Metallic Flue (open access)

Metallic Flue

Patent for metallic flue. Illustration included.
Date: November 9, 1909
Creator: Armstrong, Layton D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for getting a good knowledge on how to use a cultivator, detailed instructions are provided.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Blalock, Justice E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Extinguisher. (open access)

Spark-Extinguisher.

Patent for a spark extinguisher "to prevent the burning of buildings and other combustible matter by steam engines" (lines 15-17).
Date: March 9, 1880
Creator: Blewett, George L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Signal Device (open access)

Telephone Signal Device

Patent for telephone signal device.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Boyd, Ura M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Running Gear. (open access)

Running Gear.

Patent for a new and improved running gear. This design consists "[i]n an adjustable axle, the combination of the squarely grooved or axle-tree, having [a] central square block, the spindles having inner square portions, having horizontal slots and vertical slots, vertical nutted bolts and horizontal nutted bolts, [and] having hooks adapted to have the draft-chains attached to them" (lines 74-81).
Date: January 9, 1883
Creator: Brosius, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Furnace. (open access)

Garbage-Furnace.

Patent for a garbage-furnace that relates to a patent that was previously granted to the inventor (No. 448,115). This invention provides "a new and improved garbage furnace, which is comparatively simple and durable in construction, and very effective for burning all kinds of dry and wet garbage, kitchen refuse, animal matter, excrements, &c. (lines 12-16).
Date: April 9, 1895
Creator: Brownlee, Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combintion Tool (open access)

Combintion Tool

Patent for a combination tool. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Burris, William S. & Harris, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston-Rod Packing (open access)

Piston-Rod Packing

Patent for "provide a metallic packing for piston-rods that is self-adjusting; secondly, to provide a packing the parts of which are so arranged as to avoid any escape of steam through the gland of the stuffing-box; thirdly, to provide a packing that does not require a lubricator; fourthly, to provide a packing that relieves the piston of all friction, except when steam is admitted to stuffing-box end of cylinder" (lines 19-27).
Date: May 9, 1890
Creator: Carlson, Frank A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Ventilator. (open access)

Car-Ventilator.

Patent for a railroad car ventilator, which supplies fresh air to the car and sends stale air out of the car. It also is equipped with an ice cooling system and a disinfectant spray system.
Date: March 9, 1909
Creator: Carroll, Samuel C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivating-Hoe. (open access)

Cultivating-Hoe.

Patent for cultivating hoe in which operating segment is adapted to be multifaceted and prevent becoming dull.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: Church, R.D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Attachments for Lathe Head-Stocks (open access)

Improvements in Attachments for Lathe Head-Stocks

Patent for an attachment for lathe-head stocks. It is "a device that may be readily adjustable to provide a backing... that may be gripped by the chucks of a jewelers or watch-makers lathe" (lines 26-29).
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: De Long, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano Attachment (open access)

Piano Attachment

Patent for improvements in the medium with which the piano creates notes in correlation with the striking of the strings so that the notes may be "produced alone or in concert with the bell-like tones at the will of the performer" (lines 15-17).
Date: July 9, 1901
Creator: Deutsch, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Concrete Silos and the Like. (open access)

Mold for Concrete Silos and the Like.

Patent for a mold for concrete silos that improves on efficiency.
Date: November 9, 1915
Creator: Doyle, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Faucet-Drain (open access)

Faucet-Drain

Patent for a faucet drain attachment that allows for the draining of pipes eliminating the need for opening of faucet. This invention helps to prevent damage to pipes.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Eaton, Bruce E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reed-Organ (open access)

Reed-Organ

Patent for improvements in the construction and design of reed organs.
Date: July 9, 1907
Creator: England, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bookcase (open access)

Folding Bookcase

Patent for a folding bookcase that can be manufactured with any number of shelves.
Date: July 9, 1912
Creator: Fanning, Sam H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disappearing Coffin Panel (open access)

Disappearing Coffin Panel

Patent for improvements to disappearing coffin panels. This invention allows coffin interiors to be inspected without taking the coffin lid off. These disappearing coffin lids will not change the ornamental appearance of the coffin lid.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Fisher, Alfred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Display Rack (open access)

Mattress-Display Rack

Patent for a mattress rack that will allow mattresses to be displayed in a titled position for display and advertising purposes including illustrations.
Date: October 20, 1914
Creator: Fisher, Alfred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Apparatus (open access)

Dental Apparatus

Patent for "a novel and convenient construction of apparatus for supplying medicine, hot air, and water for treating decayed, and abscessed teeth" (lines 12-15).
Date: July 9, 1901
Creator: Gilbert, James Madsen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup (open access)

Stirrup

Patent for a stirrup for horse riders which can automatically release the foot of the rider should the rider be forced off of the horse. Illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1909
Creator: Haddock, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cigar Case (open access)

Cigar Case

Patent for cigar case. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Henry, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Stamp. (open access)

Hand-Stamp.

Patent for improvements in hand-stamps which “comprises a flexible bed of perculiar formation, removable type, means for securing the type in place against accidental displacement, and a bar connecting the ends of the bed when bowed and serving as a handle.” (Lines 17-22) Illustration is included.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Johnson, John Calvin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Job Printing Presses. (open access)

Gage for Job Printing Presses.

Patent for a new and improved gage. This design consists in "the gage-bar provided at both ends with spring-clasps for engaging the platen, combined with gage-pins doubled upon themselves at their inner ends and engaging the gage bar and adjustable laterally" (lines 83-88).
Date: December 9, 1890
Creator: Jones, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic Signal. (open access)

Traffic Signal.

Patent for an illuminated turn signal attached to the frame of a car. The signal is shaped like a hand and can be raised or lowered by a lever behind the steering wheel.
Date: May 9, 1922
Creator: Jones, Theodoric
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History