Curtain-Fixture (open access)

Curtain-Fixture

Patent for a curtain fixture which raises and lowers curtain shades by tightening and loosening. Illustrations included.
Date: June 29, 1909
Creator: Johnson, George J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game-Board (open access)

Game-Board

Patent for "a game-board having a trough at its head and squared apertures near said head, and numbered cubical blocks adapted to be revolved in said apertures" (lines 18-21) and "has relation to games to be played on bowling-alleys or boards with balls" (lines 16-17) including illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1880
Creator: Thompson, James Whiteford.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Clutch and Traction Equalizer. (open access)

Hydraulic Clutch and Traction Equalizer.

Patent for hydraulic clutches and traction equalizers. A "device for automobiles or other mother driven vehicles designed to be used in the place of the mechanism commonly known as the differential."
Date: June 17, 1919
Creator: Weston, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fruit-Pickers. (open access)

Improvement in Fruit-Pickers.

Patent for an improved fruit-picking tool explaining the construction and usage of the tool, including illustrations.
Date: June 11, 1878
Creator: McConnell, William V. & Dickerson, Charles M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Loading Apparatus (open access)

Loading Apparatus

Patent for a loading apparatus that uses flexing sections that open and closes. Illustration included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Lipscomb, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Fender. (open access)

Plow-Fender.

Patent for a plow fender, which can be attached to the plow without harming the plow tooth.
Date: June 21, 1910
Creator: Skidmore, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History