Amusement Device. (open access)

Amusement Device.

Patent for a Ferris wheel in which the passenger cars rotate horizontally in addition to rotating vertically with the direction of the main wheel.
Date: May 24, 1921
Creator: Lindamood, Roy S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roll-Calendar. (open access)

Roll-Calendar.

Patent for an improved roll calendar comprising a calendar strip, a pair of rolls, and a display casing. The calendar can be moved in either direction to display any calendar month desired. The improved calendar is extremely cheap and simple, may be readily operated and embodies improvements in the construction of the casing.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Townsend, Isaac W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag-Delivering Apparatus. (open access)

Mail-Bag-Delivering Apparatus.

Patent for "a device for effecting the receipt of bags and the like from and the delivery thereof to railway trains, cars, etc., while the latter are in motion" (lines 11-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Kost, Joseph L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Propellor Pitchometer. (open access)

Propellor Pitchometer.

Patent for instruments which measure the pitch of propeller blades.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Frank, Lawrence
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy (open access)

Toy

Patent for a toy particularly adapted for the amusement of small children.
Date: May 29, 1914
Creator: Boyle, Frank J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combusion System (open access)

Internal Combusion System

Patent for new and useful Internal-Combustion Engine. Improves the provision of an engine which the cylinder is provided with a semi-spherical upper end, fr the rotatable reception of similar shaped power cylinder carrying shell. Specification of letter patent with illustration. Serial number 789.146
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: Clough, George G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telegraph system (open access)

Telegraph system

Patent for telegraph system using keyboard operated remotely.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Edward, Claude M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent is for a rotary engine. The design of this rotary engine includes an inlet and exhaust that also prevents internal leakage of working fluid under pressure.
Date: May 8, 1912
Creator: Bennison, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun or Rifle. (open access)

Automatic Gun or Rifle.

Patent for a gun or rifle with a magazine, which quickly and automatically ejects spent cartridges and reloads.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Douglas, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moving Picture Machine (open access)

Moving Picture Machine

Patent for a moving picture machine. "One of the objects of the invention is to provide a mechanism consisting of the combination of the combination of magazine and winding reels" (inline 11- 13). Illustrations included.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Yanch, Edwin R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle (open access)

Bicycle

Patent for a bicycle propelled by the front wheel. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Screen (open access)

Window-Screen

Patent for a window screen. Illustrations included.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Kemmerling, Warren
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator For Bottles (open access)

Indicator For Bottles

Patent for an indicator to show the amount of liquid removed and the amount remaining for bottles or other liquid packages of different dimensions and will help improve the process of refilling the bottle after liquid has been removed.
Date: May 8, 1906
Creator: Frkovic, Frank Andre
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reinforcement For Concrete Railroad Ties (open access)

Reinforcement For Concrete Railroad Ties

Patent for railroad ties reinforced by concrete. Illustrations included.
Date: May 8, 1906
Creator: Percival, Herbert E. & Key, Brewer W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. The nut lock consists "of a double threaded bolt having two oppositely threaded nuts thereon and a locking washer" (line 17-19). Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1904
Creator: Hopping, Samuel Miller
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a burner that uses crude petroleum as well as kerosene, or gasoline. This device works in a way to prevent the jets from clogging and produces a steady flame.
Date: May 14, 1902
Creator: Wadkins, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiber Separating Machine (open access)

Fiber Separating Machine

Patent for machines for separating the textile fiber of various plants, and has for its objects generally to simplify such machines, perfect their product, and avoid waste (lines 11-15) with illustrations.
Date: May 13, 1902
Creator: Allision, Samuel Benjamin & Dorrestein, C. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lighting Apparatus for Vehicles. (open access)

Lighting Apparatus for Vehicles.

Patent for a useful lighting apparatus for vehicles in general by using a power-transmitting belt properly mounted on to the car-wheels to “which energy may be drawn from the wheels of the car and supplied to a lighting-dynamo.” (Lines 12-14) Illustration is included.
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Brady, Alford
System: The Portal to Texas History
Index (open access)

Index

Patent for "a simple and compact index in which the available space will be utilized as perfectly as possible". (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Hausinger, Henry August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Furnace. (open access)

Electrical Furnace.

Patent for
Date: May 16, 1899
Creator: Eldridge, Hilliary
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of And Apparatus for Manufacturing Gas. (open access)

Method of And Apparatus for Manufacturing Gas.

Patent for a new and useful method of and apparatus for manufacturing gas, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1899
Creator: Eldridge, Hilliary; Clark, Daniel Johnson & Blum, Sylvain
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sewing-Machine Attachment. (open access)

Sewing-Machine Attachment.

Patent for a new and useful sewing marching attachment, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1899
Creator: Girardeau, St. Julian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Screen. (open access)

Fly-Screen.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in fly screens.
Date: May 3, 1898
Creator: Hart, Sara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Sealing Newspapers. (open access)

Machine For Sealing Newspapers.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in machines for sealing newspapers, &c.
Date: May 3, 1898
Creator: Sundstorm, Herman T.
System: The Portal to Texas History