Meter, whereby the correct exposures may be obtained in the taking of pictures irrespective of weather conditions and the period of the day.
Date:
April 14, 1918
Creator:
Cady, Silas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AUTOMATIC WEIGHING-SCALE.
Patent for an improved automatic scale that can weigh large measurements of crops, including illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1914
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Handle Attachment for Surface-Treating Machines.
Patent for surface treating machines handle attachments that can be easily attached and removed.
Date:
September 14, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Device.
Patent for surface treating devices that provides "a continuously moving surface treating member and support the same in such a manner that its application to the work may be adjusted to a minute degree and controlled by the operator while the device is in operation." (lines 11-16)
Date:
September 14, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Machine.
Patent for surface-treating machines in "an anular form and to dispose within the same a complete driving and operating unit, whereby the member is revolved, and to associate with said member and unit a support where by the surface-treating member is carried and may be applied to the work under full control of the operator." (lines 12-19)
Date:
September 14, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nozzle
Patent for improved head component to nozzles used for spraying liquid paint remover, steam, sand, and other such substances.
Date:
December 14, 1920
Creator:
Cleveland, David P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Splint
Patent for a surgical splint, which is semi-rigid so that the instrument is rigid enough to maintain its shape and tension, but with a construction that includes softer materials like rubber so that it can be adjusted without causing pain or discomfort. Patent includes illustrations.
Date:
December 14, 1920
Creator:
Crawford, Lyter H. & Prante, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines.
Patent for a new and improved current regulator. This design "pertains to that class of regulators in which the collecting brushes of the commutator are automatically moved around the commutator and caused to occupy different positions relatively to the maximum lines of the magnetic field between the poles and the armature; and it embraces a novel method of controlling the movement of the brushes to compensate for variations in the speed of the machine and regulate the current in accordance with the work to be done" (lines 11-21).
Date:
February 14, 1888
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reed Organ
Patent for a reed organ. Illustration included.
Date:
August 14, 1906
Creator:
England, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy
Patent for a toy. The toy is in the shape of a windmill. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 14, 1909
Creator:
Exline, Bena Bird; Exline, Marcus P. & Exline, Albert S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sounding Toy
Patent for a sounding toy. The toy is in the form of windmill whereby an object generates noise as the wheel spins. Illustration included.
Date:
December 14, 1909
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Loose-Leaf Individual or General Bank-Ledger
Patent for improvements to loose-leaf individual or general bank-ledgers, mainly pertaining to the ledger's structure and ease of use through adding leaves or sheets without disrupting current leaves or sheets. Includes illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P. & Bourke, Edmund
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Wheel and Axle.
Patent for a car wheel and axle made up of a built-up metallic wheel with dished side-plates that have flanged and riveted rims, hub-nuts, a lock-plate, hollow screw-threaded ends, hexagonal offsets, tubular journals, a tubular journal, and a radial lubricating feed-tube with a cross-head and a collar.
Date:
May 14, 1895
Creator:
Flatau, Louis Spencer
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waffle-Iron.
Patent for a waffle iron that can be operated by placing it on a stove-top. It "consists in a base, a yoke pivoted thereto and swinging in vertical plane, and the molding and cooking irons carried by the yoke" (lines 15-18).
Date:
February 14, 1893
Creator:
George, Alexander B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plaiting-Irons.
Patent for an improvement to plaiting-irons: "a plaiting-iron composed of a peculiarly-constructed iron or metal plate used in connection with a correspondingly-constructed board" (lines 23-25), with illustrations.
Date:
August 14, 1877
Creator:
Gingras, Joseph E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring-Tool
Patent for a measuring tool which uses a bevel and square to provide measurements (like a try-square). It also incorporates an adjustable blade and a protractor.
Date:
January 14, 1919
Creator:
Greene, Saunders T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Awning-Bracket.
Patent for a rigid, strong, and adjustable to different inclinations awning-bracket meant to be permanently attached to a building. It can be folded for shipment or storage.
Date:
January 14, 1896
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys
Patent for improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys. This object is to be used with the brick chimney on top of the roof to provide air circulation. It consists of an iron-lined inner flue secured within an outer casing with suitable bottom and top perforation for establishing air current around the flue.
Date:
July 14, 1874
Creator:
Hickley, Walter R & Dibrell, Charles J
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter
Patent for a seed planter. Illustration included.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Hodge, Neely B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History