Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for an improved acetylene-gas generator "which is kept in a relatively-cool condition by a surrounding bath of water and which generator is removable at will from the floatable bell of the tank. A further object is to prevent the waste carbid from dropping into the water of the expansible tank and to provide for the free discharge of gas from the generator [...] while [...] permitting the expeditious removal of said generator for the purpose of cleaning and recharging" (lines 13-24).
Date: January 25, 1900
Creator: Lindholm, Charlie M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Feed for Motors. (open access)

Air-Feed for Motors.

Patent for air-feed invention that aims to supply moist air to automobile engines. Illustrations included.
Date: June 19, 1917
Creator: Reid, Samuel E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for improvements in animal traps, in particular mouse and rat traps. Illustrations included.
Date: June 19, 1917
Creator: Stockburger, Charles. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blower for Forges (open access)

Blower for Forges

Patent for new and useful improvements in blowers for blacksmiths' forges with the intention of creating less waste and a better economical value.
Date: June 19, 1902
Creator: Roach, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ceiling-Plate. (open access)

Ceiling-Plate.

Patent for improvements to ceiling plates that allow a ceiling plate through which a pipe passes to remain securely attached to the ceiling (or other surface) even while the pipe expands or contracts.
Date: June 19, 1917
Creator: Donnelly, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp. (open access)

Clamp.

Patent for a new and improved clamp. This design "is for an improvement upon that class of inventions known as 'flooring jacks' or 'clamps,' and has for its object the lessening of labor for the attainment of the object or result which this is intended to perform, and the readiness and ease with which it can be manipulated" (lines 15-21).
Date: June 19, 1883
Creator: Sage, Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Device for Wells. (open access)

Cleaning Device for Wells.

Patent for a device for cleaning wells. Particularly for washing out of the well screen after it has been set in the bore.
Date: June 19, 1917
Creator: Carden, David A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stock and Freight Car (open access)

Combined Stock and Freight Car

Patent for improved stock-car with provided attachments for conversion to freight-car.
Date: June 19, 1906
Creator: Wyatt, Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Tent and Bed. (open access)

Combined Tent and Bed.

Patent for improvements in the construction of a combined folding bed and tent.
Date: June 19, 1883
Creator: Perez, Mitchel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Feeder (open access)

Cotton Cleaner and Feeder

Patent for improvements to cotton cleaners and feeders, including illustrations
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Seifert, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Needle (open access)

Cotton Picking Needle

Patent for a cotton picking needle that relates to machines for picking cotton. More particularly to a novel form of picking needle especially designed for use in connection with a picking machine of that type shown for example.
Date: June 19, 1917
Creator: Johnson, Billie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Separator, Distributer, and Feeder (open access)

Cotton Separator, Distributer, and Feeder

Patent for a pneumatic suction that draws cotton in to be separated, suctioned down a trough to be distributed and fed into a gin.
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Bateman, Eugene E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Fixture (open access)

Curtain-Fixture

Patent for
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Thompson, Christopher Columbus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Tool (open access)

Dental Tool

Patent for a dental tool that is to "prevent the loss of amalgam" (p. 2).
Date: June 19, 1888
Creator: Morris, James P., of Paris, Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dog or Stop Device for Baling-Presses. (open access)

Dog or Stop Device for Baling-Presses.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable stop-device or dog used in baling presses with a pressure-chamber in a plunger or traverser reciprocates. The invention operates automatically and retaines the material being pressed inside the pressure-chamber. The dog pivots on the side of the pressure-chamber and is enabled to move freely.
Date: June 19, 1894
Creator: Schulze, Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Friction-Clutch (open access)

Friction-Clutch

Patent for "a clutch wherein the members composing the clutch are adapted to transmit motion from one to the other by frictional engagement thereof " (lines 12-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Ford, James Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Seed-Cotton-Handling Apparatus. (open access)

Governor for Seed-Cotton-Handling Apparatus.

Patent for simple, efficient, and reliable "a governor for regulating the quantity of seed cotton which is delivered to one or more feeders or gins by a seed-cotton handling apparatus" (lines 13-16). The operator sets the amount of cotton being sent through the gin. The invention has a receiver of a cotton handling mechanism, another mechanism that cuts off the supply of cotton after a desired amount has passed, and the invention can easily be started again after the gin is emptied.
Date: June 19, 1894
Creator: Schulze, Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay and Cotton Press (open access)

Hay and Cotton Press

Patent for "hay and cotton press that can be easily and cheaply constructed and that can be operated by hand or horse power" (Lines 20-22).
Date: June 19, 1883
Creator: Donaldson, Sven
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wagon-Brakes. (open access)

Improvement in Wagon-Brakes.

Patent for a foot operated wagon braking mechanism, including illustrations. Patent for a better alternative to lever brakes on buggies and wagons as the braking mechanism is "out of the way, and not noticeable or prominently visible from the sides of the vehicle".
Date: June 19, 1877
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Plows (open access)

Improvement in Wheel-Plows

Patent for a wheel plow designed to be simple, durable, easily controlled, and of light draft.
Date: June 19, 1877
Creator: Amonett, Ammon A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Burners (open access)

Improvements in Burners

Patent for improvements for burners. It is related explicitly to hydrocarbon burners. Its purpose is to keep the oil and steam separate as they leave the burner by keeping them in two separate streams.
Date: June 19, 1918
Creator: Trahan, Clair A
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Apparatus (open access)

Lubricating Apparatus

Patent for "lubricating the bearings of locomotives while moving or standing still." (lines 8-10)
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Dangler, Hank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Device for Rolled Goods. (open access)

Measuring Device for Rolled Goods.

Patent for an improved "means for measuring rolled goods while the materials is being unrolled and also to indicate the amount of material remaining in the roll" (lines 10-13).
Date: February 10, 1900
Creator: Sauls, Henry & Cook, George S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock with a locking plate that can be used for multiple nuts, "particularly those used in securing the joints of railroad rails, frogs, switches, and crossings" (lines 10-12), with illustrations.
Date: June 19, 1906
Creator: Taylor, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History