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Placket - Fastener. (open access)

Placket - Fastener.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in placket holders.
Date: February 22, 1898
Creator: McCauley, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Street-Car and Air-Brake Coupling (open access)

Combined Street-Car and Air-Brake Coupling

Patent for a combined street-car and air-brake coupling.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Cary, Lewis C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Handling Apparatus. (open access)

Cotton-Handling Apparatus.

Patent for a new cotton-handling apparatus with cleaning mechanisms and a storage-house, including illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Tidwell, Albert F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annuciator (open access)

Annuciator

Patent for an annunciator. "This invention is designed for use in connection with a complete traction system" (lines 13-14). The design drives instruments via a train air system so that air pressure is constantly maintained. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
CHURN (open access)

CHURN

Patent for the improvement of a churn. The churn has a detachable support and a closure for the upper end of the body of the churn.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: HARRISON, DAVID M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for a cylinder shaped animal trap for small furry animals.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Fikes, Benjamin M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed (open access)

Bed

Patent for a single bed that can be converted into a double bed. Illustrations included.
Date: February 28, 1911
Creator: Lockhart, Samuel R.
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
Air-Brake, Lighting, and Signaling System for Railway-Trains (open access)

Air-Brake, Lighting, and Signaling System for Railway-Trains

Patent for an electrical system which provides air brake, lighting, and signaling mechanisms for trains. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arc-Lamp Headlight (open access)

Arc-Lamp Headlight

Patent for an electric arc headlight for trains, cars, or boats which produces a steady light and lasts long enough to allow travel over long distances.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Lacy, Benjamin B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer (open access)

Automatic Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer

Patent for an automatic mailbag catcher and deliverer. Illustrations included.
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Koch, Rudolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-truck. (open access)

Car-truck.

Patent for trucks for railway-cars "of simple and durable construction the parts of which are connected together without the use of bolts" (lines 10-12).
Date: February 26, 1901
Creator: Rouy, Gustave
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Turning and Leveling Plow. (open access)

Combined Turning and Leveling Plow.

Patent for an improved combined turning and leveling plow.
Date: February 9, 1901
Creator: Collins, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an aeroplane. Illustrations included.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Goodrich, Luman L., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bank - Protecting Device. (open access)

Bank - Protecting Device.

Patent for a new and useful bank-protecting device.
Date: February 1, 1898
Creator: Hinkle, George J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Valve Cage for Air-Brake Pumps (open access)

Air-Valve Cage for Air-Brake Pumps

Patent for an air valve cage for air brake pumps which reduces the wear on the air brake pump and substantially reduces the maintenance costs of the system.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Mattingly, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conveyer (open access)

Conveyer

Patent for a conveyer system in use with threshing machines. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: Richmond, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke. (open access)

Animal-Poke.

Patent for a device that prevents animals such as cows from tearing down fences.
Date: February 12, 1901
Creator: Specht, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Butt-Cutter (open access)

Butt-Cutter

Patent for a machine designed to cut off the butt ends of cereal sheaves should they become wet or muddy. Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Janes, Ivey & Lanaux, Alfred A.
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
Apparatus for Electrostatic-Magnetic Separation (open access)

Apparatus for Electrostatic-Magnetic Separation

Patent for an electrostatic-magnetic separator for separating particles in a mass.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fish-Hook (open access)

Automatic Fish-Hook

Patent for a fish hook designed to catch the fish by its head when it takes the bait. Illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1909
Creator: Timmons, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Multiple Fuse Block (open access)

Automatic Multiple Fuse Block

Patent for an automatic multiple fuse block. This invention is "provided a normally inactive shunt circuit through which, when a fuse is blown, the current is diverted to an electro-mechanical means which, when the rush of current causing the fuse to blow" (16-21). Illustration included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Corn Chopper. (open access)

Cotton and Corn Chopper.

Patent for an "attachment to a cultivator to chop or thin corn, cotton, and other drilled plants at the same time it is being plowed and without interfering in the work of the cultivator" (lines 14-18).
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Graham, Daniel O.
System: The Portal to Texas History