Resource Type

Cattle Guard (open access)

Cattle Guard

Patent for a cattle guard. Illustration included.
Date: October 11, 1904
Creator: Scott, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Timber. (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Timber.

Patent for an invention to aid in the treatment of treating timber. The invention is said to "provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient apparatus by means of which railroad cross-ties, fence-posts, and the like may be expeditiously and economically treated by immersion in a bath of some preserving liquid" (lines 16-22) including illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: Gerhard, Philip H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Street Car Sign (open access)

Advertising Street Car Sign

Patent for an advertisement sign located on the top of street cars. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: King, Alphonse
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Trousers Stretchers And Coat Hanger (open access)

Combined Trousers Stretchers And Coat Hanger

Patent for a combined trousers stretcher and coat hanger. Illustration included.
Date: September 11, 1906
Creator: Bedinger, Singleton Berry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Easel (open access)

Easel

Patent for an adjustable easel.
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Mueller, Carl P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAR-COUPLING (open access)

CAR-COUPLING

Patent for a Car-Coupling. "This invention relates to car-couplings of the Janney type..." (lines 9-10) including illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Appliance for Protecting Oil-Wells from Fires. (open access)

Appliance for Protecting Oil-Wells from Fires.

Patent for an appliance for protecting oil-wells from fires. As stated within the patent, "this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in appliances for protecting oil-wells from fires; and to this end it consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims herein appended" (Lines 9-16).
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Cochran, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Fastening (open access)

Bale-Band Fastening

Patent for bale bend fastening that includes a winding-key engaging the lapped ends of a bale-band and a lock for retaining the winding key against the reverse movement after the latter has been turned to wind the connected ends of the band for the purpose of taking up the slack in the latter (Lines 8-15)
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Articulating Plate (open access)

Articulating Plate

Patent for "new and useful articulating plate" (lines 5-6), including illustration and instructions.
Date: April 11, 1900
Creator: Driskill, T. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
PRINTER'S QUOIN (open access)

PRINTER'S QUOIN

Patent for Printer's Quoin. "The invention relates to printers' lock-ups; and its object is to provide a new and improved printer's quoin..." (lines 8-10) and illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Decker, William Scott
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Bottoms of Ships. (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Bottoms of Ships.

Patent for apparatus for cleaning the bottom of ships "to provide a simple and practical apparatus for removing barnacles, seaweed, mud, and other adhesions from the sides and bottom of a ship" (line 10).
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Culpepper, Robert Smith
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Utilizing Hot Slag for Heating Purposes (open access)

Apparatus for Utilizing Hot Slag for Heating Purposes

Patent for an apparatus which holds molten slag in the exterior chambers of the receptacle such that the interior chambers can receive water to be heated, producing steam and hot air.
Date: September 11, 1900
Creator: Wells, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aparejo (open access)

Aparejo

Patent for more efficient and durable pack-saddle (aparejo) used by United States Army. Casing involves hollow boot-sticks and rubber-encased steel, with better fitting to prevent fatigue of animal.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Keller, John & Titsworth, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an oil-burner, “and it has for its object to provide a construction in which stream will be admitted to the oil or commingled therewith in sufficient quantity to aid combustion…” (lines 11-15) including illustrations.
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Chandler, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. [Copy #2] (open access)

Ironing-Table. [Copy #2]

Patent for an ironing board that has adjustable height and can be folded for storage.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Click, John Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. [Copy #1] (open access)

Ironing-Table. [Copy #1]

Patent for an ironing board that has adjustable height and can be folded for storage.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Click, John Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: April 11, 1905
Creator: Bays, Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustrations included.
Date: December 11, 1906
Creator: Chisholm, Walter P. & Ladd, J. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Screen Hanger (open access)

Window Screen Hanger

Patent for a window screen hanger. Illustration included.
Date: October 11, 1904
Creator: Rust, Emory G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Screen or Awning Holder (open access)

Window Screen or Awning Holder

Patent for a window screen or awning holder. Illustrations included.
Date: October 11, 1904
Creator: Wolf, Wilhelm Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a "simple form of device for stretching wire, said device being adapted for attachment to a post or other support and to the wire to be stretched" (lines 9-12).
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Brannon, Walter Zebulin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Working Tool. (open access)

Wire-Working Tool.

Patent for wire working tool for attaching couplings to hoses.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Glenn, Dan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Magazine Rifle (open access)

Magazine Rifle

Patent for a magazine rifle. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Catron, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Lubricator (open access)

Windmill Lubricator

Patent for a windmill lubricator. Illustration included.
Date: October 11, 1904
Creator: Tatsch, Hubert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History