Automatic Weighing Machine (open access)

Automatic Weighing Machine

Patent for an automatic weighing machine. Illustration included.
Date: August 4, 1908
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Box for Vehicles (open access)

Axle-Box for Vehicles

Patent for axle box for vehicles "in which after the axle and axle-boxes have been worm by use the lost motion can be taken up by interposing a tightening-washer and spring between the axle-box and nut, so the the axle-box of the wheel is restored to the same condition.(10-15)
Date: May 19, 1903
Creator: McFarland, Julian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Scraper and Cleaner (open access)

Boiler Scraper and Cleaner

Patent for a boiler scraper and cleaner. This invention is designed to remove incrustation and sediment that collects on the bottom of boilers. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1903
Creator: Miller, Hugh C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bung-Extractor (open access)

Bung-Extractor

Patent for "an improved extractor for the bungs of casks and barrels of all kinds, so that the same can be quickly and conveniently removed from the bung-hole" (lines 8-11).
Date: May 14, 1901
Creator: Cathriner, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Weighing Scale (open access)

Continuous Weighing Scale

Patent for continuous weighing scale. Illustration included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Condenser (open access)

Cotton Condenser

Patent for a cotton condenser. This invention applies multiple cylinders for seperating bats. Illustration included.
Date: July 26, 1904
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press (open access)

Cotton-Press

Patent for cotton press for bailing cotton employed in forming cylindrical bales from bat or sheet of cotton received from the condenser. (lines 10-13)
Date: January 27, 1903
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a straddle-row cultivator that has bracing of the parts, adjustable shovels and standards, and allows for varying depths of digging.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Lindsay, Horace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop (open access)

Folding Coop

Patent for folding coop. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Franke, Herman R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a sliding gate with an improved track rail.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Bohne, Fritz
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner for home use, which has a steam generator which operates automatically.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Hoffman, Robert V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burning Attachment For Stoves or Furnaces (open access)

Oil-Burning Attachment For Stoves or Furnaces

Patent for "an attachment for wood and coal stoves and furnaces by which hydrocarbon oils can be burned in connection with a wood or coal fire in a very effective and economical manner, the attachment being also capable of being used alone for heating and cooking..."
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Cordray, Henry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pedal Attachment. (open access)

Pedal Attachment.

Patent for an "improved attachment for pianos, organs, or other instruments provided with pedals" (lines 9-10) to protect the openings underneath the pedals from mice, dust, or other unwanted items entering the instrument through such openings.
Date: June 3, 1902
Creator: Gross, Rudolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Compress (open access)

Roller Compress

Patent for roller compress. This is an "improved roller-compress,especially adapted for forming cylindrical bales from cotton-bat by winding the same in successive layers upon itself" (p. 1, lines 8-11), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1900
Creator: Carter, E. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spindle-Nut Attachment. (open access)

Spindle-Nut Attachment.

Patent for improvement in spindle-nut by providing “an extension to the spindle-nut, not being a washer in any sense of the word, but to all intents and purposes an integral part of said nut adapted to extend toward the outer end of the axle-box and to hold the same to its seat upon the spindle as efficiently as when the parts were new.” (Lines 35-41) Illustration is included.
Date: February 3, 1903
Creator: Carlton, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History