Process of Producing Barium Chlorate (open access)

Process of Producing Barium Chlorate

Patent for a new process of making substantially pure barium chlorate that will be more expeditious and less costly to carry out than those prior.
Date: September 27, 1921
Creator: Schoch, Eugene P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a gate that can be manually controlled to open and close the gate when necessary.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: White, William Eugin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Perhalates (open access)

Process of Producing Perhalates

Patent for an improved process of producing perhalates, perchlorates, and their corresponding acids.
Date: September 24, 1918
Creator: Schoch, Eugene Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Identification-Tag (open access)

Identification-Tag

Patent for metal identification tags with imprinted indicia to keep records of something. The tags are used on bale ties and will replace paper tags due to flammability.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Luthy, Joseph Anton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Cup (open access)

Oil-Cup

Patent for the improvement in oil cups adapted for jewelers' use.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Parks, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Shovel (open access)

Cultivator Shovel

Patent for a small shovel, with a blade that can be detached for repairs or replacement.
Date: September 26, 1916
Creator: Abramson, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow with three wheels designed for cotton and corn fields.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: Pearce, James Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box (open access)

Mail-Box

Patent for a mail box with an indicating flag.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Tumey, Thomas House
System: The Portal to Texas History
Commode-Seat. (open access)

Commode-Seat.

Patent for a commode/toilet seat and storage cabinet that holds multiple seats that can be used to provide individual seats for each person using the commode/toilet.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Ainsworth, Lucian M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant Valve. (open access)

Hydrant Valve.

Patent for an improved valve for hydrants that, when closed, allows water to drain out of the riser and bib, preventing freezing. Includes illustrations.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Ziller, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spool and Work Holder. (open access)

Spool and Work Holder.

Patent for a spool and work holder, which is in the shape of a bird and has places to store spools of thread, a pincushion, and a storage place for a piece of work.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Culver, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expansible Boot Tree (open access)

Expansible Boot Tree

Patent for expansible boot tree. This device is designed for the ability to stretch boots and shoes. Illustration included.
Date: September 21, 1909
Creator: Malmberg, Anders G. & Olsen, Lawrence
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle

Patent for a non-refillable bottle. Illustrations included.
Date: September 21, 1909
Creator: Daniel, Patrick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing-Float (open access)

Fishing-Float

Patent for a float that can be attached or detached from a fishing line and has been improved to prevent the line from breaking. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Von Rosenberg, William, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bracket for Desk-Telephones, &c. (open access)

Folding Bracket for Desk-Telephones, &c.

Patent for a folding telephone bracket which can be adapted to a desk and adjusted to the user's convenience. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Gerhard, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match-Safe (open access)

Match-Safe

Patent for a match safe which can contain many matches at once, but only one at a time may be withdrawn. Illustrations included.
Date: September 1, 1908
Creator: Swenson, Frank Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fluid Tempering Apparatus (open access)

Fluid Tempering Apparatus

Patent for a fluid tempering apparatus. This invention relates to rapidly heating water system using numerous small streams of water that exposes each to a heat source. Illustration included.
Date: September 11, 1906
Creator: Haynie, Brooks
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for improved planting machinery resulting in easy construction and manipulation.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Hogan, Seth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick Truck (open access)

Brick Truck

Patent for a truck that is designed to make the transportation of bricks easier as well as the transportation of other materials.
Date: September 22, 1905
Creator: Sacks, Martin Kuno
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barrel Press (open access)

Barrel Press

Patent for a barrel press.
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: Schenck, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Separable Button or Stud. (open access)

Separable Button or Stud.

Patent for invention that relates to seperable buttons or studs - such as collar and cuff buttons, shirt-studs and the like of that which the article comprises a back or base portion provided with a stem or coupling member and a head provided the means to coact therewith,... (Vrendendurgh, 1902).
Date: September 2, 1902
Creator: Vrendenburgh, J. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car coupling devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1899
Creator: Yeiser, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Needle. (open access)

Needle.

Patent for improvements in needles: "is to provide a ready means for cutting to the twine, thread, or cord carried by a needle" (lines 15-17).
Date: September 14, 1897
Creator: Posey, Robert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Culvert. (open access)

Culvert.

Patent for "a culvert which shall be so constructed that the jarring caused by the passing of trains or wagons will not impair the solidity of the culvert." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1896
Creator: Parker, William Sink
System: The Portal to Texas History