Resource Type

Coat Rack (open access)

Coat Rack

Patent for a coat rack. Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Gragg, Joe Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle (open access)

Bale-Tie Buckle

Patent for a bale-tie buckle.
Date: November 6, 1911
Creator: Armstrong, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin (open access)

Clothes Pin

Patent for a clothes pin. This clothing pin is made of wire and designed to be used for hanging clothes on a line. Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Luster, Thomas A. & Stewart, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blade Holder. (open access)

Blade Holder.

Patent for an improved blade-holder that is simple in construction and can be manufactured at a lower cost. It is designed to "permit of the blades being readily and quickly assembled in the holder and permanently clamped therein to prevent any accidental displacement or movement of the blades from such holder during the stropping." (lines 16-21), including illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Harriss, Wade H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Water-Supply Regulator for Windmills (open access)

Automatic Water-Supply Regulator for Windmills

Patent for automatic water supply regulator to stop flow of water at the specified level. Additionally the wind mill will start when it hits a certain water level, creating an off an on cycle.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Pressler, Walter F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Trough Valve. (open access)

Automatic Trough Valve.

Patent for Automatic Trough Valve that includes improvements to automatic float-controlled type vales for the watering of animals.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Striegler, Fritz
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead (open access)

Bedstead

Patent for metallic bedstead which will eliminate drafts in cold weather as well as pillows working back between the upright rails. This device includes a means for elevating the head or foot of the bed, including illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Martin, Silas Wright
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Peanut-Harvesters. (open access)

Gearing for Peanut-Harvesters.

Patent for an improved type of gearing for peanut harvesters, with illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Brummett, Sinclair H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method and Apparatus for measuring Gravitational Acceleration Utilizing a high Temperature Superconducting Bearing (open access)

Method and Apparatus for measuring Gravitational Acceleration Utilizing a high Temperature Superconducting Bearing

Gravitational acceleration is measured in all spatial dimensions with improved sensitivity by utilizing a high temperature superconducting (HTS) gravimeter. The HTS gravimeter is comprised of a permanent magnet suspended in a spaced relationship from a high temperature superconductor, and a cantilever having a mass at its free end is connected to the permanent magnet at its fixed end. The permanent magnet and superconductor combine to form a bearing platform with extremely low frictional losses, and the rotational displacement of the mass is measured to determine gravitational acceleration. Employing a high temperature superconductor component has the significant advantage of having an operative temperature at or below 77K, whereby cooling maybe accomplished with liquid nitrogen.
Date: November 6, 1998
Creator: Hull, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Land, Henry Clay
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Machine (open access)

Valve-Grinding Machine

Patent for a simple valve grinding machine designed to be efficient and easy to use, as well as more secure (within a valve casing) than previous models.
Date: November 6, 1918
Creator: Branning, Willie F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for a new and improved windmill. This design "relates to that class of windmills in which semicircular wings are employed upon a vertical shaft; and it has for its object to provide simple and efficient means to govern the speed of the same, and also to throw the windmill into or out of operation when desired . . . A further object of the invention is to provide a windmill of the above-mentioned class which will possess merit in point of durability, inexpensiveness, and general efficiency" (lines 11-21).
Date: November 6, 1888
Creator: Moore, Charles M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Washing Dishes, Fruits, &c. (open access)

Machine for Washing Dishes, Fruits, &c.

Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design "is supported horizontally over a proper fireplace or stove and . . . water introduced to fill it to a point just below the perforated detachable bottom, and the pump mechanism then set in motion. When the plunger ascends, it draws water from the water-space and extension through the valve up into the pump-chamber. When the plunger descends, it forces said water upward past the valve into the water-spaces . . . through the perforations . . . and into the washing-chamber, the water . . . washing quickly and thoroughly the articles" (lines 78-91).
Date: November 6, 1888
Creator: King, Charles Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal Lubricator (open access)

Journal Lubricator

Patent for a journal lubricator. This lubricator is specially designed for rail car axles journals. Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Peeple, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella (open access)

Umbrella

Patent for an umbrella. Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Mangelsdorf, Gustav A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a lock. Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Katzenberger, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Conveyer (open access)

Pneumatic Conveyer

Patent for pneumatic conveyor to handle cotton seeds that are being discharged. This particular conveyor uses air currents to operate it.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Caffey, Charles B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mirror Attachment for Bureaus. (open access)

Mirror Attachment for Bureaus.

Patent for an adjustable mirror attachment for bureaus.
Date: November 6, 1900
Creator: Horton, Mary Blanche
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track Appliance for Automatic Stops (open access)

Track Appliance for Automatic Stops

Patent for a new and improved track appliance for automatic stops in relation to railway trains.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Bulla, Melbern B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow that "deposit[s] a portion of the loosened soil in the bottom of the furrow" (lines 17-19). It is an improvement on double shovel plows, especially on how the sheaths are spread and braced.
Date: November 6, 1894
Creator: Whatley, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Gasket (open access)

Packing-Gasket

Patent for a packing gasket comprising a soft metal sleeve formed to a non-leaking joint between connected pipes.
Date: November 6, 1920
Creator: Allison, Jesse H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor (open access)

Motor

Patent for a new and improved motor. This design's "object is to provide a motor possessing superior advantages in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness, easy operation, and general efficiency" (lines 11-14).
Date: November 6, 1883
Creator: Watkins, Samuel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for a hay press. Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Stewart, Warren Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grapple. (open access)

Grapple.

Patent for a grapple, a device "for handling brick - that is, for moving brick from one point to another" (lines 13-14).
Date: November 6, 1900
Creator: Brownfield, James G.
System: The Portal to Texas History