Resource Type
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Country
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Decade
Month
Caster.
Patent for "casters, and more especially to those of that type employing a ball and anti-friction rollers," (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1911
Creator:
Taylor, Henry William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun or Rifle.
Patent for a gun or rifle with a magazine, which quickly and automatically ejects spent cartridges and reloads.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for a car-coupling that "will greatly simplify the construction and facilitate the operation thereof by providing levers upon the end of the car" (lines 14-17); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 29, 1900
Creator:
Asher, A. J. & Gautt, W. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Writing and Advertising Desk.
Patent for a desk that "combines writing and advertising desks or cabinets." (Lines 9-10) Illustrations included.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Moore, George T. & Shoop, Edward S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Claw and Pinch Bar
Patent for a combination claw and pinch bar that is adapted for use with railway tracks. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 10, 1910
Creator:
Clarke, Marcus S. & Adreon, Edward L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bung-Extractor
Patent for "an improved extractor for the bungs of casks and barrels of all kinds, so that the same can be quickly and conveniently removed from the bung-hole" (lines 8-11).
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
Cathriner, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle Running - Gear
Patent for
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Bassett, Lawrence Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle
Patent for a bicycle propelled by the front wheel. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 17, 1910
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn and Freezer
Patent for a churn that may also be used as an ice cream freezer. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Lambie, Robert Common
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin
Patent for "a clothes pin or clasp which will have a clamping-spring action and which can be conveniently manipulated to apply or remove it to and from a holding position and one wherein the clamping members mainly he within the same plane" (lines 7-13).
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cistern
Patent for the "class of cisterns used to catch rain-water from the roofs of houses or other places" (lines 9-11); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 15, 1900
Creator:
Harry, H. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Neck Yoke and Swingletree
Patent for a convertible neck yoke and swingletree. Illustration included.
Date:
May 24, 1904
Creator:
Hall, Thomas I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
Patent for a tie for bales of cotton, hay, etc. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Alverson, Lewis & Horsley, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Regulator for Pneumatic Flues
Patent for a regulated valve to automatically maintain air pressure in a pneumatic conveyor flue. Excessive air pressure causes a secondary valve to open and vent the pressure while at the same time impeding air flow downstream.
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Caffey, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alarm.
Patent for an alarm designed to attach to windows or entryways and sound to alert residents of a burglary attempt, with illustrations.
Date:
May 29, 1906
Creator:
Hobbs, Francis Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun
Patent for an automatic gun which automatically sends the next cartridge to the gun barrel after firing.
Date:
May 18, 1909
Creator:
Lovelace, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism.
Patent for improvements to Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism, "particularly adapted to advance the saw into alinement with a setting-punch by reciprocatory movement of a part of the mechanism" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Haltom, Samuel & Nadel, Abraham G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Thimbles.
Patent for invention for the improvement of attachments for thimbles. "The objects of the invention are to produce a device of simple construction for cutting the thread when sewing that can be readily applied to old as well as to new thimbles; also to produce the device in such manner that the thread can be quickly and conveniently cut at any desired point in an expeditious manner " (lines 17-24). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Brown, Archie Edwards
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ariel Navigation
Patent for an airplane which will maintain its balance in the air and can be easily maneuvered up and down and around in the air.
Date:
May 9, 1911
Creator:
Nichols, Jack Lloyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Killing Grass
Patent for an improved chemical designed to kill grass, weeds and other undesirable plants. It can sprayed or sprinkled on the plants and within twenty minutes the grass or weeds will start to die even within the roots themselvs.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Hulsey, Charley Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Grinder
Patent for a grinder of ordinary corn
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Zimmerman, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cheese-Cutting Gage.
Letter Patent for gage "for cutting articles in bulk, such as whole cheese" (lines 9-10); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Pittman, J. P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle
Patent for an improved buckle that will hold straps in place, particularly those straps with irregularly sized and spaced openings.
Date:
May 29, 1901
Creator:
Pool, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
Patent for improvements in bale-ties by using a “combination with a band; of jaws pivoted to one end of the band and adapted to engage a hook carried by the other end of the band, and a guard-plate fixed to one of said jaws and adapted also to engage the hook and prevent it from accidentally becoming disengaged from the jaws.” (Lines 78-84) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Pfeffer, Albert John
System:
The Portal to Texas History