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Check-Valve for Locomotive-Boilers and the Like. (open access)

Check-Valve for Locomotive-Boilers and the Like.

Patent for "an improvement in check valves particularly adapted for use on locomotive boilers" (lines 9-11) with illustrations.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Fondren, Theodore Robert ; T. R. Fondren
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Heater and Radiator (open access)

Combined Heater and Radiator

Patent for a combined water heater and radiator. Illustrations included.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Wheeler, Mary J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bathing-Hat. (open access)

Bathing-Hat.

Patent for a nearly waterproof hat that will keep the hair dry and protect the face from the sun while being both strong and durable.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Herndon, Florence E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton and Corn Planter. (open access)

Combined Cotton and Corn Planter.

Patent for an improved, inexpensive, and simple planter that is "adapted to plant either corn or cotton and that at predetermined distances; to so construct the machine as to adapt it readily for change from one form of planter to the other; and to improve the manner of securing the furrow-opening shovel-carrying standard and the seed tube, whereby the former and latter are prevented from breaking or becoming injured should they contact with a stone, stump, or other obstacle of sufficient size and firmness to injure them" (lines 10-21).
Date: May 16, 1893
Creator: Schofield, James Drommond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for handling and cleaning seed-cotton that “use a pneumatic tube, through which cotton is drawn by an exhaust-current.” (Lines17-19) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Thomas, Robert S.; Hardwick, Saunie W. & Elam, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Forcing Liquids from Barrels. (open access)

Apparatus for Forcing Liquids from Barrels.

Patent for a new and improved device for extracting liquids from sealed containers. This design utilizes a bellows apparatus, and "by simply compressing [it] air is forced into the space in the barrel or vessel above the liquid, when the pressure of this air will exhaust the liquid through the faucet at the bottom under pressure" (lines 65-70).
Date: October 16, 1883
Creator: Park, Hardy B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Lamp-Shade. (open access)

Adjustable Lamp-Shade.

Patent for a simplified, detachable, and adjustable lamp shade that is "more practical and efficient without increasing the cost of manufacture" (lines 27-29), including illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Landers, Charles G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil-Destroying Machine. (open access)

Boll-Weevil-Destroying Machine.

Patent for "a machine for destroying boll weevil and other pests which frequent and infect agricultural products" (lines 14-16) using "suction nozzles correlated with a common suction system adaptable to sweep a plurality of rows at a time" (lines 27-30) including illustrations.
Date: April 16, 1918
Creator: Diserens, Thomas H. & McKay, Frank C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Desk and Map-Cabinet. (open access)

Combined Desk and Map-Cabinet.

Patent for a convertible writing desk that doubles as a cabinet for storing and displaying maps. Intended to allow multiple scrolled maps to be stored inside and easily displayed and retracted in classroom settings.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Fanning, Samuel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus and Method for Inducing Electrical Property Changes in Carbon Nanotubes (open access)

Apparatus and Method for Inducing Electrical Property Changes in Carbon Nanotubes

Patent relating to an apparatus and method for inducing electrical property changes in carbon nanotubes.
Date: September 21, 2004
Creator: Allara, David L., 1937-; Chen, Min; Henley, Donald E.; Imholt, Timothy & Roberts, James A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fountain Brush. (open access)

Fountain Brush.

Patent for the improvement of fountain brushes. The brush would be in the shape of a pencil which would stop ink or dye from spreading on fabric.
Date: August 16, 1921
Creator: Bates, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench that is adjustable to different size nuts and has a reciprocating screw member.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Daniel, Robert O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Junction-Bracket (open access)

Junction-Bracket

Patent for a junction box for automobile wiring. This junction box attempts to place wiring connections that are prone to break due to vibrations from the vehicle in one place. The location of the junction box should allow for less stress on the vehicles wiring as well as provide for easier replacement of connections and wires when servicing is required.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Teachworth, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-curing plant (open access)

Vegetable-curing plant

Patent for vegetable-curing plant and the purpose of the invention is to provide means for supplying tempered air under pressure to storage bins.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Emerson, Arthur W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Bit. (open access)

Well-Drilling Bit.

Patent for a well drilling bit with a removable point and cutting edges "at a greater radial distance from the center of the bit" (lines 18-19). The point may be removed for sharpening or replacement.
Date: August 16, 1921
Creator: Midgett, Penelton G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Magazine-Firearm. (open access)

Magazine-Firearm.

Patent for a magazine firearm, whose breech bolt is operated with the left hand to leave the right free for pulling the trigger.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Rebman, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel. (open access)

Wheel.

Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design, when "traversing soft and marshy soil[,] the ribs or lugs engage in the surface in the ordinary way; but in passing over hard or stony soil the flange bears on the surface and prevents jarring. The ribs and the flange are flush with each other . . . and this height may be considerably more than that of the ordinary ribs . . . for the reason that the said height does not affect the regularity of motion of the wheel in passing over hard soil. The advantage in tapering the ribs or lugs and the inner side of the flange is to prevent earth from clogging therein" (lines 51-53).
Date: October 16, 1888
Creator: Hatch, Jerome B. & Stroud, Wiley N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a resilient vehicle wheel.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Stephens, Louis K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds. (open access)

Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Patent for a medical compound consisting of magnesia, soda, potassium oxide, manganese, sodium chloride, acid phosphate of iron, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid. The compound is said to treat a wide variety of ailments.
Date: September 16, 1879
Creator: Coleman, George S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for an improved hyrdrocarbon burner that includes "an overhanging generating element of suitable construction in combination with a particular base having a burner jet surrounded by air admitting jets [...] to be installed in the various forms of stoves and grates" (lines 11-26), including illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Franklin, Oliver H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mangle (open access)

Mangle

Patent for a mangle which employs a "multiplicity of rollers" (line 18). Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Musch, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Clod-Crushers. (open access)

Improvement in Clod-Crushers.

Patent for a land-drag and clod-crusher that will effectually crush the clods, level the land, and pack the soil, at one and the same operation.
Date: May 16, 1876
Creator: Crockett, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Patent Awning (open access)

Patent Awning

Patent for awning.
Date: January 16, 1917
Creator: Foord, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Equipment. (open access)

Telephone Equipment.

Patent for telephone equipment. The invention provides an easy to use attachment for automatic phones that illuminates the dial and only turns on while it is in use to facilitate the use of telephones in the dark.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Haralson, William Major & Pilkington, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History