Elevated Drafting Rule (open access)

Elevated Drafting Rule

Patent for instrument used in drafting and ruling straight lines.
Date: January 30, 1917
Creator: Anderson, Andrew E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Geometrical Instrument (open access)

Geometrical Instrument

Patent for a geometrical instrument. This instrument is used to create a straight edge with pivoted blades, like a protractor, to be used for laying protracted angles, etc.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Anderson, Andrew E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tape-Measure. (open access)

Tape-Measure.

Patent for a tape measure with a claw on one end that the user can affix to a surface to hold one end of the measuring tape and aid in the measuring process.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Anderson, Andrew E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antiseptic Shaving Outfit. (open access)

Antiseptic Shaving Outfit.

Patent for a more compact and improved version of an antiseptic shaving outfit, including illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Braunstein, Aron
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protecting Shores. (open access)

Protecting Shores.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in protections for river banks and coast washing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 27, 1898
Creator: Brooks, Samuel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Machines for Making Paving-Blocks. (open access)

Improvements in Machines for Making Paving-Blocks.

Patent for the improvement in machines for making paving-blocks.
Date: October 24, 1871
Creator: Brooks, Samuel Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Tractors. (open access)

Attachment for Tractors.

Patent for attachments in tractors. "This invention relates to tractors and has for its object the provision of means where by when the front axle and wheels of the tractor rise caused by rearing of the tractor, the clutch will be automatically disconnected and remain so until the front wheels of the tractor descend again into engagement with the ground. An important and more specific object is the provision in a tractor of a front axle formed n sections pivotally connected, one section being connected by suitable means with the clutch mechanism and the wheels serving as weights whereby when the tractor rears back and the front wheels leave the ground the axle sections will move relatively and exert a pull upon the means connected with the clutch whereby the clutch will be thrown out."
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Cholick, Joseph John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spike-Extractors. (open access)

Improvement in Spike-Extractors.

Patent for "an improvement in the class of nail-extractors in which a gripe or grapple formed of pendent springs or hinged jaws is employed." (lines 7-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 29, 1874
Creator: Devine, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Filling Tire (open access)

Self-Filling Tire

Patent for a product that automatically inflates automobile tires with the motion and weight of the moving vehicle, with the help of a piston that is not driven by springs.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Fernandez, Jose
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel (open access)

Vehicle Wheel

Patent for a vehicle wheel. Illustration included.
Date: October 26, 1909
Creator: Hartman, Emil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handle-Securing Device. (open access)

Handle-Securing Device.

Patent for a new and improved mechanism for simply and easily "securing handles on hoes, mattocks, picks, and other implements of the kind in which the handle has an enlarged end where it passes through and sets in the eye of the tool" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Harvey, Harry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Cotton-Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement In Cotton-Cultivators.

Patent for improvements in cotton-plant cultivators.
Date: July 20, 1878
Creator: Harvey, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Exterminating Insects. (open access)

Machine for Exterminating Insects.

Patent for a machine for exterminating insects on plants by sucking them off the plants and then dropping them into a fire chamber in the machine.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Hill, Leonidas C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigation Device. (open access)

Irrigation Device.

Patent for a new and improved irrigation device consisting of a swivel joint that can be quickly moved to start or stop the flow of water. The device is designed to be water tight and easily manipulated.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Howard, Charles Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic drain-valve. (open access)

Automatic drain-valve.

Patent for an improved automatic drain valve used in air braking systems.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Huddleston, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Pin. (open access)

Hair-Pin.

Patent for a hairpin which consists of multiple parts made to grip the hair while secured in place with illustrations included.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Jacobsen, Herbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knife-Sharpener. (open access)

Knife-Sharpener.

Patent for improvements in knife-sharpeners that can be clamped onto a table or similar object, including an illustration. The device has also been "adapted for use in connection with a pair of bits or cutters having convex cutting edges disposed in confronting relation, the bits or cutters being capable of adjustment to present new portions of the respective cutting edges for effective work as the occasion requires" (lines 17-23).
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Kirlin, Wiliam B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plant Setter (open access)

Plant Setter

Patent for plant setter. Illustration included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Kleeberger, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Separator. (open access)

Oil-Separator.

Patent for the invention of a new oil separator with all its descriptions.
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Latham, Reginald W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Velocipedes. (open access)

Improvements in Velocipedes.

Patent for the improvement of velocipedes. Improvements combine foot and band propelling apparatus with guiding apparatus.
Date: December 13, 1870
Creator: Maltby, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Velocipedes (open access)

Improvement in Velocipedes

Patent for the improvement of Velocipedes. The improvement consists of a new and novel combination and arrangement of propelling power, due to the weight of the body, which may be aided by the muscular force thereof and guiding apparatus.
Date: February 13, 1872
Creator: Maltby, Henry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Billiard-Cushions. (open access)

Improvement in Billiard-Cushions.

Patent for improvement in billiard-cushions. Patent for removable billiard table cushion.
Date: July 10, 1877
Creator: Mansur, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking-Bolt for Guards to Openings. (open access)

Locking-Bolt for Guards to Openings.

Patent for a locking mechanism for windows, which cannot be unlocked from the outside.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: McNeil, Clarence W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shackle (open access)

Buggy-Shackle

Patent for a buggy shackle which "has a spring actuated coupling pin, and means for holding the pin in uncoupled position while the thills are being attached" (lines 10-13).
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Perry, Charles Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History