Wave-Motor. (open access)

Wave-Motor.

Patent for a new and useful wave motor, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Walker, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve Gear For Pneumatic Cotton-Feeders. (open access)

Valve Gear For Pneumatic Cotton-Feeders.

Patent for a new and improved valve gear for pneumatic cotton feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Williams, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Distilling Apparatus (open access)

Water Distilling Apparatus

Patent for a water distilling apparatus. This invention is designed for condensing steam into distilled water. Additionally, the design is meant to separate empyreumatic gases from the water vapor during the distillation process. Illustration included.
Date: March 5, 1907
Creator: Lazenby, Robert S. & Lazenby, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Touch Regulating Attachment For Pianos (open access)

Touch Regulating Attachment For Pianos

Patent for a touch regulating attachment for pianos. This invention regulates the touch of the instrument to effect the tension or stiffness of the keys. Illustration included.
Date: March 29, 1904
Creator: Harriss, Langdon & Kendall, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole. (open access)

Trolley-Pole.

Patent for a trolley pole, which attaches easily to the wire and can be placed on it by the operator without him leaving his station on the trolley.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Barr, George T., Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Stock. (open access)

Gun-Stock.

Patent for an improved wooden stock for firearms which combines maximum lightness and strength, may be produced at reduced cost, and is adapted for convenient and advantageous manipulation for defensive purposes.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Cole, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Barrel. (open access)

Gun-Barrel.

Patent for improvement in small firearms. The gun combines a cylindrical breech and with an elliptical bore in order to increase the projectile’s impact and stabilize its trajectory. The invention uses an ordinary ball cartridge, improving upon an earlier patent by the inventor. Detailed explanation and illustrations included.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Cole, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Attachment (open access)

Type-Writer Attachment

Patent for a type-writer attachment.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: King, William V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter. (open access)

Seed-Planter.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seed planters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1900
Creator: Ingram, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring Machine. (open access)

Rotary Boring Machine.

Patent for a rotary boring machine, which automatically sends out of the machine mud it digs up and can have the rotary pinion easily removed.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Wiggs, James A., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Explosive-Engine. (open access)

Rotary Explosive-Engine.

Patent for a rotary explosive engine which minimizes the waste of power.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Walker, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Filling Machine. (open access)

Mattress-Filling Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combined extensible and multiple machine for making mattresses and the like, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: White, Charles Willis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine (open access)

Mattress-Making Machine

Patent for a machine designed to improve the creation of mattresses, with the intent of making them of uniform length, width, depth, and amount of stuffing.
Date: March 11, 1901
Creator: White, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Awning. (open access)

Metallic Awning.

Patent for improvement in metallic awning by using a plurality of toggle-bars pivoted together and connected to the house, awning-plates carried by toggle-bars, straps provided with a stud and slot, respectively, connected to the lower member of the toggle-frame to prevent it from opening downward too far. A cord connected to the toggle-bars for raising or lowering the awning. (Page. 2, lines 8-17) Illustration is included.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Cornitius, Ernst
System: The Portal to Texas History
Picking And Cleaning Machine. (open access)

Picking And Cleaning Machine.

Patent for a new and improved picking and cleaning machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: White, Charles Willis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Collar Rolling Machine (open access)

Horse Collar Rolling Machine

Patent for horse collar rolling machines. Illustrations included.
Date: March 21, 1905
Creator: Goodman, Forest Eduard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holder. (open access)

Copy-Holder.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in copy holders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Scarborough, George Moore
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buttonhole Cutter or Shears. (open access)

Buttonhole Cutter or Shears.

Patent for a buttonhole cutter or shears, which has an adjustable stop for creating buttonholes of different sizes.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Barr, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History