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Tire Tool
Patent for a tool designed to remove the tire casings from vehicle rims and also to replace the casing back on to the rims.
Date:
August 18, 1919
Creator:
Rylander, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment Supporter
Patent for a garment supporter. Intent of garment supporter is to provide a cost effective and simple to use devise to hold up trousers.
Date:
August 18, 1919
Creator:
Smiley, John F
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Number-Displaying Device.
Patent for illuminated signs which illuminate number displaying devices for vehicles. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Jenner, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit Brace.
Patent for a bit-brace with a crank arm which can be secured to the bit chuck and which has an adjustable hand, so the chuck may be rotated while the brace remains stationary.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Rotating a Locomotive-Headlight.
Patent for a "manually operated mechanism that will enable a locomotive engineer to rock the headlight about a pivotal access without leaving his cab" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Teter, William E. & Gray, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm.
Patent for a portable device that can be hung on a door knob and sound an alarm when the knob is turned, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Dick, Archie P., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Attachment for Ice-Tongs.
Patent for a device designed so that "the weight of the ice may be determined while the ice is engaged by the tongs" (lines 12-14). The weighing device can be safely attached to the tongs, and the patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Henderson, Douglas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil-Pulverizer.
Patent for a soil-pulverizer with an efficient, revolving drum. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Briles, James Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a chain wrench "in which both of the jaws are similar and interchangeable and provided with additional sets of teeth whereby the life of the jaws is increased" (lines 12-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar.
Patent for improving combined horse collars and hames. Mean to be more efficient in allowing the hames to be attached to a pnematic pad for faster removal.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Pate, Henry Doss
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Wrench.
Patent for a double acting pipe wrench with detachable jaws which can be easily removed and replaced, and which will allow a section of pipe to be turned in either direction. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker.
Patent for a cotton picker with a power-driven vacuum for picking cotton and delivering it to a receptacle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Cunningham, Matthew G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cake Cloth Remover and Truck Loader.
Patent for a cake cloth remover and truck loader which can mechanically remove the press cloth from cotton and linseed cakes and deliver the cakes for loading on a truck.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Lowry, Walter Jack
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Post-Hole Digger and Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a combined post hole digger and wire stretcher, which allows barbed wire to be strung on a fence more easily and for fence building to be done by one person.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
Armstrong, John Joshua, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BLIND-STOP
Patent for an improvement in Blind-Stops. "My invention relates to improvements in blind-stops, and has for its object to provide a simple, strong, and cheap device of this kind." (lines 15-18) and illustration.
Date:
August 18, 1903
Creator:
Koenig, Charles Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lister-Sweep.
Patent for a lister sweep for cultivators with improved teeth.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
Burns, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Package-Tie.
Patent for a package tie for packages of mail, which holds securely and is easily undone by pulling from both ends.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
Sharpe, Edmund L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Vehicle.
Patent for a motor vehicle of an ordinary farm type wagon.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
McCurry, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow.
Patent for a sulky plow for three horses, which stops the plow pole from rubbing the middle horse.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
Marx, Otto H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marine-Engine Governor.
Patent for marine engine governor "designed to maintain uniformity of speed of the engine when the resistance to the propeller or propellers is varied" (lines 11-13), including illustrations and description of construction.
Date:
August 18, 1903
Creator:
Corneliussen, Ivar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley.
Patent for a trolley-wheel mechanism for electric trolley cars connected to wires. The trolley-wheel is designed to allow a degree of movement while maintaining stability.
Date:
August 18, 1903
Creator:
Seastrunk, Thomas P. & Archer, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch
Patent for a railway switch. Illustration included.
Date:
August 18, 1903
Creator:
Aley, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check Book
Patent for a check book. This inventions improves upon removable covers for check books.
Date:
August 18, 1903
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Nest.
Patent for a poultry nest structure for chickens that has individual nest areas and allows for easy removal of the eggs.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
Welch, Simeon
System:
The Portal to Texas History