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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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auger.
Patent for a new auger designed "to provide a construction in which the parts may be adjusted to cut angular holes entirely through a body, and also to cut angular countersinks concentric with cylindrical openings, such as are made for the reception of the square heads of bolts lag screws, &c.," (lines 10-16), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Bundy, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and useful churn to "provide a simple and inexpensive construction of dasher adapted to supply air to the bottom of a churn-receptacle" (line 7 - 9).
Date:
March 29, 1898
Creator:
Burke, Henry A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power Mechanism.
Patent for a "simple mechanism for use in connection with a prime mover of any of the well known types using as a motive agent steam, oil, gas, electricity, etc." (lines 13-16). The mechanism is meant to increase efficiency by reducing the number of its components.
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Dominguez, Salvador
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Laminated Fabric for Tire-Casings.
Patent for a laminated fabric for tire casings that reinforces motor vehicle tires to reduce heat exposure and risk of damage. This type of laminated fabric is intended to resist wear and prevent tire blow-outs.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Doolin, Charles B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Securing Device
Patent for a fastening strap that secures baby shoes to baby feet, including illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1920
Creator:
Elliot, Eloise Foster
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for "removable-jaw wrenches which can be converted into a pipe or monkey wrench at will." (Lines 12-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 29, 1896
Creator:
Ezzell, Fletcher
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Rebending Crown Caps Or Seals For Bottles.
Patent for a new and useful machine for rebending crown caps or seals for bottles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Cracking Machine
Patent for an industrial pecan cracking machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 29, 1907
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Horometer.
Patent for a new and improved electrical horometer. This design consists, in addition to a switch-board with electric circuit terminals, "of a bell-crank lever pivoted to the switch-board and making the connection between said terminals, said lever having at one end a handle and at the other end a detent engaging with the ratchet-wheel when the circuit is opened, the said wheel being mounted upon the extended portion of one of the shafts of a clock or other suitable registering mechanism" (lines 1-8).
Date:
November 29, 1887
Creator:
Hammond, Benjamin M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Cover Holder
Patent for bed cover holder, particularly the clamping mechanism that holds the covers to the bed and allows the clamps to grasp "covers of different thicknesses" (lines 25-26) without requiring clamp adjustment.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Hillman, Emmie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bending-Machine and Method of Bending.
Patent for a machine to bend metal into various shapes for the purpose of construction and reinforcement.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wall-Block.
Patent for an improved wall block that is designed in a T-shape so that the pieces will interlock providing stability and preventing cracks in a foundation.
Date:
November 29, 1921
Creator:
Hull, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Torpedo Exploder
Patent for a toy torpedo exploder. Illustration included.
Date:
November 29, 1904
Creator:
Hutchinson, Searcy T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ore Concentrator
Patent for an ore concentrator. Illustration included.
Date:
August 29, 1905
Creator:
Journeay, William Orsborne
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Preparing and Tempering Slurry for Portland Cement.
Patent for improvements in the process of preparing and tempering slurry for Portland cement by expedite the process of production and to produce a uniform quality of cement. Detailed instructions included. No illustration.
Date:
September 29, 1891
Creator:
Kalteyer, George H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holding Pointograph.
Patent for a mechanism used in typewriters that holds documents to be copied indicates the line to be copied and shifts the document automatically. In addition, the patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 29, 1916
Creator:
Mathews, Louis T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Clamp.
Patent for a dental clamp "for holding pins for securement to metallic cover-plates for fillings" (lines 8-10), with illustrations.
Date:
January 29, 1901
Creator:
Mayes, Robert Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker for Forming Mattress-Bats.
Patent for improvements in cotton-pickers for forming mattress-bats is to prepare the cotton to be light and elastic when the cotton is compressed into mattress-bats. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Morgan, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scraper for Asphalt Cooking Drums
Patent for a tool to facilitate the cleaning of the interior of asphalt cooking drums in order to prevent clogging, with illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1902
Creator:
Nelson, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for invention relates to improvements in hydrocarbon-burners of that class which are employed in apparatus for destroying vegetable growths, such as cactus-plants, for heating asphaltum, for concrete and surface drying, and for other purposes where great heat is required.
Date:
February 21, 1900
Creator:
Neuendorff, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Autographic Register.
Patent for an autographic register meant "to provide improved means for guiding, printing, cutting, and filling a record-bill and discharging original and duplicate bills" (lines 9-12). The printing and feeding mechanisms operate independently, bills may be any desired length, and checks may be numbered successively and dated.
Date:
September 29, 1896
Creator:
Norcross, George A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latch
Patent for a latch. Illustration included.
Date:
August 29, 1905
Creator:
Praeger, Ewald
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Clamp
Patent for a pipe clamp for lifting and placing pipes and drill rods into and out of wells. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Rountree, Joseph G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History