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Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for improving a tire by providing new form of tread-holding device and using a resilient metal band encircling the tire.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Testing Device.
Patent for "improvements in electrical testing devices, and more specifically to an improved fluxmeter for testing the strength of magnets" (lines 13-15).
Date:
March 30, 1920
Creator:
Bierbower, Richard C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Testing Device.
Patent for an electrical device with an improved circuit arrangement in combination with various devices all assembled in compact arrangement on a board which enables to easily locate faults in various electrical apparatus or parts. This electric device is capable of use by anyone who isn't skilled as an electrician.
Date:
March 30, 1920
Creator:
Bierbower, Richard C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in thill-couplings by using a combination of forward extension arms, having each near its forward end, circular shoulders, adapted to engage the ends of the shaft-iron; the spring-catch for holding the lever arm in locking position and, for retracting arm when the catch is released. Illustration is included.
Date:
March 17, 1891
Creator:
Bryan, William L.
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for an improvement of a mechanical operated gate. Illustration included.
Date:
March 22, 1904
Creator:
Burkhardt, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid Pressure Brake
Patent for a fluid pressure brake. Illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1905
Creator:
Butcher, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Forming Individual Foot-Forms and Fitting Shoes Thereon.
Patent for the improvement of the process of forming individual foot forms or replicas of a person's specific foot. This alleviates a person having to go through the painful process of breaking in new shoes. The foot forms can then either be kept by the individual or by the shoe dealer for making future foot wear.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Butler, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bat Roost
Patent for a bat roost. Illustration included.
Date:
March 1, 1910
Creator:
Campbell, Charles A. R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Throttle for Gasolene Engines.
Patent for throttling the gasoline supply of a motor which is particularly adapted for connection with automobiles or vehicles.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Cardwell, Marshal C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Use in Dry Out-Houses
Patent for the construction of an improved odorless apparatus for dry out-houses, including explications and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry Outhouse
Patent for the invention of new and useful improvements in dry outhouses. It includes explications and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Support
Patent for canopy support for the bed where the user can attach mosquito netting. The canopy support can be removed and folded when not in use, and is designed to offer simple and efficient support.
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Carroll, Houston M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Adjustable Hats
Patent for an improvement to adjustable hatband which includes directions and illustrations.
Date:
March 20, 1877
Creator:
Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Piano-Pedal Attachments.
Patent for improved piano-pedal attachments which would help "children who are not able to reach the regular pedals; by hooking the stool to the regular pedal-support and setting the connecting-rods in the little sockets in the piano-pedals." (Lines [9-14]) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 14, 1876
Creator:
Cheesman, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap
Patent for a trap for catching rats. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 21, 1911
Creator:
Clark, William Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sprinkling-Stopper.
Patent for a new and useful sprinkling stopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Cook, Frederick W., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Moving-Picture Machine.
Patent for an improved machine to play films (moving-pictures), synchronizing both sound and picture in a single machine. Division of another patent by the same inventor (Serial No. 765,959) for a sound record film, and is intended to be used in conjunction with said patent.
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Phonographic Attachment for Moving-Picture Machines
Patent for an invention that is "the provision of mechanism whereby a sound record may be made or reproduced synchronously with the taking or reproduction of moving pictures" (Paragraph 100). In addition, the invention enables sound and picture to be recorded on the same machine, so that they sound and the picture match.
Date:
March 26, 1918
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eyeglasses
Patent for "an improvement in eyeglasses; and it consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts" (lines 7-9), illustration and instructions included.
Date:
March 13, 1900
Creator:
Critzer, A. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Concrete Walls
Patent for an apparatus for molding concrete walls which is easy to assemble and move around and can be used for different size and shape walls.
Date:
March 15, 1910
Creator:
Cross, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing Signal.
Patent for a railway crossing signal, which is operated by wind power from moving trains.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Davis, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planing-Machine
Patent for a machine for planing lumber with "a very smooth surface, avoiding the undulating marks upon the lumber and holes caused by the occasional lifting or breaking out of incurved portions of the lumber, as caused on surfaces planed by rotary cutters" (lines 22-27).
Date:
March 19, 1889
Creator:
Davis, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History