Couch (open access)

Couch

Patent for a couch. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Hartshorn, Guy C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Vehicle Brake (open access)

Automatic Vehicle Brake

Patent for automatic vehicle brake. The invention "provides a spring controlled rack cooperating with a gear or pinion or a vehicle wheel." (line 18-20). Illustrations included.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Uhl, Edgar G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher (open access)

Churn Dasher

Patent for a churn dasher. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Simons, Silas C.; Clark, Samuel H. & Clark, Louther M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Billiard Cue (open access)

Billiard Cue

Patent for a billiard cue. This invention is designed with removable tips. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Borroughs, John Vertie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooler (open access)

Cooler

Patent for a cooler for water, milk, and other perishable items. Illustrations included.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Langham, William Wiley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooling Apparatus. (open access)

Cooling Apparatus.

Patent for a cooling apparatus for food that uses the process of evaporation of water to cool the apparatus.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Steen, Mary L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cigar-Tip Cutter and Match-Safe. (open access)

Combined Cigar-Tip Cutter and Match-Safe.

Patent for a combined cigar tip cutter and match-safe that consists of a shaft, an operating lever, a match box under the lever, a link that attaches the match box to the lever, a coiled spring that is attached to the lever, a curved lever that is lined up to the other lever, a spring connecting the two levers, and a picker.
Date: April 4, 1893
Creator: Briggs, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Journal Lubricating Machine. (open access)

Car Journal Lubricating Machine.

Patent for employed who related to car journal lubricating machine and oiling all classes of railroad cars and streetcars. Also, its benefits to improve the construction and increase the efficiency of machines of this character.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Fleischer, Lewis Bernard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil. (open access)

Cooking Utensil.

Patent for a new and improved double boiler "used for continuous cooking for a long period, without replenishing the water supply" (lines 18-20) and to "improve the general efficiency of double boilers of the indicated character" (lines 22-23) including illustrations.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Curran, William Ferris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. (open access)

Ironing-Table.

Patent for an ironing table with an improved construction that makes it easily adjustable so a person of any height can iron easily and keeps clothes being ironed off the floor.
Date: April 4, 1893
Creator: Smith, Millage M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for an improved washing machine "in which is employed a rotary agitator or dasher with blades, and it has for its objects among others to provide an improved construction whereby better results are attained, the construction simplified and made cheaper, less liable to become inoperative or injured and easier to operate" (lines 16-22). It has a cover with a hinged lid.
Date: April 4, 1893
Creator: Anderson, Albert Grant
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide Compound. (open access)

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
Wave-Motor. (open access)

Wave-Motor.

Patent for a wave motor including an apparatus within a wave disturbed liquid using a power converting mechanism to convert energy in a more convenient form, including illustrations.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Fousek, Karl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ink-Well (open access)

Ink-Well

Patent for an air and dust proof ink well for pens. Illustrations included.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Banning, Frederick D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Moore, Isham S. & Pace, Azie E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap (open access)

Insect-Trap

Patent for an insect trap which attracts insects with a light and contains them.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: La Baum, Francis M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Cut Off (open access)

Water Cut Off

Patent for water cut off. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Parker, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Supporter (open access)

Hose-Supporter

Patent for a hose supporter that is worn on the leg. Illustrations included.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Moses, Jacob Bernhard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Condenser. (open access)

Steam-Condenser.

Patent for an improved, simple, and compact steam-condenser that is meant to be used in tea factories and similar places where distilled water is needed, and has the minimum amount of back pressure.
Date: April 4, 1893
Creator: Steinbarth, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Compress. (open access)

Steam-Compress.

Patent for a simple, strong, durable, and powerful steam-powered compress for cotton bales that compresses them into standard size and density.
Date: April 4, 1893
Creator: Bryant, William hodge
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Bolt Wrench (open access)

Tire Bolt Wrench

Patent for a tire bolt wrench. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Moore, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Support for Vehicle Canopies (open access)

Support for Vehicle Canopies

Patent for a support for vehicle canopies. Illustrations included.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Reid, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement (open access)

Mechanical Movement

Patent for a mechanical movement invention for use in operating churns, washing machines, freezers, etc. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Ragan, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Gummer (open access)

Gin Saw Gummer

Patent for gin saw gummer. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Frantz, Ezra Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History