Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing Presses.Speight, (open access)

Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing Presses.Speight,

Patent for a device that can be attached to a printing press, for the express purpose of being able to cut multiple copies of cards from a single sheet of card stock with metal dies.
Date: December 10, 1901
Creator: Speight, Winchester Franklin,
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Governor (open access)

Air-Brake Governor

Patent for an air brake governor improvement that regulates the pressure of fluid or air in the braking system as to prevent it from braking with too much pressure.
Date: July 10, 1906
Creator: Williams, Leonard F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compress and Packer (open access)

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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Stanchion. (open access)

Cattle-Stanchion.

Patent for improvements in cattle-stanchions in “which the animal can be released from without its stall, so that the attendant will not have to enter such stall or be subjected to any of the inconveniences of dangers arising therefrom.” (Lines 13-17) Illustration is included.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Garrett, Lee
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
Bale-Band Fastening (open access)

Bale-Band Fastening

Patent for "a new and useful bale-band fastening or bale-tie for an object to provide a simple and efficient device for taking up a maximum amount of slack in the band with a minimum movement, while at the same time serving to tightly secure the band about the bale and preventing the same from loosening or the ends thereof from rending apart ." (lines 5-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 10, 1900
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Tightener. (open access)

Wire Stretcher and Tightener.

Patent for "a simple, cheap, and effective construction of implement, whereby the operation of stretching and tightening a wire may be conveniently and expeditiously performed, and to adapt the device for use also as a wire-cutter" (lines 16-20).
Date: April 10, 1900
Creator: Gold, Philip E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Clamp or Grip (open access)

Wire Clamp or Grip

Patent for a wire clamp or grip. Illustration included.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Eubank, Josephus H. & Merchant, W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wood Column Turning Lathe (open access)

Wood Column Turning Lathe

Patent for a wood column turning lathe. Illustration included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Bible, Hunley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Machine (open access)

Wire Fence Machine

Patent for a wire fence machine. This invention is designed to tie wires to the line wires and line wires to the stay. Illustrations included.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Baumgartner, Blassie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Machine. (open access)

Well Drilling Machine.

Patent for an improvement in well drilling.
Date: April 10, 1900
Creator: Wiedner, Friedrich R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Tower (open access)

Windmill Tower

Patent for a windmill tower. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Eubank, Josephus H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land-Smoother (open access)

Land-Smoother

Patent for instrument used to break clumps of dirt and smooth rough terrain with the use of smoothing blades.
Date: July 10, 1906
Creator: Gooing, Martin B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Trap (open access)

Insect Trap

Patent for an insect trap. Illustration included.
Date: January 10, 1905
Creator: Smith, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Linotype Distributer (open access)

Linotype Distributer

Patent for a linotype distributer. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1904
Creator: Cooney, John Macauley & Totten, Harry Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a vehicle wheel, which has a tire tread cushion on it to absorb shocks, reduce war on the tread, and make the tire move relatively to the hub of the wheel.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Curtis, Zenas Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Transplanting Machine. (open access)

Vegetable-Transplanting Machine.

Patent for Vegetable transplanting machine, it describes about new technique of planting a crops with effective irrigation technique
Date: February 10, 1902
Creator: Carroll, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
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