Resource Type
Collection
Country
394 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
Cultivator
Patent for improvements to cultivators.
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Skeen, Virgil G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fastening Clip.
Patent for improvement in wire-fastening clips by constructing the clip using “a collar, a finger carried by the collar and extending above and below the collar, and a set-screw to engage with the finger below the collar.” (P. 2, lines 8-11.) This clip can be “adjustably secured to the fence-post in such manner that it may be readily raised and lowered, whereby the wires may be spaced as desired without necessitating boring of the post.” (Lines 17-21.) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Dunk, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Regulator for Pneumatic Flues
Patent for a regulated valve to automatically maintain air pressure in a pneumatic conveyor flue. Excessive air pressure causes a secondary valve to open and vent the pressure while at the same time impeding air flow downstream.
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Caffey, Charles B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Vent
Patent for "an open-sided vent-passage at the neck of the bottle, thus permitting the formation thereof at the time the bottle is blown and rendering the construction more simple and economically produced" (lines 16-20).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake
Patent for an invention that relates to innovations and improvements to railroad car-brakes.
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Boyers, Thomas Albert.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton-Seed and Corn Planter
Patent for "a truck having operating mechanism changeable to either cotton or corn seeders and in combination therewith a hopper formed in sections, one of which is removable" (lines 14-17).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Droitcourt, Adam
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for an improvement to "shovel-plows" that "is adapted to cultivate between the rows of corn, &c., and one in which the rearwardly-extending moldboards can be adjusted [...] in case the rows are close together or far apart. The cultivator is also arranged so that the depth of the furrow can be regulated" (lines 14-21).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Dinkins, James Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Felly-Expander
Patent for "the provision of a device which will be simple in construction, yet strong and efficient in operation" (lines 14-16).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Barber, James A. & Adams, Frederic A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Operated Device
Patent for "combination with a pump-operating crank-shaft and a walking-beam operatively connected with the pump-rod, means for preventing sudden movements of the pump-rod at the ends of its strokes and for assisting in starting the rod in its reciprocations" (lines 10-15).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Crawford, Charles Buchanan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separator
Patent for separating oil or grease, grit and water of condensation from steam, either live steam or exhausted-steam, as it passes to or from an engine or steam-pump (lines 10-14).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Hanson, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stew-Pan.
Patent for improvement in stew-pan by using a large size of stew-pan which having three separate compartments with different dimensions, to allow for large quantities of cooking materials to cook at one time without using separate cooking utensils. The heater designed to have fire-box in the front and at the rear, and the top portion of the heater being almost completely open. The elongated stew-pan placed on top of the open fire acted as a closure for the open top of the heater when food is being cooked. Illustration is included.
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Dowell, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for "a new and improved washing-machine arranged for use on any kind of tub and adapted to insure a perfect uniform washing of all the clothes in the tub by the use of yieldingly-mounted pounders, which intermittently change their position relatively to the clothes under treatment" (lines 9-16).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Staggs, Henry F. & Staggs, Robert H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle
Patent for an improved buckle that will hold straps in place, particularly those straps with irregularly sized and spaced openings.
Date:
May 29, 1901
Creator:
Pool, Robert C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAR - SEAT CLEANER.
Patent for new and improved car-seat cleaners, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1902
Creator:
Ridd, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing Compound for Eggs.
Patent for a mixture of shale dust, gypsum, wood ash, sulfur, borax, saltpeter, and salicylic acid. This compound is to be layered around eggs, fruits, or vegetables for the purpose of preserving them.
Date:
May 6, 1902
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener.
Patent for new and improved sash-fastener so as to "lock the sash when elevated as well as closed" (line 15 & 16), including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1902
Creator:
Neher, John F. & Neher, Noah N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lantern.
Patent for a gas-burner signal lantern, instead of an oil-burner signal lantern, that indicates whether or not the track is all clear of trains; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1902
Creator:
Ruebel, C. A. Ernst
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stilt
Patent for an object that "provide a stilt in which the stilt or foot-support shall be associated with the pole in such manner as to permit of its ready longitudinal adjustment thereon and its positive securement in its adjusted position" (lines 9-13) including illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1902
Creator:
Roberts, Luke L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sod-Turning Plow
Patent for a plow to turn prairie sod. On the land side the pow has a longer runner which are attached by a cross bar.
Date:
May 12, 1902
Creator:
Fletcher, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Analgetic Bandage.
Patent for a new and useful "analgetic bandage for curing headaches and oher disorders of the nervous system" (line 5-7) including illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1902
Creator:
Ray, Thomas L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History