Chicken-Roost. (open access)

Chicken-Roost.

Patent for a chicken roost, which has a receptacle for droppings that is easily cleaned.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Kaneaster, Henry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Lift. (open access)

Water-Lift.

Patent for a water lift for wells, which can be easily removed from the well for cleaning.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering Mechanism for Motor-Plows. (open access)

Steering Mechanism for Motor-Plows.

Patent for a steering mechanism for motorized plows.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Hill, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pan-Lifter. (open access)

Pan-Lifter.

Patent for a pan lifter, which attaches securely to the pan and can be used to move hot pans in the oven.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Edwards, Elzy E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment (open access)

Harrow Attachment

Patent for a harrow attachment. Illustration included.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Jackson, Merriott A. & Bristow, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rake. (open access)

Rake.

Patent for a rake for raking machine for cleaning fields of stalks or trash.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Jones, William Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness-Hanger. (open access)

Harness-Hanger.

Patent for a harness hanger, which prevents the harnesses from getting tangled.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Taylor, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Spike. (open access)

Railroad-Spike.

Patent for a railroad spike, which is securely anchored in the tracks.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Butts, Carl K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plunger. (open access)

Plunger.

Patent for a plunger for water and oil wells, which will withstand heavy use.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Karnes, Harry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jeweler's Pliers. (open access)

Jeweler's Pliers.

Patent for jeweler's pliers for settings rings, which prevent slipping.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Feagle, Balfour
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevating-Truck. (open access)

Elevating-Truck.

Patent for invention to "improve the construction of elevating-trucks and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive apparatus adapted to be readily moved from one place to another and capable of enabling bales, boxes and the like to be readily lifted from the ground or other supporting-surface and raised to a convenient position for loading such freight upon a wagon or other conveyance" (p. 1, lines 10-18).
Date: September 14, 1900
Creator: Penick, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Cleaning Tank (open access)

Self-Cleaning Tank

Patent for a self cleaning water tank.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Vogler, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sad-Iron-Facing Machine. (open access)

Sad-Iron-Facing Machine.

Patent for a sad iron facing machine, which grinds and polishes iron with a lateral movement rather than a straight one that speeds up the process and prevents gumming of the machine.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Dorsey, Royal H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cross-Head (open access)

Cross-Head

Patent for a cross-head for piston pumps which helps prevent breakage of the other pump parts.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Dubuque, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate (open access)

Crate

Patent for a cylindrical crate. Illustration included.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Burwell, Charles B.
System: The Portal to Texas History