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Adjustable Brace for Doors or Gates and Cover for Same
Patent for an adjustable brace for doors or gates. It is designed to prevent sagging.
Date:
September 29, 1903
Creator:
Shields, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Skein.
Patent for an improved version of a certain type of axel skein or spindle holder (the kind in which a spindle with a box or housing rigidly holds a tapered axle.) This patent claims to be an improvement by “simple and inexpensive construction and in which the connections are such that the parts can be conveniently joined or separated and when joined produce a strong and durable combination” (lines 14-21).
Date:
September 29, 1903
Creator:
Cryer, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press
Patent for a cotton press.
Date:
September 29, 1903
Creator:
Crow, Robert Douglas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump Attachment for Portable Cans
Patent for a pump attachment for portable cans. This invention is designed to be a attachable/detachable pump for use with coal-oil cans. Its purpose is meant for the transfer of coal oil to lamps.
Date:
September 29, 1903
Creator:
Blackmon, Paul Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heading Holder Attachment for Type Writers
Patent for a head holder attachment for type writers. This invention is for the purpose to make a removable attachment that holds prearranged headings.
Date:
September 22, 1903
Creator:
Ambrose, Jennings Grant
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for a baling press to be used for hay, straw, wool, and other fibrous materials.
Date:
September 15, 1903
Creator:
Tate, William Elbert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard
Patent for a cattle guard. This cattle guard is a useful improvement in use on railway-tracks.
Date:
September 15, 1903
Creator:
Frownfelter, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool
Patent for a multi-purpose tool to open barrels and similar closed items, to remove staples and nails in construction, including illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1903
Creator:
Baggett, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Puller
Patent for a cotton stalk puller. It is designed "to operate upon the stalks, a pulling-cylinder agaisnt which the stalks are forced by the action of the reel and which operate in conjunction with the latter to pull or lift stalks from the ground" (lines 19-23). Illustrations included.
Date:
September 15, 1903
Creator:
Hardin, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow
Patent for Disk Plow
Date:
September 15, 1903
Creator:
King, Hugh M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display Stand for Doors
Patent for display stand for doors.
Date:
September 15, 1903
Creator:
Raum, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint Connection
Patent for Rail-Joint Connection
Date:
September 15, 1903
Creator:
Houlehan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Violin Bow
Patent for an addition to tip of the violin bow, including illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1903
Creator:
Roark, B. Mortimer
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for improving an Acetylene-Gas Generator. To eliminate a check valve between the generator and the gasometer, this will purify the gas and keep siphoning off of water from occurring.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Gribble, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Furniture, &c.
Patent for a brace used to hold parts of furniture together, including illustrations.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Pace, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill
Patent for a drill and reamer for the use of drilling deep wells. "This invention consists of a tool combining a drill-point and a reamer, the point penetrating the formation and the reamer following and rendering the sides of the bore smooth and in conjunction with the body directing the drill in a straight or true course" (lines 5-10). Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Higgins, Pattillo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Floor Construction.
Patent for fireproofing floor construction in a durable and huge manner. The parts that support and brace the flooring with v-shaped anchors and concrete walling, assist with fireproofing the floor.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Shield, Patrick T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Poison.
Patent for poison holders which the poison can be freely distributed without accidental disastrous result. The poison inside the holder can be saved for future use. Illustration is included.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Shelton, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for hydrocarbon-burner "adapted to be used in stoves, both heating and cooking" (lines 17-18). The device "may be attached to any stove" (lines 24-25). The "invention consists in the novel construction of the burner and particularly the cap" (lines 27-28) as well as "other novel features" (lines 29-30).
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
George, Charles Hentz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect - Destroying Machine.
Patent for a machine developed for the removal of insects from cotton plants by means of rotary brushes on each side and crushing rolls below the brushes to kill the insects dislodged.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V. & Willette, Willie S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mining Sulfur.
Patent for extracting sulfur that is being mined from the stratum that has the minerals. A fluid medium, such as air or a heated liquid, is forced into the stratum which assists with the elevation of the liquid mineral. As the minerals come up the heated tubes, the liquefied minerals are sent into vats.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Higgins, Pattillo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mowing Machine
Patent for a mowing machine. This invention is designed to attach to mowers of various sizes in order to divide material along a proper line of swath and guide it over the cutting-bar.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Weynand, Peter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reamer for Oil or Artesian Wells
Patent for "a reamer of novel construction for enlarging the bore or opening of a well when it is required to increase the diameter to receive the casing or for other purpose. The reamer combines a head and a guide, the latter entering the bores, so as to steady and give proper direction to the tool and also prevent the cuttings entering and filling the bore during the process of enlargement" (lines 9-18).
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Higgins, Pattillo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for new and useful improvements in windmills with a novel construction. This specific construction will help create much more efficiency than the existing windmills.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Ham, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History