Packet-Holder. (open access)

Packet-Holder.

Patent for a packet holder used to wrap and tie a bundle of mail or letters made using a cord and clasp plate.
Date: January 27, 1920
Creator: Ashby, Bert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shade Roller and Curtain-Pole Bracket. (open access)

Shade Roller and Curtain-Pole Bracket.

Patent for an adjustable, screwless support pole for window shades and curtains to be used with windows and shades of different widths.
Date: January 27, 1920
Creator: Leach, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Snap-Hook. (open access)

Snap-Hook.

Patent for a novel snap hook that is easily attachable to an object, but cannot be accidentally detached. The hook utilizes a snap engagement with the bill of the hook and a spring. The hook can be disengaged with finger pressure on the plating.
Date: January 27, 1920
Creator: Carroll, Basil M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester. (open access)

Spark-Arrester.

Patent for a spark aresster that is designed to prevent the discharge of sparks from a flue, particularly flues for small stoves used in army tents.
Date: January 27, 1920
Creator: Ashby, Bert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spoke and Tire for Automobile and Truck Wheels. (open access)

Spoke and Tire for Automobile and Truck Wheels.

Patent for a new spoke and tire for automobile and truck wheels, with illustrations.
Date: January 27, 1920
Creator: Collier, Aaron
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper. (open access)

Stalk-Chopper.

Patent for improvements to the stalk-chopping machine that will strip the ears from the corn while also chopping the corn stalk into bits to fertilize the field.
Date: January 27, 1920
Creator: Bartz, Adolph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Straightening Tool. (open access)

Wire-Straightening Tool.

Patent for a wire straightening tool, with illustrations, that relies on a series of levers and cams to apply pressure to the wire as it is pulled through. The patent notes that "the wires can be straightened quickly and with facility, thereby permitting the using of all twisted and bent wire which has heretofore gone to waste and resulting in considerable saving of metal" (page 2, lines 14-18).
Date: January 27, 1920
Creator: Cervenka, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Generating and Carbureting Hydrogen. (open access)

Apparatus for Generating and Carbureting Hydrogen.

Patent for an apparatus that will improve the cost efficiency of producing gas. Specifically, this invention details a "main tank which produces hydrogen and an auxiliary tank wherein the hydrogen is mixed with crude petroleum oil and thereby given its illuminating and combustible properties" (lines 18-23).
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Stuart, Charles V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream-Freezer Holder. (open access)

Ice-Cream-Freezer Holder.

Patent for a new ice cream freezer holder to be placed at the bottom of a freezer during the freezing process, including illustrations.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Toepperwein, Ferdinand L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knob-Fastening. (open access)

Knob-Fastening.

Patent for improved knob fastening where the door knob will be held in place without the use of screws for increased durability, including illustrations.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Collins, Horace B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mop (open access)

Mop

Patent for a mop that by creates an attachment device and adds a piece to cushion the edge of the mop head. Illustrations included.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Wier, Harry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mud-Shredder for Vehicle-Wheels. (open access)

Mud-Shredder for Vehicle-Wheels.

Patent for a mud-shredding device that is attached to vehicle wheels in order to prevent accumulation of mud.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Newsom, Henry G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for improved design and function in oil burners, specifically on fuel nozzle and needle valve, allowing for greater control of gas that flows through to create combustion.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Butler, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for a new and improved oil burner design to provide simultaneously regulation of the fuel, steam, and water supply to the coil, including illustration.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Clayton, Oscar B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow that provides new and improved mechanisms that allow the blade to move at various angles.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Bost, Arthur E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plumb-Level. (open access)

Plumb-Level.

Patent for a modified and improved plumb-levels that allow for consistent and accurate readings, as well as the ability for the level to adjust after being harmed.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Rutledge, Caleb C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arch-Bar for Cultivators (open access)

Arch-Bar for Cultivators

Patent for arch bar for cultivators that connects the respective cultivator rigs together.
Date: January 27, 1903
Creator: Sullins, Cale M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press (open access)

Cotton-Press

Patent for cotton press for bailing cotton employed in forming cylindrical bales from bat or sheet of cotton received from the condenser. (lines 10-13)
Date: January 27, 1903
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking System for Jail-Doors (open access)

Locking System for Jail-Doors

Patent for locking system for jail doors where locks of a series of cell doors can be operated simultaneously.
Date: January 27, 1903
Creator: Youngblood, David Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for a washing-machine
Date: January 27, 1903
Creator: Cesinger, George Valentine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Band-Brake for Railway-Cars (open access)

Automatic Band-Brake for Railway-Cars

Patent for "a brake of simple and inexpensive construction, that may be readily attached to steam or tramway cars, that is automatic in its working, and to do away with the brake-beams now employed, which through their breaking down are two-thirds of the causes of car derailments" (lines 19-26).
Date: January 27, 1891
Creator: Inglis, Thomas & Schiermann, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace (open access)

Furnace

Patent for "an improvement in furnaces, and more particularly to such as are employed for burning offal, refuse from slaughtering-houses" in which the furnace is surrounded by water, and any liquid inside the furnace can be expelled in the form of vapor (lines11-14).
Date: January 27, 1891
Creator: Hatcher, William Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hedge-Trimmer and Mower. (open access)

Combined Hedge-Trimmer and Mower.

Patent for a combined hedge-trimmer and mower "by which the side and top of a hedge can be trimmed at the same time"(lines 11-13)
Date: January 27, 1885
Creator: Lattner, Jacob V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air Water-Elevator. (open access)

Compressed-Air Water-Elevator.

Patent for new and improved compressed air water elevator to lift water from reservoirs.
Date: January 27, 1880
Creator: Keating, Thomas, B.; Clarke, Lafe. W. & Gelatt, Wallace W.
System: The Portal to Texas History