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Air-Cycle
Patent for an air cycle that allows a person to fly by pedaling. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Price, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Administering Medecine to Live Stock.
Patent for for a device to efficiently administer medication to live stock.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Holliday, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for improvements to a baling press, making it "simple, inexpensive, durable, and highly-efficient" (lines 17-18), including illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1906
Creator:
Unfried, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt-Clipper
Patent for improvements to bolt cutters, in terms of construction and efficiency. The improvement includes "oppositely-disposed jaw members, having v-shaped cutting edges" (lines 36-37). Includes illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1906
Creator:
Pulvitt, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bonnet.
Patent for new and useful improvement sin bonnets, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1900
Creator:
Thornton, Frances E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Calf-Weaner.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Calf-Weaners." (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1906
Creator:
Chandler, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Can-Opener.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Can-Openers." (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1909
Creator:
Davis, James Walter & McBee, Marshall E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roaster.
Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design utilizes handles "so arranged as to enable the operator to shake it and move it upside down and about with great facility. The perforated or wire-cloth bottom and top allow the heat from the stove or fire to pass unobstructed to the coffee, so that a strong and uniform heat is applied. The wire-cloth bottom also acts as a sieve . . . and it does not scratch or burn the grains" (lines 49-58). The design eliminates the need for a stirring utensil.
Date:
January 9, 1883
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Filing Block and Sawing Board
Patent for jewelrs combination wood filing block, and a sawing board.
Date:
January 9, 1917
Creator:
Stillians, Harry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Swing and Other Articles of Furniture
Patent for a porch swing that can be converted into other different articles of furniture. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Sanders, Ira B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Smoke-Consumer and Vaporizer.
Patent for a combined smoke-consumer and vaporizer that increases fuel efficiency in furnaces.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Davis, Othman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coop Support
Patent for support structure for chicken coops.
Date:
January 9, 1917
Creator:
Clippinger, Levi
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper with an attachment for a guided chopper. This cotton chopper allows for the chopping device to engage the soil when the device is driven over various types of soil.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Tedder, Morgan C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Elevator.
Patent for improvement in cotton-elevators by providing means for the air-conduit and the cotton-conduit to communicate with the body of the elevator; and means for the air-conduit to communicate directly to the cotton conduit in order to effectively and uniformly distribute the cotton when fed to the gins. Thus preventing the cotton from being fed unevenly, which would clog and otherwise retard the action of the gins. (Lines 11-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 9, 1900
Creator:
Williams, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Off Lock
Patent for gasoline cutoff for motor vehicles. Allows for vehicle to be still in use or running when left unattended, but will prevent it from being stolen.
Date:
January 9, 1917
Creator:
Reid, William O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Operating and Locking Means
Patent for improved locking means for sliding doors.
Date:
January 9, 1917
Creator:
Freeman, Richard J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draw-Bar for Locomotives.
Patent for an improved draw-bar for locomotives that consists of a frame, a pilot and draw bar, a counterweight that moves vertically in the pilot, a coupler head with a knuckle and a toe and a guide arm, and a release mechanism for the locking device on the bar.
Date:
January 9, 1894
Creator:
Heidelberg, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch.
Patent for switches or connectors that connect sections of wires used for telephones or telegraphs
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Du Val, James Erl & Lee, Ezra A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate latch "comprising pivoted arms having hooked front ends which are normally spread out" (lines 85-87), including illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1906
Creator:
Drennan, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer.
Patent for improvement in gin-saw filer in “which the saws may be sharpened without removing them or any other operative part from the gin and wherein the files in sharpening one tooth automatically operate to impart a partial rotation to the saw to bring the next saw-tooth in position to be filed.” (Lines 11-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 9, 1900
Creator:
Reynolds, Richard J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Glass Casket
Patent for casket constructed of glass.
Date:
January 9, 1917
Creator:
De Camp, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grate.
Patent for a grate meant for use in train boilers that can "conveniently dump part of the burning fuel in one end of the firebox" (lines 10-11).
Date:
January 9, 1894
Creator:
Baker, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for a harrow which can be attached to a cultivator in place of a plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Cowart, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hook
Patent for a self releasing log hook to rapidly move logs from one location to another. It provides simplicity in structure, effectiveness in operation and inexpensiveness in manufacture.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Knox, Hiram
System:
The Portal to Texas History