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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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Irrigation System
Patent for an elevated irrigation system that relates to a useful system for supplying and distributing water, for the irrigation of large tracts of land.
Date:
September 23, 1913
Creator:
Anderson, Young Rhea
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a new type of clothing pin that allows it to be permanently attached to the clothing line.
Date:
May 8, 1917
Creator:
Boynton, Willie A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Knee-pad
Patent for "knee pads especially adapted for cotton picker's use." (lines 10-11)
Date:
March 17, 1914
Creator:
Boynton, Willie A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad.
Patent for Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad. "This invention relates to pads and particularly to a new, useful, simple and practical knee pad especially designed fo use by cotton pickers." (line 2)
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Boynton, Willie A. & Terrell, George A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Thresher.
Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Bryan, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke.
Patent for a cattle yoke which enables the yoke to be attached to a cow's head to prevent grazing from other side of the wire fence.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Carr, Jessie D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Cleaner
Patent for an appliance to clean boilers. Device remains in boiler and sucks dirt particles out.
Date:
January 1, 1918
Creator:
Cross, William G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breckenridge Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1918
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breckenridge Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1910
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breckenridge Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1918
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1919
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1911
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fender.
Patent for fenders for personal vehicles such as cars (street and motor cars) that protect a person from major injury when struck by a car by having padding. This fender design also prevents a person from going under the car and being run over.
Date:
September 14, 1915
Creator:
Goode, Ovelia M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Protector
Patent for a garment protector which functions by wrapping the wearer and her garments in heavy rubberized cloth, so that water and mud do not get on her clothes, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
July 10, 1917
Creator:
Goode, Ovelia Mamie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate or Door Closing Device
Patent for "improvements in closing devices for doors, gates, and the like" (lines 12-13) using a spring connected to the door and frame, including illustrations.
Date:
June 26, 1917
Creator:
Hawley, Royal A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road Grader
Patent for road grader, that applies additional support to the frame.
Date:
January 30, 1917
Creator:
Hawley, Royal A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher.
Patent for a new modification in the device mail-bag catcher, which can be used to either train or track device.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Huff, Barney L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Faucet.
Patent for a novel faucet using a reciprocating valve instead of a rotary valve and resistant to problems caused by ice formation in the faucet, with illustrations.
Date:
February 23, 1915
Creator:
McLaren, Charles E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improved wire-stretchers. The simple concept allows for the pieces to be produced inexpensively and does not require any machine work.
Date:
November 19, 1918
Creator:
Moseley, Benjmine G
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Threshing Machine
Patent for machine adapted to operate upon maize, Kafir corn, cane, and the like so as to effectively remove or rub off the seed or grains, without crushing or breaking the same.
Date:
January 6, 1914
Creator:
Newsom, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for an improved clothes pin to provide a simple, efficient, and practical device.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Newsom, John Wesley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Stirrup
Patent for a safety stirrup with improved attachment of parts.
Date:
January 21, 1913
Creator:
Parker, Andrew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History