Resource Type
Counties
31 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Results:
1 - 24 of
31
next
Clothes-Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Cooke, Jasper Newton & Moeller, John Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Signal System
Patent for an automatic signal system for use with railways. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 14, 1909
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clip
Patent for a clip that may be used to bind paper, plies of fabric, or as a clothes pin. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 26, 1907
Creator:
Porter, Louis H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard
Patent for a cattle guard for use at railroad tracks incorporating a depressible platform connected to a closing mechanism which will impede movement of cattle across the track, but allow for unobstructed movement at other times.
Date:
March 20, 1906
Creator:
Richter, Fred Otto & Richter, Gustav Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for an improved cattle-guard by using a guard that has a plurality of spurs, should an animal step thereon its foot will be directed against one or more of these spurs, thus causing the animal to withdraw its foot and not attempt to pass over the rail. This will prevent the animal from crossing railway-tracks, but the spurs will not interfere with the free passage of trains. (Lines 10-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Steinmann, Herman Werner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machine.
Patent for “a new and improved well-drilling machine adapted to be driven by horse-power and arranged to permit of actuating the drilling tools for drilling purposes and to allow of conveniently and quickly raising the tools from the well…” (lines 8-14) including illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1902
Creator:
Moore, Robert Burns
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Dust-Pan.
Patent for a convertible dust pan, which does not require stooping over to sweep up dirt into the pan and can also be used as a shovel.
Date:
October 12, 1909
Creator:
Epperson, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire stretcher for use in building wire fences.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Williams, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for windmill that is cheap and highly efficient with a simple manufacture.
Date:
October 28, 1902
Creator:
Faubion, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for a lifting jack that releases automatically when the lever is pulled down, is easy to operate, and is powerful.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Yeager, Ernest Curtis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for catching insects.
Patent for a machine that catches pests such as the Cotton Boll Weevil and Colorado beetle as an aid to pest control for growing crops. Illustration included.
Date:
October 29, 1901
Creator:
Maupin, Owen M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Tire Machine
Patent for a wheel tire machine. This invention if for taking off and putting on wheel tires. Illustration included.
Date:
November 20, 1906
Creator:
Meyers, Edna Lu
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Rake
Patent for stalk rake. Illustration included.
Date:
December 13, 1904
Creator:
Gamble, Neill B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track-Leveling Device.
Patent for a railroad track leveling device, which attaches to the rails without the use of screws and can be used to detect low places and misalignment's of the track.
Date:
August 24, 1909
Creator:
Warren, Edwin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Rail-Brake.
Patent for a pneumatic rail brake, which operates automatically to prevent derailment.
Date:
March 30, 1909
Creator:
Adams, Powell Orgain
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stock Guard
Patent for a stock guard. Illustration included.
Date:
October 18, 1904
Creator:
Mallia, Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener.
Patent for improved hame-fasteners used to hold the hames together and tighten them up.
Date:
October 29, 1901
Creator:
Waters, Richard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweep-Stock.
Patent for a sweep stock, which can have multiple types of plows attached to it.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Stone, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddle
Patent for a riding saddle.
Date:
May 5, 1903
Creator:
Beckerman, Fred John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hog-Catcher.
Patent for a hog catcher, which has a trigger operated spring loaded claw to catch the leg of a hog and lead it on a chain.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Reichert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rake.
Patent for a rake for raking machine for cleaning fields of stalks or trash.
Date:
September 14, 1909
Creator:
Jones, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shovel-Plow.
Patent for improvements in shovel-plows “by enabling the stock and shoe securely mounted and yet adjusted from one position to another, according to the work to be performed.” (Lines 9-12) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Michalka, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Emergency Rail-Brake.
Patent for "a new and improved emergency rail-brake" (lines 1-5).
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow with adjustable height and depth with a locking mechanism.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
Michalka, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History