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Needle for Hand-Embroidery and Similar Work.
Patent for a hand embroidery needle that allows for easy swapping of different sized points.
Date:
March 15, 1921
Creator:
Pade, George V. & Neitzel, Conrad T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Necktie-Tying Form.
Patent for improvements in necktie tying forms. The device is place on the necktie as a form to be tied around and to provide a flat smooth support for the folds of the knot. The purposes of this invention is to avoid the wrinkling and loosening lining that can occur when a necktie is repeatably tied. Additionally its purpose is to improve the lifespan of the necktie.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Wofford, Bushrod W. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Liberating the Fibers of the Agave and Similar Fleshy Plants.
Patent for an alternative method in separating the plant fibers of agave and similar plants. This process omits the use of the popular chemical method in favor of a more natural fermentive bath.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Quijano, Ramon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal-Banding or Bale-Wiring Tool.
Patent for an improved "banding or bale wiring tool, especially adapted to be inserted in between the bars of a bailing press, to grasp and cut the wire, after said wire has been firmly drawn around the bale, and twist the two ends of the wire together to form a tie" (lines 20-25).
Date:
August 15, 1893
Creator:
Schubert, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench.
Patent for a pipe-wrench that can "be adjusted to fit accurately pipes and rods from the smallest to the largest of those in more common use, that will grip each with almost any desired degree of force and yet will not materially mar or injure it, and that may also be used for ends not usually possible with pipe-wrenches" (lines 12-18).
Date:
October 15, 1895
Creator:
McCauley, John H. & Winfrey, Edgar M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner
Patent for an oil burner that can be used with stoves. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Davis, William R. & Wright, Rohen U.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for oil burner. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Milburn, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non Refillable Bottle
Patent for non refillable bottle. Illustration included.
Date:
November 15, 1904
Creator:
Conlon, Charles H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Making Well-Curbing
Patent for a mold for making well curbing. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Savoy, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle
Patent for a non-refillable bottle that once filled, it does not allow anything else to be added to the bottle.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
Burke, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for an oil burner
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Casad, Roland C.
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
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
Nutcracker
Patent for nut crackers designed for use in cracking pecan nuts. It is a simple device that can be readily attached to a table or other support and is quickly adjustable for different sized nuts.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Blair, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motive Power.
Patent for a new and improved Motive Power. This design consists "[i]n a motor, the frame, in combination with a windlass or drum, a rope adapted to be wound thereon, a pulley-block provided with a series of pulleys, a weight also provided with pulleys, the rope being passed through the respective pulleys, devices for winding the windlass, and mechanism for transmitting the movement of the windlass while the rope is being unwound" (lines 35-43).
Date:
December 15, 1885
Creator:
Brown, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for "motors designed more particularly running sewing machines and churns and other light machinery" (lines 9-10), including instruction and illustrations.
Date:
December 15, 1885
Creator:
Harrell, A. Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Connection.
Patent for a new and improved pipe connection. This design has for its object "to provide a new and improved pipe connection which permits of swinging the several connected pipe-sections at angles to each other. The invention consists of two pipe-heads fastened together and turning on a spring-bolt, and of a packing placed between the said pipe-heads to prevent leakage" (lines 8-15).
Date:
March 15, 1887
Creator:
Jones, William E. & Winniatt, Harry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Digger.
Patent for an improved peanut digger design.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Noah, Joseph O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overall Jacket Or Waist.
Patent for an overall jacket or waists, the construction of which permits of its formation with less material and its use with greater comfort and convenience by terminating at its lower edge in a waist band, which, in use, is intended to be seated upon or lap the upper edges or portions of the trouser sections, thus avoiding the extensions usually present with a wait section or jacket into the trouser section.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Elliot, Joseph Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Painting Machine
Patent for pipe-painting machine. The invention details improvements in devices for painting pipes or "other elongated substantially cylindrical objects". The object was designed to create minimal waste when operating the device.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
McNulty, Charlie A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pole Splicing Device
Patent for a pole splicing device. This invention is designed to splice two poles together, such as telephone poles. Illustration included.
Date:
January 15, 1907
Creator:
Drane, Frank Neal
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Stropping Device
Patent for a razor sharpening device in which the razor blade may be held on an incline for efficient sharpening.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Greenwood, Charley E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire and Armor Therefor
Patent for an armor for pneumatic tires. This armor allows the the tires to move freely and the replacement of the thread easily.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Posey, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History