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Collector's Bill-Book.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in collectors' bill - books, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 18, 1899
Creator:
Ward, George Cooper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake
Patent for a rail car brake. Illustration included.
Date:
April 18, 1905
Creator:
Pepple, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine
Patent for an advertising machine for displaying various advertising cards in a motorized machine that displays all the different cards as it goes around in a circle.
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Helm, Virgil L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scraper and Fender Attachment
Patent for a scraper and fender attachment for plows. Illustrations included
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Buttrill, David B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blacking-Brush
Patent for a new and useful improvement in blacking brushes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 18, 1899
Creator:
De Witt, Joseph R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Buckle and Hook
Patent for a combined buckle and hook. Illustration included.
Date:
April 18, 1905
Creator:
Green, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back Band Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved back band buckle. This design "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the middle bar having an outwardly-projecting stud, the upper bar parallel to the middle bar and having an under offset recess, and a depending lug-hook and spring-snap" (lines 19-26).
Date:
April 18, 1882
Creator:
Lowe, Joseph Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Pot.
Patent for a coffee pot that has "a movable handle whereby the same may be placed on the opposite side of the pot from the spout or to one side thereof as may be preferred" (lines 18-21). It also has an acting slide or valve that keeps the spout closed when liquids are not being poured out of it.
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Cummings, James K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Harrow.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective combined plow and harrow that can be used as a plow and harrow at the same time, or the operator can detach one and only use the other. The machine can be adjusted to better suit different types of soil.
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Lee, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a buckle "wherein a closed frame or box is employed that is formed with a smooth exterior surface to avoid contact with and injury to the animals on which it is used, and prevent the reins from contacting therewith, and dispensing with the use of a guard thereover; and at the same time producing a secure fastening that is applied to straps without the necessity of the employment of stitches or other modes of fastening" (lines 9-18).
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Monday, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compressor.
Patent for a compressor. This is an improvement upon previous refrigeration and ice making machines.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Fowler, Paul R.; Gingrich, John A.; Tongate, Willis B. & Ridge, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Opener and Cleaner.
Patent for cleaning and renovating cotton and other fibrous materials that are found in the lint that falls from the gin in the regular ginning process.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Garner, James C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Drier
Patent for a clothes drier that is constructed to surround a stove or heater.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Gallsworthy, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant.
Patent for getting knowledge on how to collect the cotton and make it usable.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
James C. Garner, of Dallas, Texas & Charles S. Reynolds, of Houston, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements to Demountable Wheels
Patent for a new design for the demountable wheel with a new simple and strong construction that is made of a lighter pressed steel that may be manufactured at a relatively lower cost.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Simmons, Oliver G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roasting and Grinding Machine.
Patent for "a combined roasting and grinding machine" (lines 12-13) with a conveyor that moves the coffee from end to end.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Herndon, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire stretcher tool for use in building wire fences.
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Gibbens, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench and Cutter.
Patent for a simple, durable, and economic wrench and cutter that is easily used to turn nuts, pipes, or to cut pipes. The wrench does not need to be removed while cutting.
Date:
April 18, 1893
Creator:
Fletcher, Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Screen.
Patent for window screens with frames, side members and end members that can be fixed, detached and adjusted.
Date:
April 18, 1905
Creator:
McGlamery, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Invalid-Bed.
Patent for attachment to beds for invalids. This device allows the invalid to be raised or placed in the sitting position.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
Anderson, Young R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Induction Coil
Patent for induction coil. Illustration included.
Date:
April 18, 1905
Creator:
Baker, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tenoning-Machines
Patent for an improvement in tenoning-machines, including saws, gauges, flanges, and hinged plates.
Date:
April 18, 1871
Creator:
Bourland, Melton S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dish Cleaners and Drainers.
Patent for a convenient and cheap article of household ware for washing dishes, glassware, and similar articles of household use.
Date:
April 18, 1876
Creator:
Harper, Elijah S., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp Bracket
Patent for a lamp bracket. Illustration included.
Date:
April 18, 1905
Creator:
Holder, William J. & Corry, J. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History