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
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
Inking-Roller for Printing-Presses. (open access)

Inking-Roller for Printing-Presses.

Patent for an inking roller for printing presses, which reduces ink waste by only putting ink on the type.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Munzesheimer, Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Lifting-Jack.

Patent for an improved lifting jack, which "can be quickly placed beneath the axle of a vehicle and easily removed therefrom" (lines 14-16).
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: Adair, Benjamin Lockett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper Attachment. (open access)

Stalk-Chopper Attachment.

Patent for rotating stalk-chopper attachment, including illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Nix, Spencer W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land Boller (open access)

Land Boller

Patent for a land roller. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Harry, Owen K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener (open access)

Hame Fastener

Patent for a hame fastener. The function of this invention is to permit ready attachment to and the removal of. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1903
Creator: Dodson, Roy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Four-Horse Evener for Wheel-Plows (open access)

Four-Horse Evener for Wheel-Plows

Patent for a four horse evener for wheel plows that improves disk or moldboard. It corrects the plows tendency to swing when met with the ground and utilizes the same force to relieve strain from the horses.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Wolcott, Oliver P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically Energized Fence (open access)

Electrically Energized Fence

Patent for an electrically energized fence. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: McNair, Albert Duy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal (open access)

Signal

Patent for a signal. This invention provides a signal for display to call the milkman, iceman, laundryman, etc. when in need for service. It is designed to display panels featuring suitable names for needed services. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Marwedel, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Butter (open access)

Process of Making Butter

Patent for a process of making butter.
Date: November 1, 1904
Creator: Irwin, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Balancing Relays. (open access)

Method of Balancing Relays.

Patent for a new method for balancing relays to protect electrical circuits, an "electric-alarm circuit" (lines 13-14).
Date: December 1, 1903
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Coerver, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerating Churn (open access)

Aerating Churn

Patent for aerating churn. This design of churn is designed to aerate milk as it churns. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brush (open access)

Brush

Patent for improved functions of bath-brushes, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1905
Creator: Williams, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History