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Bottle. (open access)

Bottle.

Patent for non-refillable bottles which can be filled and emptied easily with inexpensive construction. Instead of a stopper, a bottleneck pattern can be used which is efficient and safer.
Date: August 5, 1902
Creator: Holland, Willie Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press. (open access)

Baling Press.

Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the horizontal driving-screw, the plunger, connections between the plunger and the screw, the endwise-moveable vertical shaft, gearing between the said shaft and the driving screw, the lever supporting said shaft, the [other] lever and the links connecting the [latter] lever with the [former] lever" (lines 33-39).
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: Nelson, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Linter (open access)

Cotton-Seed Linter

Patent for an improvement "to prevent the accumulation of lint within the lint-chambers; to provide for the automatic discharge of the lint from the saw-teeth; to provide for a thorough agitation of the seed within the seed-reviews, and, finally, to provide for the delivery of the stripped seed from the machine" (lines 12-19).
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: O'Brien, Edward J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Axle Boxes. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Axle Boxes.

Patent for improvement to car-axle boxes, specifically "Oil-Collectors for Railroad Journals" (line 6), including illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1879
Creator: Morris, Robert C. & McLane, Hiram H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Blow-Off Cocks. (open access)

Improvement in Blow-Off Cocks.

Patent for improvement in blow-off cocks used in locomotives and steam boilers, including an illustration.
Date: August 5, 1879
Creator: Harrop, Benjamin B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Game-Tables. (open access)

Improvement in Game-Tables.

Patent for a "new and improved Gaming-Table..." [line 5] including illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 5, 1879
Creator: Macy, Edwin M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device. (open access)

Advertising Device.

Patent for an advertising machine that is motor-operated and will display a succession of slides that can be shown during the day or at night. It includes a light to help show slides to the public, a shutter that automatically and intermittently displays slides, a lens for projecting slides on a distant screen, and a master slide to be shown with each slide. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: Bernard, Oscar C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
MARKING-TALLY. (open access)

MARKING-TALLY.

Patent for a marking or tallying device which is activated by putting pressure on one end. It is designed for marking lumber.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: Lillard, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension-Bed. (open access)

Extension-Bed.

Patent for a "longitudinally extensible" (lines 12-13) bed. The extension is stored underneath the main portion of the bed when not in use and allows for the bed to be covered completely with netting to protect against mosquitos. Illustrations included.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: Couch, Marvin Leslie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevating Truck. (open access)

Elevating Truck.

Patent for elevating truck equipped with a conveyor belt powered by an electric motor. The device is "easily moved about and placed in position by one or two men" (lines 29–30), but powerful enough to lift bales of cotton (or other objects) weighing up to 600 pounds, includes illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Anderson, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Film for Cameras. (open access)

Film for Cameras.

Patent for photographic film that contains alternating sensitized and non-sensitized sections for the purpose of creating an initial exposure view as a guide to use when taking a subsequent actual photograph.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Sartorius, Oton; Gándara, José F. & Colonna, Benito
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Implement. (open access)

Carpenter's Implement.

Patent for a carpenter's implement designed to be easily carried within one's pocket, with illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Smith, Evander A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Purifying Oil (open access)

Process of Purifying Oil

Patent for using aluminum chlorid compounds to clean crude oil. Which is apart of the petrochemical process of oil purification.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Miller, Albert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons. (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbons.

Patent for an improved apparatus for treating hydrocarbons. This apparatus is for treating comparatively heavy petroleum and other hydrocarbon oils and their distillates and derivatives, in order to produce from such heavy oils a large yield of gasoline or other light, easily volatile liquids. This apparatus will be a safe and efficient way to produce large yield of gasoline and light hydrocarbon liquids from heavy oils and will be free from trouble arising from the accumulation of carbon.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin & Averill, Willard C., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Sign. (open access)

Advertising-Sign.

Patent for an advertisement sign with a translucent display band that illuminates different sections of letters, numbers, or figures, in various colors, giving the appearance of animation.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Roller (open access)

Window-Shade Roller

Patent for spring acting window shade rollers. The spring acting mechanism allows for the raising up or down of the shade to any desired position without unnecessary wear.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: Schindler, Emil F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design "relates particularly to a combined pipe and nut wrench, and has for its object to provide a wrench of the class described which can be quickly changed to an ordinary wrench . . . [the] invention consists of a shank having a rigid jaw attached thereto, a movable jaw adjustable on the shank and an eccentrically-headed lever pivoted to the rear end of the movable jaw and bearing on the shank adapted to separate the rear end of the movable jaw and said shank to throw the forward end of the movable jaw closer to the rigid jaw" (lines 7-22).
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: Hooks, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design "has for its object to provide a tool especially adapted for a pipe-wrench, but also capable of use as a monkey-wrench. A further object of the invention is to construct a wrench with practically two handles, one of which is capable of use as a lever to disengage the jaws from the pipe and to adjust the upper jaw to and from the lower jaw" (lines 8-16).
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: Kasch, Friedrich Wilhelm
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal Pipe-Gripper (open access)

Internal Pipe-Gripper

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Internal Pipe-Grippers" (lines 6-7) such as "an improved tool for removing pipes or casings from drilled wells (lines 14-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: McConnell, Scott R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Rotary Valve And Seat. (open access)

Improvement In Rotary Valve And Seat.

Patent for an improvement in the construction of a rotary valve and seat. Specifications for the new construction and illustrations are included.
Date: August 5, 1879
Creator: Watkins, Edward L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede. (open access)

Velocipede.

Patent for a new and improved velocipede. This design "has relation to that class of velocipedes in which the rider is suspended within a large wheel impelled by a frictional contact between the inner periphery of the same and the driving wheel" (lines 8-12). With this design, "by the increased size of wheel, not only is speed gained, but the same may be propelled with greater ease over rough or smooth roads and with greater comfort to the rider, in that the jolt is less, and yet at the same time all the benefits arising from this class of exercise are obtained" (lines 27-34).
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: Akers, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.

Patent for improved cotton-bale tie with a small s-shaped bar and cross-ribs on the bands.
Date: August 5, 1873
Creator: Crone, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gin Hoppers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Gin Hoppers.

Patent for improvement in cotton-gins, including illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1879
Creator: Horne, Edward Gideon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement In Bale-Ties.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties" [lines 4-5] along with a description of construction and illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1879
Creator: Rand, Anders
System: The Portal to Texas History