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Boring and Mortising Machine.
Patent for a machine to bore square holes in substitute for a chisel and reduce labor, including illustration. The inventor calls it a "Mortise and Tenon Machine."
Date:
July 11, 1848
Creator:
Swingle, Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book-Sewing Machine.
Patent for improvements in book sewing machines, the descriptions are included by figures.
Date:
July 16, 1867
Creator:
Sims, Ferdinand
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter.
Patent for a new and improved carburetor. This design calls for "the apparatus [to be] submerged in water for the purpose of equalizing the temperature of the carbureting-liquid, and thereby imparting a more uniform illuminating quality to the gas; also obviating the danger of explosion from access of flame to the exterior of the apparatus" (para. 2).
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Pollard, James M. & Barton, Wallace R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Swinging Berths.
Patent for the improvement of ships' berths, by neutralizing the effect of the roll and pitch of the seas to prevent sea sickness, as well as providing space for baggage and ballast.
Date:
July 16, 1875
Creator:
Brown, Bartlett W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tube-Expanders.
Patent for improvements to tube expanders with springs rigidly secured at one end, detachable rolls, and the ability to fit tubes of different sizes.
Date:
July 18, 1876
Creator:
Rooney, Hugh L
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seats for Water-Closets.
Patent for an improved seat for water closets, including illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1875
Creator:
Fabj, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Spades and Forks.
Patent for a new improved and combined spade and fork to be used as a spade. It "consists in a sheet-metal sheath or pocket adapted to receive a fork and be secured" (lines 16-18 ) including illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1873
Creator:
Stone, Heber
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties
Patent for Improvement in the fastening of the metal bands used to tie cotton bales. Includes detailed description and three labled figures
Date:
July 31, 1873
Creator:
Cromer, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Harvesters.
Patent for "the construction and arrangement of a cotton-picking machine" (lines 15-16) using wire brushes on rods and chains, including illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1877
Creator:
Graves, Clinton E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Producing Ammoniacal Gas.
Patent for a new and improved refrigerator and ice machine. This design "consists in an improved construction, whereby the gas is relieved of its moisture before entering the condenser, a better apparatus is obtained, and repairs are facilitated and cheapened" (lines 12-16).
Date:
July 21, 1885
Creator:
Lee, Charles B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Ejector for Presses.
Patent for the improvement in cotton-bale presses or compressors; and it has for its object to provide a means whereby the bale, after being properly compressed, will be automatically ejected from the press, as more fully hereinafter specified.
Date:
December 7, 1880
Creator:
Riesel, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Preservative.
Patent for a compound with preservative qualities for protecting submersed wood from the destructive forces of water, whether sea or fresh, and from shipworms.
Date:
July 9, 1895
Creator:
Gallinowsky, Hugo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Latch.
Patent for a new and improved latch. This design consists "[i]n a latch, the combination, with the sliding-bolt, tumblers having their forward ends provided with hooks or right-angled projections adapted to engage studs upon the bolt, and the lever operated by the bolt and having its forward end adapted to engage with the tumbler of the supplementary lock having its operating mechanism connected to the lever" (lines 68-76).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Rand, Anders
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stop Attachment for Cotton-Gins.
Patent for "automatic stop attachments for cotton ginning and condensing apparatus; and it has for its objects to provide a new and useful attachment of this character operated in connection with a gin-condenser and gin-feeder to provide positive means for automatically stopping the ginning operation and the feed of cotton in the event of the condenser becoming choked, which choking often wrecks the gin-brush, ruins the saws, and creates fire by friction." (Lines 9-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1897
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeder for Power Printing-Presses
Patent for improvements in the construction feeders for power printing presses.
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Orser, Levi
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for improvements in fire-escapes “in which a rope forming part of the device, has its upper end attached within a window or other opening of a building and is connected with apparatus to raise and lower an ascending fireman or other person escaping from the building.” (Lines 16-21) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 7, 1891
Creator:
Rutledge, William O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rocking-Chair Fan.
Patent for a rocking chair fan that spins when the operator begins rocking in the chair. It easily adjusts to any model of rocking chair and is noiseless.
Date:
July 21, 1896
Creator:
Martyr, Leonard W. & Martyr, Ernest E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito Bar Frame.
Patent for a new and improved mosquito-bar frame. This design "consist[s], essentially, of the upright bars having their upper ends reduced . . . and provided with staples, the brackets, having loops at opposite ends and a pintle on its lower branch to enter the staples in the posts, the lateral rods carrying the loop brackets at opposite ends, and sockets . . . to receive the upper ends of the posts, the inner cross-bar arranged in the inner brackets of the lateral rods, the outer cross-bar arranged in the outer brackets of said rods, and the longitudinally-adjustable slide-bar carrying guide-eyes" lines 82-95).
Date:
July 29, 1890
Creator:
Meyers, John Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feeder for Treadle Printing-Presses
Patent for improvements in treadle-press feeders "in which the feeder has to lay the paper on the platen and remove it after being printed" (lines 10-12).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Orser, Levi
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-291
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of the Texas Highway Commission to enter into an agreement with Galveston County for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a toll tunnel.
Date:
July 2, 1947
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Gear.
Patent for a Bicycle-Gear meant to rotate the sprocket or other gear wheel on a bicycle, Including Illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1900
Creator:
Brady, Alford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo
Patent for a submarine torpedo which explodes in the hull of a vessels it hits.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ruler and Blotter
Patent for a ruler that can also be used as a blotter. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 25, 1911
Creator:
Muller, Frederick William, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Destroying Compostion
Patent for a weed-destroying composition consisting of sulfur, caustic soda, and water.
Date:
July 8, 1910
Creator:
Orton, Ingomar F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History