Bale-Tie (open access)

Bale-Tie

Patent for a bale tie made of aluminum which has a fastener attached to the band.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Brigance, Alice Osborne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Buckle (open access)

Bale-Band Buckle

Patent for buckles used to hold bands of bales. Illustrations included.
Date: December 3, 1907
Creator: Patterson, James S. & Smith, Dallas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ash Sifter (open access)

Ash Sifter

Patent for receptacle of ashes and sifter to separate unconsumed particles of coal and retain dust.
Date: January 3, 1900
Creator: Hart, Sara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time-Switch. (open access)

Electric Time-Switch.

Patent for an electric, switch-operated construction functioning for timer-controlled circuit completions and breaks, including illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1906
Creator: Chappel, James. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Canning Fruits or Vegetables. (open access)

Apparatus for Canning Fruits or Vegetables.

Patent for an improvement to canning fruits and vegetables.
Date: April 3, 1900
Creator: Compton, Anna & Jackson, A. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Baling-Press (open access)

Automatic Baling-Press

Patent for an automatic hay baling press which has more packing devices for feeding the hay into the press than previous versions.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Rahm, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mixing Plant. (open access)

Mixing Plant.

Patent for new mixing plants materials and procedures, "comprising novel means for handling, conveying, and mixing the several materials which constitute the feed and for accurately determining the proportion of each such materials" (lines 11-15), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1906
Creator: Binnings, Charles Elijah
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
Boiler (open access)

Boiler

Patent for a steam boiler "to provide simple and effective means for quickly generating steam by exposing the water fully to the caloric influence of the furnace or fire in the latter through the medium of radial tubular attachments" (lines 9-14), including illustrations.
Date: September 3, 1901
Creator: Hensley, Frank Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auto-Door Stop (open access)

Auto-Door Stop

Patent for a door stop that is cheap to produce and holds doors firmly.
Date: November 3, 1908
Creator: Hill, Ulysses H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling. (open access)

Hose-Coupling.

Patent for new usability improvements for hose coupling, designed for novice users, including illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1906
Creator: Stephens, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard (open access)

Cattle Guard

Patent for a cattle guard that will turn horses, cattle, mules, etc.
Date: December 3, 1901
Creator: Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher, which can stretch and hold a wire for a fence until it is securely fastened to the fence post and is easy to operate.
Date: November 3, 1908
Creator: Dobbs, John & Welborn, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire-stretcher "to provide a device of the class embodying new and improved features of utility, convenience, indestructibility, and cheapness." (lines 8-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 3, 1905
Creator: Kimbro, John A. & Kimbro, Jeremirah H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher for use in building wire fences.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Williams, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener. (open access)

Wire Tightener.

Patent for wire tightening improvement.
Date: April 3, 1900
Creator: Hansford, James, S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Working Tool (open access)

Wire Working Tool

Patent for a wire working tool. Illustration included.
Date: May 3, 1904
Creator: Dodd, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Auger. (open access)

Well-Auger.

Patent for a well-boring auger is designed to improve the drilling process by multi-functional features of the auger that can be placed inside of a well-casing to cut a hole or can be used itself to cut through the casing.
Date: November 3, 1903
Creator: Hutchins, Charles N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Tool (open access)

Wire Fence Tool

Patent for tool "which may be used for various purposes in connnection with wire fences" (lines 16-17) including an illustration.
Date: June 3, 1902
Creator: Neeb, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Dolly. (open access)

Lumber-Dolly.

Patent for a lumber dolly, which has an anti-tilting device that can be used while loading or unloading the dolly.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Lott, Andrew Gains
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Disintegrating Fibrous Plants (open access)

Machine for Disintegrating Fibrous Plants

Patent for a machine that filters out the pulp from fibrous plants to obtain their fiber. Illustrations included.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Hartman, Emil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Sinking Apparatus (open access)

Well Sinking Apparatus

Patent for a well sinking apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: January 3, 1905
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool. (open access)

Wire-Fence Tool.

Patent for a new wire fence tool for "applying binding members at the crossings of the strand and stay wires, and has for its object to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: Harris, Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Splitting Hogs and Cattle Through the Backbones. (open access)

Machine for Splitting Hogs and Cattle Through the Backbones.

Patent for a butchering machine for cutting hogs and cattle through the backbone into two sections lengthwise.
Date: November 3, 1908
Creator: Burleson, Andrew M.
System: The Portal to Texas History