Resource Type

Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine (open access)

Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine

Patent for convertible mixing and cleaning machine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Stacey, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker's Truck (open access)

Cotton Picker's Truck

Patent for a cotton picker's truck. This invention is to provide a device for supporting the sacks of cotton pickers. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Franek, Jakob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Spring Tightener (open access)

Bed-Spring Tightener

Patent for improvements in bed-spring tighteners, for adjusting the tension of a bed spring supporting wire as may be required. Illustration is included.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Tlustos, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Fish-Bucket. (open access)

Combination Fish-Bucket.

Patent for a combination fish bucket, which has two compartments for holding bait, tackle, and food and a holder for a fishing rod, which may be carried on the body or by a handle.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Fly, Nathaniel D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool (open access)

Combination-Tool

Patent for a tool used for wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Dikes, Johnnie C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Elevating and Cleaning Seed Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Elevating and Cleaning Seed Cotton

Patent for an apparatus for elevating and cleaning seed cotton
Date: March 5, 1900
Creator: Reynolds, Richard J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car - Coupling. (open access)

Car - Coupling.

Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 5, 1898
Creator: Oden, Joshua K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridge. (open access)

Bridge.

Patent for a bridge of "simple and strong construction in metal of very low cost and light weight, using only such materials as are easily available, being also of easy construction and well adapted to resist washouts" (lines 9-13).
Date: July 5, 1892
Creator: Kosure, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator and Corn-Planter (open access)

Combined Cultivator and Corn-Planter

Patent for improvements in the design and construction of combined cultivators and planters.
Date: July 5, 1887
Creator: Wright, Samuel Winfield
System: The Portal to Texas History
Andiron (open access)

Andiron

Patent for improvements to andiron or "fire-dogs".
Date: July 5, 1887
Creator: Steele, Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Weevil Catcher (open access)

Boll Weevil Catcher

The objective of the invention is to improve to catching and destroying boll weevils with a device that is easily attached to a cultivator. This device includes "receptacles filled with an insect destroying liquid." (lines 23-24).
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Ploch, Alex
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth (open access)

Artificial Tooth

Patent for an artificial tooth that is better able to anchor to the mouth plate.
Date: July 5, 1918
Creator: Dee, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses.

Patent for the "improvement in Horizontal Cotton - Presses for compressing cotton, hay, and other articles and substances for baling; ..." (lines 3-6), including illustrations.
Date: July 5, 1859
Creator: Stockbridge, Elam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antileak Composition. (open access)

Antileak Composition.

Patent for improvements in antileak composition in order to prevent leaks in liquid holding containers like radiators, boilers, etc.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Shrum, Will N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Roll Former for Linter Condensers. (open access)

Auxiliary Roll Former for Linter Condensers.

Patent for Auxiliary Roll Former for Linter Condensers.
Date: July 5, 1917
Creator: Prater, C.E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguisher for Aeroplanes and the Like. (open access)

Fire-Extinguisher for Aeroplanes and the Like.

Patent for a fire extinguisher apparatus to be used in air crafts, boats, and other vehicles designed to be lightweight and to quickly extinguish fires.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Clark, Walter C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rubber Razor. (open access)

Rubber Razor.

Patent for a rubber razor. The rubber razor provides a flexible support for multiple blade and will allow the blades to contour to one's face.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Billingsley, Rennie E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mower. (open access)

Mower.

Patent for a new mower designed for use with a single horse and provide a device where the sickle bar may be adjusted at various heights.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: John Bryon Nelson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paving Apparatus. (open access)

Paving Apparatus.

Patent for "a device or apparatus for transmitting the vibrations of a vibrating machine...for the purpose of solidifying the paving by driving out air and water and surplus moisture" (lines 12-18), including illustration.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Stubbs, Robert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Bed-Spring Cover. (open access)

Sanitary Bed-Spring Cover.

Patent for an invention that relates to the improvements in sanitary covers for attachment to the spring of a bed and the spring of the mattress. The sanitary cover provides a solution to repel vermin and noxious insects.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Luedecke, Henry H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Spring. (open access)

Automobile-Spring.

Patent for improvements in automobile-springs, specifically a means of suspending the front and rear springs of an automobile and cushioning and absorbing shocks.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Jones, George Chester & Jones, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for improvements to valves, specifically valves that have a sliding movement on the valve seat and to disk valves. The invention is to provide a valve of this type which is used in the interior of vats, tanks, or similar receptacles containing liquids.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Spencer, Elmer H. & Block, A.C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Digger. (open access)

Peanut-Digger.

Patent for improvements to peanut-diggers, specifically a curved frame attached to a plow beam.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Stevens, Shed P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightener. (open access)

Wire-Tightener.

Patent for a new and useful wire tightener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 5, 1898
Creator: Brown, William
System: The Portal to Texas History