Baking-Oven (open access)

Baking-Oven

Patent for improvements in the design and construction of baking ovens
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Baxley, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Filling-Machine (open access)

Automatic Filling-Machine

Patent for a filling machine. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin (open access)

Cotton-Gin

Patent for a cotton gin which uses air blasts to clear cotton from the saws of the gin. Illustrations included.
Date: January 26, 1909
Creator: Lumpkin, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
Date: June 26, 1906
Creator: Stopple, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
Date: June 26, 1906
Creator: Stopple, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning and Handling Seed-Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning and Handling Seed-Cotton

Patent for "improved means for conveying seed-cotton from wagons or store-houses to a series of gins, to clean it during its passage, and to avoid clogging the gins or the devices themselves by rapid feeding of the cotton" (lines 14-18).
Date: November 26, 1889
Creator: Elam, William E.; Thomas, Robert S. & Hardwick, Sauny W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door. (open access)

Car-Door.

Patent for "an improved freight car door so supported that it will not be shaken or jarred off and can be easily opened and closed at all times no matter how heavily loaded the car may be." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1895
Creator: Allen, Thomas C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Elevator and Gin-Feeder. (open access)

Cotton-Elevator and Gin-Feeder.

Patent for an inexpensive cotton-elevator and gin-feeder that is easy to assemble and have removable screens and suspended chutes and feeders. Suction draws the cotton through the distributing trunk, and gravity drops the cotton into a gin. These concepts are also outlined in the inventor's previous patents, Nos 472,607 and 488,446.
Date: May 26, 1896
Creator: Murray, Stephen A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Scale. (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Scale.

Patent for a more accurate continuous weighing automatic scale of such bulk materials as grain, cotton seed, etc. with a mechanism for automatical control of both a main and an auxiliary receiver door.
Date: January 26, 1915
Creator: Williams, Andrew M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Scraper (open access)

Combined Plow and Scraper

Patent for "a combined plow and scraper, which may be employed to alternately break or loosen a surface that is being graded or lowered, and to scrape the loosened material from said surface." (lines 14-18)
Date: August 26, 1913
Creator: Reese, Edwin M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaker and Cleaner (open access)

Boll Breaker and Cleaner

Patent for new and improved Boll Breakers and Cleaners "for handling and cleaning seed cotton prior to it delivery to the ginning mechanism..." (lines 9-10).
Date: April 26, 1915
Creator: Kinne, Tempel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Lock and Circuit-Breaker. (open access)

Combination-Lock and Circuit-Breaker.

Patent for a combination lock used to protect automobile circuit breakers from unauthorized use.
Date: August 26, 1913
Creator: Buckeye, George J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Card-File Cabinet. (open access)

Card-File Cabinet.

Patent for a lockable card file cabinet or casing that allows for viewing through a transparent top with use of a rod for moving cards back and forth. The transparent top allows customer information to be stored and used, but not edited without a key.
Date: November 26, 1918
Creator: Reeves, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Progressive Electrostatic Separation of Comminuted Material (open access)

Process of and Apparatus for Progressive Electrostatic Separation of Comminuted Material

Patent for a new process and equipment that improves upon prior work to separate comminuted materials. This patent explores the new process which "provides means for moving the electro-static waves or charges across the line of normal movement of the material upon a support of between two opposing stationary electrodes by so directing and controlling the electric charges, that each bar electrode is charged in succession across the deck and at an angle to the movement of such deck, whereby the difficulties in separating certain classes of comminuted material with moving electrodes are overcome" (lines 32-42).
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Coating Machine. (open access)

Pipe-Coating Machine.

Patent for a pipe coating machine which coats the pipes used for oil and gas pipe lines with a safety material like tar.
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Taber, Rock G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building Construction. (open access)

Building Construction.

Patent for new and improved building constructions which will help the economy, steadiness, benefit, and rapidity of erection.
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Eldridge, Leonard L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner

Patent for a cotton-cleaner with beveled beaters attached to a central shaft. The shape of the beaters and rotation push the cotton outwards and downwards, thus preventing the cotton from clogging or collecting around the central shaft. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Stacy, Grover C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Roost and Nest (open access)

Combined Roost and Nest

Patent for a combined roost and nest for farm animals. The purpose of this new design is to improve the sanitation of current roosts and nests.
Date: August 26, 1919
Creator: Gilmore, Calvin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Adding and Listing Machine (open access)

Combined Adding and Listing Machine

Patent for a combined adding and listing machine. A machine made for adding, listing, and totaling (and sub-totaling).
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: McCaleb, Walter F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Removing Useful Fiber From Seeds. (open access)

Mechanism for Removing Useful Fiber From Seeds.

Patent for Mechanism for Removing Useful Fiber From Seeds, by actions of rotating instrument, where the released fibers collected.
Date: August 9, 1919
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cake-Forming and Cage-Loading Mechanism for Oil-Presses. (open access)

Cake-Forming and Cage-Loading Mechanism for Oil-Presses.

Patent for a cake-forming and cage-loading mechanism for oil presses, specifically designed for extracting vegetable oil from cooked meats. The mechanism includes a revolving mold member and presser, allowing cooked meats to be compacted and ejected into a cake receiving cage.
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Henry, Nelson B. (Nelson Bollinger), Jr., 1883-1969
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for wrench. Machine bolts have a cylindrical or round shank and therefore in order to remove the nut it is often necessary to employ two tools, one engaged with the head of the bolt to prevent its turning and the other engaged with the nut for removing the same. This invention involves a structure provided which includes a member for engaging and holding the head of the bolt and another member for engaging the nut and capable of being revolved whereby the nut may be screwed on to or unscrewed from the bolt.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Moore, Asa C. & Ozment, Edward L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Attachment. (open access)

Window-Shade Attachment.

Patent for a new and useful window shade attachment, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 26, 1899
Creator: Garretson, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a valve used with radiator heating system. Illustration included.
Date: April 26, 1910
Creator: Kinnison, Hallah C.
System: The Portal to Texas History