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Post Hole Digger
Patent for post hole digger with a simple construction which can be manufactured at a comparatively smaller cost.
Date:
December 22, 1914
Creator:
Day, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a modification of a conventional rail joint, adding a solid abutment that allows for the use of conventional splice bars that "does not involve any appreciable increase in cost over the conventional rail joint" (lines 29-30). Includes Illustration.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Baker, William E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Maternity and Invalid Chair.
Patent for a folding chair designed specifically for the use and comfort of the sick and disabled.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Read, Edwin T. & Bartz, Adolph J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Plastic Material
Patent for a mold of the character described in the illustrations, designed for use in cement and concrete constructions. It is specifically well-suited for building boats and ships.
Date:
July 22, 1919
Creator:
Reynolds, Robert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner
Patent for a new way to spray atomized "oil, or a combination of oil with air or steam, or both air and steam, for the purpose of burning in a furnace" (lines 13-15) allowing for all of the oil to be burned. Enhancements were also made to the mixing chamber, discharge regulator, and ability to disassemble for cleaning and repair.
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Humason, Granville A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metal Railway-Tie
Patent for a metal tie for railways. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 22, 1911
Creator:
McAnarney, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pin-Box and Fastener.
Patent for a pin box fastener, which holds the tape inside the box while allowing the pins to be withdrawn.
Date:
September 22, 1908
Creator:
Kimbler, Henry Randolphus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in motors, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1899
Creator:
Garvey, Edgar Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for a non-refillable bottle. The invention "relates to bottles in general, and more particularly to that class known as "non-refillable" bottles, and has for its object to provide a cheap and simple device of this nature that when once emptied cannot be refilled either by floating, by exhausting the air therefrom, or by pouring thereinto" (lines 11-17). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Bogue, Robert J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Match-Delivering Machine
Patent for Match- Delivering System.
Date:
February 22, 1916
Creator:
Walker, Horace C.
Object Type:
Patent
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe and Like Stem.
Patent for improved smoking equipment stems which prevents saliva from running down the stem. The end of the stem has a new design which extends upwards and then wraps forward and downward, leaving a slot where no saliva can enter.
Date:
February 22, 1921
Creator:
Crossman, Alvin Amos
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Sharpener.
Patent for a new and improved pencil sharpener "which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly effective in use, durable in service, and a general improvement in the art" (lines 20-23), including illustrations.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Scougale, Malcolm
Object Type:
Patent
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Privy Seat.
Patent for a privy or toilet seat that is cheaper to manufacture and can be applied without extra tools.
Date:
September 22, 1914
Creator:
Smith, Bertram C. & Stevenson, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano Attachment.
Patent for "an attachment for upright pianos designed to produce a harp, mandolin, of cithern tone, and the object in view is to provide an attachment having an improved construction of strikers." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 22, 1896
Creator:
Moyer, Jesse Hechler
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano Attachment.
Patent for a new and useful piano attachment.
Date:
March 22, 1898
Creator:
Moyer, Jesse Hechler
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Fender.
Patent for a plow fender, which allows a plow to be operated next to plant rows without injuring them and deflects rocks and other obstacles.
Date:
October 22, 1907
Creator:
Skidmore, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pole or shaft.
Patent for poles and shafts for vehicles with the objective of providing "simple and inexpensive means for dispensing with the singletree ordinarily employed with a pair of shafts or thills in a one-horse vehicle or the usual doubletree in a two-horse vehicle." (Lines 10-15)
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Sharp, Marvin A. & Sharp, Bird H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Motor-Car
Patent for railroad motor-car. The invention is "constructed that they can be knocked down to be loaded on passenger trains" (lines 11-13). Illustrations included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
Reynolds, Stephen D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Razor Stropper
Patent for a razor stropper. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 22, 1912
Creator:
Herring, Charles M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pessary
Patent for an improved uterine dilator for the application of medicine to the uterus, with illustrations.
Date:
July 22, 1902
Creator:
Overton, Benjamin Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano Attachment.
Patent for a new and useful piano attachment for "facilitating the adjustment of the means employed for producing said tones and for locking said means in operative position" (line 11 - 14).
Date:
March 22, 1898
Creator:
Moyer, Jesse Hechler
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow with "structure of improved strength and durability wherein means are provided for changing or adjusting the angularity of the plow stock" (lines 10-13) to make it "capable of plowing the soil deeper or shallower, as desired" (lines 16-17).
Date:
October 22, 1918
Creator:
Warren, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History