Piston-Rod Packing. (open access)

Piston-Rod Packing.

Patent for a piston packing device to decrease the wear on pistons in oil pumps.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Martin, Robert Edward Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Making Apparatus (open access)

Ice-Making Apparatus

Patent for an ice-making apparatus that both cools the brine and makes the ice.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Bell, Samuel Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Street-Pavement (open access)

Street-Pavement

Patent for a street paving material made from limestone, limestone dust, and crude oil with layers of crushed rock in between which is waterproof and durable.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Walsh, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch (open access)

Railway-Switch

Patent for a railway switch. Illustrations included.
Date: July 9, 1907
Creator: Collier, William Reid
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Filing Machine (open access)

Saw Filing Machine

Patent for a saw filing machine. This invention is designed to allow the teeth of saws to be sharpened with a reciprocatory file. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Tatum, Cicero J. & Dunn, Lemuel E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reclining Rocking-Chair. (open access)

Reclining Rocking-Chair.

Patent for a reclining rocking chair, which can be rocked while upright or reclined.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Swindler, Edgar L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Street-Cleaner. (open access)

Street-Cleaner.

Patent for a connection with the suction-head portion of pneumatic street sweepers that provides a dust or dirt disturbing element in the form of a brush or broom.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Duke, Holmes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal (open access)

Signal

Patent for a signal that allows trainmasters to move trains in sections. Illustration included.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Cairncross, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shear-Sharpener. (open access)

Shear-Sharpener.

Patent for an improved shear sharpener which has a "new and novel construction by which shears are quickly and properly sharpened, ... whereby a shear is held at the proper bevel while being moved over an oilstone or the like" (lines 12-16), including illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: Jeffrey, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Truck. (open access)

Roller-Truck.

Patent for a roller truck that is comprised of "plurality of rollers, a suitable framework upon which said rollers operate, and an improved means of retaining them in position in said framework." (lines 14-17); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 8, 1900
Creator: Sotey, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel (open access)

Spring-Wheel

Patent for a wheel with a solid tire and elastic support. Illustrations included.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Sharp, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roundabout Swing (open access)

Roundabout Swing

Patent for a roundabout swing. Illustrations included.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Jones, Oliver P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary for Oil-Wells. (open access)

Rotary for Oil-Wells.

Patent for a pipe rotary for use "in sinking oil-wells" (line 10). The patent allows for the power to be applied to the "pipe-sections which constitute the casing of the well" (line 14-15).
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Bernard, Horace D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence Post Mold (open access)

Fence Post Mold

Patent for fence post mold. Illustration included.
Date: October 9, 1906
Creator: Collier, William Reid
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastening and Releasing Device for Logging-Car Chains. (open access)

Fastening and Releasing Device for Logging-Car Chains.

Patent for a fastening and releasing device for logging car chains that is strong and easy to use.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Proctor, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burning System (open access)

Oil-Burning System

Patent for a liquid fuel system used for burning crude oil. Illustrations included.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Duke, Holmes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Bearing (open access)

Journal-Bearing

Patent for a self-lubricating journal bearing that is protected from foreign matter. Illustrations included.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Lanaux, Alfred A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burning and Steam Generating Apparatus (open access)

Oil Burning and Steam Generating Apparatus

Patent for an oil burning and steam generating apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Spurrier, John Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Well Drill. (open access)

Oil Well Drill.

Patent for a new rotary oil drill with improvements to anchor the drill-pipe, improve oil flow, and prevent blow-outs of the drill-pipe.
Date: July 3, 1903
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handle-Bar. (open access)

Handle-Bar.

Patent for "handle-bars for bicycles, velocipedes, and the like; and the primary object is to enable the successful use of animals' horns in the formation thereof and to provide for the adjustment and securing of such handle-bars in either a raised or lowered position or at any point within range of a circular adjustment" (lines 8-15).
Date: September 6, 1898
Creator: Martin, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pictorial Firmament Machine. (open access)

Pictorial Firmament Machine.

Patent for a hollow globe with a map of the stars and planets positions on one side that has lights on the inside of the globe to project the placement of the stars and planets on a ceiling.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Jones, Oliver Pinkney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Motor (open access)

Rotary Motor

Patent for a Rotary Motor. Illustrations included.
Date: June 28, 1904
Creator: Pattinson, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Artificial Fuel (open access)

Process of Making Artificial Fuel

Patent for process of creating artificial fuel and the resulting product.
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Steiner, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protractor (open access)

Protractor

Patent for a protractor. Illustration included.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: Thomas, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History