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Saw-Filing Machine
Patent for a Saw-Filing Machine. "This invention relates to saw-filing machines; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective device of this character which is adapted to sharpen with accuracy and rapidity the teeth of different kinds of saws." (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Smith, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Pipe
Patent for device that allows multiple sized pipes or pipe sections to be milded.
Date:
March 17, 1903
Creator:
Bergstrom, Otto
Object Type:
Patent
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard
Patent for a cattle guard. This cattle guard is a useful improvement in use on railway-tracks.
Date:
September 15, 1903
Creator:
Frownfelter, George C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band-Tightener.
Patent for a lever used to tighten the bands on bales of cotton or other materials, including illustrations.
Date:
July 7, 1903
Creator:
Mullane, Dennis.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Relief Valve for Pneumatic Seed Cotton Distributers.
Patent for a valve that attaches to a flue upon a pneumatic-seed cotton distributor. Includes illustrations.
Date:
January 6, 1903
Creator:
Wade, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Electroplating Small Metallic Articles.
Patent for "apparatus for electroplating small metallic articles, and more particularly certain small clamps used in building fences" (lines 8-11), including illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Shelton, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAR-COUPLING
Patent for a Car-Coupling. "This invention relates to car-couplings of the Janney type..." (lines 9-10) including illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Yeiser, John Clarke
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Sash-Lock
Patent for an improvement on sash locks or fasteners for a window frame to allow two sashes to be controlled by one sash.
Date:
June 16, 1903
Creator:
Miller, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bank-Ledger
Patent for a Bank-Ledger
Date:
February 10, 1903
Creator:
Ford, Earle
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Device for Sucker-Rods.
Patent for a rod sleeve to protect the rod joints from damage or bending. The design also includes rollers to keep the rods centered in the casing to eliminate rubbing.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Black, William L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Artificial Fuel.
Patent for artificial fuel by using coals called “lignite”, grinded it and add other ingredients to it. Formula, measurements and method of mixing is included. No illustration.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Lohmann, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard
Patent for a cattle-guard on railroad tracks.
Date:
January 20, 1903
Creator:
Richardson, Columbus John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device
Patent for Advertising Device
Date:
July 28, 1903
Creator:
Smith, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Stanchion.
Patent for improvements in cattle-stanchions in “which the animal can be released from without its stall, so that the attendant will not have to enter such stall or be subjected to any of the inconveniences of dangers arising therefrom.” (Lines 13-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 10, 1903
Creator:
Garrett, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters
Patent for "an improved check-row attachment for corn-planting machines, the object of my invention being to provide an efficient mechanism for actuating the seed-dropping mechanism of the corn-planter and which my be operated by the feet of the driver or by a check-wire in such manner as to cause the seeds to be planted in check-rows." (lines 8-15) including illustrations.
Date:
June 9, 1903
Creator:
Agee, George S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
PRINTER'S QUOIN
Patent for Printer's Quoin. "The invention relates to printers' lock-ups; and its object is to provide a new and improved printer's quoin..." (lines 8-10) and illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Decker, William Scott
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock Calendar
Patent for a clock calendar.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Woods, Jesse Leroy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Controlling Trolley Poles
Patent for an apparatus for controlling trolley poles. "This invention relates to an apparatus for controlling trolley poles employed for effecting electrical connection between a trolley wire and a motor on a car, and has for its object to provide improved means for automatically throwing the trolley into position to be placed in engagement with the trolley wire" (line 9-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Bogue, Judson L. & Jennings, David M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Mechanism for Tanks.
Patent for Cleaning Mechanism for Tanks.
Date:
May 19, 1903
Creator:
Hogg, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve or Cut-Off for Tanks
Patent for Valve or Cut-off for Tanks. Improved valve or cut-off for tanks especially discharge valves. Few parts, easy to assemble, easy to operate, intended for extended use.
Date:
July 2, 1903
Creator:
Leithauser, Peter Jerome; Leithauser, Peter J. & Leithauser, P. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anchor Post
Patent for an anchor post. This invention is designed to resist any lateral or longitudinal strain. Illustration included.
Date:
November 17, 1903
Creator:
Small, Wily & Brock, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman's Wednesday Club Minutes, 1903-1905]
Minutes from weekly meetings of the Woman's Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Texas, containing club business, motions, and events. Includes a book of club information and bylaws.
Date:
1903/1905
Creator:
Woman's Wednesday Club
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extermination of Boll-Weevil.
Patent for Apparatus for Extermination of Boll Weevil. A vehicle which can carry a furnace to generate noxious fumes with insecticides and cool those fumes to produce a toxic atmosphere around effected plants.
Date:
May 4, 1903
Creator:
Taylor, James Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History