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Type-Writer.
Patent for a new device for typewriters which allows for shifting from lower case to upper case by means of "the one set of keys ordinarily employed, but of modified construction" (lines 14-15) including descriptions of the device, operation, and illustrations
Date:
May 6, 1902
Creator:
Austin, Thomas R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.
Patent for a new improvement for a cotton-cultivator with different tools and connections, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1873
Creator:
Bates, Finis L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Knife and Hook.
Patent for Cotton Knife and Hook, a tool used for cutting and pulling out cotton from the bales. The tool has a knife with a curved point at the tip, as well as a notch for the user to place a finger for support.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Bowers, Jacob R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning Machine
Patent for an improved cotton cleaning machine.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Brune, A. & Stone, C. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for Churn for mixing liquids. The invention's construction includes a sturdy stand with a crank handle, that when rotated, allows a wheel to turn on the shaft. The simple design allows for inexpensive construction.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Burns, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
COTTON CLEANER
This is a patent for a Cotton Cleaner. This new cotton cleaner is able to use air to rotate the rotors to then separate the dirty cotton from the clean cotton.
Date:
May 6, 1919
Creator:
Cabrera, Maragarito
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Cable Clamp.
Patent for Drill-Cable Clamp is for a device that clamps the rope to which the drill connects. The rope can be rotated, while connected to both the drill and the drilling machine securely.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Clayton, Robert Fentress
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Standard
Patent for strong and durable standard for wagons that are adjustable to any size bolster.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Cowart, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pneumatic Lift and Force Pump.
Patent for a combined pneumatic lift and force pump, which is able to reach the inexhaustible supply of water found at the depths of five to forty or more feet in the arid region of Texas and Great Central Valley of Mexico. The machinery perfects the simplicity and economy of construction needed to reach and lift a great volume of water in a short time.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Cleaning Attachment.
Patent for a new and improved plow cleaner. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the mold-board of a plow, having parallel longitudinal slots . . . of upper and lower rollers, belts passing around the same beneath the mold-board, scrapers connected to said belts in line with the slots and adapted to pass over said mold-board, and means for rotating said belts" (lines 93-99).
Date:
May 6, 1890
Creator:
Dyer, Charles Valentine.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper, Scraper, and Cultivator
Patent for improvements so that the "choppers may be raised, in order to leave standing such of the growth of the cotton as is necessary, or while turning corners; third, in means hereinafter to be described, by which the depth at which the scrapers and choppers run into the ground maybe adjusted" (lines 16-22).
Date:
May 6, 1890
Creator:
Ellis, David P,
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Can.
Patent for a new and improved oil can. This design "has for its object to provide a can of improved construction, whereby the liability of foreign matter in the oil will be prevented from clogging the escape-tube, and thus rendering the flow of oil impossible until the spout of the same has been freed from such obstruction" (lines 10-18).
Date:
May 6, 1884
Creator:
English, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoe.
Patent for a new and improved garden hoe used for weeding purposes. The improvement is related to, "...the handle of the implement being hollow" (lines 11-12) and able to receive a quantity of seed, and a mechanism that controls the delivery of seed to the hoe.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Etheridge, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock.
Patent for self-winding secondary clocks that are "connected in series to be timed by a master clock and more particularly to tower clocks" (lines 10-12) with the objectives of keeping perfect time and winding periodically, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Friedman, Bernhard Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer.
Patent for "attachments for returning the carriages of type-writers to the place of starting and for automatic spacing; and the object is to construct a device that will accomplish these results without in any way interfering with the working of a type-writer and by which the type-writer carriage can be sent back to the first position from any point without the necessity of going to the end of its beat" (lines 7-16).
Date:
May 6, 1902
Creator:
Fry, Fred H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Soldering-Iron
Patent for an improved electric soldering iron, "to provide novel means for permitting the flow of solder and for shutting it off" (lines 18-19), including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Giffen, Frank M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Tray
Patent describing a "combined water-cooler and ice tray [...for] the cooling of water by ice without the ice coming in contact with the water" (lines 9-12).
Date:
May 6, 1902
Creator:
Henning, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card Game
Patent for an invention of a new card game to assist with arithmetical computations and outlines of different objects, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Hobbs, James Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picture Case for Tombstones.
Patent for a new and improved picture frame for tombstones. This design, "it will be seen . . . is cheap and strong, and will perfectly protect the picture or memento, and that when in place in the tombstone its outer surface will stand flush with the outer surface of the stone, and by securing the case or frame in the stone by means of the metal or cement cast around the case, it will be seen that the case cannot be removed from the stone without breaking the stone, so that there will be no danger of the memento or picture being meddled with or taken out of the picture or frame" (lines 78-89).
Date:
May 6, 1884
Creator:
Holloman, Harvey Allen & Green, William Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dumping-Cars.
Patent for improvements to Dumping-Cars used for loading locomotives with wood or coal, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1879
Creator:
Johnson, Stephen.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Frame
Patent for a transportable support frame for saws as teeth are sharpened or set, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Lawrence, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Turpentine-Stills.
Patent for improvement in turpentine distillation and purification with bleaching and refinement.
Date:
May 6, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Wheel.
Patent for a new and improved train wheel. This design "relates to locomotive drive-wheels; and it has for its object to so construct the same so as to avoid all slipping of the wheel upon the rail, as is usually the case when the locomotive is first started. A further object of the invention is to provide a wheel which shall be simple in its construction and durable in use" (lines 9-16).
Date:
May 6, 1884
Creator:
Mann, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing
Patent for an invention of a new and useful improvements in gearing for controlling the log carriage of a portable sawmill. The detail of how this machine be built comes in the drawing or diagram that illustrate it.
Date:
May 6, 1911
Creator:
Martin, Whitley E. & Bryan, Gordon
System:
The Portal to Texas History