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Attachment For Surveying Instruments (open access)

Attachment For Surveying Instruments

Patent for attachment for surveying instruments. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1904
Creator: Armstrong, Edward R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check Row Planter (open access)

Check Row Planter

Patent for check row planter. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1904
Creator: Perkins, Albert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Binder. (open access)

Binder.

Patent for improvements in binders in which it can “securely bind and retain a number of loose leaves, the structure of such binder enabling it to be readily attached to and removed from the packet of leaves.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Montgomery, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bank Register and Remittance Sheet (open access)

Bank Register and Remittance Sheet

Patent for a bank register and remittance sheet. Illustration included.
Date: August 23, 1904
Creator: Exline, Marcus P. & Bourke, Edmund
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Apparatus for Cooking by Superheated Steam. (open access)

Apparatus for Cooking by Superheated Steam.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for cooking by using superheated steam. “A boiler which is supported by a fire-box. An oven is mounted on the boiler and provide with a plurality of compartments and ventilators. A drip-pipe, and a pipe connected to the boiler and circulated through the fire-box and extended up to the oven, and provided with a plurality of valves for supplying the compartments of the oven with superheated steam.” (Page 2, line 25-34) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Harrington, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Tie (open access)

Bale Band Tie

Patent for a bale band tie. Illustration included.
Date: December 27, 1904
Creator: Robinson, Laurence B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Refining Crude Petroleum (open access)

Apparatus For Refining Crude Petroleum

Patent for an apparatus for refining crude petroleum. This invention seeks to process oil containing burned, scorched, or charred particles. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Straightening AX-Handles (open access)

Apparatus For Straightening AX-Handles

Patent for apparatus for straightening ax-handles. Illustrations included.
Date: August 23, 1904
Creator: Sullivan, Stephen Dunkling
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Ore And Slime Separator (open access)

Automatic Ore And Slime Separator

Patent for a automatic ore and slime separator. This invention is designed to separate the sand and other solid particles from water. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back Spacing Attachment for Type Writing Machines (open access)

Back Spacing Attachment for Type Writing Machines

Patent for an attachment to provide type writing machines with back space. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1904
Creator: Parker, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Neck Yoke and Swingletree (open access)

Convertible Neck Yoke and Swingletree

Patent for a convertible neck yoke and swingletree. Illustration included.
Date: May 24, 1904
Creator: Hall, Thomas I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Stone (open access)

Artificial Stone

Patent for artificial stone.
Date: April 5, 1904
Creator: Steger, Virge
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Destroying Insects (open access)

Apparatus For Destroying Insects

Patent for an apparatus for destroying boll weevils on cotton. Illustration included.
Date: July 26, 1904
Creator: Jones, Albert Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth (open access)

Artificial Tooth

Patent for an artificial tooth to a gold bridge. Illustration included.
Date: September 6, 1904
Creator: Priest, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway Switch (open access)

Automatic Railway Switch

Patent for a automatic railway switch. Illustration included.
Date: December 20, 1904
Creator: Lee, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Molding Whetstones (open access)

Apparatus For Molding Whetstones

Patent for an apparatus for molding whetstones. Illustration included.
Date: November 29, 1904
Creator: Cameron, Neill C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Handling Seed Cotton (open access)

Apparatus For Handling Seed Cotton

Patent for an apparatus for handling seed cotton. Illustration included.
Date: May 3, 1904
Creator: Benefield, Chauncey R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Maintaining A Continuous Flow Of Sand Carrying Oil From Wells (open access)

Apparatus For Maintaining A Continuous Flow Of Sand Carrying Oil From Wells

Patent for an apparatus for maintaining a continuous flow of sand carrying oil from wells. Illustration included.
Date: June 14, 1904
Creator: Cushing, William T. & Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Ore and Pulp Sampler (open access)

Automatic Ore and Pulp Sampler

Patent for a automatic ore and pulp sampler. This invention represents a settling tank to accumulate particles. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton, Berry, or Vegetable Picking or Dairy Stool (open access)

Cotton, Berry, or Vegetable Picking or Dairy Stool

Patent for a stool strapped to the user so as to facilitate an ease in picking cotton, berry, or vegetables. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1904
Creator: Farley, John C. & Prince, Hyman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway Switch Lock (open access)

Automatic Railway Switch Lock

Patent for an automatic railway switch lock. Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1904
Creator: Sulfer, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Threshing and Cleaning Seed Cotton (open access)

Apparatus For Threshing and Cleaning Seed Cotton

Patent for apparatus for threshing and cleaning seed cotton. Illustration included
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Kelly, Hiram H.
System: The Portal to Texas History