Resource Type

Combined Tie-Plate and Rail-Anticreeper. (open access)

Combined Tie-Plate and Rail-Anticreeper.

Patent for a combined railroad tie and rail anti-creeping device, which prevents the rails from spreading.
Date: December 7, 1909
Creator: Clarke, Marcus S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band-Tightener. (open access)

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.
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
Planter (open access)

Planter

Patent for a single row planter for corn or cotton. The planter is to be used in virgin soil with out any soil preparation.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Lister Plow and Planter. (open access)

Combined Lister Plow and Planter.

Patent for a combined Lister plow and planter that both breaks the ground and plants seed. Appears to be a type of early tractor.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Elevator Gate (open access)

Automatic Elevator Gate

Patent for an elevator gate that will automatically be raised or lowered upon ascent or descent of the elevator, with illustrations.
Date: October 7, 1902
Creator: McNaught, Ira S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a nut and pipe wrench. Illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Barr, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench used to remove the nuts of a vehicle wheel axle.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Ponton, Henry Ponton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Bracket. (open access)

Window-Shade Bracket.

Patent for a window shade bracket, which holds the shade straight.
Date: December 7, 1909
Creator: Brown, Colbert W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Scale (open access)

Weighing Scale

Patent for weighing scale. Illustration included.
Date: June 7, 1904
Creator: McKee, Clarence W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel (open access)

Wheel

Patent for a vehicle wheel with a rigid frame and a hub that has radical range of motion.
Date: April 7, 1903
Creator: Lasswell, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Or Door Fastener (open access)

Window Or Door Fastener

Patent for fastener used on doors or windows. Illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1905
Creator: Lovelace, Charles D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Separating Fiber from Stalks. (open access)

Machine for Separating Fiber from Stalks.

Patent for a machine that separates fibers from the stalks and leaves of a variety of plants, including ramie, flax, pineapple, and sisal.
Date: January 7, 1902
Creator: Allison, Samuel B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machinery (open access)

Well-Drilling Machinery

Patent for a machine used to drill water, oil, and gas wells. Illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle. (open access)

Vehicle-Axle.

Patent for vehicle axle that can be used as a replacement part of a worn out spindle, this invention is cost effective and efficient because it requires no welding.
Date: October 7, 1902
Creator: Cornett, Reuben B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock. (open access)

Lock.

Patent for a permutation lock with illustrations. The combination on the lock can be changed an infinite number of times by the user.
Date: October 7, 1902
Creator: Nickey, Oscar E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen Cabinet

Patent for a kitchen cabinet.
Date: June 7, 1904
Creator: Rosser, Virgil O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer. (open access)

Insect-Destroyer.

Patent for an insect destroyer for removing boll weevils and other insects from cotton or other crops.
Date: April 7, 1908
Creator: Ednall, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle (open access)

Vehicle

Patent for a vehicle. Illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1905
Creator: Boothe, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Collecting Machine. (open access)

Insect-Collecting Machine.

Patent for a machine to collect insects such as cotton-bool weevils and other pests from crops.
Date: July 7, 1903
Creator: Ferriott, Charley L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lapel-Spring for Coats. (open access)

Lapel-Spring for Coats.

Patent for improvements in lapel-springs for coats and similar articles of clothing by using a loop-shaped spring and a rod or bar pivotally connected with or hinged to both ends of the spring. It will hold the lapels of a coat or similar garment in proper position. Illustration is included.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Crow, Robert Dlouglas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer. This invention is designed to destroy boll weevils by using blowers and agitators that send the boll weevils to receptacles filled with liquid. Illustration included.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Vickers, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Try-Square. (open access)

Try-Square.

Patent for try squares which provides certain improvement in try squares. "The aim of the present improvement is to provide means for continuing a scribe or mark around the edge of a board or piece of timber to correspond to a main indication accurately on both sides without changing the position of the square, and, further, to have the main blade of the square constructed for gaging or ruling by the provision therein of apertures to receive the point of a pencil or other marking device" (lines 9-18).
Date: October 7, 1902
Creator: Pugh, Samuel Ress
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History