Motor Vehicle (open access)

Motor Vehicle

Patent for motor vehicle. Illustrations included.
Date: October 11, 1904
Creator: Thomas, James Clarence
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup. (open access)

Stirrup.

Patent for "an improved bottom, an improved supporting-bar, and an instep-bar" (lines 8-9) for stirrups.
Date: December 11, 1900
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco Stemming Machine (open access)

Tobacco Stemming Machine

Patent for the improvement of tobacco-stemming machines by providing "an arrangement for opening the leaves prior to being fed to the cutters" (lines 14-15).
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Bush, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marine Propeller (open access)

Marine Propeller

Patent for a marine propeller which allows for "a reversal of the action of the wheel for propulsion in opposite directions or for turning the boat without changing the direction of rotation of the power-shaft."
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process Of Making Fertilizer (open access)

Process Of Making Fertilizer

Patent for a process of making fertilizer.
Date: December 11, 1906
Creator: Luckey, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Mixing Ingredients (open access)

Process of Mixing Ingredients

Patent for a process of mixing ingredients. This invention is designed to mix dry state materials to a level moisture to be used for making shale brick. Illustration included.
Date: September 11, 1906
Creator: Nash, Alexander Q.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Asphaltic Mineral Oils. (open access)

Process of Refining Asphaltic Mineral Oils.

Patent for process for refining asphaltic mineral oils such as might be found in wells in Texas and Louisiana. Designed to remove asphaltum.
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Mims, John Carwile
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Furnace. (open access)

Portable Furnace.

Patent for a portable coal burning furnace for use in cooking in pots that can be adjusted for different size pots.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Ruhmann, Gustav E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements to the turning-plow, with convertible attachments for other forms of plow.
Date: December 11, 1900
Creator: Armstrong, John Joshua, Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music Holder and Turner. (open access)

Music Holder and Turner.

Patent for a devise that turns the leaves of books or music books, which "may be supported upon the music-rack of a piano, organ, or similar instrument." (lines 13-14)
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Black, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole. (open access)

Trolley-Pole.

Patent for trolley-poles for electric cars which provides "a simple, inexpensive, and highly efficient trolley-wire finder, and one which is readily applicable to trolley-poles such as at present in use and is adapted to be quickly and easily raised to an operative position and when released is adapted to gravitate to a position below and out of the way of the trolley-wire" (lines 15-22).
Date: December 11, 1900
Creator: Schroeter, William & Kautzmann, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stone Dressing Machine (open access)

Stone Dressing Machine

Patent for a stone dressing machine. Illustration included.
Date: December 11, 1906
Creator: Rhea, Learner T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock- Weaner. (open access)

Stock- Weaner.

Patent for "...new and useful Improvements in Stock-Weaners..." (lines 6-7) including illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Shannon, Albert M. & Bobbitt, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Support for Attachment to Desks. (open access)

Support for Attachment to Desks.

Patent for "a stand, shelf, or holder for attachment to desks...for the purpose of supporting a type-writer [or] reference-book... the object in view being to provide a support of this character with means for attaching the same to a desk and means for swinging or revolving said support so that the... article may be readily and conveniently brought around to the front of the desk for use... and then swung back out of the way upon the side of the desk." (lines 12-24)
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Bell, William Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syrup Pitcher (open access)

Syrup Pitcher

Patent for a syrup pitcher. Illustration included.
Date: October 11, 1904
Creator: Bradford, McDuffee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Broadfoot, Jacob O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System. (open access)

Telephone System.

Patent for, "telephone system; and it has for one object to provide such an arrangement of the instrument and wiring as will permit a subscriber to converse with a second subscriber" (lines 8-12).
Date: December 11, 1900
Creator: Bennett, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Neck Yoke Counter Stop for Artillery Carriages (open access)

Neck Yoke Counter Stop for Artillery Carriages

Patent for a neck yoke counter stop for artillery carriages. This invention is an improvement for counter-stop adapted for the limber-pole of artillery field-carriages.
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Wenke, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch (open access)

Gate Latch

Patent for "improvements in latches for gates, doors, and the like." (lines 12-13) This latch "may be conveniently operated from either side of the door and may be locked against operation." (lines 15-17)
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Carter, Hiram Claborn
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Snap Hook (open access)

Snap Hook

Patent for a snap hook. Illustration included.
Date: October 11, 1904
Creator: Weir, Welby D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for a gate that can be opened or closed from a remote point, and can be locked with a latch. Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Rogers, Frederick S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for "simple and easily-operated mechanism for opening and closing a gate and for controlling the latch thereof by the same mechanism which opens and closes the gate" (lines 12-16).
Date: June 11, 1901
Creator: Seckler, Levi W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for a hay press. This invention uses a toggle lever that becomes active after each stroke of the plunger. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Pickard, William Moad
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching-Strap. (open access)

Hitching-Strap.

Patent for a strap to attach an animal to a hitching-post, especially a smooth one, to avoid slipping or accidental loosening by the animal with "an improved slidable catch" (line 18).
Date: December 11, 1900
Creator: Jacobsen, Frederik August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History