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Animal-Poke
Patent for an animal poke that will go over the head of a horse, cow, or related animal, preventing it from getting under, over, or through fences, slacking bent wires, or prevent it from otherwise damaging or mutilating fences of all kinds.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Williams, Osker
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for a trap to catch small animals
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Baker, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Armor Unit for Gunners
Patent for armor that can be mounted on gunners units..
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Spence, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for attachment for cultivators. The invention allows a cultivator's shovel to be spaced apart to facilitate the plowing of corn, cotton, and other similar products.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Jez, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fan Combination Stand.
Patent for a new and improved automatic-fan combination-stand. This design "relates to an improved stand or support for an automatic fan, which said stand shall be portable, so as to be conveniently set up wherever desired, and which shall contain various hooks, brackets, shelves, and other conveniences" (lines 17-22).
Date:
November 28, 1882
Creator:
McKeehan, Charles Houston
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Straightner
Patent for an axle straightener. Illustration included.
Date:
November 28, 1905
Creator:
Steadham, John S. & Steadham, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for hay baler.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Dudley, Andrew T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bar Bending Appliance
Patent for a bar bending appliance.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Jameton, Adrian O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Billboard
Patent for billboards built for wind resistance.
Date:
November 28, 1922
Creator:
Kelly, Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved car coupling that consists of a hollow drawhead with a pivoting knuckle, a hook on one side of the knuckle, a catch on the other side of the knuckle, a latch pivoted in the drawhead that engages the catch, a spring that presses the latch against the knuckle, a rod attached to the latch, a double crank attached to the rod, hand rods and cranks on either side of the car, and a buffer above the drawbar.
Date:
November 28, 1893
Creator:
Darrow, Nicholas & Roosevelt, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Motor
Patent for a spring motor intended to operate churns. It has a quality which allows it to be stopped or interrupted during its operation.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Murdock, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Sack Carrier.
Patent for a carrying sack meant to carry cotton to and from the field. It is not carried on a worker's back or dragged on the ground. The sack is on an adjustable axle and "may be arranged at an inclination to cause the truck to travel upon a curved line to facilitate the guiding of the same in operation; and furthermore, to provide a fender to prevent objects from falling between the cotton sacks and the wheels of the truck" (lines 14-20).
Date:
November 28, 1893
Creator:
Laird, Archibald F. & Hill, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dredging Apparatus
Patent for dredging apparatus. Illustration included.
Date:
November 28, 1905
Creator:
Jones, Fred A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry Closet
Patent for a dry closet.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Pyle, Eben W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Current Meter.
Patent for an electric-current meter that measures "the amount of electricity passing over a given branch of derived or (if desired) line circuit, thereby indicating the amount of electricity used for the translating or other consuming devices in the circuit, having for its object the construction of an apparatus which will respond more accurately to the variations in the said currents and indicate more exactly upon a dial or dials provided for the purpose, the quantity of electricity which passes" (lines 10-20). The meter's range can be extended.
Date:
November 28, 1893
Creator:
Mottram, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Hairbrush
Patent for an improved electric hairbrush having an insulated electrical heating element and separately charged electrically conductive metallic bristles. The hairbrush is designed to straighten hair and/or to electrically treat a user's hair and scalp with a low-voltage current. A device in the handle allows the user to regulate the heating of the element.
Date:
November 28, 1922
Creator:
Harvey, Birdie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop.
Patent for the production of a simple envelope
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Milutin, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop.
Patent for an adjustable envelop design for storing documents and articles. This is a design with flaps within the inner fold that are made to secure and protect the document. Straps that extend from the outer edge secure the outer flap over the contents as well as the inner protective flaps.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Low, Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Equilibrium-Retaining Device for Flying-Machines.
Patent related to automatic means for maintaining equilibrium while operating heavier-than-air flying machines through the use of valves.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Macmanus, Augustus Frederick Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Regulator for Cotton-Gins.
Patent for a simple feed-regulator attachment for cotton gins with circular saws separating the cotton from the seeds. It regulates the rate that cotton is fed into the roll box and automatically stops and starts depending on the size of the roll.
Date:
November 28, 1893
Creator:
Hollingsworth, Joseph & Banister, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Wire Mat.
Patent for a flexible wire mat that is portable, loosely woven to shake out dirt and mud, and which prevents the edges form curling up to trip people.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Shelton, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gravel Conveyor and Roller
Patent for gravel, sand, or rubble conveyor to use in grading, repairing, and surfacing roads.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Whitfield, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard-Rail Clamp
Patent for a simple, durable and adjustable guard rail clamp for securing guard rails to the main rails of a railroad track "as at bridge approaches and opposite to frog points" (lines 11-12) without the use of drill bolt-holes.
Date:
November 28, 1905
Creator:
Butcher, Jasper; Thomas, James L. & Butcher, Jasper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Attachment
Patent for a hame attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
November 28, 1905
Creator:
Miller, John A. & McKenzie, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History