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Convertible Mop and Brush.
Patent for improvements in convertible mops and brushes by using a “combination of the fountain-handle, the bail/frame secured thereto and provided with a rubber strip at its lower edge, and the mop secured to the bail/frame.” (Lines 3-7, p.2) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 7, 1891
Creator:
Bagby, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooling and Preserving Apparatus.
Patent for a "cooling apparatus in which a cloth envelops a vertically-disposed series of supports, and has its upper end dipping into a receptacle supplied with water; and the object of the improvement is to secure a uniformity of temperature throughout the structure, and particularly in the several compartments formed between the various supports, as well as to prevent the spoiling of food by foreign matters entering the same by accidental dislodgment from a support immediately thereover." (Lines 8-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 30, 1895
Creator:
Brown, Elijah Clark
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Couch and Storage-Chest.
Patent for a couch that stores clothes in its body and head. The clothes can be readily accessed.
Date:
April 30, 1895
Creator:
Caruthers, Robert A. & Savage, Charles P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile
Patent for "an improved projectile for guns and ordnance of various classes and bores" (lines 7-9).
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Cole, William Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post.
Patent for improvements to Fence-Posts, preferably made from metal, providing for simple construction and a means for holding wire, which is also of simple construction.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Copeland, Walter G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness Fastner
Patent for a harness fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
April 12, 1904
Creator:
Cornitius, Ermst
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overall Jacket Or Waist.
Patent for an overall jacket or waists, the construction of which permits of its formation with less material and its use with greater comfort and convenience by terminating at its lower edge in a waist band, which, in use, is intended to be seated upon or lap the upper edges or portions of the trouser sections, thus avoiding the extensions usually present with a wait section or jacket into the trouser section.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Elliot, Joseph Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan.
Patent for a fan designed for use on a table or desk.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Fitzhugh, Cameron S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator.
Patent for a refrigerator with shelves and two layers of cooling liquids inside the walls.
Date:
April 26, 1910
Creator:
Henderson, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth Measuring and Cutting Device.
Patent for a new and improved cloth measuring device.
Date:
April 5, 1898
Creator:
Hood, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jogger Attachment for Platen Printing-Press
Patent for an automatic jogging attachment for platen presses. The attachments are unique because they can be placed on the press without alterations, they allow for the stacking of sheets in a uniform manner while also being more durable and efficient.
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Howard, Lewis F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Boiler, Skimmer, and Oil-Separator
Patent for a water-boiler, skimmer, and oil-separator.
Date:
April 21, 1903
Creator:
Johnson, Willie Harry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Clipper.
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements" (line 6) in the Hair Clipper, concerning the introduction of more efficient "double-acting clippers" (line 12), including illustrations.
Date:
April 26, 1921
Creator:
Jones, Sidney P. & Wallace, David P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Cutting Device for Razors.
Patent for a shaving razor designed with a "cylindrical outer surface adapted to rotate in contact with the skin" (line 111-112) which allows for safer and more efficient shaving, includes illustrations.
Date:
April 27, 1920
Creator:
Jones, Sidney, P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ledger with Visible Index.
Patent for a ledger with a visible index of numbers and names with tabs to allow accounts to be looked up easily.
Date:
April 19, 1910
Creator:
Kellner, Eugene
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perforating Mechanism for Cylinder Printing-Presses.
Patent for a perforating mechanism for cylinder printing-presses that is simple and automatic. It produces "lines of perforations at any required distance apart and of any desired length in paper or cardboard at the time of printing thereon the forms for checks, draft, bills, notes, tickets or other printed or lithographed matter" (lines 12-17).
Date:
April 17, 1894
Creator:
Kellner, Eugene
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Pillow.
Patent for improvements to pneumatic pillows, specifically the ventilator within the pillow.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Kelly, Ida
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Table Gage.
Patent for a saw-table cutting stop that can be very quickly set and which automatically indicates the distance from the stop to the saw.
Date:
April 19, 1921
Creator:
Krocker, Adolf G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Universal Household Grater.
Patent for a new universal grater which eliminates the risk of injury the user may gain from grating materials.
Date:
April 4, 1922
Creator:
Lambdin, William McKendree
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for cotton-bale ties with metal plates and hooks.
Date:
April 28, 1874
Creator:
Lane, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove Pipe Damper.
Patent for a new and improved stove-pipe damper. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a damper-blade with a spindle rigidly attached thereto and having at one end a cylindrical pivot projecting beyond the periphery of the blade, and at the opposite end a screw projecting beyond said periphery, of a supporting-ring in which the projecting ends of said spindle are journaled, the bearing of the cylindrical end of said spindle being in an inwardly-bent portion of said supporting-ring" (lines 50-59).
Date:
April 19, 1887
Creator:
Lederle, Edward Emil
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for an improved cotton-chopper.
Date:
April 23, 1912
Creator:
Leubner, Carl W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Teaching Music
Patent for a music education device aimed toward children and basic music building blocks. It is designed to teach the positions of piano keyboard notes through the use of differently dressed and named puppets. These puppets can be adjusted to also introduce basic musical concepts like rests, rhythm, and time.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Maxwell, Annie L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History