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Improvement in Lamp-Burners. (open access)

Improvement in Lamp-Burners.

Patent for a new improvement for Lamp-Burners that helps prevent explosions, including illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1879
Creator: Beeman, Geraldo A. & Ramsey, Haley S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier. (open access)

Trace Carrier.

Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design consists in "[a]n improved back-band buckle with hooks, consisting of a body portion formed of a single piece of wrought-wire, the meeting ends of each bent downward, upward, outward, and again downward to form chain-holding hooks or loops, and the tongues pivoted upon the said body portion" (lines 89-95).
Date: April 15, 1890
Creator: Brown, John Stoddart
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flower Pot Trellis (open access)

Flower Pot Trellis

Patent for a flower pot trellis which is used "to be applied to flower-pots of various sizes to support plants or vines without interfering with their roots" (p.2).
Date: April 15, 1890
Creator: Brown, John Stoddart, of Galveston, Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton.

Patent for an apparatus that cleans burs and other foreign matter from cotton through a suction process prior to ginning, including instructions and illustrations. The inventor claims this apparatus is simpler, more affordable, and more effective than previous methods for cleaning cotton.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Brown, Thomas N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Stretcher (open access)

Curtain Stretcher

Patent for curtain stretcher or frames
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Buckreis, Valentine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit and Vegetable Washer (open access)

Fruit and Vegetable Washer

Patent for a fruit and vegetable washer that will also remove the skins on the fruits and vegetables.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Carpenter, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Casad, Roland C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sprayer. (open access)

Sprayer.

Patent for improvements in insecticide sprayers by enabling the sprayer to "continuous stream of liquid and that it may be placed in a vehicle and operated by means of the running-gear or carried by hand." (Lines 18-21) Illustration is included.
Date: April 15, 1902
Creator: Chandler, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sample-Taking Device. (open access)

Sample-Taking Device.

Patent for a device that helps with sample collection at oil drilling sites. The tool is cylindrical and can be placed in the ground to help with sample collection. This patent includes examples of how the tool can be used and tool specifications.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Church, Walter Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device. (open access)

Locking Device.

Patent for "improvements in locking devices for motor vehicle steering wheels" (lines 10-11).
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Crawford, Jesse L. & Dunlap, Jack R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather Strip or Seal for Sliding Window-Sashes. (open access)

Weather Strip or Seal for Sliding Window-Sashes.

Patent for "a new and Improved Weather Strip or Seal for Sliding Window-Sashes" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Cross, Ralph Waldo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant (open access)

Hydrant

Patent for fire hydrant to help with easy and quick coupling with fire hose and thus to effect prompt release of water from hydrant at full pressure when being coupled.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Duey, Otus E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overall Jacket Or Waist. (open access)

Overall Jacket Or Waist.

Patent for an overall jacket or waists, the construction of which permits of its formation with less material and its use with greater comfort and convenience by terminating at its lower edge in a waist band, which, in use, is intended to be seated upon or lap the upper edges or portions of the trouser sections, thus avoiding the extensions usually present with a wait section or jacket into the trouser section.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Elliot, Joseph Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint (open access)

Rail-Joint

Patent for an improved rail joint with the ends of the joints fitting together in a more snug, efficient fashion.
Date: April 15, 1916
Creator: Ellis, Orvel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvester. (open access)

Beet-Harvester.

Patent for a beet-harvester that pulls the beets from the ground and severs the tops from the bodies of the beets.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Faucher, George E
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool Joint (open access)

Tool Joint

Patent for a tool joint design.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Fletcher, H. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paddle-Wheel. (open access)

Paddle-Wheel.

Patent for improvements in paddle-wheels by transferring the combined power of the outer paddle-wheel and the inner drum to the shaft thus increased the driving power of the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date: April 15, 1902
Creator: Glardon, Henri
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same. (open access)

Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same.

Patent for "a new and Improved Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same" (lines 5-7) , including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Graley, Morton Adrian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Stropping Device (open access)

Razor-Stropping Device

Patent for a razor sharpening device in which the razor blade may be held on an incline for efficient sharpening.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Greenwood, Charley E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for improvements “in axle-nut wrenches in which the wrench comprising an angular socket portion adapted to extend partially within the wheel-hub to engage the nut,” (lines 81-83) so that the nut may be unscrewed by rotating the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date: April 15, 1902
Creator: Haines, Samuel Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Attachment (open access)

Wagon Attachment

Patent for a footrest attachment to a child's wagon allowing the operator to push the wagon like a scooter.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Hammond, Jay D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an improved device used to connect rail cars, including illustrations and descriptions of how the new coupling works.
Date: April 15, 1884
Creator: Hathaway, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Sawing Marble in Obelisk Form. (open access)

Machine for Sawing Marble in Obelisk Form.

Patent for "a new and Improved Machine for Sawing Marble Blocks in Polygonal Taper Form" (lines 4-6), including illustration.
Date: April 15, 1856
Creator: Haviland, J. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Casing Core (open access)

Tire Casing Core

Patent for a tire casing core designed to make the installation and removal of casings from tires easier to perform with a reduced risk of damaging either item.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Hibbs, C. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History