Resource Type

Wall Construction (open access)

Wall Construction

Patent for a relatively simple constructed wall that is built using concrete slabs. It is constructed in a manner that requires less material thus resulting in a wall that is hollow all the while providing sufficient strength to hold weight and pressure. Includes illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Needham, Edward F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Actuating Mechanism. (open access)

Pump-Actuating Mechanism.

Patent for improving measuring pumps "by providing a pump actuating means so constructed that a continuous movement of the crank in one direction will cause a reciprocation of the piston in both directions" (lines 29-33), with illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Dean, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Table Gage. (open access)

Saw-Table Gage.

Patent for a saw-table cutting stop that can be very quickly set and which automatically indicates the distance from the stop to the saw.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Krocker, Adolf G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck. (open access)

Truck.

Patent for an improved truck in which the load can be moved to be easily loaded or unloaded by one person, including illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Ortgier, Walter C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truss. (open access)

Truss.

Patent for a new truss designed to hold ruptures without discomfort, suitable for single and double ruptures. The truss features a novel spring plate, soft rubber pads, and adjustable waterproof bands.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Downie, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Forming Tubes (open access)

Process of Forming Tubes

Patent for the process of making tubes, especially tubes for producing, fitting, and/or refitting "eye-glasses, spectacles, &c." (lines 11-12).
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Rees, Herbert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Ores. (open access)

Treatment of Ores.

Patent for the treatment of ores which has a improvised process of chloridizing ores, concentrates, and other metallurgical products.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Hirt, Jules Hector
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for an improved clothes containing basket within washing machines that is longer-lasting and less likely to become imbalanced. The device increases agitation of clothes and water.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Seifert, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Building Mold. (open access)

Concrete Building Mold.

Patent for Concrete Building Mold that is composed to be able to be detachable and reversible.
Date: June 14, 1920
Creator: Rossiter, Jay A
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner. (open access)

Oil Burner.

Patent for oil burner improvements, including economic and easily handle to control the pressure to control the oil and steam within the burner head.
Date: February 9, 1920
Creator: Obenshain, Kyle Derias
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Distilling Hydrocarbons (open access)

Process of Distilling Hydrocarbons

Patent for distilling hydrocarbons from crude petroleum oil.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Averill, Willard C., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reagent for Liquid-Battery Cells. (open access)

Reagent for Liquid-Battery Cells.

Patent for a method of producing a "cheap and efficient substitute for copper sulfate for use in battery cells" (lines 14-16).
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Humphrey, David L. & Pittman, Carl L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filtering Material. (open access)

Filtering Material.

Patent for "improved filtering stuff composition" (lines 8-9), containing vegetable ashes and an insoluble binding agent for the purpose of purifying liquids.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Müller, Enrique
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grapple for Oil-Wells and the Like. (open access)

Grapple for Oil-Wells and the Like.

Patent for an improved grapple device that can help recover rigging parts from oil wells, including illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Reed, Clarence E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Carrier. (open access)

Ice-Carrier.

Patent for an adjustable ice carrier which can be attached to and removed from the running board of an automobile, including illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Cronin, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reamer. (open access)

Reamer.

Patent for rotary reamers for progressively enlarging holes in pilot drills, particularly roller disk type reamers used in oil, water, or mining applications.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Humason, Granville A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blab or Muzzle for Weaning Calves or Colts, &c. (open access)

Blab or Muzzle for Weaning Calves or Colts, &c.

Patent for weaning young animals and or prevent cows or such from sucking or milking themselves.
Date: April 19, 1900
Creator: Seay, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cooling Journal-Boxes on Railway-Trains (open access)

Apparatus for Cooling Journal-Boxes on Railway-Trains

Patent for an apparatus for cooling journal boxes on trains by sending water to the journal boxes from a water system installed in each car.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Andrews, Walter P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence (open access)

Wire Fence

Patent for wire fence. Illustration included.
Date: April 19, 1904
Creator: Hughes, Wallace B. & Samuels, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ledger with Visible Index. (open access)

Ledger with Visible Index.

Patent for a ledger with a visible index of numbers and names with tabs to allow accounts to be looked up easily.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Kellner, Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel (open access)

Vehicle Wheel

Patent for a vehicle wheel. This invention is designed to keep dust and grit out of the axle point and nib. It has a wooden core sheathed in metal. Illustration included.
Date: April 19, 1904
Creator: Polk, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protected Bail-Joint. (open access)

Protected Bail-Joint.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in protected rail-joints.
Date: April 19, 1898
Creator: Teamer, James Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mailing-Galley. (open access)

Mailing-Galley.

Patent for a mailing galley for cleaning type, which allows the cleaning fluid to drain but keeps the type in the galley.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Zeiske, Richard E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Bradshaw, Richard A.
System: The Portal to Texas History