Game Apparatus. (open access)

Game Apparatus.

Patent for a new game apparatus that can be playing indoors or outdoors and made in both large and small sizes "in which the elements, of chance, skill, and endurance constitute important factors in the successful playing of said game." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Schuler, Joseph & Overbeck, Harry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whip-Socket. (open access)

Whip-Socket.

Patent for "improvements in whip-sockets; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts." (lines 10-12).
Date: August 2, 1898
Creator: Seymour, Oliver E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
System of Electrical Operation. (open access)

System of Electrical Operation.

Patent for an electrical system, which reduces the amount of power used to run a generator when there is low usage of the generator, thereby saving fuel.
Date: July 2, 1907
Creator: Slaughter, Joel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
System of Electrical Operation. (open access)

System of Electrical Operation.

Patent for an electrical system to power generators, which can reduce the power flow to the generator during low usage periods.
Date: July 2, 1907
Creator: Slaughter, Joel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Magazine-Hammer (open access)

Magazine-Hammer

Patent for a new Magazine-Hammer. The new and improved Magazine-Hammer consists of a setting hammer head, carrying handle, feed device for nails, tacks, or like fasteners, discharge device, and mounted setting tube. This Magazine-Hammer improvement allows the operator to drive fasteners with one hand and manipulate an object with one free hand.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: Smith, Oliver J. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Bearing (open access)

Roller Bearing

Patent for improvement on roller bearings that include spaced rings and multiple rollers.
Date: November 2, 1911
Creator: Tatum, Franklin M.
System: The Portal to Texas History