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Check-Turning Device
Patent for improvements of check-turning devices. The improvements allow checks to be turned quickly especially by adding machine operators.
Date:
February 18, 1919
Creator:
Albaugh, Ellis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for a rotary engine that uses steam as a motive agent. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1913
Creator:
Allan, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for improvements in tires, specifically a system that assists with weight distribution and adjustments to road surface conditions.
Date:
May 18, 1920
Creator:
Allan, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for a Vehicle-Wheel. This patent is an improvement over the other patents that this inventor submitted before. It will improve and strengthen the wheel by replacing rivets and bots, and instead use clips and springs.
Date:
May 18, 1920
Creator:
Allen, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting Jack
Patent for lifting jack used to lift vehicles.
Date:
January 18, 1916
Creator:
Applewhite, Scott C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Current Controller.
Patent for a new and improved electric current controller for "use in connection with incandescent electric lamps" (line 10 - 11).
Date:
April 18, 1899
Creator:
Breeding, James Bouldin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gun Case.
Patent for a new and improved gun case. This design "is to provide a case for guns which shall be capable of receiving and enclosing the whole gun, or of being separated into two parts, one part adapted to receive the barrel or barrels, and the other the breech, when the barrels are separated from the breech. . . . so far . . . the parts of the case have always been inseparably connected, or even if they could be taken apart they could not be joined together to make one complete case" (lines 9-26).
Date:
December 18, 1883
Creator:
Bronson, Edgar B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Screen Frame.
Patent for a more economical, foldable wire screen frame for doors with removable wire mesh, and included illustration.
Date:
December 18, 1917
Creator:
Carroll, Houston Monroe
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incinerator.
Patent for "an improved form of incinerator for burning garbage and other refuse, both solid and liquid, as well as the gases liberated therefrom, without the emission of smoke or noxious odors, or gases, and especially suitable for disposing of the refuse of military encampments, farms, hotels, houses, communities, etc., not provided with sewers" (lines 9-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Charles, Oscar J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient improved nut-lock that "securely lock[s] a nut against accidental rotation, and adapted to be readily applied to single nuts having either right or left hand threads" (lines 12-15). The invention also is easily screwed and unscrewed without being damaged.
Date:
June 18, 1895
Creator:
Comminge, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Bottle Cap.
Patent for a new milk-bottle cap that provides closure for the mouth of milk bottles or jars which can be easily detached and cleaned.
Date:
October 18, 1921
Creator:
Davis, Ida
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blacking-Brush
Patent for a new and useful improvement in blacking brushes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 18, 1899
Creator:
De Witt, Joseph R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a steam vacuum pump for liquids, which when liquid comes out of one receptacle, it will automatically come out the second receptacle.
Date:
May 18, 1909
Creator:
Dobie, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracking-Machine.
Patent for a nut-cracking machine that can crack hard shelled nuts.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
Elder, Benjamin W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracking-Machine.
Patent for a nut-cracking machine for cracking hard shelled nuts.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
Elder, Benjamin Winchester
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Handle and Spring-Catch.
Patent for improvements in detachable handles and spring-catches for valises, satchels, traveling-bags, and the like in which a handle “may be readily detached from the valise, and devices for automatically engaging and locking the handle to the valise when the handle is replaced.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
August 18, 1891
Creator:
Epstein, George B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench and Cutter.
Patent for a simple, durable, and economic wrench and cutter that is easily used to turn nuts, pipes, or to cut pipes. The wrench does not need to be removed while cutting.
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Fletcher, Theodore
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Stock Food from Cactus.
Patent for a process of making stock food from cactus. This process will produce food from spiny cactus and to be kept for a long period without decay.
Date:
October 18, 1921
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements applicable to a gang of plows. Ability to adjust depth, security of plow arms, and can plow three rows at once.
Date:
March 18, 1879
Creator:
Gifford, George Lewis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn Mower.
Patent for a new and improved lawn-mower. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a bifurcated frame, a driving-wheel supported therein, gears secured to opposite sides of said wheel, inclined pitmen-driving shafts carrying at their inner ends pinions to engage said gears, guide-plates supported by the lower and forward end of the frame, cutters provided with slots and supported between said guide-plates, pitmen connecting the cutters and shafts, and adjusting-screws applied to said plates and cutters" (lines 23-33).
Date:
September 18, 1888
Creator:
Grothaus, Frederick E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device
Patent for an amusement device. This invention is designed as an apparatus for a swing, a trapeze, a horizontal bar, and seesaw. Illustration included.
Date:
December 18, 1906
Creator:
Haye, August, of San Antonio, Texas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Implement
Patent for improvements in Valve-Grinding implements. This improvement is applicable to practically any type of engine or motor and to the different types of valves employed therein. This valve relates to the rotating of the valves of internal combustion engines and the like when the same is being ground to effect a proper seating action.
Date:
April 18, 1922
Creator:
Hood, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Number-Displaying Device.
Patent for illuminated signs which illuminate number displaying devices for vehicles. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Jenner, George A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Automobiles.
Patent for a "locking [device] for automobile," especially "an attachment for use ... with the steering wheel and the steering columns or attachments" (lines 9-13). This device is effective as a lock, as it keeps the steering wheel from rotating and the "throttle actuating members or levers ... held against movement" (lines 14-16)
Date:
October 18, 1921
Creator:
Jones, Edward F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History