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Antifriction-Bearing. (open access)

Antifriction-Bearing.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in antifriction bearings for " the ends of the hub and means for eluding dust fro the bearings" (line 11 -13).
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Hobron, Charles B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Vehicle - Brake. (open access)

Automatic Vehicle - Brake.

Patent for a new and improved automatic vehicle brake.
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Elliott, Joseph Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Bench Clamp And Dog. (open access)

Automatic Bench Clamp And Dog.

Patent for a new and useful automatic bench clamp and dog.
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Rogers, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Claw and Pinch Bar (open access)

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
Cotton, Berry, or Vegetable Picking or Dairy Stool (open access)

Cotton, Berry, or Vegetable Picking or Dairy Stool

Patent for a stool strapped to the user so as to facilitate an ease in picking cotton, berry, or vegetables. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1904
Creator: Farley, John C. & Prince, Hyman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Line (open access)

Clothes Line

Patent for a clothes line. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1904
Creator: Owens, Solon Arther
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dash. (open access)

Churn-Dash.

Patent for new improvements to a churn dash, including two concentric rings joined by inclined wings with accompanying illustrations.
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Renfro, John R., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Repairing Apparatus. (open access)

Axle-Repairing Apparatus.

Patent for a new, simple, and efficient axle repairing apparatus for "facilitating the repairing of worn axles without the removal of the wheels or the axles from the vehicle-body" (line 10 -12).
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Hammer, Willie Alice
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Pot. (open access)

Coffee Pot.

Patent for a new and improved coffee pot. This design consists in "the cover, the jointed parts by means of which the cover is connected to the pot, and the guide through which the part has a sliding movement" (lines 79-83). This novel construction "is to produce a coffee pot in which the cover is made adjustable, so as to be adapted to close over the top of the pot, or to be dropped back out of the way when the condenser is used" (lines 17-21).
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: Cummings, James K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ink-Bottle (open access)

Ink-Bottle

Patent for an ink bottle with screw threads allowing it to be screwed and unscrewed into a holder or desk; ink bottle can also be removed for cleaning or filling.
Date: May 10, 1921
Creator: Kayser, Mary Louise
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flour-Milling Machinery. (open access)

Flour-Milling Machinery.

Patent for flour milling machinery with reduced costs of equipment and operation, less required space, and improved quality and quantity of flour.
Date: May 10, 1921
Creator: Smith, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack (open access)

Lifting-Jack

Patent for an improvement made to lifting jack machinery that raises automobiles for repairs. The patent prevents the axle from slipping in circumstances where the vehicle is on slippery grounds or parked on a hill. Includes illustrations.
Date: May 10, 1921
Creator: Watson, Chester A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Book-Support and Writing-Table. (open access)

Book-Support and Writing-Table.

Patent for book support and writing table that adjusts to the item being used by the person. The tray is able to hold the item either a book or writing materials while adjusting to the user's needs. The book support and writing table can be folded to occupy little space.
Date: May 10, 1921
Creator: Taylor, Henry S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressed-Air-Feed Liquid-Container. (open access)

Compressed-Air-Feed Liquid-Container.

Patent for compressed air feed liquid container uses compressed air to move the liquid through tubes and out the pipe.
Date: May 10, 1921
Creator: Posa, Emit M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Log-Turner (open access)

Log-Turner

Patent for "that class of log-turners which is operated by power, and has for its object to provide a device that will be quick and positive in its operation" (lines 39-42).
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: Ferris, Henry Murry & Gallon, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Linotype Distributer (open access)

Linotype Distributer

Patent for a linotype distributer. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1904
Creator: Cooney, John Macauley & Totten, Harry Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn-Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Corn-Planters.

Patent for a corn-planter that allows the seed to be placed in a hopper and disperses the seed through a cylinder that is connected to a wheel to place and cover the seed, including illustration.
Date: May 10, 1859
Creator: Gilbert, R. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain Conveyer for Harvesters and Binders. (open access)

Grain Conveyer for Harvesters and Binders.

Patent for a new and improved grain-conveyer. This design "relates to improvements in grain conveyers for grain binders and harvesters in which the grain receiving platform is provided with a reciprocating conveyer or arm or arms to deliver the grain to or off the stubble end of the platform; and the objects of [the] improvements are to provide a chain with one or more arms, preferably a pair arms, one on each side of the chains, and said arms are to fold to the chain on their rearward movement, so as to pass to the grain end of the platform beneath the grain and partly around . . . the shaft" (lines 9-21).
Date: May 10, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Baling Presses.

Patent for improvements to "the construction and combination of the levers, rack-bars, and pawls with each other, and with the follower and baling-box" (lines 15-17).
Date: May 10, 1870
Creator: Stroud, Bryant F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp Adjusting Pedal Mechanism (open access)

Lamp Adjusting Pedal Mechanism

Patent for improvements for lamp operating pedals for automobiles.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Kitching, David C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1910
Creator: Michalka, Joseph & Michalka, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toothed Bar For Log Turners (open access)

Toothed Bar For Log Turners

Patent for toothed bar for log turners. Illustrations included.
Date: May 10, 1904
Creator: Edwards, Daniel R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump Attachment (open access)

Pump Attachment

Patent for a pump attachment. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1910
Creator: Nuernberger, Otto
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for a triangle shaped cultivator with removable mold-boards that can be used as a plow and scraper, including illustration.
Date: May 10, 1859
Creator: Doss, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History