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Brick Truck
Patent for a truck that is designed to make the transportation of bricks easier as well as the transportation of other materials.
Date:
September 22, 1905
Creator:
Sacks, Martin Kuno
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Artist's Easel and Attachable Rest.
Patent for a new and improved easel and rest. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rest . . . of the bar pivoted to [a] holder by bolt, the perforated bar pivoted to [another] bar by [another] bolt, and the easel united to the [first] bar by a suitable round bolt" (lines 97-101).
Date:
January 22, 1889
Creator:
Johnson, John Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an improved car-coupling that consists of a hollow drawhead, a knuckle pivoted in the drawhead, a lock that pivots across the drawhead, a catch on one side of the drawhead, a spring presses on the side of the lock, a lever pivoted in the drawhead, a hand rod connected to the arm, a hand rod connected to the drawhead, and a bell crank lever pivoted in the drawhead.
Date:
May 22, 1894
Creator:
Roosevelt, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cracking Nuts
Patent for a machine that is able to crack multiple types of nuts at a rapid rate.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
McDonald, C. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tellurian.
Patent for a device "which shall illustrate the axial and orbital movements of the earth and the directions of the sun's rays upon our globe... by simple and effective means of automatic character." (Lines 17-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1897
Creator:
McArthur, Neel John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newspaper Holder
Patent for a newspaper holder which may be eligible to hold other things, may be easily moved, and is cost-effective.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Richter, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow with three wheels designed for cotton and corn fields.
Date:
September 22, 1914
Creator:
Pearce, James Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display-Cabinet
Patent for a display cabinet. Illustrations are included.
Date:
March 22, 1911
Creator:
Douglass, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cleaning Gun Barrels, Flues, &c.
Patent for a new and improved gun-barrel cleaner. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a flat shank having a hole in its intermediate portion, a pivot-bolt having its middle round and its ends square, and a cleaning-head secured upon said bolt, said head consisting of two parts, one part being secured upon each end of said bolt" (lines 4-9).
Date:
February 22, 1887
Creator:
Simpson, John Speake
System:
The Portal to Texas History