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Bag-Rack
Patent for a rotating bag rack for use in stores.
Date:
February 27, 1912
Creator:
James, Joseph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Seat.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car seats, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1900
Creator:
Meier, Hermann
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for a single piece wire clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date:
February 27, 1906
Creator:
Rumfield, Henry I. & Donaho, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for a baling press. This is an invention designed for use in baling cotton. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 27, 1906
Creator:
Washington, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carpet Fastening
Patent for carpet fastening. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 27, 1906
Creator:
Voelkle, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Off.
Patent for a cut-off for water pipes, which provides a new construction to control the flow of supply of water from a roof.
Date:
February 27, 1912
Creator:
Pruden, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in baling presses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1900
Creator:
Byars, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Elevator And Gin-Feeder.
Patent for new and useful improvements in cotton elevators and gin feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1900
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire Alarm
Patent for an automatic fire alarm. Illustration included.
Date:
August 10, 1905
Creator:
Suttle, Willis A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth.
Patent for an artificial tooth with an improved crown so that "it can be attached to the gold cap that has been made to fit the end of the root that is to be crowned, the manner of attaching being materially facilitated" (lines 15-19).
Date:
February 27, 1894
Creator:
Harrell, Hardy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an automatic car-coupler that operates without someone having to go to between the cars. It is simple and compact.
Date:
February 27, 1894
Creator:
Calhoun, Cloud B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rotary Harrow and Stalk Cutter or Roller.
Patent for a new and improved harrow combine. This design "provide[s] a rotary harrow, to be used in combination with a stalk-cutter or roller, for the purpose of harrowing ground and at the same time cutting off the stalks of the preceding crop, or for harrowing in and rolling seed. [The] invention consists in a [novel] combination and arrangement of parts" (lines 11-18).
Date:
February 27, 1883
Creator:
Barker, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Building
Patent for improvements to cotton gin buildings granted to Benjamin F. Ferguson to reduce the risk of fire and the cost of ginning cotton.
Date:
February 27, 1883
Creator:
Ferguson, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to provide a . . . car-coupling link which automatically uncouples cars in case one or more of the cars runs off the track" (lines 7-10).
Date:
February 27, 1883
Creator:
Keller, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Clod Crusher and Sod and Stalk Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved combined crusher of clods and cutter of sod and stalks. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the slotted beam, of the stalk-gathering device consisting of the bent wires or rods forming eyes, and diverging at their lower ends, and held in place by the plate or washers below the beam, and wedge above the beam . . . [and] of the frame, the slotted cross-bar, and the rollers having cutting-blades" (lines 74-83).
Date:
February 27, 1883
Creator:
Miller, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Container.
Patent for new improved containers adapted for the shipment of eggs, including illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
Hall, Cyrus M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for tools used for construction, plumbing, machinery, home renovations, and many more.
Date:
February 27, 1923
Creator:
Edwards, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle for Cotton Pickers.
Patent for a new and improved vehicle for picking cotton. This design "consists in a three-wheeled vehicle provided with a seat, in combination with a suitable frame which is supported at one end upon two wheels, and which is loosely attached at its other end to the axle of the three-wheeled vehicle, and which is used for carrying the bag or basket which is to hold the cotton . . . thus enabl[ing] persons to pick cotton who have weak backs" (lines 15-28).
Date:
February 27, 1883
Creator:
Reid, John Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for "locking the control pedals of a motor vehicle from movement in either direction, the said lock being arranged between the pedals and arranged to simultaneously engage and lock both" (lines 9-14).
Date:
February 27, 1919
Creator:
Cameron, Robert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Compressing Baled Hay.
Patent for a machine for compressing baled hay to a "greater density" (line 16). Can also be used to compress loose hay or other similar materials.
Date:
February 27, 1917
Creator:
Whitney, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Filter.
Patent for a new and useful water filter, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 27, 1900
Creator:
Nicky, Oscar E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vapor Burner
Patent for vapor burner. Illustration included.
Date:
February 27, 1906
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vapor-Burners.
Patent for, "an improved construction and arrangement of vapor-burner, by which the same is readily lighted, adjusted to a larger or smaller flame, or extinguished" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
Date:
February 27, 1877
Creator:
Sawyer, Frederick A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in fluting-iron
Patent for an improvement in fluting iron, involving a hollow smoothing and glossing iron.
Date:
February 27, 1875
Creator:
Fisher, William F. & Brown, Amos C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History