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Silo.
Patent for a reinforced concrete silo, including specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Abbett, Edgar J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch
Patent for a gate latch. Illustration included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Abernathy, James Rubin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Rail Support and Coupling.
Patent for improved combined railway rail supports and joints that increases the efficiency and utility of such devices. Eliminates the need of employing additional bolts or other fastening means.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Acker, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pipe and Rod Clamps.
Patent for "improvements in devices for supporting pipes and rods in position" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Adams, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto power transmitting jack
Patent for auto power transmitting jack and it uses.
Date:
March 29, 1915
Creator:
Adolf F. Johnson, of El Campo, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
World-Chronometer
Patent for a globe set on top of a pedestal, where the globes rotates by clock work to instruct the user of the time for any given place on the globe. Sides of the pedestal also allow for advertising.
Date:
December 29, 1914
Creator:
Agnew, Walter F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire
Patent for pneumatic tire (for use on motor vehicle wheels) with application to inner tubes that are employed within the outer casing of tire. Tire provides self-sealing inner tube for piercings or punctures.
Date:
November 29, 1921
Creator:
Allyn, Harley H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beam-Spring Trip for Cultivators, Plows, &c.
Patent for the improvement of "the construction of spring trips, and to provide a simple and inexpensive spring trip, capable of being constructed of sufficient strength to enable it to be employed on stirring and breaking plows as well as cultivators, planters and the lighter class of agricultural implements" (lines 12-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Alsup, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the standards, the longitudinal bars connecting the same, the driving-shaft journaled on the upper bars, the counter-shaft journaled on the lower bars and provided with a crank-disk at one end, gearing between the driving-shaft and the counter-shaft, the balance-wheel on the counter-shaft, the rock-shaft journaled on the upper bars and provided with the oppositely-extending crank-arms between the said bars, the crank arm depending from the end of the rock-shaft, [and] the pitman" (lines 88-99).
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for improvements to cylinder washing machines.
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Puller and Chopper.
Patent for a stalk puller that can pull the stalk from the ground and chop in pieces for feeding for fertilizer.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Anderson, Jeff
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for improvements in baling presses "in which the necessary motion may be imparted to the plunger in a rapid and effective manner, and which shall be productive of considerable saving of labor and power" (lines 15-19)
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Zachariah J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids.
Patent for a pneumatic lift that maintains the air pressure needed to effectively move liquid through a pipe.
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties
Patent for an improved bale-tie whose frame is provided with an end bar having wedge-shaped catch.
Date:
January 29, 1878
Creator:
Andrews, Thomas S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle
Patent for vehicle-axle "with removable spindles which when they become worn may be easily and quickly removed and replaced by new ones." (lines 13-15); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 29, 1900
Creator:
Andrews, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shell.
Patent for improvements to explosive projectile shells. Provides a shell adapted to contain gas and high explosives with constructed multi-layered shells with the intent to inflict as much damage as possible.
Date:
April 29, 1919
Creator:
Aoughsten, Richard G. & Aoughsten, Otto L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for a car-coupling that "will greatly simplify the construction and facilitate the operation thereof by providing levers upon the end of the car" (lines 14-17); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 29, 1900
Creator:
Asher, A. J. & Gautt, W. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Brake
Patent for a vehicle brake. This invention uses brake shoes. Illustration included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Ashinhurst, William K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for improved construction and function of wrenches. Improvements include a more simple, durable, and inexpensive method of construction and arrangement of the adjustable jaw as to allow a single hand to hold and adjust the wrench simultaneously.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Ashliman, Adolph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Vent.
Patent for a certain new and useful pipe vent, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Austin, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elastic Tire.
Patent for improvements on elastic tires, so that they are solid and secured on rims of wheels laterally and circumferentially, with fastening rings that hold the tires steady with circular movement; includes illustrations.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Avery, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Float Valve
Patent for a float value. This invention is designed to automatically close. Illustration included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Axtell, Fred W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Attachment For Gins
Patent for a safety attachment for gins. This invention is designed to remove fiber from the lintflue. Illustration included.
Date:
November 29, 1904
Creator:
Baker, William Sorney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drawer.
Patent to "provide the drawers of a bureau, a desk, or other piece of furniture with anti-friction devices to prevent their binding." (Lines 11-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1891
Creator:
Baldwin, John. H, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History