Bank Register and Remittance Sheet (open access)

Bank Register and Remittance Sheet

Patent for a bank register and remittance sheet. Illustration included.
Date: August 23, 1904
Creator: Exline, Marcus P. & Bourke, Edmund
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Apparatus For Bleaching Lard Compounds (open access)

Apparatus For Bleaching Lard Compounds

Patent for an apparatus for bleaching lard compounds. Illustration included.
Date: November 7, 1905
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alarm Attachment for Electric Bells. (open access)

Alarm Attachment for Electric Bells.

Patent for "an Alarm Attachment for Electric Bells." "The object in view is the provision of means for facilitating the change of an ordinary door-bell into a continuously-ringing alarm apparatus, while leaving the mechanism free to be changed back into its former operative condition as a door-bell."(Lines 10-15) Including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 30, 1902
Creator: Blakeney, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Apparatus (open access)

Amusement Apparatus

Patent for a fishing game for amusement parks which has a canal of liquid agitated to form a current with pictures of fish in it that when caught get the person fishing different prizes depending on the symbol they have on them.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Pressey, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Easel (open access)

Easel

Patent for an adjustable easel.
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Mueller, Carl P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time-Switch. (open access)

Electric Time-Switch.

Patent for an electric, switch-operated construction functioning for timer-controlled circuit completions and breaks, including illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1906
Creator: Chappel, James. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ore-Conveying Surface for Electrical Separators. (open access)

Ore-Conveying Surface for Electrical Separators.

Patent for “ore-conveying surface for electrical separators, and particularly to a structure adapted for use with static electricity.” (lines 11-14) including illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1902
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth (open access)

Artificial Tooth

Patent for an artificial tooth to a gold bridge. Illustration included.
Date: September 6, 1904
Creator: Priest, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Baling-Press (open access)

Automatic Baling-Press

Patent for an automatic hay baling press which has more packing devices for feeding the hay into the press than previous versions.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Rahm, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter. (open access)

Composition of Matter.

Patent for a briquet fuel formula made primarily from lignite and other derived products, which is cheaper to produce than other formulas.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Lohmann, August Samuel Frederic
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Artificial Fuel. (open access)

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Applying Dry Hot Air to the Face (open access)

Apparatus for Applying Dry Hot Air to the Face

Patent for a hot air blowing device for blowing on the face that has adjustable temperature settings.
Date: October 1, 1907
Creator: Smith, William Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Handling Seed Cotton (open access)

Apparatus For Handling Seed Cotton

Patent for an apparatus for handling seed cotton. Illustration included.
Date: May 3, 1904
Creator: Benefield, Chauncey R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cold-Tire-Shrinking-Machine (open access)

Cold-Tire-Shrinking-Machine

Patent for a device that accomplishes cold-tire shrinking, in order to assure a snug tire fit onto any size cart wheel.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: House, Samuel N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp. (open access)

Clamp.

Patent for a new clamp to improve support functionality in household construction, including illustration.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Stevens, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
PRINTER'S QUOIN (open access)

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bathing-Hat. (open access)

Bathing-Hat.

Patent for a nearly waterproof hat that will keep the hair dry and protect the face from the sun while being both strong and durable.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Herndon, Florence E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Supplying, Heating, and Burning Crude Oil and Air (open access)

Apparatus for Supplying, Heating, and Burning Crude Oil and Air

Patent for an apparatus for supplying, heating, and burning crude oil and air for use in heating stoves.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Weaver, Henry Ellis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Tooth. (open access)

Saw-Tooth.

Patent for a new design for saw-teeth, with illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Fleming, Christopher C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chafing-Iron (open access)

Chafing-Iron

Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Labadie, Victor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Applying and Tightening Device. (open access)

Bale-Band Applying and Tightening Device.

Patent for "...an applying and tightening device for bale-bands..." (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition Fuel (open access)

Composition Fuel

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in composition fuel, the object being to produce fuel in compact form which will burn quickly, rapidly generating an intense heat, and leaving but a small quantity of a residue or ash" (lines 10-15).
Date: January 15, 1901
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anchor Post (open access)

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.
System: The Portal to Texas History