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Back-Brace
Patent for improvement on back braces, specifically to improve the performances of people who repeatedly stoop for their jobs. The back brace aims to relieve the stress on back muscles.
Date:
November 14, 1911
Creator:
Thornton, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ball Bearing Jack
Patent for a ball bearing jack. Illustration included.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for a new and useful animal trap, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1899
Creator:
Johnson, Joshua J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Caster.
Patent for a new and useful ball caster, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1899
Creator:
Carraway, Esther P. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Statement-Blank and Envelop.
Patent for combining statement-blank and envelop that comprises a signature that provides the ability to add the bank statements in a paper that could be folded to create an envelop.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Harwell, Mace
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy Pulling Machine
Patent for candy pulling machine. Illustration included.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Jenner, Edward J. & Hildreth, Herbert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and useful churn, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1899
Creator:
Neuendorff, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pole Tip and Neck Yoke Clamp.
Patent for a new combination wagon-pole tip and neck-yoke clamp. This design "provide[s] a combined wagon-pole tip or socket and neck-yoke clamp of novel construction, which can be easily attached to and detached from the pole or neck-yoke, and which, when in use, will be self-adjusting to the movements of the neck-yoke due to the motion of the team" (lines 9-15).
Date:
November 14, 1882
Creator:
Sibert, Francis William & Hurd, Stephen Porter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arch and Instep Support for Boots and Shoes
Patent for a removable arch and instep support as part of a shoe or boot.
Date:
November 14, 1916
Creator:
Rokahr, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coal-Transferring Apparatus.
Patent for a machine to load and unload the transfer of coal from one vessel to another, at sea, or from a yard to a vessel, at dock.
Date:
November 14, 1916
Creator:
Rochel, Ken E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Headlight.
Patent for an improved automobile headlight equipped with a movable lens and reflector to cast light down towards the roadway.
Date:
November 14, 1922
Creator:
Head, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Building Concrete Structures.
Patent for an apparatus for building concrete structures that includes the method or process of erection.
Date:
November 14, 1922
Creator:
Sands, Edward E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Splicer.
Patent for a wire stretcher and splicer for building fences and baling hay.
Date:
November 14, 1911
Creator:
Cornett, Mike Weldon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Fastener.
Patent for a mail-bag fastener that consists of a mail bag with a flap, slots, a double upper portion next to the flap, a channel cut into the portion, guides with slots across the channel, a leather strap that slides into the channel, staples on the inside of the flap, and a tag holder attached to the back of the strap.
Date:
November 14, 1893
Creator:
Roosevelt, James Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load Lifter and Carrier.
Patent for an improved, simple, efficient, and inexpensive load lifter and carrier meant to be used in warehouses in order to load and unload barrels, bales, and other loads.
Date:
November 14, 1893
Creator:
Butcher, Tilman H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Loose-Leaf Individual or General Bank-Ledger
Patent for improvements to loose-leaf individual or general bank-ledgers, mainly pertaining to the ledger's structure and ease of use through adding leaves or sheets without disrupting current leaves or sheets. Includes illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P. & Bourke, Edmund
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Axle
Patent for a lubricating axle.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Birdwell, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for a valve, comprised of a valve seat and a moving part that is made in such a way as to minimize wear and tear. The seat, which attaches to the pump stem, supports the value stem, which is then covered by a thimble that supports a rubber disk. This rubber disk helps prevent liquid and sand from wearing against the valve stem.
Date:
November 14, 1911
Creator:
Wintz, Thornton E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instep Bearing Or Guard For Stirrups.
Patent for a new and improved instep bearing or guard for stirrups, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1899
Creator:
Kellner, Charles J. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a new and useful vehicle wheel, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1899
Creator:
Pruitt, Andrew L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dining-Tables.
Patent for an improved dining table with a rotating food service, a water reservoir and fountain, and an elevated wine bucket. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 14, 1876
Creator:
Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fluting Sad-Irons.
Patent for "a new combination of fluting and sad-iron, of such kind that the upper fluting-roller will serve as handle for the sad-iron, there being thus no loose or separate parts required for the two functions." (Lines 17-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1871
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Patent for "an improved machine for scraping, chopping, and cultivating corn and cotton" (lines 10-12) with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
November 14, 1876
Creator:
McCormick, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hames Fastener
Patent for a hames fastener, so that the hames will fit tightly on a horse collar when a strap is adjusted.
Date:
November 14, 1916
Creator:
Ingram, Lewis J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History