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Brick-Machine.
Patent for a brick machine that is "effective, yet simple and durable, machine especially adapted to receive bricks from a stiff-mud mill and re-press them and also to provide a means whereby the machine will be automatic in its action." (Lines 7-12) Illustrations included.
Date:
May 15, 1900
Creator:
Anthony, Russell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Corn Scraper.
Patent for a new and useful cotton and corn scraper.
Date:
May 17, 1898
Creator:
Dove, Thoms F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Line
Patent for a clothes line. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1904
Creator:
Owens, Solon Arther
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Weevil Catcher
Patent for a boll weevil catcher. Illustration included.
Date:
March 15, 1904
Creator:
Ivy, Sanford V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "relates to improvements in combination tools, and is designed to produce a tool in which the wrench, hammer, and screwdriver are combined in a compact and useful form. The improvement consists, essentially, in the manner of combining the parts and in the particular construction thereof" (lines 10-17).
Date:
August 11, 1885
Creator:
Miller, Walker C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boot or Shoe Brace.
Patent for a new and improved brace for shoes and boots. This design "relates to a brace adapted to be applied to boots and shoes, and is designed as a brace for the counter, heel, and instep; and it has for its object to provide a brace . . . which shall be simple in its construction, one that may be readily and easily applied, and manufactured and supplied at a slight cost" (lines 9-16).
Date:
May 5, 1885
Creator:
Awalt, Jessee C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements in baling-presses by making baling-presses into a hand held portable press which includes a head block that could be released easily and quickly. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 7, 1913
Creator:
Nicholas, Joseph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for improvements on a cattle-guard used on railways. Improvements include a novel method of attaching the guard to rails.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Solomon, George N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a simple and effective wire-stretcher that stretches wire and attaches it to the same post to which it is applied. It has a frame, a claw, a spool, a crank, a ratchet wheel, a pawl, and and a chain that secures the claw to the frame. The parts fit inside the body portion of the frame, and wire wraps around the spool.
Date:
September 11, 1894
Creator:
Myers, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide Compound.
Patent for improvements in insect-exterminating compounds and processes; the ingredients for the mixture and instruction on how to prepare the compound are included. No illustration.
Date:
April 4, 1882
Creator:
Nettle, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Separator
Patent for a vegetable separator used to assort and clean fruits and vegetables. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 15, 1908
Creator:
Sherrard, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Treasure Vault for Railway Cars.
Patent for a new and improved safe. This design consists in "a safety treasure-vault for express cars, &c., with the combination of the walls, floor, and roof of the vault constructed of bullet-proof steel plate riveted together at their corners, and the angle-irons to which the walls, floor, and roof are riveted, the bullet-proof steel-plate door, the parcel-delivery window, the combined desk-shelf and bullet-proof shutter, the said vault provided with a port-hole and the bullet-proof plug that stops the port-hole" (lines 21-31).
Date:
July 3, 1888
Creator:
Olsson, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for "a pneumatically actuated nozzle for elevating water, in which the parts are readily assembled and adjusted for both shallow and deep work" (lines 19-22).
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Meier, Fred H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse Hoes and Cultivators.
Patent for new horse hoe for cultivating crops. Hoe includes circular frame, plows, rollers, caster-wheels, etc.
Date:
March 26, 1878
Creator:
Brown, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 25, 1911
Creator:
Herpin, Edward Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Household Utensil.
Patent for a new attachment for buckets. This design is for a metal cup with hooks by which to hang from the rim of the bucket and a groove to receive the handle of the dipper or ladle. This allows for the dipper to be stored near the bucket without resting on the floor.
Date:
June 20, 1882
Creator:
Sims, Thomas W. & Fischer, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch Stand and Lock
Patent for an improvement in switch-stand and locks, being that they cannot be picked or tampered with.
Date:
July 21, 1914
Creator:
Maupin, John D.; Allen, Harry E. & Baldwin, Springfield
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Bolting Machine
Patent for new tire-bolting machine with "a unique assemblage of component parts, to enhance the utility of the structure, and the apparatus being improved generally to increase the efficiency thereof." (lines 16-19) , including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
McCullough, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design consists in "[a] back-band hook comprising a buckle provided with a lower cross-bar constructed of two parts having their inner adjacent ends terminating in depending hooks arranged parallel with each other and separated by a space and provided with inwardly-projecting ends partially closing the mouths of the hooks, the swinging hooks arranged in the space between the parallel hooks" (lines 90-98).
Date:
June 24, 1890
Creator:
Miller, Amauel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp Holder.
Patent for a new and improved lamp-holder. This design relates to "brackets for supporting lamps and other like articles; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be adjustable in various directions and extensible" (lines 15-19). It consists "of a casting having a rectangular portion provided with holes and from which extend parallel horizontal ears, the horizontal tubular arm formed at its inner end with enlargement arranged between the ears, the vertical pin passed through holes in said ears and a coincident hole in said enlargement intersecting the bore of the arm" (lines 18-26).
Date:
October 14, 1890
Creator:
Jefferson, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design consists "of a frame having a bar extending thereacross with integral arms at right angles thereto, having outwardly turned sharpened ends to form a means of attachment, and a carrier proper depending from said frame and consisting of an elongated loop and an upper eye having the juncture of the two extended inward to form a projection to narrow the opening between said loop and eye, the parts of said carrier proper being of integral rigid structure" (lines 78-88).
Date:
July 12, 1892
Creator:
Miller, Amanuel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mixer.
Patent for a hand mixer, which can be operated with one hand.
Date:
May 18, 1909
Creator:
Hood, Thomas Hubert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tool
Patent for a Pneumatic Tool that is capable of operating automatically at a very high speed." (line 20)
Date:
May 27, 1913
Creator:
Townsend, Isaac W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvesting Sack Supporter.
Patent for a new and improved harvesting-sack supporter. This design "relates to improvements in supporting devices for harvesting-sacks, being especially adapted for use in corn-pulling, and by cotton-pickers, and its objects are to provide means whereby the sack may be so attached to the picker that its weight will be distributed proportionately over the body of the wearer, and will not strain and tire the back of the person bearing the same" (lines 16-24).
Date:
March 2, 1886
Creator:
Poteet, James Elias
System:
The Portal to Texas History