Liquid Dispensing Apparatus (open access)

Liquid Dispensing Apparatus

Patent for liquid dispensing apparatus. Illustrations included.
Date: November 10, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower (open access)

Lawn-Mower

Patent for a lawn mower designed to trim grass close to fences or trees. Illustrations included.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Merritt, William Neil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lap Link (open access)

Lap Link

Patent for a lap link. Illustration included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Long, Abijah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Plow (open access)

Wheel Plow

Patent for wheel plow. This invention is a combination of a 'buster' and a covering plow. Illustration included.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: McMullan, Jasper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel (open access)

Hydraulic Swivel

Patent for a hydraulic swivel made to control back pressure and designed to be resistant to wear. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1907
Creator: Johnston, Horace G. & Norris, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Breaker Or Reducer (open access)

Stalk Breaker Or Reducer

Patent for a stalk breaker or reducer. Illustration included.
Date: October 10, 1905
Creator: Johnson, Robert L. & Robertson, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Breaker. (open access)

Stalk-Breaker.

Patent for "an improved stalk breaker and means for mounting it on an ordinary farm-wagon and making it adjustable and possible to raise the breaker up, so that it will not strike obstructions when being moved from place to place;" (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: July 10, 1900
Creator: Shaw, Drury P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine (open access)

Steam Engine

Patent for "useful improvements in Steam-Engines, of which the following is a specification" (lines 5-6). Includes description and illustrations.
Date: July 10, 1905
Creator: Murphy, Joseph F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syringe Attachment (open access)

Syringe Attachment

Patent for an attachment to connect syringe to liquid container for increased efficiency
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: Poe, James Granger
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler. (open access)

Milk-Cooler.

Patent for improvements in the construction of water evaporation milk-coolers to make them more easily taken apart and arranged for shipping and preventing ants from entering the device and getting in the milk. Descriptions of the parts of the device and illustrations are included.
Date: June 10, 1902
Creator: Whaley, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Setting and Cooling Machine. (open access)

Tire Setting and Cooling Machine.

Patent for a tire setting and cooling machine.
Date: April 10, 1900
Creator: Horn, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tag-Holder. (open access)

Tag-Holder.

Patent for a tag holder for attaching to boxes and cases.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Guinn, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music Indicator (open access)

Music Indicator

Patent for a music indicator. This device is readily applied to a piano or other keyed musical instruments in order to properly indicate the various chords, notes, scales, and the like. Illustration included.
Date: October 10, 1905
Creator: MacMaster, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toothed Bar For Log Turners (open access)

Toothed Bar For Log Turners

Patent for toothed bar for log turners. Illustrations included.
Date: May 10, 1904
Creator: Edwards, Daniel R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Tanning (open access)

Process of Tanning

Patent for an improved method of tanning that is effective but takes less time.
Date: July 10, 1906
Creator: Martin, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk Cooler (open access)

Milk Cooler

Patent for a milk cooler. Illustration included.
Date: January 10, 1905
Creator: Walkup, John W. & Walkup, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler. (open access)

Milk-Cooler.

Patent for a milk cooler, which has a water tank above the jugs of milk that slowly drips cold water onto porous cloths covering the milk jugs.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Dickson, Tomas Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester (open access)

Spark-Arrester

Patent for an improved and simplified spark arrester, which deflects sparks and other products of combustion back into the furnace or into a designated receptacle.
Date: October 10, 1905
Creator: Anderson, Oliver Lacy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Conveyor and Cleaner. (open access)

Pneumatic Conveyor and Cleaner.

Patent for "a pneumatic cotton conveyer and cleaner designed for carrying seed-cotton from a wagon or the like to a gin-house or warehouse or other receptacle or place of storage and for cleaning the cotton while the same is being so conveyed." (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: July 10, 1900
Creator: Parker, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Weighing Appartus (open access)

Portable Weighing Appartus

Patent for portable weighing apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: July 10, 1909
Creator: Harrison, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press For Ribbons, &c (open access)

Press For Ribbons, &c

Patent for a press for ribbons. This invention is for a press that smooths the wrinkles out of ribbon, lace, and other items such as neckties. Illustration included.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Fuqua, William Yancey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunshade (open access)

Sunshade

Patent for a sunshade to shield field workers from the sun. Illustrations included.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Ridout, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. The nut lock consists "of a double threaded bolt having two oppositely threaded nuts thereon and a locking washer" (line 17-19). Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1904
Creator: Hopping, Samuel Miller
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Garner, William Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History