Conveyer. (open access)

Conveyer.

Patent for the invention of a new conveyor, designed to simplify handling sacked grain.
Date: March 26, 1912
Creator: King, Marion A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Valve-Cap and Tire-Deflator. (open access)

Combination Valve-Cap and Tire-Deflator.

Patent for a device which serves both as a cap for a tire valve and a tool for letting air out of said tire valve.
Date: March 8, 1921
Creator: McComb, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sawing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Sawing-Machines.

Patent for a new and valuable sawing-machine is combined and, "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the vibrating beam, vertically-sliding block, and flanged support," (pg. 3) e.g...including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 18, 1873
Creator: Westmoreland, Joseph M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mustache-Guard. (open access)

Mustache-Guard.

Patent for "detachable mustache-guards, or protectors, adapted for use with drinking-cups or goblets, tumblers, and other drinking-vessels." (Lines 25-38) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 12, 1895
Creator: Frampton, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber (open access)

Shock-Absorber

Patent for improved shock absorbers. The invention is designed to help them be adapted for every type of vehicle. They are cushioned and provide a casing for liquid to help with shock absorption.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Donahoo, John Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame (open access)

Quilting-Frame

Patent for "a construction which will be cheap and simple in construction and efficient in its operation and which may be adjusted to hold the quilt with the proper degree of tension at all times" (lines 12-16).
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Glacken, Hugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie And Brace (open access)

Rail Tie And Brace

Patent for rail tie and braces. This invention is designed to couple opposite rails of the road-beds of railways allowing them to be adjusted as occasion requires. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Barnes, Ned E.
System: The Portal to Texas History