Balanced Valve (open access)

Balanced Valve

Patent for a balanced valve for a steam powered sawmill.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Rigsby, Lewis J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Checking Runaway Horses. (open access)

Apparatus for Checking Runaway Horses.

Patent for a new and useful apparatus for checking runaway horses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 30, 1898
Creator: Singleton, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Shield for Vehicle-Wheels (open access)

Advertising-Shield for Vehicle-Wheels

Patent for a shield for vehicle wheels that can be used for advertising.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Blackshear, Robert King
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ash Pan (open access)

Ash Pan

Patent for an ash pan. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: Byar, Ernest & Clopton, Mortimer L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer (open access)

Car-Replacer

Patent for a railway car replacer, which is used to derail vehicles as well as for, "restoring derailed railway vehicles to the track."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Martin, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle Rod (open access)

Bridle Rod

Patent for a bridle rod that will be longitudinally adjustable for taking up the space that would be likely to occur between the switch points and the rails so that both of the switch points will, when the switch is operated, move to the proper position for presenting a smooth and even surface for the wheel flange of the railway rolling stock when the same pass over the switch.
Date: July 17, 1917
Creator: Mc Robertson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Apparatus. (open access)

Air-Brake Apparatus.

Patent for an improvement to the air brake which includes new types of valves.
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Parker, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Log Turner] (open access)

[Log Turner]

Patent for a log turner. This "invention relates to an improvement in nigger-bars used in connection with steam-cylinders to turn the logs on sawmill-carriages" (line 8-11). Illustration included.
Date: December 22, 1903
Creator: Edwards, Daniel R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle (open access)

Vehicle

Patent for a vehicle used as a truck or bolster. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Martin, W. Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboard (open access)

Washboard

Patent for washboard that "is made for automatically moving, step by step, a cake of soap inclosed in a housing" (lines 9-11) against the cloths being washed and is "operated by the pressure exerted through the rubbing action upon a rubbing board associated with the device" (lines 22-24).
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Durden, Perrey Milton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Timber-Hook. (open access)

Timber-Hook.

Patent for an improved timber hook that is capable of automatically adjusting itself "according to the various lengths of logs" (lines 18-19).
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Martin, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose Reel (open access)

Hose Reel

Patent for a hose reel that makes water easily available to the people in a building that has caught fire and is more easily maneuverable.
Date: August 24, 1920
Creator: Hamner, Edward M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pressure-Regulator (open access)

Pressure-Regulator

Patent for a Pressure-Regulator, which is a device for "automatically regulating the pressure of steam, compressed air, or other gases while passing through a conduit" (lines 8-10).
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Moffett, James D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for an improved pump valve designed for a pump for pumping oil from oil wells "which will not be affected by the fluid or gas pressure in the bore" (lines 17-18).
Date: September 30, 1919
Creator: Graf, Sydney H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor. (open access)

Tractor.

Patent is for a new and improved tractor design. Improvements to gear and axle design that enable the tractor to make narrower turns and to make power run from the engine to the gears without interfering with the steering mechanism.
Date: January 7, 1917
Creator: Hudgens, George Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soda-Tank for Dipping Lumber (open access)

Soda-Tank for Dipping Lumber

Patent for an apparatus which contains a tank of soda in which yellow pine lumber is dipped to prevent blue stain. Illustrations included.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Trout, Walter Charles & Trout, William Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device (open access)

Hitching Device

Patent for a hitching device
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: McClendon, James T. & McClendon, Fred H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus. (open access)

Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus.

Patent for a fire-extinguishing apparatus designed for use in gin-mills, saw-mills, factories, and other buildings. The operator can quickly turn on a stream of water and extinguish the flames. The apparatus is a valved supply-pipe connected to a boiler, branch pipes extend from the supply-pipe, and discharge nozzles are connected and are flexible.
Date: March 24, 1896
Creator: Driver, Elias K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape (open access)

Fire-Escape

Patent for a flexible chute that attaches to the window frame. The chute uses hinges or a pivot so it can be moved out of the way when not is use.
Date: March 9, 1909
Creator: Woods, Murray
System: The Portal to Texas History
Driving-Box. (open access)

Driving-Box.

Patent for improvements in locomotive driving-boxes aimed at eliminating the need to hold locomotives (trains) out of service for significant periods of time in order to repair solid driving boxes. Increased functionality is achieved by means of removable hub liner, deliverability of lubricant to various surfaces of the box and sections having slidable engagement with the hub face.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Simmons, Arthur W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drive Gear-Wheel (open access)

Drive Gear-Wheel

Patent for drive gear wheel to be used for locomotives. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Jones, James Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Relief Valve and System for Motor or Other Driven Pumps. (open access)

Relief Valve and System for Motor or Other Driven Pumps.

Patent for "a new and useful Relief Valve and System for Motor or other Driven Pumps" (lines 5-7) as well as illustrations.
Date: July 7, 1914
Creator: Johnson, George Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coach-Step. (open access)

Folding Coach-Step.

Patent for foldable steps for train cars, in particular passenger cars.
Date: April 16, 1917
Creator: Berry, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expansion-Cultivator. (open access)

Expansion-Cultivator.

Patent for cultivators "which can be readily expanded or contracted to adapt the device to the distance apart of the rows to be cultivated or to cover a tract or greater or less breadth." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1897
Creator: Moore, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History