Improvement in Carriage-Axles. (open access)

Improvement in Carriage-Axles.

Patent for improvements to carriage axles which include the addition of a sleeve, bearing, and linch-pin device.
Date: June 13, 1871
Creator: Wagner, Ernest Friedrich
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Journal Boxes. (open access)

Improvement in Journal Boxes.

Patent for axel shaft oil lubrication system that acts as a reservoir and saves the oil lubrication materials to be used repeatedly without waste.
Date: April 3, 1873
Creator: Morris, Joseph R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treasure Box. (open access)

Treasure Box.

Patent for a new and improved lock-box. This design "is provided with means for giving an alarm when an attempt is made to enter the same; and it also has a device for clamping it to the berth or other part of the apartment in which the traveler lodges, so that when the alarm sounds he [or she] is awakened, and thus notified at an attempt at robbery. The device is especially adapted to be clamped to the inner-face of a bed-rail, adjacent to the mattress thereof, so that it cannot be reached without awakening the traveler" (lines 21-31).
Date: July 13, 1886
Creator: Hayes, Elbert Newton & Sauer, Venant August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Operating Mechanism. (open access)

Switch-Operating Mechanism.

Patent for a switch-operating mechanism than "may be changed quickly and positively from a moving car" (lines 15-16).
Date: February 13, 1894
Creator: Lott, Charles C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an invention for train cars which "relates to car couplings, and especially to that class of the same which effect an automatic coupling by means of a gravity-hook," (lines 12-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 13, 1884
Creator: Washburn, Andrew Lynch & Journeay, Abram L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap with a new kind of trigger fir closing the door to the trap.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Hatchell, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Frame. (open access)

Canopy-Frame.

Patent for a canopy frame for any kind of drapery, including mosquito nets. The design is purported to be inexpensive and strong, using a thin metal support for the crossbeams.
Date: July 13, 1901
Creator: Johnston, Washington T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Coupling. (open access)

Automatic Car-Coupling.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic car couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 13, 1898
Creator: Pettes, Moses M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin (open access)

Clothes Pin

Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Ingersoll, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Funnel. (open access)

Automatic Funnel.

Patent for a funnel which automatically seals when liquid in a receptacle reaches a certain level. The spout of the funnel also contains a stopper which can be lifted to permit liquid to pass into the receptacle at the desired time.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Evans, Jesse M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench which is more balanced in the hand than other wrenches.
Date: October 13, 1908
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E. & Hall, Samuel N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Tire (open access)

Wheel-Tire

Patent for a wheel tightener. Illustrations included.
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: James, Adoniram Judson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner with an improved fuel passageway.
Date: February 13, 1912
Creator: Clarke, Marcus S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for washing machine. This invention consists of two compartments: one for suds and rinsing water; the other to provide a washing drum. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Leavens, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Nailing Brick (open access)

Fireproof Nailing Brick

Patent for a fireproof nailing brick. This invention replaces wooden plugs used for the purposes of enabling interior woodwork by using a fireproof brick or block of a porous nature.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Taylor, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Net-Frame Attachment for Bedsteads. (open access)

Mosquito-Net-Frame Attachment for Bedsteads.

Patent for a mosquito net frame attachment designed to hold mosquito netting material over and around the bed frame, with illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: McCardell, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drafting Appliance (open access)

Drafting Appliance

Patent for the invention of improvements of drafting appliances.
Date: December 13, 1911
Creator: Blair, Oliver C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for a rotary engine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Nichols, Franklin P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rice-Huller (open access)

Rice-Huller

Patent for a rice huller designed to remove the coatings and hulls from rice grains. Illustrations included.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Hayes, Daniel J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder for Cotton-Gins (open access)

Cylinder for Cotton-Gins

Patent for a cylinder for cotton gins that can have one disk removed for repair without taking apart the whole cylinder.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Fuller, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker. (open access)

Cotton Picker.

Patent for an improved cotton picker and cleaner that is cylindrical in design, with a drum that contains rows of spikes or teeth and which rotates by a connecting shaft that can be connected to a motor. Includes illustrations.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Ball, William D. & Bradburn, Justin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casing-Shoe. (open access)

Casing-Shoe.

Patent for new and useful Improvements in Casing-Shoes whose object is to "clamp around the tread of a tire casing for the purpose of reinforcing weak places in the casing, for repairing 'blow-outs' and for the purpose of preventing the 'skidding' of the vehicle" (lines 13-17), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Tuttle, Frank & Hall, Lewis T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Clasp (open access)

Tie-Clasp

Patent for tie-clasp for men's neckties, which will hold the tie in place and prevent it from becoming loose or untied.
Date: October 13, 1913
Creator: Willingham, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Vending Machine (open access)

Liquid Vending Machine

Patent for machine that dispenses liquid drinks, and has a mechanism that can recieve a coin as payment for the drink.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Ogden, Carlton N.
System: The Portal to Texas History