Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses" (lines 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 19, 1889
Creator: Bywaters, Joseph K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Bending and Embossing Sheet Metal (open access)

Machine for Bending and Embossing Sheet Metal

Patent for "new and improved machine which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and especially designed for simultaneously curving and embossing sheet-metal plates for use as cornices, metal shingles, &c" (lines 8-13).
Date: February 25, 1890
Creator: Baldwin, Benjamin J., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Use in Reciprocating Churns. (open access)

Improvement in Devices for Use in Reciprocating Churns.

Patent for a churn that has "the cylinder with angular perforations, in contradistinction to round perforations and long slots" (lines 18-20) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date: February 12, 1878
Creator: Forsyth, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nail-Box. (open access)

Nail-Box.

Patent for a new nail box designed to "be conveniently handled and pushed under the counter" (lines 17-18) and "readily withdrawn to permit free access" (lines 19-20) including illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1889
Creator: Hendricks, Gay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Lock. (open access)

Hame Lock.

Patent for a new and improved lock for hames. This design "consist[s] of the coupling branches . . . [one] being composed of the two pivoted sections forming the bell-mouth, the section having the slot and spring secured to its opposite end and pressing against the underside of the section, and the branch having the catch-tooth adapted to enter the bell-mouth and engage the slot" (lines 67-75).
Date: February 9, 1886
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Fastening. (open access)

Shoe-Fastening.

Patent for the improvement of shoe fastenings by making them out of leather and with more fashionable eyelets. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1891
Creator: Hamilton, Samuel McCleary
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Holder. (open access)

Sash Holder.

Patent for a new and improved sash holder. This design "relates to that class of sash-holders in which the sash is held at any desired height, and locked when held down by means of a latch pivoted to angular upright wings which are integral with side plates securing the elastic cam, and adapted to impinge and bind upon the window-frame; and the novelty consists, in connection with the elastic cam, of the metallic plates arranged one upon each side of the said cam, and secured thereto by means of a pivotal device" (lines 17-27).
Date: February 6, 1883
Creator: Nix, Manning L. & McClelland, Stephen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.

Patent for a cotton-seed planter with improvements in "the construction and arrangement of the parts" (lines 18-19) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date: February 26, 1878
Creator: Nix, Manning L.; Stone, James M. & Anderson, Levi
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a device that would make coupling cars together easier and safer. Cars would be able to be coupled automatically, and then detached without having to go in between them. Includes Illustrations.
Date: February 12, 1901
Creator: White, George O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Sack and Holder (open access)

Cotton Picking Sack and Holder

Patent for a cotton picking sack and holder. This invention is designed to be worn by the worker.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Montgomery, Robert B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tailor's Or Dressmaker's Measuring Device (open access)

Tailor's Or Dressmaker's Measuring Device

Patent for a tailor's or dressmaker's measuring device. Illustrations included.
Date: February 14, 1905
Creator: Hosford, Frank & English, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Commode (open access)

Portable Commode

Patent for a portable commode. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: Davidson, Ike
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevating-Truck (open access)

Elevating-Truck

Patent for an elevating truck. Illustrations included.
Date: February 28, 1911
Creator: Sellers, Jacob L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Railway. (open access)

Elevated Railway.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in elevated railways, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inside Trimming Machine for Trimming Wooden Handles for Tools and the Like. (open access)

Inside Trimming Machine for Trimming Wooden Handles for Tools and the Like.

Patent for a machine to trim wooden handles for tools. The "invention relates to trimming machines and more particularly to machines for trimming the inside portions of wooden tools or handles, such as handles for spades, shovels, and like articles." (Lines 10-14)
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Kimerer, Joseph C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Oil-Burners (open access)

Improvement to Oil-Burners

Patent for the improvement of oil-burners in which it is “extremely cheap and simple, which may be readily installed, and which is adapted to burn oil practically without smoke” (lines 12-14). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Hope, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastener (open access)

Fastener

Patent for improved fastener for boxes.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Lewis, Alfred M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for ratcheting wrench
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Furgerson, Jesse S.; Davis, George W. & Furgerson, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Level and Water-Quality Data From Observation Wells in Northeast Texas (open access)

Water Level and Water-Quality Data From Observation Wells in Northeast Texas

This Report presents quantitative and qualitative information concerning ground water of Texas, from observations in wells of 20 county areas in Northeast Texas by Texas Water Development Board and U.S Geological Survey.
Date: February 1976
Creator: Taylor, Howard D.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Painting Machine (open access)

Pipe-Painting Machine

Patent for pipe-painting machine. The invention details improvements in devices for painting pipes or "other elongated substantially cylindrical objects". The object was designed to create minimal waste when operating the device.
Date: February 15, 1921
Creator: McNulty, Charlie A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History