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Alarm Attachment for Electric Bells.
Patent for "an Alarm Attachment for Electric Bells." "The object in view is the provision of means for facilitating the change of an ordinary door-bell into a continuously-ringing alarm apparatus, while leaving the mechanism free to be changed back into its former operative condition as a door-bell."(Lines 10-15) Including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 30, 1902
Creator:
Blakeney, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Mover
Patent for a car mover designed to move train cars along the tracks and sidings. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 30, 1908
Creator:
Peek, Joseph S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the draw-head having the downwardly and forwardly inclined floor and the floor slot or opening, of the coupling-bar having a curved or angular lever secured to its rear end and extending first downward through said opening and then under the draw-head" (lines 82-88).
Date:
June 30, 1885
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight
Patent for a headlight design that turns with the front wheels, allowing the driver to illuminate the road ahead whether driving straight or turning.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Fay, Peter J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Weathersby, Fred Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener
Patent for improvements to a hame-fastener, specifically related to an easily made, inexpensively produced locking mechanism, including illustration.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Fowler, Alvah W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Removing Coatings
Patent for a coating remover, made by mixing an alkali, an oxidizing agent, a solvent, and another chemical to prevent water evaporation.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome Nichols; Smith, Walter K. & Oliger, J. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock.
Patent for a new and improved lock. This design "is to produce a lock and key in which the lock-case has no exterior opening communicating with its wards or works, but is provided with a recess only for supporting the shank or axis of the key, while the only opening for the admission of the key to the interior of the lock, whereby its wards or bolt may be operated or controlled, is upon the interior of the lock-case, so that there is no possibility of introducing . . . picking devices therein, or of introducing any explosive agents" (lines 15-27).
Date:
June 30, 1885
Creator:
Markham, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incubator.
Patent for an incubator that automatically maintains at least a minimum temperature, with the option to set and maintain a higher temperature, with adjustment of temperature from outside the incubator. The incubator uses electric heat.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Hays, Ernest C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Curtain.
Patent for improvements in curtain-fixtures in which it can be “readily applied to a window and capable of enabling its brackets to be readily adjusted to suite a curtain-roller.” (Lines 11-13) It also can prevent the curtain-roller becoming accidentally disengaged from the bracket by reason of one bracket being slightly higher than the other. (Lines 15-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 30, 1891
Creator:
Mendenhall, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sewing-Machine Shuttles
Patent for an improved sewing-machine shuttle, which shuffles the bobbins back and forth among one another. This makes sewing faster for easier for any person who sews.
Date:
June 30, 1877
Creator:
Nott, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Worms in the Cotton-Plant.
Patent for a method of "destruction of the cotton-worm, and this object is accomplished by sprinkling the plants on which the worm feeds with a solution of arsenic in water." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions.
Date:
June 30, 1874
Creator:
Mitchell, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine
Patent for improvements in steam engine, particularly the cylinder.
Date:
June 30, 1885
Creator:
Pinkham, Delmar D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for invention new and useful improvement in Plows, relates the shape of the mold-board and the manner of securing the point and land side to the standard [5-15].
Date:
June 30, 1885
Creator:
Kelly, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the plow-body having slots formed with an enlargement at their forward ends near the lower edge of the mold-board, and having a laterally-projecting lug upon the landside near the point, of a detachable share and point having inwardly-projecting headed studs for engaging the slots in the mold-board, and having a perforated landside flange fitting upon the lug at the landside of the body" (lines 64-73).
Date:
June 30, 1885
Creator:
Snow, Abner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Topping Device for Sugar-Beets.
Patent for a machine to remove the tops of beets while they are still in the ground "without packing or injuring the beets and without removing more or less than the exact portion required" (lines 15-18).
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Sutton, Frank R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner.
Patent for a music-leaf turner to be used on pianos. It can turn pages to the right or left and the pianist need not use their hands. The pianist depresses a pedal with their foot to turn a page.
Date:
June 30, 1896
Creator:
Stinson, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Harrow
Patent for a combined cultivator and harrow. "This invention relates to an improved agricultural implement comprising in its construction a cultivator and a harrow, the tooth elements of which are so constructed and supported by the frame as to be capable of being adjusted for operation in several different positions" (line 8-14) illustration included.
Date:
June 30, 1903
Creator:
Farris, Henry Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Transmitter and Receiver
Patent for a telephone transmitter and receiver. The device is for lines "known as 'long-distance' telephones for the purpose of taking up the weakened vibrations and re-energizing them...transmitting them with increased volume" (line 12-15) illustration included.
Date:
June 30, 1903
Creator:
Sammons, Oliver P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack
Patent for a Jack. This design is operated by fluid pressure for use with driving axles and wheels.
Date:
June 30, 1903
Creator:
Tuggle, Samuel Ritchie & Doering, Charles William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spectacle Holder
Patent for a spectacle holder. Illustration included.
Date:
June 30, 1903
Creator:
Grooms, Richard McLane
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie
Patent for a railway tie designed to to provide a metallic tie which is light strong, and durable (line 16-17) illustration included.
Date:
June 30, 1903
Creator:
Beazley, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bailing Press
Patent for a baling press. This invention combines a truck and horse that facilitates the pressing of hay.
Date:
June 30, 1903
Creator:
Moore, James Solomon; Adams, Barnett V.; Roy, Ransom J. & Jack, I. Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bow for Vehicle Tops
Patent for "improvements in folding bows for vehicle-tops...for removably mounting the top upon the body of the vehicle" (lines 5-22) including illustrations.
Date:
June 30, 1914
Creator:
Bright, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History