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Composition of Matter. (open access)

Composition of Matter.

Patent for a briquet fuel formula made primarily from lignite and other derived products, which is cheaper to produce than other formulas.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Lohmann, August Samuel Frederic
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder (open access)

Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder

Patent for a combined whip socket and rein holder. Illustration included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Jacobs, Phillip
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling for Connecting Plows Tandem. (open access)

Coupling for Connecting Plows Tandem.

Patent for a coupling for holdings plows together that allows for the plows to be close together, easily turned, and lets each plow perform its full function uninhibited by the other plows.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Brooks, John L. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Top for Vehicles. (open access)

Canopy-Top for Vehicles.

Patent for a canopy top for vehicles, which can be adjusted to different angles and is light but sturdy.
Date: November 23, 1909
Creator: Reid, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check Book Cover (open access)

Check Book Cover

Patent for a check book cover. Illustrations included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Templeton, David A.; Exline, Marcus P. & Bourke, Edmund
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Grubbing, Subsoiling, and Turning Plow (open access)

Combined Grubbing, Subsoiling, and Turning Plow

Patent for a combined grubbing, subsoiling, and turning plow. Illustration included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Toler, Henry Wilson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Balance Attachment for Windmills. (open access)

Automatic Balance Attachment for Windmills.

Patent for an automatic balance device for windmills that attaches to the pump-rod.
Date: December 23, 1902
Creator: Terry, Blake
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Display Figures (open access)

Attachment for Display Figures

Patent for an attachment for display figures that fills out the sleeves of a garment.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Beyette, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cane-Header. (open access)

Cane-Header.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in cane headers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Easley, William Dudley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scrubber And Mop. (open access)

Combined Scrubber And Mop.

Patent for the combination of a scrubber, a mop, and a water receptacle to supply the cleansing liquid to the surface that is being cleaned and it provides a mechanism for wringing the mop.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Lee, Bryant
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Retainer (open access)

Buggy-Top Retainer

Patent for a buggy top retainer designed to keep the top of a buggy stable as it is driving over rough terrain. Illustrations included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Allison, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling (open access)

Coupling

Patent for a coupler designed to connect the pipes of train cars. Illustrations included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Mc.Millan, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Yoke Or Poke. (open access)

Animal Yoke Or Poke.

Patent for a new and useful animal yoke or poke, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Worley, Frank Athar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Switch Indicator (open access)

Automatic Switch Indicator

Patent for an automatic switch indicator. This invention is designed to "prevent accidents resulting from misplaced switches, due to the carelessness of the railroad employees or the inability of the engineer to see the customary track-signals" (line 14-19). Illustrations included.
Date: October 23, 1906
Creator: Coffin, Edward F.; Shaw, Carey & Green, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator, Harrow, and Planter (open access)

Combined Cultivator, Harrow, and Planter

Patent for "agricultural implements in which a single frame is utilized to support various kinds of mechanisms, and in the present invention there is included a frame of simple and improved construction adapted for carrying and to be used in connection with earth-engaging, implements, such as harrow-teeth and cultivator blades, as well as rollers, for the purpose of crushing clods and leveling the surface of the land." (lines 8-18). Includes description and illustrations.
Date: November 23, 1905
Creator: Johnson, Alfred Butler
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn Harvesting Machine (open access)

Corn Harvesting Machine

Patent for a corn harvesting machine. "This invention relates to corn-harvesting machines of that class which are provided with cutting apparatus for severing stalks, with carrying apparatus for conveying the stalks in a standing or upright position to the point of discharge, with binding apparatus for tying the stalks into bundles" (lines 8-14). Illustration included.
Date: October 23, 1906
Creator: Tilson, William Henderson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner. (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner.

Patent for new and useful improvements in Crude-Oil Burners which provide a novel constructions that may be utilized in many locations.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Pippin, John William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caurbureter for Explosive-Motors (open access)

Caurbureter for Explosive-Motors

Patent for a carburetor for explosive motors designed with a measuring chamber for liquid hydro-carbon and a mixing chamber to regulate the amount of liquid hydrocarbon used to enrich the body of incoming air. Illustrations included.
Date: February 23, 1909
Creator: Slaughter, George W., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet-Cistern and Valve Therefor (open access)

Closet-Cistern and Valve Therefor

Patent for "a cistern which needs no valve to start the siphon to work and to construct a valve which can be operated by a rod which runs up through the supply-pipe, thus doing away with the stuffing-box for a rod for operating the valve" (lines 11-16).
Date: April 23, 1901
Creator: Wilkes, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle. (open access)

Bicycle.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in bicycles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: White, Edward Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Armored Tread for Pneumatic Tires (open access)

Armored Tread for Pneumatic Tires

Patent for an armored tread pneumatic tires to protect from punctures. Illustrations included.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Sims, Bona
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Frame. (open access)

Bicycle-Frame.

Patent for a new and useful bicycle frame, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 23, 1899
Creator: Mills, Virgel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cattle-Guard and Halter. (open access)

Combined Cattle-Guard and Halter.

Patent for a combined cattle guard and halter, which prevents cattle from breaking through a fence while allowing them freedom of movement.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Owens, Delona D. & Steele, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band-Cutter (open access)

Band-Cutter

Patent for band-cutters “designed for facilitating the cutting of bale-bands” (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Manly, James S.
System: The Portal to Texas History