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Clevis.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in clevises, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1898
Creator:
Taylor, George H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Maintaining A Continuous Flow Of Sand Carrying Oil From Wells
Patent for an apparatus for maintaining a continuous flow of sand carrying oil from wells. Illustration included.
Date:
June 14, 1904
Creator:
Cushing, William T. & Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridge Construction.
Patent for a new and useful bridge construction, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1898
Creator:
Davidson, James Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combination tool, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1898
Creator:
McCarty, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "car-couplers of the class known as 'link-and-pin' couplers, and has for its object the provision of means whereby the coupling is effected automatically and whereby the coupling-pin is made to actuate the brake-shaft" (lines 14-19).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Acuff, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet-Bed
Patent for "a cheap and simple construction of bed of this class, adapted to be readily folded or unfolded and to provide means for automatically folding and unfolding the legs for supporting the foot of the bed-frame when said frame is raised or lowered" (lines 9-15)
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Hayton, John. W. & Swift, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blank Book.
Patent for a new and improved blank book. This design "consists in securing blank sheets to a binding forming the back of the book . . . so that the attachment and detachment of the sheets may be conveniently effected. Thus [the design] produce[s] a blank book which is particularly adapted for use of type-writers and other copyists" (lines 11-18).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Burris, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a new improvement in baling presses that improves strength, durability and handling and is cheap to manufacture, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1887
Creator:
Mansfield, James Edward.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Cotton Seed Press.
Patent for a new and improved press. This design consists in "a suitable frame-work, the follower, two sets of toggle-arms which are operated by a screw, and two sets of toggle-arms which extend at right angles to the two sets which are operated by the screw, and which second set are operated by a rope and tackle . . . The object of [the] invention is to produce a very powerful press in which the follower is operated by four sets of toggle-joints, two of which are operated by a screw and the other two by a rope and tackle, so as to produce twice the amount of power usually exerted in toggle-joint presses" (lines 15-29).
Date:
June 14, 1887
Creator:
Drew, John Melvin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker's Shade.
Patent for a new and improved cotton picker's shade. This design "consists of a portable frame having an adjustable and detachable awning or shade . . . for the use of cotton-pickers and others whose vocation obliges them to work in the field during the hot season" (lines 19-23).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Arnold, William Noah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AUTOMATIC WEIGHING-SCALE.
Patent for an improved automatic scale that can weigh large measurements of crops, including illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1914
Creator:
Carter, Edward D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process For The Reduction Of Iron And Lead Ores.
Patent for a process that reduces iron and lead ores. This is done through two distinct combustion processes, the first of which converts the fuel and oxygen into carbon dioxide and the second process which produces carbon monoxide, that can produce iron or steel of different grades.
Date:
June 14, 1921
Creator:
Anderson, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for an efficient burner of crude or fuel oil that can be used with less dangerous fuels while maintaining the same high level of heat and vaporization necessary for use in domestic environments.
Date:
June 14, 1921
Creator:
Holmes, Watson W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Polish-Box Opener.
Patent for a tool designed to open boxes of shoe polish paste.
Date:
June 14, 1921
Creator:
Ramon, Zaragoza Gonsalez
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road Grader and Drag
Patent for improving road maintenance and construction.
Date:
June 14, 1921
Creator:
Herring, Jesie M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Container
Patent for container of heavy fluids and greases able to expel the contents through an opening. This is intended to replace ordinary salve jars, which do not protect contents from contaminants.
Date:
June 14, 1921
Creator:
Bronson, Arthur S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date:
June 14, 1904
Creator:
Lott, William Royal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine
Patent for improvements to typewriting machines with the aim of providing "a machine of simple and durable construction, capable of use for the ordinary purposes to which type-writers are applied, but especially adapted and designed for typewriting upon blank books, thereby facilitating the making of official records and producing records that are more legible and compact than it is possible to obtain by handwriting" (lines 11-18).
Date:
June 14, 1892
Creator:
Borden, William J. & Johnson, Jahu W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Pulling Cotton Stalks
Patent for a machine for pulling cotton stalks. Illustration included.
Date:
June 14, 1904
Creator:
Swenson, Werner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weight-Motor.
Patent for a weight motor for powering various machinery.
Date:
June 14, 1910
Creator:
Wilson, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Clamp
Patent for a wire fence clamp. Illustration included.
Date:
June 15, 1903
Creator:
Hollingsworth, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Coupling
Patent for wagon coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
June 14, 1904
Creator:
Keene, Charles Earnest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in insecticides, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1898
Creator:
Carmichaelm, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instrument for Breaking Car-Seals.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in instruments for breaking car seals, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 14, 1898
Creator:
Leyendecker, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History