Apparatus for Cooking by Superheated Steam. (open access)

Apparatus for Cooking by Superheated Steam.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for cooking by using superheated steam. “A boiler which is supported by a fire-box. An oven is mounted on the boiler and provide with a plurality of compartments and ventilators. A drip-pipe, and a pipe connected to the boiler and circulated through the fire-box and extended up to the oven, and provided with a plurality of valves for supplying the compartments of the oven with superheated steam.” (Page 2, line 25-34) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Harrington, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weeding Machine (open access)

Weeding Machine

Patent for a weeding machine to run between rows of crops. Illustration included.
Date: March 29, 1904
Creator: Lloyd, William Daniel & Steck, E. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella and Sunshade (open access)

Umbrella and Sunshade

Patent for an umbrella and sunshade. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Gra, Hernando B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer. This invention is an inexpensive attachment with burners to burn insects between rows. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Smith, Needham
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wire Finder (open access)

Trolley Wire Finder

Patent for a trolley wire finder. This invention to improvements in trolley-wire finders, and more particularly to its attachment to trolley-poles and trolley-harps as a means of assistance in guiding the trolley wheel has been shifted from or slipped off said trolley-wire and is of advantage as a means of saving time." (8-16). Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Barnhusrt, William
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
Tooth Cleaning Implement (open access)

Tooth Cleaning Implement

Patent for a tooth cleaning implement. This invention is designed to get between the teeth. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Bessonet, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mouse Trap (open access)

Mouse Trap

Patent for a mouse trap. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Ray, Thomas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for an improvement of a mechanical operated gate. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Burkhardt, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Breaking Device (open access)

Horse Breaking Device

Patent for a horse breaking device. This invention is designed to break the horses without balking. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Bump, James G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governing Mechanism (open access)

Governing Mechanism

Patent for a governing mechanism. This invention relates to governing a plurality of engines in unison. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Ball, Philip De C. & Wakefield, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen (open access)

Screen

Patent for a screen. This invention is designed to allow for an adjustable screen to over come inequalities and inaccuracies of the window frame. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Pinkham, Delmar D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen (open access)

Screen

Patent for a screen. This invention comprises a class of window screens with metal frames. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Pinkham, Delmar D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Temporary Binder (open access)

Temporary Binder

Patent for temporary binder. Illustration included.
Date: March 29, 1904
Creator: Exline, Marcus Page
System: The Portal to Texas History
Food Composition (open access)

Food Composition

Patent for food composition. This invention is designed to resemble Italian paste or macaroni.
Date: March 1, 1904
Creator: Dreiss, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Harrow (open access)

Rotary Harrow

Patent for a rotary harrow. Illustration included.
Date: March 29, 1904
Creator: Graves, John N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a water pump. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Park, Henry Jackson & Darrough, Rufus Clark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows by providing readily-operable means for adjusting the plow-shovel on the standard, to facilitate adjustment of the shovel and of the gage with relation to each other, thereby to vary the cut of the shovel, to improve the means for holding the gage assembled with the standard, and generally to simplify and increase the efficiency of plows of this character. (Lines 14-21) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Wilson, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feeding Attachment For Pneumatic Conveyers (open access)

Feeding Attachment For Pneumatic Conveyers

Patent for a feeding attachment for pneumatic conveyers. Illustrations included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Sonendrinker, Edward Thomas & Coleman, Matthew Walton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a durable cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Porter, Harrison B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for an improvement in cultivators. This invention is designed to vary the distance between the cultivator-beams. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Eddy, William Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for baling press. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Robburts, George W.; Lemaster, Mike C. & Lemaster, Henry H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and  Weeder (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Weeder

Patent for a cotton chopper and weeder. Illustration included.
Date: March 29, 1904
Creator: Stewart, John Hanibal
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Stirrup. (open access)

Safety-Stirrup.

Patent for improvements in safety-stirrups by providing a device to release the rider’s foot safely if the rider accidentally fall from a horse; and means to retain the movable member of the stirrup in its closed or open position. (Lines 10-17) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Parrish, Ezekiel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History