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Churn
Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Smith, Columbus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breast-Strap
Patent for a breast strap with snap hooks that reduces wear on the strap.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Hewitt, Ditus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for a cylinder shaped animal trap for small furry animals.
Date:
February 25, 1913
Creator:
Fikes, Benjamin M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for improvements to baling presses for double bale type presses. It includes elevators and a reciprocating press head.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Potter, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blacksmith's Tongs
Patent for blacksmith's tongs. Used to handle and manipulate different sizes of rods and bars that are round.
Date:
April 16, 1918
Creator:
Beacham, Charles M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a new cotton chopper that improves on previous models to build them better, give a cheap and good model that can be adjusted while moving it around, adjust how deep it wants to go and to the environment. Other goals are to create a cotton chopper that can be a good rotary harrow that can clean what it calls a row, deals with unwanted growth, and that can work after seeds have been sown.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Carroll, Oscar Bruce
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses
From Significance and value of Analyses of Coal: "The analyses published in this report cover samples of coal collected in many different parts of the country with unusual care by experiences men, in such manner as to make them representative of extensive beds of coal."
Date:
1913
Creator:
Lord, N. W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples
From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date:
1913
Creator:
Lord, N. W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Little River Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date:
1910
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckholts Quadrangle
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date:
1912
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Taylor Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1916
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Temple Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1917
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for a bale tie buckle where "an internal shoulder adapter to cooperate with the tie or band to prevent the latter from accidentally slipping through the entrance throat in the buckle when the tie is slackened" (lines 16-20).
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Schutz, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerial Conveyor
Patent for an aerial conveyor, specifically one that relates to "an aerial suspension car for aiding linemen in traveling along a suspended cable" (lines 9-11). It's primary function is to allow a wheeled car to be mounted on a cable and used to transport a person.
Date:
August 26, 1919
Creator:
Moore, Richard S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter
Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1910
Creator:
Michalka, Joseph & Michalka, Frank A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Starting Device
Patent for a starting device for internal combustion engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Looney, John Pryor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for "a new and useful Hydrocarbon-burner...equipped with a safety device adapted to admit only a limited supply of gasolene or other fuel to the burner to enable the latter to be operated with absolute safety by either a woman or a child" (lines 5-19), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1913
Creator:
Nemec, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paddle-Wheel
Patent for a paddle wheel. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 22, 1910
Creator:
Dusek, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Gate-Latches...fastening means designed more especially for farm gates and which may be used to advantage in swinging closures of any type and for any desired purpose." [lines 5-12]
Date:
December 30, 1919
Creator:
McKnight, Sam B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starting Device.
Patent for an engine starting device that does not require the use of a battery.
Date:
September 26, 1911
Creator:
Huebner, Ferdinand P., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scoop.
Patent for a ridable shovel with wheels that allows the user to control digging and dumping of scooped loads by footrest operation.
Date:
August 19, 1919
Creator:
Mitcham, James L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie and Fastener
Patent for "a novel and improved rail-tie and fastener which will support and hold the rails in a substantial manner and prevent displacement and spreading thereof, so as to avoid wrecks or accidents and consequent loss of lives and property" (lines 11-16), including illustrations.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Felton, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoeing-Rack.
Patent for improvements to a frame in which a horse can be held into a convenient position for elevating the hoof to apply a horse shoe. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1913
Creator:
Huffman, Polly
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a rail joint, which is rigid and locks in place.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Adams, Powell Orgain
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History