Electric Conductor (open access)

Electric Conductor

Patent for electric conductor with switch cord and plug especially designed for use with multiple electrical circuits, as with a telephone switchboard.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Weir, Welby D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard (open access)

Cattle-Guard

Patent for a cattle guard for use at railroad tracks incorporating a depressible platform connected to a closing mechanism which will impede movement of cattle across the track, but allow for unobstructed movement at other times.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Richter, Fred Otto & Richter, Gustav Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bandage. (open access)

Bandage.

Patent for bandage that prevents and/or reduces the occurrence of "double chin."
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Hardee, Virginia E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Pulley. (open access)

Well-Pulley.

Patent for a new and improved well pulley, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Foster, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a new and useful valve, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Fox, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy. (open access)

Toy.

Patent for a whirligig toy, containing a rotatable platform carrying horse and sleigh figurines that spin in the same direction.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Curtis, Zenas Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail Joint. (open access)

Railroad-Rail Joint.

Patent for new and useful improvements in railroad rail joints, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Hopping, Samuel Miller
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Coop. (open access)

Poultry-Coop.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in poultry coops, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Fisher, Charles Nicholas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saddletree. (open access)

Saddletree.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in saddletrees, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Loeloff, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rod And Fixture For Wagon End-Gates. (open access)

Rod And Fixture For Wagon End-Gates.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in end gate rods for wagons, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Simmons, Valery Evander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Attachment. (open access)

Bed Attachment.

Patent for new bed design for invalids, containing a bedpan attached in the center of the bed. The bedpan is connected to a pipe, allowing the waste to be flushed away, just like any other toilet.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Smith, Nan Elma
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chainless Bicycle. (open access)

Chainless Bicycle.

Patent for a new and useful chainless bicycle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Baker, Erle K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Coupling. (open access)

Automatic Air-Brake Coupling.

Patent for "coupling devices for connecting the air-brake hose of railway-cars" (lines 9-10) automatically, including illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Simecek, Vaclav
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn Picker and Husker. (open access)

Corn Picker and Husker.

Patent for a corn picker and husker, "wherein the ears of corn are delivered directly from the picker-arms to husking-rolls." (lines 11-13)
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Hancock, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History