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Book-Holding Device
Patent for a book-holding device that will keep books open by holding back turned pages, with illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Barry, David Redmond
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Transferring Apparatus.
Patent for a mail transferring apparatus designed to transfer mail bags from a station to a moving mail car with minimal injury to the mail bag or the receiving employees.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Bashell, Edward Allen & Smart, W. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Price-Tag.
Patent for an improved price tag that includes not only the price information, but also "at a glance a stock record and a cost record and provides space for making notations and writing other information" (lines 13-16) for the use of a store clerk's reference.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Bedinger, Singleton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Stay.
Patent for fence stays which have "novel and improved means for effectively bracing and spacing the wires of a fence." The invention "will possess advantages in points of efficiency and durability, is inexpensive to manufacture, and at the same time, is simple in construction and operation."
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Benson, Autha C. & Benson, A. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pie-Plate Lifter
Patent for a pie plate lifter used to handle pie plates or other utensils should they be too hot. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Blue, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle.
Patent for an improved back-band buckle and an improved hook that connects the buckle with the trace-chain. The lever-hook snaps "into position and is held secure in a pane substantially flush with the lower portion of the buckle-frame when the buckle is closed by the forcing down of the lever" (lines 15-19).
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Brown, John Staddart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Grain-Harvester Reel.
Patent for making the arms of the folding reels of grain harvesters shiftable and creating a way to brace the arms and hold them in different positions.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Buchanan, David E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Gate
Patent for a railway gate that can be operated from a distance. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Buchannan, Edward M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box for Washing Material for Concrete.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in boxes for washing aggregate or rough material for making concrete" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Cutting Machine.
Patent for a grain-cutting apparatus with adjustable knives. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Clark, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Spring-Motor.
Patent for a spring-motor for bicycles, street and railway cars, and other vehicles which is meant "to accumulate and store surplus power which is usually lost in stopping vehicles and in holding back the same when descending steep grades, the purpose being to utilize such stored power for the purpose of propelling the vehicle up an incline or at whatever point additional power may be found desirable." (Lines 17-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Click, John Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Spring-Motor. [Copy #1]
Patent for a spring motor "particularly designed for use in connection with bicycles, polycycles, and all foot-propelled vehicles, but applicable also to all kinds of vehicles, as well as street and railway cars" (lines 11-15). It is intended to accumulate surplus power for use in propelling a vehicle up an incline, or for other propulsion either forward or backward.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Click, John Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Spring-Motor. [Copy #2]
Patent for a spring motor "particularly designed for use in connection with bicycles, polycycles, and all foot-propelled vehicles, but applicable also to all kinds of vehicles, as well as street and railway cars" (lines 11-15). It is intended to accumulate surplus power for use in propelling a vehicle up an incline, or for other propulsion either forward or backward.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Click, John Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plunger For Deep-Well Pumps
Patent for improved deep well pumps with plungers used to reduce wear and lower the amount of repairs needed
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Coulson, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tires
Patent for an inner tube for pneumatic tires that has been layered with vulcanized fabric so as to protect from damage. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Culmore, March
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Windlass
Patent for improved windlass for an automobile that attaches to both rear wheels to prevent idling
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Davis, Marion A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Making Castings.
Patent for "making castings of various kinds, and more especially for making castings for dental use" (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Davison, Hugh M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tooth-Bender.
Patent for a tooth bender for band saw teeth, which keeps the teeth in place for use and for grinding.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Dell Ge Bott, Jay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bin-Measuring Apparatus
Patent for a bin measuring apparatus for weighing dry products for sale quickly and accurately.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Duke, Joseph S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements In Vine-Rakes
Patent for new and improved Vine-Rakes to use in everyday farming. Uses includes pulling fines from crops and preparing the ground for plowing or digging before planting crops.
Date:
April 20, 1875
Creator:
Dunn, Joseph W
System:
The Portal to Texas History
COTTON AND CORN PLANTER.
Patent for a machine that assist with cotton and corn farmers with the planting of corn and cotton seed which contains instructions and illustrations on "construction and arrangement of parts" (line 18).
Date:
April 20, 1880
Creator:
Faucher, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Self-Filling Tire
Patent for a product that automatically inflates automobile tires with the motion and weight of the moving vehicle, with the help of a piston that is not driven by springs.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Fernandez, Jose
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap
Patent for an ant rap designed to catch ants and burrowing insects that are destructive to vegetation. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Fly, Nathaniel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stop.
Patent for a more efficient automatic train stop with a mechanism that uses a connection with the block system used on railways to stop a train when it runs into "the tracks of the danger zone or upon the tracks of the block where the train should be stopped." (lines 16-18)
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Gramm, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History