Boiler-Skimmer. (open access)

Boiler-Skimmer.

Patent for a boiler-skimmer that improves the hinge joint so that water or scum will have free access there and in all positions of the skimmer.
Date: October 14, 1919
Creator: Phillips, Eugene N. & Dick, Harvey H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can Opener (open access)

Can Opener

Patent for a can opener which cuts cleanly and rapidly around the outside wall of the can, so as to avoid jagged edges.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Minor, Robert B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Apparatus. (open access)

Safety Apparatus.

Patent for vehicle to safely have the right of way when reaching a crossing first.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Duran, Arturo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy Dish. (open access)

Toy Dish.

Patent for a toy dish that is lightweight, attractive, durable, and cheap to manufacture. The design utilizes celluloid coverings.
Date: October 14, 1919
Creator: Luthy, Joseph O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Etching Apparatus. (open access)

Etching Apparatus.

Patent for an etching device that is for those interested in producing copper and zinc half-tones. This device can also use wave like motion to retain highlight tones and finish half-tones without requiring re-etching or staging.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Beare, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer (open access)

Ice-Cream Freezer

Patent for a contraption designed to freeze ice cream.
Date: November 14, 1919
Creator: Knemeyer, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power Reversing Mechanism (open access)

Power Reversing Mechanism

Patent for a power reversing mechanism that "provides an automatic means for causing the platen to of the packer to reciprocate continuously...(lines 15-17)."
Date: September 14, 1920
Creator: Cameron, Theodore R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method and Apparatus fo Baling Cotton and the Like (open access)

Method and Apparatus fo Baling Cotton and the Like

Patent for a method and machine for packaging and bailing cotton.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Taft, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display or Advertising Device. (open access)

Display or Advertising Device.

Patent for a dimple, durable display or advertising device "which may be easily and conveniently used for displaying or exposing an advertising sign in a manner to attract attention to the same" (lines 14-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Fox, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle Mobility Plan - Long Range Plan (open access)

Bicycle Mobility Plan - Long Range Plan

Report describing the results of a transportation study in Bexar County, including "overall goals and objectives for bicycle mobility planning" (abstract) as well as an overview of existing conditions at the time of the study, recommendations and outlined steps for improvement, funding sources, and additional areas of consideration.
Date: February 14, 1995
Creator: Metro Systems Engineering
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boot-Tree Former. (open access)

Boot-Tree Former.

Patent for a boot-tree former, which is used in boot manufacturing to form and stretch the shape of a boot.
Date: March 14, 1914
Creator: Lucchese, Michele
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight (open access)

Automobile-Headlight

Patent for movable automobile headlight which reflect downward on the road surface and utilizes the at-hand mounting hardware for static automobile headlights.
Date: July 14, 1914
Creator: Allan, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Universal Lever (open access)

Universal Lever

Patent for a new universal lever “for the purpose of the transmission of power from any suitable source to a rod or bar, for reciprocating the rod or bar in a perfectly straight line at all times” (lines 15-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Blackaller, Miguel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Public Officials in the Edwards Aquifer District (open access)

Letter to Public Officials in the Edwards Aquifer District

Letter to public officials announcing public hearings and solicitation for feedback within the Edwards Underground Water District.
Date: July 14, 1988
Creator: Edwards Underground Water District (Tex.)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Candy Pulling Machine (open access)

Candy Pulling Machine

Patent for candy pulling machine. Illustration included.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Jenner, Edward J. & Hildreth, Herbert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and useful churn, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 14, 1899
Creator: Neuendorff, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbid Feeding Device (open access)

Carbid Feeding Device

Patent for carbid feeding device. Illustration included.
Date: March 14, 1905
Creator: Sinclair, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Lift. (open access)

Water-Lift.

Patent for a water lift for wells, which can be easily removed from the well for cleaning.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Tire (open access)

Vehicle Tire

Patent for a vehicle tire. Illustration included.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Banks, Theodore E.
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Time-Strike for Watch and Clock Movements. (open access)

Time-Strike for Watch and Clock Movements.

Patent for time striking mechanism for watches and clocks that strikes different amounts of time for the quarters of an hour so that the approximate time may be known when there is no light available to see the clock face.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Stricker, Carl H. J. & Meyer, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Follower for Packing Saur-Kraut, &c (open access)

Follower for Packing Saur-Kraut, &c

Patent for a follower for packing sauer-kraut.
Date: April 14, 1903
Creator: Saenger, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Lock (open access)

Sash-Lock

Patent for sash-lock.
Date: April 14, 1903
Creator: Miller, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spur Leather for Securing in Position the Rowel Frames of Spurs (open access)

Spur Leather for Securing in Position the Rowel Frames of Spurs

Patent for spur-leather for securing in position the rowell-frames of spurs.
Date: April 14, 1903
Creator: Straus, Jacob D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History