Acetylene Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator.

Patent for a acetylene gas generator which combines "both a generator and a gasometer the parts of which are so arranged as to render the machine efficient and entirely automatic in action, as well as inexpensive of production." (lines 16-20) including illustrations.
Date: October 14, 1902
Creator: Reynolds, Pearl P. & Reynolds, Jerry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Bleaching Seed-Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Bleaching Seed-Cotton

Patent for a machine for bleaching seed cotton before it ginned.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Brennan, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Water Heater and Smoke Consumer (open access)

Combined Water Heater and Smoke Consumer

Patent for a combined water heater and smoke consumer. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: Miles, Joseph Furnas; Rodgers, A. N. & Wade, James William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap (open access)

Ant Trap

Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Howard, Martin T.
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
Bale Tie (open access)

Bale Tie

Patent for "a new and useful bale tie" (lines 5-6), including illustration and instructions.
Date: May 14, 1900
Creator: Walker, Millard Fillmore
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Statement-Blank and Envelop. (open access)

Combined Statement-Blank and Envelop.

Patent for combining statement-blank and envelop that comprises a signature that provides the ability to add the bank statements in a paper that could be folded to create an envelop.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Harwell, Mace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Oil (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Oil

Patent for a device for extracting cotton seed oil which ensures even cooking of the seeds by constant stirring.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Lauerman, Vandy Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
PENCIL HOLDER (open access)

PENCIL HOLDER

Patent for a pencil holder that may be attached to a garment.
Date: January 14, 1902
Creator: PEARSON, JOHN WILLIAM
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ash Pan (open access)

Ash Pan

Patent for an ash pan. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: Byar, Ernest & Clopton, Mortimer L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closure for Oil-Cans, Jugs, &c. (open access)

Closure for Oil-Cans, Jugs, &c.

Patent for an invention used to prevent the loss of closures for cans, jugs, and various other containers. Illustrations included.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Tabler, Guy T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Implement. (open access)

Cleaning Implement.

Patent for a cleaning tool for cleaning chicken coops, sidewalk edges, or removing ice, which combines a scraper/digger, broom, and brush and which fits in small spaces.
Date: July 14, 1908
Creator: Kuettner, Max
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: June 14, 1904
Creator: Lott, William Royal
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightener (open access)

Wire-Tightener

Patent for "a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to enable the slack of a wire to be readily taken up at a point between the posts and capable of enabling a wire to be readily stretched to the desired tension" (lines 12-17).
Date: May 14, 1901
Creator: May, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel (open access)

Wheel

Patent for wheel. Illustration included.
Date: February 14, 1905
Creator: Cutter, Richard Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive number Plate and Holder Therefor (open access)

Locomotive number Plate and Holder Therefor

Patent for a locomotive number plate and holder therefor. Illustration included.
Date: July 14, 1908
Creator: Lape, John K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for "a mill equipped with an automatic governor for regulating the speed of the windmill and for preventing injury to the apparatus by throwing the blades of the wheel into or out of the wind in a manner to secure the most effective operation of the device at all times" (lines 9-15).
Date: May 14, 1901
Creator: Stein, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Pulling Cotton Stalks (open access)

Machine For Pulling Cotton Stalks

Patent for a machine for pulling cotton stalks. Illustration included.
Date: June 14, 1904
Creator: Swenson, Werner
System: The Portal to Texas History
Loose-Leaf Individual or General Bank-Ledger (open access)

Loose-Leaf Individual or General Bank-Ledger

Patent for improvements to loose-leaf individual or general bank-ledgers, mainly pertaining to the ledger's structure and ease of use through adding leaves or sheets without disrupting current leaves or sheets. Includes illustrations.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Exline, Marcus P. & Bourke, Edmund
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Axle (open access)

Lubricating Axle

Patent for a lubricating axle.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Birdwell, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Lift. (open access)

Water-Lift.

Patent for a water lift for wells, which can be easily removed from the well for cleaning.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Clamp (open access)

Wire Fence Clamp

Patent for a wire fence clamp. Illustration included.
Date: June 15, 1903
Creator: Hollingsworth, Joseph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Coupling (open access)

Wagon Coupling

Patent for wagon coupling. Illustration included.
Date: June 14, 1904
Creator: Keene, Charles Earnest
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ink Pad (open access)

Ink Pad

Patent for an ink pad. Illustration included.
Date: March 14, 1905
Creator: Bessonet, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History