Type-Writer. (open access)

Type-Writer.

Patent for "attachments for returning the carriages of type-writers to the place of starting and for automatic spacing; and the object is to construct a device that will accomplish these results without in any way interfering with the working of a type-writer and by which the type-writer carriage can be sent back to the first position from any point without the necessity of going to the end of its beat" (lines 7-16).
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Fry, Fred H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knife (open access)

Knife

Patent for a knife used for cutting grass and shrubbery. Illustrations included.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Baggett, Robert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Cutter. (open access)

Vegetable-Cutter.

Patent for a vegetable cutter that cuts cleanly, rapidly, and with force.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Baggett, Robert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lantern (open access)

Lantern

Patent for a flame lantern. Illustrations included.
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: Trevino, Abundio
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Variable Float-Shaft Bearing for Cotton-Seed-Linting Machines (open access)

Variable Float-Shaft Bearing for Cotton-Seed-Linting Machines

Patent for a shaft bearing designed to regulate and maintain the density of the cotton seed rolls in linting machines. Illustrations included.
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: Rosson, Joseph Linville
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lemon Juice Extractor (open access)

Lemon Juice Extractor

Patent for a lemon juice extractor. Illustration included.
Date: May 2, 1905
Creator: Conroy, Eliza D. & Jobe, L. D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon (open access)

Wagon

Patent for a wagon. This invention provides new and improved running gear. Illustrations included.
Date: May 24, 1904
Creator: Emberger, Ferdinand
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inhaler and Respirator (open access)

Inhaler and Respirator

Patent for a flame used inhaler and respirator. Illustration included.
Date: May 3, 1904
Creator: Swindell, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Frame. (open access)

Lifting-Frame.

Patent for a lifting frame for hoisting engines, which allows a car to be put under the engine easily.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Knox, Hiram
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck. (open access)

Truck.

Patent for a strong but light steel framed truck with a beamless braking system that is affordable and easy to repair.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: McKiel, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer. Illustration included.
Date: May 3, 1904
Creator: Beasley, Henry & Huber, Gauttleb
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tubular and Drive Well Attachment (open access)

Tubular and Drive Well Attachment

Patent for an attachment for tubular well strainers. Illustrations included.
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: Stancliff, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lighting Apparatus for Vehicles. (open access)

Lighting Apparatus for Vehicles.

Patent for a useful lighting apparatus for vehicles in general by using a power-transmitting belt properly mounted on to the car-wheels to “which energy may be drawn from the wheels of the car and supplied to a lighting-dynamo.” (Lines 12-14) Illustration is included.
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Brady, Alford
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine (open access)

Vending Machine

Patent for a vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date: May 3, 1904
Creator: Stroop, George G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator-Flue. (open access)

Ventilator-Flue.

Patent for a flue made of separate parts so that it can be disassembled for more efficient transport, including illustrations.
Date: May 27, 1902
Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap Gun (open access)

Trap Gun

Patent for a trap gun. This invention is designed to "insure explosion of the charge upon the animal taking the bait and with certainty to effect shooting of game" (line 9-12). Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1904
Creator: Thomas, Isaac N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Distributing Apparatus (open access)

Water Distributing Apparatus

Patent for a water distributing apparatus. This inventions' design is for hot and cold water and used primarily in connection with heating or cooking stoves so as to utilize the heat furnished there in. Illustration included.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Sanders, Henry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cock for Water-Heaters. (open access)

Water-Cock for Water-Heaters.

Patent for a water cock for a water heater that automatically drains the water heater when the main water supply is cut off.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Simpson, Ray C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Rim. (open access)

Wheel-Rim.

Patent for improvement to wheel rims providing "means for introducing oil thereinto and distributing it throughout the whole periphery" (lines 10-12).
Date: May 27, 1902
Creator: Harville, Walter S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Train-Order Signal. (open access)

Train-Order Signal.

Patent for a train order signal, which prevents accidental clear signals from the semaphores by requiring the train order pad to be replaced before a signal can be given.
Date: May 18, 1909
Creator: Gates, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vestibule Stock-Car (open access)

Vestibule Stock-Car

Patent for a vestibule stock car designed to securely hold the doors of a vestibuled train in a manner that ensures safety. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Buckner, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a burner that uses crude petroleum as well as kerosene, or gasoline. This device works in a way to prevent the jets from clogging and produces a steady flame.
Date: May 14, 1902
Creator: Wadkins, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper Attachment. (open access)

Stalk-Chopper Attachment.

Patent for rotating stalk-chopper attachment, including illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Nix, Spencer W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine (open access)

Steam Engine

Patent for steam engine. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Hill, John A. & Hill, Melvin W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History