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Burner for Crude Oil.
Patent for "a burner for crude oil, and particularly to a construction by means which a direct or indirect draft may be utilized in the burning of the oil." (lines 11-14) and illustrations.
Date:
June 10, 1902
Creator:
Lewis, Thomas E.; Ray, Albert J. & Wesson, Miley B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle-Rod for Railroad Rails
Patent for a system of attaching railroad rails when the rails are first placed. This device is used to keep the rails a precise distance apart before the railroad spikes are placed into the ground holding the rails firmly in place.
Date:
February 10, 1903
Creator:
Johnson, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy Top Support
Patent for a buggy top support. Illustration included.
Date:
January 10, 1905
Creator:
Mason, Everett H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter
Patent for a manually operated carburetor used on vehicle gas engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 10, 1907
Creator:
Stoker, Albert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Apparatus
Patent for a fishing game for amusement parks which has a canal of liquid agitated to form a current with pictures of fish in it that when caught get the person fishing different prizes depending on the symbol they have on them.
Date:
August 10, 1909
Creator:
Pressey, Charles A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check Book.
Patent for an improvement to check books and covers.
Date:
April 10, 1900
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing Presses.Speight,
Patent for a device that can be attached to a printing press, for the express purpose of being able to cut multiple copies of cards from a single sheet of card stock with metal dies.
Date:
December 10, 1901
Creator:
Speight, Winchester Franklin,
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Governor
Patent for an air brake governor improvement that regulates the pressure of fluid or air in the braking system as to prevent it from braking with too much pressure.
Date:
July 10, 1906
Creator:
Williams, Leonard F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bank-Ledger
Patent for a Bank-Ledger
Date:
February 10, 1903
Creator:
Ford, Earle
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Street-Car and Air-Brake Coupling
Patent for a combined street-car and air-brake coupling.
Date:
February 10, 1903
Creator:
Cary, Lewis C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compress and Packer
Patent for a device that provides improvements in machines for compressing, packing, and baling cotton, hay, straw, and the like; and the object is to provide a machine of this character operating automatically to form the bat as the material is received from the gin or condenser and folding the bat back and forth in even layers in the press, forming a complete and symmetrical bale (lines 9-17) Illustrations are included.
Date:
June 10, 1902
Creator:
Griffin, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning-Rod for Rifled Firearms.
Patent for a cleaning rod for rifles, which allows rapid movements in and out and turns a rag easily inside the barrel without tearing the cloth.
Date:
September 10, 1907
Creator:
Price, Thomas Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-neck
Patent for "an improved neck for bottles and jars; and it consists, essentially, of a notch formed on each side of the cork to enable the fingers of the operator to obtain a firm grip thereon in order to extract same." (lines 8-12)
Date:
April 10, 1906
Creator:
Huffer, Tilghman A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book Holder
Patent for a book holder to receive or hold a book or in position for writing
Date:
March 12, 1901
Creator:
Hackworth, Riggs P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton, Berry, or Vegetable Picking or Dairy Stool
Patent for a stool strapped to the user so as to facilitate an ease in picking cotton, berry, or vegetables. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1904
Creator:
Farley, John C. & Prince, Hyman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cheese Cutter
Patent for a cheese cutter which includes a scale to determine the amount of cheese including illustrations.
Date:
June 10, 1902
Creator:
Niggli, Emil
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Controlling Trolley Poles
Patent for an apparatus for controlling trolley poles. "This invention relates to an apparatus for controlling trolley poles employed for effecting electrical connection between a trolley wire and a motor on a car, and has for its object to provide improved means for automatically throwing the trolley into position to be placed in engagement with the trolley wire" (line 9-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
November 10, 1903
Creator:
Bogue, Judson L. & Jennings, David M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burial Vault
Patent for novel burial vault to produce an inexpensive sectional receptacle or vault capable of easy assembly and transport that forms an indestructible, air-tight chamber of continuous homogeneous structure.
Date:
September 10, 1901
Creator:
William Sink Parker
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Switch
Patent for an automatic electric switch. Illustration included.
Date:
October 10, 1905
Creator:
Guthrie, William S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Door Fastener
Patent for a car door fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
January 10, 1905
Creator:
Saling, Thomas W. & McKiel, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clevis
Patent for a clevis. This invention is designed to connect with gang plows allowing vertical and lateral movement. Illustration included.
Date:
September 10, 1907
Creator:
Barnett, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Railway Rail
Patent for a compound railway rail. This invention is comprised of separate tread and base parts. Illustration included.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Finley, Alfred P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvester
Patent for a corn harvester "for use in harvesting crops such as corn and cane, the purpose being to provide a machine of this type of simple, durable, and compact construction and which will be light construction and not fatigue the team, since the body or frame supporting the operating parts is balanced upon the ground or supporting wheels" (lines 12-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 10, 1901
Creator:
Sewalt, Matthew E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History