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Mop Holder
Patent for an improved mop holder that will hold the mop head and the handle.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Anderson, Isaac Nerie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Post-Hole Digger and Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a combined post hole digger and wire stretcher, which allows barbed wire to be strung on a fence more easily and for fence building to be done by one person.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
Armstrong, John Joshua, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BLIND-STOP
Patent for an improvement in Blind-Stops. "My invention relates to improvements in blind-stops, and has for its object to provide a simple, strong, and cheap device of this kind." (lines 15-18) and illustration.
Date:
August 18, 1903
Creator:
Koenig, Charles Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain Jack.
Patent for new and useful improvements in chain-jacks. "This invention aims to provide a chain-jack for lifting the boxes of axles, so that the bearings or brasses therefor can be readily replaced, and is designed especially for use in cases of hot boxes on railway-cars" (line 11-15).
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Phillips, Henry S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in car-couplers "wherein the link is automatically engaged with the draw-head of a second car and the link can be quickly disengaged when it needed uncoupling." (Lines 10-11) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 18, 1901
Creator:
Ponton, Henry H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Cotton-Bales.
Patent for improvement in apparatus for making cotton-bales from continuous sheets or bats by “employing only a single press and which permits the ginning and bat-forming devices to be operated continuously which accumulated the cotton in light and fleecy condition during the covering and removal of the bales, which feeds the cotton from the accumulator to the baling apparatus whenever this is desired.” (Lines 68-75) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 18, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun
Patent for an automatic gun which automatically sends the next cartridge to the gun barrel after firing.
Date:
May 18, 1909
Creator:
Lovelace, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Engine
Patent for a compound railroad engine. This design is capable of operating under conditions resulting from an accident, the ability to start under full load via live steam to both the high and low pressure cylinders, and its working parts may be operated with one or both compounds. Illustration included.
Date:
June 18, 1907
Creator:
Symons, Wilson E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Annuciator
Patent for an annunciator. "This invention is designed for use in connection with a complete traction system" (lines 13-14). The design drives instruments via a train air system so that air pressure is constantly maintained. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake, Lighting, and Signaling System for Railway-Trains
Patent for an electrical system which provides air brake, lighting, and signaling mechanisms for trains. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machine.
Patent for “a new and improved well-drilling machine adapted to be driven by horse-power and arranged to permit of actuating the drilling tools for drilling purposes and to allow of conveniently and quickly raising the tools from the well…” (lines 8-14) including illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1902
Creator:
Moore, Robert Burns
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Cane Cultivator
Patent for Cotton and Cane Cultivator. Laterally-movable hoe that can be thrown in and out of action.
Date:
October 18, 1902
Creator:
Dodd, John A. & Dodd, J. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device
Patent for an amusement device. This invention is designed as an apparatus for a swing, a trapeze, a horizontal bar, and seesaw. Illustration included.
Date:
December 18, 1906
Creator:
Haye, August, of San Antonio, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter.
Patent for improvements to the construction of corn and cotton planters that are ridden by the user, illustrated.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Boyd, Joseph Lonzo & Gillis, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretchers. Illustration included.
Date:
December 18, 1906
Creator:
Bradshaw, Richard A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yielding Power-Coupling
Patent for a yielding power coupling to connect power units in cars to form a complete system. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Screen.
Patent for window screens with frames, side members and end members that can be fixed, detached and adjusted.
Date:
April 18, 1905
Creator:
McGlamery, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretching Implement
Patent for a wire stretching implement. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 18, 1904
Creator:
Smith, Isaac
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater.
Patent for a compact gas powered water heater that runs the water through firmly attached tubes that expand and contract with the water temperature and are placed in between heating elements. The machine can also be packed with ice to cool water in the tubes.
Date:
June 18, 1907
Creator:
Haynie, Brooks
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Screen
Patent for well screen to prevent entrance. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 18, 1904
Creator:
Stancliff, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for an improvement to the "construction of windmills and to provide means for varying the stroke of a windmill with the velocity or force of the wind, to increase the length of the stroke as the velocity of the wind increases, and to reduce the length of stroke as the force of the wind abates." (lines 10-16)
Date:
November 18, 1902
Creator:
Tinney, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lister-Sweep.
Patent for a lister sweep for cultivators with improved teeth.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
Burns, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen
Patent for a well screen to prevent the entrance of sand or gravel into the wall of a deep well.
Date:
June 18, 1907
Creator:
Stancliff, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leather-Working Machine.
Patent for a leather working machine, which fully finishes leather straps.
Date:
May 18, 1909
Creator:
Russell, Frank K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History