Resource Type

Photography Exposure Meter (open access)

Photography Exposure Meter

Patent for a Photography Exposure Meter, whereby the correct exposures may be obtained in the taking of pictures irrespective of weather conditions and the period of the day.
Date: April 14, 1918
Creator: Cady, Silas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Apparatus. (open access)

Air-Brake Apparatus.

Patent for an improvement to the air brake which includes new types of valves.
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Parker, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post. (open access)

Fence-Post.

Patent for new metal fence posts and supports to "improve and simplify the general construction of devices of this character" (lines 13-15).
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Naiser, John Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Releaser. (open access)

Horse-Releaser.

Patent for improvements on the mechanism to release horses "in case they become unmanageable and run away" (lines 13-14).
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Holub, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Raising Fluids from Artesian Wells (open access)

Method of Raising Fluids from Artesian Wells

Patent for a method of using compressed air to retrieve contents of bored wells.
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Brown, Frank O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Removing Tool. (open access)

Nut-Removing Tool.

Patent for a tool for removing nuts that have been "upset or beaded around the outer side of the nut" (lines 14-15).
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Carnes, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil Attachment (open access)

Pencil Attachment

Patent for a pencil attachment that serves the purpose of protecting the pencil point when not in use. The attachment also protects and cleans the rubber or eraser of the pencil.
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Swindowsky, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a new plow design that is adapted for plowing inclinations, including illustrations.
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Salge, Henry F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for the "improvements in rail joints, the object being to so construct and arrange the meeting ends of two railway rails as to provide interlocking members..." (lines 8-12). The patent includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Evans, James B., Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeder and Planter. (open access)

Seeder and Planter.

Patent for an improved design for a device which can plant corn seeds, and with slight modification, cotton seeds.
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Norris, Samuel E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ticket-Holder. (open access)

Ticket-Holder.

Patent for device to hold car tickets, and to administer these tickets one at a time.
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Wohl, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tug-Clip. (open access)

Tug-Clip.

Patent for a new form of tug clip which will not damage the collar to which it is attached.
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Duncan, Walter B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap (open access)

Ant Trap

Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Howard, Martin T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Bleaching Seed-Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Bleaching Seed-Cotton

Patent for a machine for bleaching seed cotton before it ginned.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Brennan, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle Straightener (open access)

Axle Straightener

Patent for an axle straightener. Illustration included.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Taylor, John Quincy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedclothes-Clamp (open access)

Bedclothes-Clamp

Patent for a bed clothes clamp for holding the sheets and blankets over the occupant of the bed.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Martin, Delia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bur-Cotton Thresher, Cleaner and Storage Unloader (open access)

Bur-Cotton Thresher, Cleaner and Storage Unloader

Patent for a pneumatic cotton thresher, cleaner, and storage unloader for use in cotton gins.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Lamb, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calendar (open access)

Calendar

Patent for a circular perpetual calendar.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Rowe, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Funnel and Dipper. (open access)

Combined Funnel and Dipper.

Patent for a ladle with an attached funnel for pouring the liquid out.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Hanson, Henry Harrison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conveyer. (open access)

Conveyer.

Patent for a conveyor for grain or gravel, which is made up of a series of trucks on rails which dump the materials out at set points and then right themselves.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway-Signal. (open access)

Electric Railway-Signal.

Patent for an electric railway signal, which is attached to train engines and signals that a train is stopped to other trains by a light reflecting forwards and lights the platform for passengers by having a light reflecting backwards behind the engine.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Stafford, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan-Deflector. (open access)

Fan-Deflector.

Patent for a fan deflector to deflect air to various portions of the room.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Carroll, Houston Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pianissimo Device. (open access)

Pianissimo Device.

Patent for a pianissimo device for upright pianos, which "takes up the lost motion when the soft pedal is used by automatic means" (lines 14-16).
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Decker, Herman L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle. (open access)

Puzzle.

Patent for a wooden cube puzzle made up of many irregular shaped pieces, which can be manufactured to be hard or easy.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Critchett, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History