Binder. (open access)

Binder.

Patent for improvements in binders in which it can “securely bind and retain a number of loose leaves, the structure of such binder enabling it to be readily attached to and removed from the packet of leaves.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Montgomery, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Torch (open access)

Acetylene Gas Torch

Patent for a acetylene gas torch. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Marsh, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cooking by Superheated Steam. (open access)

Apparatus for Cooking by Superheated Steam.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for cooking by using superheated steam. “A boiler which is supported by a fire-box. An oven is mounted on the boiler and provide with a plurality of compartments and ventilators. A drip-pipe, and a pipe connected to the boiler and circulated through the fire-box and extended up to the oven, and provided with a plurality of valves for supplying the compartments of the oven with superheated steam.” (Page 2, line 25-34) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Harrington, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Refining Crude Petroleum (open access)

Apparatus For Refining Crude Petroleum

Patent for an apparatus for refining crude petroleum. This invention seeks to process oil containing burned, scorched, or charred particles. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Ore And Slime Separator (open access)

Automatic Ore And Slime Separator

Patent for a automatic ore and slime separator. This invention is designed to separate the sand and other solid particles from water. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake (open access)

Car Brake

Patent for a rail-car brake system. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Brown, Herbert E. & Brown, Marcus L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead (open access)

Bedstead

Patent for bedsteads. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Stone, John Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Ore and Pulp Sampler (open access)

Automatic Ore and Pulp Sampler

Patent for a automatic ore and pulp sampler. This invention represents a settling tank to accumulate particles. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Urn (open access)

Coffee Urn

Patent for a coffee urn. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Peterman, Bert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Silt And Sand Separator. (open access)

Automatic Silt And Sand Separator.

Patent for an automatic silt and sand separator that settles and discharges sand, slimes and any foreign matters.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Door (open access)

Car Door

Patent for a rail-car door. This invention is in relation to 'flush doors'. Illustration includes.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Saling, Thomas W. & McKiel, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Weevil Catcher (open access)

Boll Weevil Catcher

Patent for a boll weevil catcher. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Ivy, Sanford V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Computing Yardstick (open access)

Computing Yardstick

Patent for an attachment to yardsticks in order to compute correct measurements. Illustration included.
Date: March 29, 1904
Creator: Cogburn, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Alarm. (open access)

Automatic Fire-Alarm.

Patent for the automatic fire alarm system relates to a fusing wire that reacts to any heat or fire by closing circuit inside of the battery resulting in sounding off the alarm, and thus, improving the fire-alarm system structure.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Fred, Mason K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weeding Machine (open access)

Weeding Machine

Patent for a weeding machine to run between rows of crops. Illustration included.
Date: March 29, 1904
Creator: Lloyd, William Daniel & Steck, E. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella and Sunshade (open access)

Umbrella and Sunshade

Patent for an umbrella and sunshade. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Gra, Hernando B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer. This invention is an inexpensive attachment with burners to burn insects between rows. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Smith, Needham
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wire Finder (open access)

Trolley Wire Finder

Patent for a trolley wire finder. This invention to improvements in trolley-wire finders, and more particularly to its attachment to trolley-poles and trolley-harps as a means of assistance in guiding the trolley wheel has been shifted from or slipped off said trolley-wire and is of advantage as a means of saving time." (8-16). Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Barnhusrt, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Touch Regulating Attachment For Pianos (open access)

Touch Regulating Attachment For Pianos

Patent for a touch regulating attachment for pianos. This invention regulates the touch of the instrument to effect the tension or stiffness of the keys. Illustration included.
Date: March 29, 1904
Creator: Harriss, Langdon & Kendall, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tooth Cleaning Implement (open access)

Tooth Cleaning Implement

Patent for a tooth cleaning implement. This invention is designed to get between the teeth. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Bessonet, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mouse Trap (open access)

Mouse Trap

Patent for a mouse trap. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Ray, Thomas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for an improvement of a mechanical operated gate. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Burkhardt, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Breaking Device (open access)

Horse Breaking Device

Patent for a horse breaking device. This invention is designed to break the horses without balking. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Bump, James G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governing Mechanism (open access)

Governing Mechanism

Patent for a governing mechanism. This invention relates to governing a plurality of engines in unison. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Ball, Philip De C. & Wakefield, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History