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Gin-Saw-Filing Machine. (open access)

Gin-Saw-Filing Machine.

Patent for a mechanism to sharpen the blades of a gin saw. Includes illustrations of the device.
Date: October 19, 1897
Creator: Beavers, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Head-Rest For Barbers' Chairs (open access)

Head-Rest For Barbers' Chairs

Patent for a headrest to be used for chairs used by barbers and doctors. Illustrations included.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Wallace, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Motor (open access)

Hydraulic Motor

Patent for a hydraulic motor. Illustration included.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Schaefer, Herbert Clyde
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Carburaters (open access)

Improvement in Carburaters

Patent of an improvement for a carbureter that furnishes the apparatus for enriching the vapors of gasoline or other light hydrocarbon.
Date: October 19, 1875
Creator: Pollard, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Construction of Jails. (open access)

Improvement in Construction of Jails.

Patent for improvement in construction of jails; in which a system of flues in between layers of a double floor provide ventilation through grates in the walls and upper layer of the floor, without compromising security.
Date: October 19, 1875
Creator: Seeber, John A. & Croxton, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ink-Bottle. (open access)

Ink-Bottle.

Patent for improvements in in bottles: "it consists, essentially, of a hexagonal or analogous polygonal shaped body having dip cups arranged adjacent to one and thereof at such angles as to regulate the flow by turning the body and bringing it to bear on different bases." (lines 12-17).
Date: October 19, 1897
Creator: Anderson, Alexander C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion and Air Compressing Engine (open access)

Internal Combustion and Air Compressing Engine

Patent for internal combustion and air compressing engine. Illustration included.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Risley, Ward & Risley, Zeph L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Table. (open access)

Ironing Table.

Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design consists in "the rigid supporting-frame of an ironing-table, a cross-piece secured to the outside of the upper ends of the supports at one end of the frame, so that its upper edge shall project above the supports, an ironing-board top hinged to one side of the cross-piece, and a shelf secured to the upper edge and projecting to the opposite side of said cross-piece" (lines 86-94).
Date: October 19, 1886
Creator: Adair, Annie E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Coating Composition (open access)

Liquid Coating Composition

Patent for improved non-flammable paint and multi-purpose byproduct of paint production process.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: McKay, Arthur N. & Willis, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Machinemm (open access)

Liquid Dispensing Machinemm

Patent for a machine can dispense potable liquids to several customers at the same time.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: Ogden, Clayton N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress Making Machine. (open access)

Mattress Making Machine.

Patent for a new and improved mattress making machine. This design calls for a box with a hinged door and gauges that adjust the box to the desired width for mattress making. Additionally, slats at the bottom of the box and along the inside of the hinged lid have straps and pins that one uses to bind the mattress material after it fills the box.
Date: October 19, 1880
Creator: Howe, Charles P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an oil burner, which atomizes oil through the injection of steam that helps the oil to burn more easily.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Milton, John Foy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potato-Digger. (open access)

Potato-Digger.

Patent for a potato digger, which leaves the potatoes on top of the soil and can be used in a variety of different soil types.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Herring, Jesie M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process and Machine for Making Bricks. (open access)

Process and Machine for Making Bricks.

Patent for improvements to brick making machines that will produce bricks with a textile finish.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Rodgers, Edward H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a new and improved pump. This design "is to provide an engine or apparatus . . . in pumps of that class known as "force-pumps" . . . which is simple and durable in construction, and which is of large working capacity. . . . [The design] attain[s] the purposes of [the] invention by . . . the pump-buckets or caging and that part of the delivering-pipe containing the . . . valves in the plungers . . . [and] the ball-valves" (lines 9-28).
Date: October 19, 1886
Creator: Sparks, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a pneumatic pump that attaches to automobiles and fills up pneumatic tires and self-lubricates.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Kreiter, Richard F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie. (open access)

Railway-Tie.

Patent for a compact railway tie with the least possible parts.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Roberts, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Display-Cabinet. (open access)

Rotary Display-Cabinet.

Patent for a rotary display cabinet for lace and ribbons, which has a dust free delivery system, rotates to allow the spools to be wound back up easily, and has a glass window for easy viewing.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Duncan, Delorus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Reversible Engine (open access)

Rotary Reversible Engine

Patent for rotary reversible engine. Illustrations included.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Risley, Ward & Risley, Zeph L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Dog Trip for Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Safety-Dog Trip for Cotton-Presses.

Patent for a safety dog trip for cotton presses, which automatically removes the dog rods holding the cotton out of the press when it is sent up for pressing.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Wright, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Metal Tank (open access)

Sheet-Metal Tank

Patent for a sheet metal tank supported by outside beams made of metal studs or sheets. The design also provides means by which the tank can be sheathed and secured by concrete.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Harry, Owen K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Show-Case (open access)

Show-Case

Patent for "improvements in show-cases for displaying ribbons and in devices for measuring the same; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices" (lines 10-13)
Date: October 19, 1887
Creator: McNeill, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signaling Device (open access)

Signaling Device

Patent for a signaling device to be used on railroads, trolley cars, or engines. Illustrations included.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Smith, William Philip
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sprinker. (open access)

Sprinker.

Patent for a new and improved pesticide sprinkler for cotton plants. This design "provid[es] . . . a relief-valve, so that should the nozzle become stopped up at any time this valve will open and let the fluid escape through the piston without doing any harm to the pump or stopping the vehicle" (lines 14-19).
Date: October 19, 1880
Creator: Pinter, Francis T.
System: The Portal to Texas History