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Coffin
Patent for a lightweight and sturdy coffin made of two solid pieces of baked or burned clay which can be sealed with cement and secured further with nuts and bolts.
Date:
June 15, 1915
Creator:
Arnold, Price
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal Packing-Case for Food Products.
Patent for "a new and useful packing-case for food products" (lines 13-14), particularly for cured meats. It protects "against flies, souring, shrinking, &c., than the ordinary forms of packing" (lines 20-21). It is made from metal, stamped into a packing-case.
Date:
September 15, 1896
Creator:
Blanke, Louis H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Child's Crib.
Patent for a new and improved child's crib. This design utilizes "a rock-shaft with inward-projecting arms, from the inner ends of which the cords are suspended, [and it] avoid[s] the friction and wear of the cords incident to the carrying of these through the screw-eyes, as shown in [a previous patent], making them last much longer, beside simplifying the construction of the crib" (lines 67-74).
Date:
March 15, 1881
Creator:
Brown, Fred Harvey
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Center and Other Tables.
Patent for a new and improved table. This design consists "[i]n a table, stool, or other like article of furniture, the combination, with a slotted standard and rods extending across the slots, of the legs having dowel-pins entering holes in the under side of the table-top, and cam-shaped hooks connected to the legs and engaging with the slots and rods of the standard" (lines 73-79).
Date:
September 15, 1885
Creator:
Burroughs, William Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scraper and Fender.
Patent for a combined scraper and fender for plows.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Buttrill, David B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker
Patent for improvements in nutcrackers that make it easier and safer to use, and more easily retrieve the contents of the nut. It is durable and can be manufactured at low cost.
Date:
September 15, 1914
Creator:
Dato, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Jack.
Patent for improvements to pump jacks. Simple gravity actuated devices are provided to aid the power mechanism of the pump jack, resulting in smoother, more even operation.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Dayton, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Jack
Patent for an improved pump jack to increase its power when in use.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Dayton, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan
Patent for fan or blower for the conveyance of materials such as cotton, cottonseed, and saw dust under suction and air pressure from supple source to the delivery point. The travel of material is continuous and the materials will not come into contact with the blades of the fan or blower.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Dickerson, Eustice E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator.
Patent for a new and improved refrigerator. This design "consist[s] of the cooling-box having top doors, the over-hanging frame, guide-pulleys, cords, and weights, the ice-box having an ice support or grate in its lower end, a water-tank in the upper end of said ice-box, and a discharge-pipe connected with the tank and having its lower portion disposed in coils below the ice support or grate" (lines 13-21).
Date:
February 15, 1887
Creator:
Dunn, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephonometer
Patent for measuring and recording the length of time when a telephone has been in use. It is simple and inexpensive.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Gray, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Casing Core
Patent for a tire casing core designed to make the installation and removal of casings from tires easier to perform with a reduced risk of damaging either item.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Hibbs, C. D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Stay.
Patent for a fence stay that can be put on without any special tools. The stay also forms a clamp in itself and does not require any other tie to keep it in place.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pie-Carrier.
Patent for "relatively inexpensive carriers for delivering or shipping pies" (lines 11-12), including one illustration.
Date:
July 15, 1919
Creator:
Hubig, Simon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Matrix Molding Device
Patent for invention relating to the matrix molding device that is used in linotype or intertype or linecasting machines for molding printers' slugs. This invention is to provide devices by which type high printing slugs can be molded with printing surfaces of various designs.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Markwell, Andrew E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Matrix Molding Device
Patent for matrix molding devices can be use in linotype or intertype or line casting machines for molding printers' slugs.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Markwell, Andrew E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Scrapers.
Patent for improved road scraper with two-wheel vehicle and scoop pulled by a chain.
Date:
July 15, 1873
Creator:
Mayfield, William Dudley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post.
Patent for a metal fence post, which can have many wires and rails attached to it.
Date:
March 15, 1910
Creator:
Miller, Daniel H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Floor Jack
Patent for floor jack. Illustration included.
Date:
November 15, 1904
Creator:
Millican, Charles M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check
Patent for a door-check, which will hold the door in any position it is placed.
Date:
October 15, 1901
Creator:
Neher, John F. & Neher, Noah N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roaster.
Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design calls for "a revolving cylinder; and the invention consists of a cylinder provided with a hollow trunnion, and of a semi-tubular tester introduced through said trunnion into the cylinder, which tester serves as a handle for revolving the cylinder, and can be withdrawn from time to time with samples of coffee to enable the operator to judge of the progress of the roasting process" (lines 11-19).
Date:
February 15, 1881
Creator:
Owens, Harrison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mouse Trap
Patent for a mouse trap. Illustration included.
Date:
March 15, 1904
Creator:
Ray, Thomas L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting and Launching Machinery for Life-Boats.
Patent for machinery to quickly launch and lower life boats from a main ship in case of accident.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Sargeant, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Life Boat
Patent for life boats to use for large passenger ships, cruise and other boats that can be installed at the sides of the ships for easy access during evacuation.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Sargeant, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History