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Bottle-Filling Device.
Patent for filling bottles with "two liquids and introducing them into the bottle at the same time under pressure" (lines 17-18), specifically for "carbonated beverages" (lines 12-13).
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Dannelley, Dillon C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder-Grinding Attachment For Lathes
Patent for an improved attachment for the lathe to grind cylinders of different sizes
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Snell, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Taking Samples from Wells.
Patent for the development of a drill bit "specially designed for the purpose of obtaining samples of the formation through which the drill bit is passing" (lines 14-16).
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Dodds, Redus D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Light Switch.
Patent for an improved electric switch that is used to energize electric lights for various purposes and for use in connection with a signaling system. This switch will permit the energization of any one of the lights separately or all lights simultaneously.
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Riggs, Fletcher S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fiber-Cleaning Device.
Patent for a fiber cleaning device, which removes "the outer fleshy or non-fibrous tissues covering the fibers" (lines 19-21) for varieties of fleshy plants.
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Quijano, Ramon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for an improved hydrocarbon burner, including illustrations.
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Critchett, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Detachably Securing Chairs to Floors.
Patent for a new device that secures chairs to the floor and is easily detachable so the chairs can be moved when necessary.
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Lambert, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Locking Device.
Patent for a new and improved nut-locking device to securely lock fish plates to rail ends.
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Hales, Wiley J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel
Patent for a spring wheel. Gebhardt describes the wheel as "an improvement... to provide resilient spokes which are connected to the hub and felly of the wheel in a manner to take up vibration and shocks imparted to the wheel in traveling or passing over obstructions and rough roads (p. 1, lines 8-15)." The patent also adds provisions for easy removal of spokes and a sectional felly and hub.
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Gebhardt, W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Shield.
Patent for a tool to cover a portion of barbed wire fence allowing one to cross over or through without harm, composed of three or more telescoping metal tubes.
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Davis, Marion L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Shade Hanger
Patent for a window shade hanger device which allows for the shade to be placed at multiple stations by sliding and covering any portion of the window desired instead of a stationary shade mount.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Hillman, Annie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer
Patent for a railway car replacer, which is used to derail vehicles as well as for, "restoring derailed railway vehicles to the track."
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Martin, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine
Patent for a cotton picking machine. An improvement on the cotton picking machine that uses a pair of picking drums with attached picking fingers.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Pruser, Gustav A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan-Actuating Mechanism
Patent for a fan actuating mechanism. Attempts to improve upon fans by using a spring to provide maximum speed at minimum cost.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Everitt, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lavatory.
Patent "relates to improvement in wash basins, tubs, sinks, trays, and the like and especially with reference to the provision of improved means for flushing the waste pipe or duct thereof and for preventing overflow in the case the supply of faucet or faucets should be left running..."
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Kavanagh, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor
Patent for a new type of motor. The aim of this new type of motor is to use head and cold to expand and contract the bar used to apply power.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Miller, Leonard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parcel-Carrier for Bicycles.
Patent for improvements in parcel carriers for bicycles in which the parcel carriers can attach/detach easily and is adaptable to different types of bicycle handlebars; includes illustration.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Apple, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Polishing-Machine
Patent for improvements in polishing machines for "polishing marble and other similar stones... and giving a smooth surface to any material of like character." Invention provides a "movable abrading member...and comprehends and mechanism whereby said member may be automatically moved back and forth over the surface to be polished."
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Giesberg, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Timber-Jack.
Patent for timber-jacks which are "particularly adapted for use for persons using cross-cut saws on large pieces of timber."
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Barret, James H. & Barret, J. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrapper.
Patent for the creation of a file made of cardboard, canvas, and cords made for sending articles such as drawings, fabrics, and such through the mail.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Page, Harvey L. & Burnett, Robert L., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device
Patent for an Advertising Device. This device provides "a series of hinged leaves so mounted that those exposed to view have the experience of being part of a book." (lines 14-17). "A further object is to provide means which will conceal the operating mechanism, and mystify the observer" (lines 23-25), with a "supporting structure and a dummy provided with a movable hand...for turning said movable shaft as the leaves are turned" (lines 3-13).
Date:
April 6, 1912
Creator:
Friedman, Bernard Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle
Patent for a bottle. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 6, 1909
Creator:
Sanders, Richard L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date:
April 6, 1909
Creator:
Everett, Edgar B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date:
April 6, 1909
Creator:
Krueger, Gustav Adolf
System:
The Portal to Texas History