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Adding Machine.
Patent for a new and improved adding machine using rotating discs.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Druschke, Julius C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap.
Patent for a new type of ant trap that captures ants by having them crawl up a wooden central chamber and then fall into a sheer metal pit. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1891
Creator:
Walker, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Forming And Vulcanizing Rubberized Fabric And Rubber Tires.
Patent for an apparatus for "forming and vulcanizing rubberized fabric and rubber tires for use on vehicle and other wheels &c., &c.” (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Dees, Mark A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-press
Patent for a baling-press that will prevent hay or other material from jamming the mechanisms used to bale it.
Date:
December 8, 1900
Creator:
Dennis, Felix Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bank Pass-Book.
Patent for an improved Bank Pass-Book that shows the identification of the individual written on the inside and outside of the book.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake.
Patent for improvements in car brakes, "wherein the ordinary brake-beams are dispensed with and wherein the several brake-shoe-carrying levers will be self-adjusting." (lines 8 - 11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1891
Creator:
Braun, Henry F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door.
Patent for improvements in car doors. These improvements make the doors fire and water proof and allow the door to be locked. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1891
Creator:
Moore, Francis A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Pooling
Patent for rail-car coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Carter, L. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chimney-Protector.
Patent for chimney protectors "which can be readily applied and will secure a water-tight joint between the smoke-pipe and the roof." (Lines 11-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1896
Creator:
Lamprecht, William & Krieger, Edward C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Circuit Breaker For Storage Batteries
Patent for a circuit breaker for storage batteries. This invention is an improved upon device, specifically as it applies to breaking the main circuit of the battery when the voltage reaches a minimum limit. Illustration included.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Garrett, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock Calendar
Patent for a clock calendar.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Woods, Jesse Leroy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Cotton-Plow.
Patent for a combination cotton plow that makes hoeing more efficient and profitable. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 10, 1891
Creator:
Williams, Charley Mabry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Artificial Fuel.
Patent for artificial fuel by using coals called “lignite”, grinded it and add other ingredients to it. Formula, measurements and method of mixing is included. No illustration.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Lohmann, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker Finger.
Patent that improves on existing design of cotton-picking spindles by using an elastic material instead of bristles. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 12, 1891
Creator:
Canuteson, Ole
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Receptacle.
Patent for a cotton picker's receptacle that enables the user to save time picking cotton. This invention is secured on the wrist of the cotton picker and serves as a receptacle for several handfuls of cotton, which are placed in said receptacle in one slight motion.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Easley, Dennis J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator with spring teeth that are stronger than ordinary cultivator teeth.
Date:
December 8, 1908
Creator:
Baker, Alonzo L. & Baker, Russell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cycle-Frame.
Patent for a bicycle frame meant to cushion the rider from impact by stabilizing the vehicle's frame.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
White, Edward Young
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Measuring and Folding Dress Goods, &c.
Patent for a device on which textiles can be "quickly and accurately measured and folded upon a revolving reel." (Lines 14-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 4, 1890
Creator:
Talley, James Milton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop.
Patent for envelops "used to inclose articles of value, and provision of means and structural conformation whereby any surreptitious handling thereof will be detected." (Lines 11-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1896
Creator:
Mayer, Walter S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop.
Patent for an improved safety envelope for use in mail order business where coins and money are transmitted.
Date:
December 8, 1914
Creator:
Utt, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for fire escapes adapted for "being carried fro one portion of a building to another to effect the escape of persons from any portion of the same and at an elevation thereof." (Lines 16-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1896
Creator:
Sjolander, Eric O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Cleaner.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in flue cleaners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1898
Creator:
Cathriner, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Minnow-Net.
Patent for "improvements in fishing-nets, and particularly to frames for nets which can be set up in the water in various places where other nets cannot be used and which can be folded up into a small package for convenient carrying." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 8, 1896
Creator:
Breeding, Enoch
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be cheap and simple in its construction, one that may be easily operated, and yet be positive in its engagement with the latch to prevent it from being opened by cattle, &c." (lines 8-14).
Date:
December 8, 1885
Creator:
Dunn, Henry Frankling.
System:
The Portal to Texas History