Amusement Device (open access)

Amusement Device

Patent for an amusement device. This invention is designed as an apparatus for a swing, a trapeze, a horizontal bar, and seesaw. Illustration included.
Date: December 18, 1906
Creator: Haye, August, of San Antonio, Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretchers. Illustration included.
Date: December 18, 1906
Creator: Bradshaw, Richard A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Lifting-Jack.

Patent for improved construction of lifting jacks with a "vertically-movable screw and capable of enabling the jack to be readily connected with an object at the base of it, whereby the range of the lifting-jack will be materially increased" (lines 14-18).
Date: December 18, 1900
Creator: Sanders, John Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well casing (open access)

Well casing

Patent for a well-casing for a strainer.
Date: December 18, 1900
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Touch Regulating Attachment For Pianos (open access)

Touch Regulating Attachment For Pianos

Patent for a touch regulating attachment for pianos. This invention contributes to the elasticity and responsiveness of the pianos action. Illustration included.
Date: December 18, 1906
Creator: Harriss, Langdon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Supplemental Bed and Guide Attachment (open access)

Supplemental Bed and Guide Attachment

Patent for a supplemental bed and guide attachment. Illustration included.
Date: December 18, 1906
Creator: Heckel, Albert F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Cleaner (open access)

Gin Saw Cleaner

Patent for gin saw cleaner. This invention operates on the cotton bulbs when they are damp and cling to the saw blade. Illustrations included.
Date: December 18, 1906
Creator: Henderson, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Germ-Destroyer for Telephone-Mouthpieces. (open access)

Germ-Destroyer for Telephone-Mouthpieces.

Patent for destroying disease causing germs in the mouth-piece of a telephone.
Date: December 18, 1900
Creator: Lacey, Lewis Lorenzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for hay presses with "a construction operable by horse-power in which the plunger will be operated as the sweep is moved in both directions and in which, furthermore, there will be an efficiency of operation and an economy of power" (lines 11-16).
Date: December 18, 1900
Creator: Bryant, Edward R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shutter Fastener (open access)

Shutter Fastener

Patent for a shutter fastener. Illustration included.
Date: December 18, 1906
Creator: Williams, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crank For Drilling Machines (open access)

Crank For Drilling Machines

Patent for a crank used with drilling machines. Illustration included.
Date: December 18, 1906
Creator: Engleman, John Hickman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder (open access)

Copy Holder

Patent for a copy holder. This invention is designed to hold a manuscript so as allow for ease of reading. Illustration included.
Date: December 18, 1906
Creator: Sharp, Joshua H. & Haberzettle, Fred S.
System: The Portal to Texas History