Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for a new and improved baling-press including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 30, 1873
Creator: Jackson, Thomas R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Top. (open access)

Vehicle Top.

Patent for a new and improved vehicle-top. This design "is to simplify, improve, and cheapen the construction of vehicle-tops . . . and enable the sliding curtain to be more readily and securely fastened to the standards and bows of the carriage-top" (lines 12-18). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination of the supporting-bows provided with longitudinal grooves, and the curtain-carrying frame comprising flat flexible strips arranged in the said grooves and provided at intervals with inwardly-extending plates having perforations, and the parallel cross-pieces secured to the plates" (lines 84-90).
Date: September 30, 1890
Creator: McCurdy, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type Writing Machine. (open access)

Type Writing Machine.

Patent for a type writing machine that is small and portable, including illustrations.
Date: December 30, 1890
Creator: Depuy, Gilbert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Top. (open access)

Vehicle Top.

Patent for a new and improved vehicle-top. This design "consists in the combination, of a vehicle-top, with upright rods having their upper ends bent to conform to the shape of the roof, the upper ends of the rods being secured to strips held on the under side of the roof of the top, and on which rods curtains are held to slide up and down" (lines 12-18).
Date: September 30, 1884
Creator: McCurdy, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drill. (open access)

Well Drill.

Patent for a new and improved well-drill. This design consists "[i]n a drill, the cylinder closed at its upper end by a head with a stuffing-box and a tapering opening and provided at its lower end with suitable cutters, in combination with an operating-rod passing through the upper head and a weight, said operating-rod being provided with spring-arms adapted to engage and raise said weight within the cylinder and at the top thereof automatically to release it" (lines 27-35).
Date: December 30, 1890
Creator: Welke, William Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Land-Roller and Harrow. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Land-Roller and Harrow.

Patent for an improved version of a combined land-roller and harrow that allows for easier cleaning of its parts and adjustment of its rollers.
Date: September 30, 1879
Creator: Smith, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongs. (open access)

Tongs.

Patent for new and improved tongs. This design "is especially adapted for the recovery of tools, broken sections, stones, or débris from artesian-well borings" (lines 54-57). It consists "of a solid or tubular shank provided with spring-metal tines, a ring to slide thereon, and a hollow weight sliding on the tube adapted to drive the ring down upon the tines" (lines 12-16).
Date: December 30, 1890
Creator: Welke, William Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Time Signal-Repeating System. (open access)

Telephone Time Signal-Repeating System.

Patent for a system to automatically signal the current time over phone-lines.
Date: October 30, 1883
Creator: Oram, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Slat-and-Wire Fence-Machine. (open access)

Slat-and-Wire Fence-Machine.

Patent for a simple and compact wire-fence machine that can be hand operated and aids in the construction of a wire fence. The machine stretches and maintains tension while twisting and securing the wire to a post. The machine also twists wires together.
Date: January 30, 1894
Creator: Haley, Anslem J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton-Cultivator.

Patent for a cotton-cultivator that brings unevenly planted cotton plants to "stand" quickly, effectively, and without much effort. "Five or more stands can be obtained at one operation of the machine" (lines 23-25).
Date: January 30, 1894
Creator: Nehrmeyer, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Running Gear for Wagons. (open access)

Running Gear for Wagons.

Patent for a new and improved running-gear for wagons. This design consists "[i]n a running-gear for carriages and wagons, the combination, with the axle provided with the collars of the stationary and rotary disks, and interposed anti-friction rollers mounted on arms projecting from disks, which are mounted on bolts, constituting axles for the rotary disks and the horizontal wheels and in the boxes" (lines 10-17).
Date: January 30, 1883
Creator: Mackey, Thomas Bell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reamer. (open access)

Reamer.

Patent for a new and improved reamer. This design "relates to reamers for use in boring artesian wells and other similar purposes; and it consists, essentially, of a hollow cylindrical body adapted to be attached to a suitable driving-head and provided with peripheral expansion-cutters operated by an internal plunger" (lines 11-17).
Date: December 30, 1890
Creator: Welke, William Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry-Kin Furnace. (open access)

Dry-Kin Furnace.

Patent for a dry-kiln furnace meant to improve the "heating and hot-air circulating devices for such structures, whereby all or nearly all the heat generated is utilized, thereby effecting an economy in the use of fuel and also increasing the capacity of the kiln" (lines 15-19).
Date: July 30, 1895
Creator: Ketcham, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lancaster Independent School District, June 2005 (open access)

Lancaster Independent School District, June 2005

"The report reviews the management and performance of the Lancaster Independent School District's (LISD) education, financial, and operational functions."
Date: June 30, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner. (open access)

Burner.

Patent for a new and improved burner for use in fire-boxes of boilers and other apparatus.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Jones, John Lemiel, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alarm Attachment for Electric Bells. (open access)

Alarm Attachment for Electric Bells.

Patent for "an Alarm Attachment for Electric Bells." "The object in view is the provision of means for facilitating the change of an ordinary door-bell into a continuously-ringing alarm apparatus, while leaving the mechanism free to be changed back into its former operative condition as a door-bell."(Lines 10-15) Including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 30, 1902
Creator: Blakeney, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pencil Holder and Sharpener. (open access)

Combined Pencil Holder and Sharpener.

Patent for a combined pencil holder and sharpener, which uses the sharpener as a pencil cap.
Date: November 30, 1909
Creator: Haase, Conrad H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for "useful improvements in combined cotton choppers and cultivators" (lines 10-11) including illustrations.
Date: July 30, 1907
Creator: Arnold, Willard M. ; W. M. Arnold
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leather-Strap-Finishing Machine. (open access)

Leather-Strap-Finishing Machine.

Patent for a leather strap finishing machine for use in harness making.
Date: March 30, 1909
Creator: Roberge, James Z.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Key-Bar. (open access)

Key-Bar.

Patent for key-bars for use on type-writers and cash-registers.
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Irish, Gilbert H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Mouth-Speculum. (open access)

Veterinary Mouth-Speculum.

Patent for a mouth speculum for use by veterinarians to hold open the mouths of animals during surgeries on their teeth.
Date: July 30, 1907
Creator: Rutherford, Frank E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Space Block (open access)

Space Block

Patent for a block used to block spacing members upon a shaft, Illustration included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment for Plows (open access)

Planting Attachment for Plows

Patent for planting attachment for plows. Illustration included.
Date: August 30, 1904
Creator: Gordon, Duncan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Third Seat for Vehicles. (open access)

Third Seat for Vehicles.

Patent for an extra third seat for vehicles, which folds up when not in use.
Date: July 30, 1907
Creator: Bond, Tom, Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History