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Apparatus for Bleaching Cotton
Patent for an apparatus for treating lint cotton as it passes from the gin for bleaching. Illustration included.
Date:
February 25, 1908
Creator:
Brennan, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an improved self-setting trap that can capture and kill animals while preventing them from reaching the bait.
Date:
August 28, 1906
Creator:
Sheridan, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Bleaching Seed-Cotton
Patent for a machine for bleaching seed cotton before it ginned.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Brennan, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Railway-Rail
Patent for a compound railway-rail. This invention is a solid open jointed rail whereby two longitudinal section may be brought together without creating open joints. Illustration included.
Date:
April 23, 1907
Creator:
Stephens, George B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compress and Packer
Patent for a device that provides improvements in machines for compressing, packing, and baling cotton, hay, straw, and the like; and the object is to provide a machine of this character operating automatically to form the bat as the material is received from the gin or condenser and folding the bat back and forth in even layers in the press, forming a complete and symmetrical bale (lines 9-17) Illustrations are included.
Date:
June 10, 1902
Creator:
Griffin, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Device for Cranks and Pitmen
Patent for an antifriction device used to "prevent dust and grit from accumulating in the anti-friction bearings" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1907
Creator:
Neighbour, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press Attachment
Patent for baling press attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
March 17, 1908
Creator:
Jackson, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Controlling Trolley Poles
Patent for an apparatus for controlling trolley poles. "This invention relates to an apparatus for controlling trolley poles employed for effecting electrical connection between a trolley wire and a motor on a car, and has for its object to provide improved means for automatically throwing the trolley into position to be placed in engagement with the trolley wire" (line 9-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Bogue, Judson L. & Jennings, David M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap
Patent for "a simple device of this kind which will excel the former traps in depositing the ants within the annular pan and in efficiency for convenient discharge of the trapped insects" (lines 18-22).
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Inman, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a chopper and cultivator with a rod with moveable blades attached that allows for the blades to be changed between different types for planting or cultivating.
Date:
April 30, 1907
Creator:
Odom, Elbert T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Railway Rail
Patent for a compound railway rail. This invention is comprised of separate tread and base parts. Illustration included.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Finley, Alfred P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Denison Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1904
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Denison Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1901
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Boring Machine.
Patent for a wood boring machine "which is especially adapted to bore holes of extreme length in columns or like structural members by cutting away only a portion of the wood forming hole in same" (lines 11-15).
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Bible, Hunley & Robinson, Lee A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 11, 1906
Creator:
Chisholm, Walter P. & Ladd, J. A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
February 21, 1905
Creator:
Hunter, Arthur G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood Column Turning Lathe
Patent for a wood column turning lathe. Illustration included.
Date:
September 10, 1907
Creator:
Bible, Hunley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench whose jaws can be adjusted quickly by pressing a handle on the wrench with the thumb.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Ferguson, Rufus Andrew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel-Lighting System.
Patent for a liquid fuel lighting system, which supplies a pilot light to lamps or stoves without using a separate torch to light them.
Date:
November 9, 1909
Creator:
Burton, Arthur
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake Ratchet
Patent for new mode of applying brake-shoes to a wagon and improvement with the position of the brake level on a wagon.
Date:
January 21, 1902
Creator:
Shipley, Jack J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Engines.
Patent for an improved and cheaper valve for steam engines.
Date:
January 26, 1909
Creator:
Hopper, James F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Latch.
Patent for a latch for swinging doors, which can be operated from either side of the door.
Date:
May 18, 1909
Creator:
Lewis, Oliver
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Linotype Distributer
Patent for a linotype distributer. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1904
Creator:
Cooney, John Macauley & Totten, Harry Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truss Bridge
Patent for a truss bridge. Illustration included.
Date:
October 30, 1906
Creator:
Inman, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History