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Baling-Press.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses." (line 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Abbot, Thomas & Abbot, Harry B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary-Engine.
Patent for a new and improved rotary engine. This design consists "of a wheel provided with radially-sliding pistons and revolving within a fixed circumferential steam-chest, and having fixed on its axle an eccentric and spring, that operate to throw the pistons or floats outward to receive the pressure of the steam or other motor that is to drive the engine" (lines 19-26).
Date:
January 20, 1880
Creator:
Adams, James Ansley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for "a simple, practical combined planter and cotton and corn cultivator, which shall be easily adjusted and operated, and shall be cheap and durable" (lines 11-12). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
August 20, 1867
Creator:
Adams, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter
Patent for a seed planter that has a revolving set of cups that are filled with seed and then planted as the seed planter crosses a field.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Adams, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Lint-Room and Cotton-Presses.
Patent for the improvement of lint-rooms and cotton presses, including a description and illustrations.
Date:
December 20, 1870
Creator:
Albertson, Ichabod H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Transmitter.
Patent for a telephone-transmitter "with a diaphragm and carbon button carried thereby, of a spring-supported flaring conical carbon-cell provided with a flange covered with soft material and resting on the carbon button carried by the diaphragm, the carbon-cell being filled with granulated carbon resting in contact with the carbon button" (lines 13-19). This is meant to optimize the volume of sound being transmitted.
Date:
October 20, 1896
Creator:
Alexander, Horace C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber.
Patent for an "improved shock absorber adapted to be attached to the springs of an automobile or other vehicle" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
Alexander, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight
Patent for an improved automobile headlight function that allows the light to be pointed directly at the road in front of the wheels to avoid the glare/reflection associated with straight-forward lighting.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Indicator.
Patent for a speed indicator to allow individuals not in an automobile to determine its speed, including illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slime Separator and Classifier.
Patent for settler, separator, and classifier of different solid and liquid particles, includes illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch.
Patent for a switch mechanism for use on railroads. The switch can be installed without cutting the railroad tracks. Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Allen, Gus V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry Drinking-Fountain.
Patent for a poultry drinking fountain, which run water from a water tank to the the water trough and cuts off automatically when the trough is full.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Anderson, Heartwell B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the fork-shaped draw-heads having under-beveled bearings between the branches, the slotted coupler-bars having hook-lugs in front of the slots and adapted to interlock, the side bearings or ledges on each side of each hook-lug, designed to support the sides of the bar and to allow the hook-lugs to enter the slots in coupling" (lines 19-27).
Date:
June 20, 1882
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved hame fastener. This design consists, "with the bar provided with a rack and longitudinal ways, of the housing provided at each end with downwardly and inwardly projecting lugs engaging said ways, and a spring provided with a stop, the link seated in a groove on the housing provided with a finger-hold, and an offset on said link adapted to strike against a projection on the spring for limiting the movement of said link" (lines 64-73).
Date:
May 20, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Top Prop.
Patent for a new and improved top-props for carriages. This design consists "[i]n combination with an arm having perforations and slot, plate provided with arm, pin, and bolt, and arms . . . secured, respectively, to the arm and the carriage-top" (lines 76-80).
Date:
May 20, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for altering the regulating the depth of insertion into the ground, without the need of operators alighting from seat of cultivator.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
Andy F. Parker
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Starting Meachanism for Explosive Engines
Patent for a mechanism for starting internal combustion engines, and particularly that form of starting devices in which a torsion spring is used.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
Appleman, Boyd K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chair for Railroad Rails.
Patent for a new and improved chair for railroad rails. This design utilizes a metal key and wrought-iron straps so that "the rails are held firmly both laterally and vertically, so that they are kept level at the joint and any sagging is prevented. At the same time endwise movement by expansion or contraction is not hindered, and the chairs being fastened to the ties, the expansion and contraction will take place entirely between the several chairs" (lines 49-57).
Date:
February 20, 1883
Creator:
Armstrong, Charles & Abbott, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Post-Hole Diggers
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in Post-Hole Diggers.
Date:
November 20, 1877
Creator:
Armstrong, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for cotton chopper attachment for wheeled cultivators that allowed the user to "cut or chop out portions of the cotton row so that the growth of the remaining cotton is facilitated."
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Arthur, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motormeter-Anchor.
Patent for a new Motormeter-Anchor: a device that will "provide a means whereby a motormeter can be anchored securely to the radiator of an automobile, thus making theft of same impossible, or difficult that it will not be attempted" (lines 8-12).
Date:
September 20, 1921
Creator:
Ashton, William James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planting Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved attachment for planters. This design consists in "the combination of a standard having a seed box at its upper end provided with a longitudinal groove in the upper side of the bottom, and with slots in the end walls registering with the groove and having an arm projecting laterally from the lower end, a wheel journaled upon the said arm, a seed-slide in the groove, a bell-crank fulcrumed upon a rearwardly-projecting bracket of the box, a connecting-rod pivoted to the wheel and to the rear arm of the bell-crank, and a connecting-rod pivoted to the upper arm of the bell-crank" (lines 41-53).
Date:
March 20, 1888
Creator:
Aten, Frank L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Wheel.
Patent for new and useful improvements in spring wheels sufficient to enable it to successfully stand up under the shocks and jars to which such wheels are ordinarily subjected, while at the same time having all the wearing qualities and resiliency of the pneumatic tire.
Date:
May 20, 1920
Creator:
Atkinson, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device.
Patent for "a simple and inexpensive advertising device adapted to be placed on street corners and other public places and capable of exciting the curiosity and attracting attention, and thereby directing the attention of persons to the advertisement" (lines 11-16).
Date:
March 20, 1894
Creator:
Attaway, Henry F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History