Resource Type
States
Month
Day
47 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 24 of
47
next
Bank-Punch
Patent for "a punch for the use of banks, counting-houses, &c., which will cut figures and characters out of the material of la check or other paper, and which will cut in the said paper before and after the figures representing the value of the check a star or other character to prevent the raising of the check by the addition of other figures" (lines 21-28).
Date:
March 18, 1890
Creator:
Lane, Alvin V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aquarium.
Patent for an ornamental suspension aquarium with easily removed plug or stopper for refreshing the water with illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1884
Creator:
Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements to a machine that compresses bolts of cloth or waste into compact bales for shipment.
Date:
March 18, 1884
Creator:
Reagan, Edgar U. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breech-Loading Fire-Arm.
Patent for breech-loaded fire-arms, with illustrations. The purpose of the breech-loaded fire-arms was to improve existing fire-arms by allowing for a method to prevent accidental discharge.
Date:
March 18, 1884
Creator:
Schraud, Franz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Stock and Freight Car.
Patent for stock cars and means for converting a stock car in part or as whole into a freight car.
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Bertsch, John Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Tool
Patent for a compound tool which combines the features of the nut-wrench and the pipe-wrench.
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Scroggins, James L. & Waldrop, A. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil.
Patent for "refining crude cotton seed oil designed to increase the yield of refined oil of the required color, odor and flavor." (lines 11-13)
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Jesse C. Chisholm; J. Chisholm; Chisholm, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun Firing Mechanism.
Patent for an automatic gun firing mechanism intended to protect gardens, orchards, and fields by scaring off birds and other animals that destroy crops through automatic discharge of a firearm at predetermined intervals.
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Steinocher, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conveyer System.
Patent for "an improved conveyer system that will take a package and automatically carry it to any selected point along the system, discharge the package and return to the starting point" (lines 8-12), including illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1919
Creator:
Hanak, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life-Saving Device.
Patent for a collapsible life-saving device that can be stored in little space on a ship or dock and unfolded quickly for use as a flotation device for several persons.
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Bradford, Thomas C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casket.
Patent for a casket with that is a "reinforced plastic burial casket which shall be of a light construction but having great strength in proportion to its weight" (lines 13 - 16), hermetically sealing the interior and keeping water out, including illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1918
Creator:
Cook, Leander P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooking-Stove
Patent for a stove "with an oven, and a combustion chamber, so arranged . . . that the heat will completely surround said oven, said stove being equipped with a novel form of oil burner which is contained in the combustion chamber and adapted to utilize oil as a fuel" (lines 14-19).
Date:
March 18, 1919
Creator:
Cook, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Measuring and Transfer Tank Pump
Patent for a combination measure and transfer tank pump to be used for the transferring of oil from one container to another.
Date:
March 18, 1919
Creator:
Kirkwood, A. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire stretcher
This patent is to help provide an improved wire stretcher.
Date:
December 6, 1910
Creator:
Riley, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon
Patent for "relates to the construction of wagon beds or bodies; and it has for'its object to provide a simple means for bracing such beds-or bodies to prevent the sides thereof from spreading under a load, and whereby the heavy standards usually employed may be dispensed with" (lines 23-30).
Date:
March 18, 1890
Creator:
Haupt, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.
Patent for new and useful improvement in wagon hubs that includes one-piece attachment and spokes that can be cut by metal strips by exposed to no injury, including illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
McNalley, Michael
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Bag Fastening.
Patent for a new and improved fastening for mail bags. This design "consists of a chain fixed to one side of the bag so as to swing on the lower edge, and having hooks, or, it may be, curved or straight studs, which are made to pass through eyes of the two sides of the bag and around or through another chain on the other side of the bag, making a very simple fastening that is equally secure as the staple fastening now in use and much more readily manufactured" (lines 7-16).
Date:
March 18, 1884
Creator:
Scott, Roy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade-Operation-Lever.
Patent for an invention that provides a simple and relatively inexpensive means for operating window shades without involving a spring roller.
Date:
March 18, 1919
Creator:
Lee, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for an improvement in waching machine design, including illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
Millegan, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds.
Patent for a mixture of "amargosa" root, Jamaica ginger, glycerin, and simple syrup for use in treating illnesses of the bowels.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
Putegnat, Joseph L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sawing-Machines.
Patent for a new and valuable sawing-machine is combined and, "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the vibrating beam, vertically-sliding block, and flanged support," (pg. 3) e.g...including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
Westmoreland, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Distributer for Internal-Combustion Engines.
Patent for "improvements in Vacuum-Distributers for Internal-Combustion Engines". More precisely "an improvement in 'vacuum-energized make-and-break spark-plug". This particular vacuum-distributer would aid in lubricating the working parts and a "breather" function would let outside air pass through, preventing the "ingress of dirt and impurities to the vacuum-distributer".
Date:
March 18, 1919
Creator:
Irwin, Samuel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Balanced Valves.
Patent for an improvement in the design of balanced slide valves for steam and other engines, including illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1873
Creator:
Fitzsimmons, Henry.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil
Patent for improvements in the processes of refining crude cotton-seed oil which increases the yield of refined oil. Improved results are are obtained by "neutralizing the oil with an alkaline silicate and then treating the oil with a mixture of alkaline hydroxid and alkaline carbonate" (lines 28-31).
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Chisholm, Jesse C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History