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Animal-Trap.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in animal traps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Griffin, Walter R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hoe and Edge-Trimmer.
Patent for a tool that combines a how and edge-trimmer in one. The tool "may be conveniently used for trimming the edges of lawns, walks, and flower-beds and which may also be used as a weeding scuffle-hoe and as a sod-cutter" (lines 11-14) including illustrations
Date:
August 29, 1905
Creator:
Hough, James C. & Oldham, J. B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Husker.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn huskers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Stahl, Adolf
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn with easily removable parts.
Date:
August 29, 1911
Creator:
Hunter, Archie G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Fender.
Patent for new and useful improvements in car fenders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Forwood, Reginald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton pressing and baling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
White, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for improvements in construction of cotton baling-presses.
Date:
August 29, 1882
Creator:
Robburts, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling press for hay that is meant "to provide a press and suitable power for operating the same, and to so construct said press as to double the capacity of the ordinary pres, that is to form two bales at one time, the press being operated by the same power; and, furthermore, to provide means for conveniently transporting the same when desired" (lines 10-17).
Date:
August 29, 1893
Creator:
Harrington, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a back band buckle that consists of a plate with its ends turned up and two upper longitudinal slit, the lower slit having teeth, and a hook with nibs.
Date:
August 29, 1893
Creator:
Brown, John Anderson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Locomotives.
Patent for a safety attachment for locomotives that is simple and prevents unwelcome people from getting into a position to take control of the train. It consists of steam pipes with open jets connected with the boiler that go around the entrances of the cab, and the train engineer can turn a valve and make hot steam project across the entrances.
Date:
August 29, 1894
Creator:
Rutherford, James Rice
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Journal-Box.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in car journal boxes, and more particularly to the box in which the journal of the axle of the ordinary railway car has a bearing." (lines 8-12)
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Law, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.
Patent for improvements on machinery for the manufacture of ice.
Date:
August 29, 1871
Creator:
Sears, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Window-Shade Hanger.
Patent for a window-shade hanger that can be "adjusted to fit windows of various widths and shaderollers which vary in length and which may be readily put up and taken down." (lines 18-21) including illustration.
Date:
August 29, 1905
Creator:
Neale, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate.
Patent for a fruit and vegetable crate that is collapsable to facilitate transportation, and has strong corners to enable heavy usage.
Date:
August 29, 1922
Creator:
Cobb, J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved wrench with a "novel means for adjustably controlling the position of the movable jaw with respect to the stationary jaw" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Parmer, Ernest W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Welding Tubes.
Patent for a new and improved machine for welding tubes. This design "has relation to machines for welding flues; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of operative parts" (lines 22-25).
Date:
August 29, 1882
Creator:
Charlton, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Rebending Crown Caps Or Seals For Bottles.
Patent for a new and useful machine for rebending crown caps or seals for bottles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1899
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer
Patent for a well strainer made of sheet metal.
Date:
August 29, 1911
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Turbine.
Patent for a turbine engine powered by steam.
Date:
August 29, 1911
Creator:
May, Reynolds
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latch
Patent for a latch. Illustration included.
Date:
August 29, 1905
Creator:
Praeger, Ewald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco-Pouch.
Patent for a tobacco pouch that will fit easily into pockets and hands while still holding the maximum amount of tobacco. There are also improvements on the ease of getting the tobacco out of the pouch.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Shumard, Malnor A. & Shumard, Malnor A., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Sizing or Classifying Comminuted Material.
Patent for a machine composed of independently operated and adjustable mounted sized units for sorting and transporting grain sized materials.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Maize Header and Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved hand-operated implement designed for cutting heads of Kafir corn or maize in a more simple and efficient manner, including illustrations.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Grindstaff, Isaac S. & Johnson, Luke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plastic Composition.
Patent for a plastic composition that lasts indefinitely, especially for coffins or caskets.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Stone, Oscar Ottoe
System:
The Portal to Texas History