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Band-Cutter and Feeder
Patent for a band cutter and feeder which cuts the bands that tie bundles of grain and feeds the grain into a threshing machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 15, 1908
Creator:
Richmond, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Rake.
Patent for new stalk rake design, “especially applicable as a rake for gathering corn or cotton stalks from the ground preparatory to plowing the same or otherwise fitting it for use”, (lines 13-17) including illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Clark, Joesph Lauson
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Audiphone
Patent for a audiophone which reproduces sounds at their original volume and timbre through the use of diaphragms vibrated by an electric signal.
Date:
October 15, 1907
Creator:
Baker, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Refining Crude Petroleum
Patent for an apparatus for refining crude petroleum. This invention seeks to process oil containing burned, scorched, or charred particles. Illustration included.
Date:
March 15, 1904
Creator:
O'Neall, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Post-Hole Digger and Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a post-hole digger with a wire stretcher attached to it.
Date:
October 15, 1907
Creator:
Haynes, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pipe Clamp And Wrench
Patent for a combined pipe clamp and wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
Harris, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Switch
Patent for an automatic electric switch. This invention consists of a series of switches and a rotary switch run by electromagnetic key operating motor. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1903
Creator:
Guthrie, William S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Weevil Catcher
Patent for a boll weevil catcher. Illustration included.
Date:
March 15, 1904
Creator:
Ivy, Sanford V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an improved animal trap, primarily intended for catching wolves, that is adjustable and economical to construct.
Date:
October 15, 1907
Creator:
Jones, Isaac W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Alarm.
Patent for the automatic fire alarm system relates to a fusing wire that reacts to any heat or fire by closing circuit inside of the battery resulting in sounding off the alarm, and thus, improving the fire-alarm system structure.
Date:
March 15, 1904
Creator:
Fred, Mason K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Separator and Bagging Device for Grain
Patent for a thresher attachment that uses a suction fan to separate grain from lighter materials and allows the grain to be collected in a bag or other container.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
Henninger, Thomas C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Attachment For Cultivators
Patent for a cotton attachment for cultivators. This invention allows for the attachment to any normal cultivator of cotton attachment to cultivate cotton. Illustration included.
Date:
November 15, 1904
Creator:
Willis, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Hanger.
Patent for a window shade hanger, which can be used with different size rollers and is able to be opened from top or bottom.
Date:
October 15, 1907
Creator:
Brown, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Basket
Patent for wire basket. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Kaspar, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for improvements “in axle-nut wrenches in which the wrench comprising an angular socket portion adapted to extend partially within the wheel-hub to engage the nut,” (lines 81-83) so that the nut may be unscrewed by rotating the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Todd, James C.; Harvison, John A. & Howard, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Winding Machine
Patent for a wire winding machine. This invention is designed to place wire to support pipes. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for wire stretcher which draw fence-wire and hold the stack. This device is used mainly while working with fence-wires and supplemental tie-wires.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Halpain, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for "improvements in windmills." (lines 8-9) specifically a vertical windmill and includes five figures and an explanation of the device.
Date:
January 15, 1901
Creator:
Harris, Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Motor
Patent for windmill motor. Illustration included.
Date:
June 15, 1909
Creator:
La Bauve, Valcoure J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Blower
Patent for a well blower that is able to discharge the contents of a well at different air pressure levels. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
McEvoy, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machine
Patent for a well-drilling machine that is simple, compact and effective with general improvements over other models.
Date:
May 15, 1906
Creator:
McAfee, Claude M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History