Apparatus for Molding Pipe (open access)

Apparatus for Molding Pipe

Patent for device that allows multiple sized pipes or pipe sections to be milded.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Bergstrom, Otto
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Lister or Breaking Plow and Seed Planter (open access)

Combined Lister or Breaking Plow and Seed Planter

Patent for Combined Lister or Breaking Plow and Seed-Planter.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Sylvester, C.T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Heather. (open access)

Combination-Heather.

Patent for combination-heater in which it can be submerged directly in a body of water contained in any open-top vessel, such as a bath-hub, bucket or other receptacle for the purpose of raising the temperature of the water to a desired degree. (Lines 12-16) Illustration is included.
Date: March 24, 1903
Creator: Mansfield, Charles Augustus & Hayes, George Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Stanchion. (open access)

Cattle-Stanchion.

Patent for improvements in cattle-stanchions in “which the animal can be released from without its stall, so that the attendant will not have to enter such stall or be subjected to any of the inconveniences of dangers arising therefrom.” (Lines 13-17) Illustration is included.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Garrett, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a device that stretches wire, specifically for fence construction.
Date: March 24, 1903
Creator: Cox, Caine Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Sash. (open access)

Window Sash.

Patent for an improvement on window sashes allowing for easily removable window panes. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Beazley, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Grinding Disks. (open access)

Machine for Grinding Disks.

Patent for improvements in grinding-machines in which it can “hold the disk rigidly at a desired angle and can be adjusted from or toward a grinding device;” (lines 13-15) by using a “combination of an adjustable gear, a grinding-wheel and means for imparting motion from the grinding-wheel to the gear; of a spring-pressed roller above the gear and adapted to hold a disk thereon in contact with the wheel.” (Page 2, lines 65-70) Illustration is included.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Shipp, Abijah T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Laundry-Bag. (open access)

Laundry-Bag.

Patent for Laundry Bag, This patent is about a unique form of laundry bag which can be used as a typical laundry bag while handing it to Laundry and can be then treated as a wrapper while returning it to customer.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Bourne, Edward, Jr
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap (open access)

Insect-Trap

Patent for an insect trap.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Estep, Samuel Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Projectile. (open access)

Projectile.

Patent for improvements in projectiles is to positively insure the explosion of the projectile at any desired point and the action is more reliable than is the case with time-fuses, where exact results cannot be insured, or with impact-projectiles, which explode when they come into contact with the armor. (Page 2, lines 12-18) Illustration is included.
Date: March 24, 1903
Creator: Densler, Nat
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Cotton-Conveyer. (open access)

Pneumatic Cotton-Conveyer.

Patent for "an improvement in pneumatic cotton-conveyers, particularly with relation to means for putting the exhaust-pipe which leads to the elevator in communication with either of a series of intake-pipes at will and for relieving the partial vacuum caused by the operation of the exhaust-fan at will." (lines 8-14)
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Richmond, George Eustace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Generating Oil-Burner. (open access)

Generating Oil-Burner.

Patent for improvements in “generating oil-burners” by connecting a combination of tubes, pipes and casings to direct and regulate the oil flows to the burner. It can also control the amount of steam to be discharged to properly effect the burning of the oil. Illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Spiller, Philip Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet Seat Catch (open access)

Closet Seat Catch

Patent for a closet seat catch.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Alexander, Francis Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Higgins, James Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically Operating Door (open access)

Electrically Operating Door

Patent for electrically operating door.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Chambers, Joseph, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Starting or Stopping Mechanism for Windmills (open access)

Starting or Stopping Mechanism for Windmills

Patent for a starting or topping mechanism for windmills.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Wheeler, T. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain Drying Means. (open access)

Grain Drying Means.

Patent for a new mechanism for bulk drying grain. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Liles, La Fayette W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Gas-Engine (open access)

Compound Gas-Engine

Patent for a compound gas-engine.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Babled, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Winding-Indicator for Watches (open access)

Winding-Indicator for Watches

Patent for a winding-indicator for watches.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Mistrot, Felix Emile
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tag (open access)

Tag

Patent for a tag.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Crosby, Robert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post (open access)

Fence-Post

Patent for a fence post
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Wherry, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Attachment (open access)

Type-Writer Attachment

Patent for a type-writer attachment.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: King, William V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat and Coat Hanger (open access)

Hat and Coat Hanger

Patent for a wall mounted structure on which a hat or coat can be stored.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Krezdorn, Herman A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Alarm System (open access)

Electrical Alarm System

Patent for an electrical alarm system based on a protected circuit that alarms at any tampering or interference.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Coerver, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History