Attachment For Surveying Instruments (open access)

Attachment For Surveying Instruments

Patent for attachment for surveying instruments. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1904
Creator: Armstrong, Edward R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band-Cutter and Feeder (open access)

Band-Cutter and Feeder

Patent for a band cutter and feeder which cuts the bands that tie bundles of grain and feeds the grain into a threshing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Richmond, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for an improvement in churns that prevent splashing and extraneous matter from entering the interior, including illustrations.
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: Mills, John David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check-Valve (open access)

Check-Valve

Patent for a valve used for well drilling designed to be confine fluid around the pipe. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: Kreiter, Richard F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner. (open access)

Burner.

Patent for a new and improved burner for use in fire-boxes of boilers and other apparatus.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Jones, John Lemiel, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy Wrench (open access)

Buggy Wrench

Patent for a buggy wrench. Illustration included.
Date: September 20, 1904
Creator: Ware, Richard M. & Carroll, James Malcum
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holder. (open access)

Copy-Holder.

Patent for a copy holder with a firmer clamp and a better support for the line indicating bar than previous versions.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Flynn, Melvina L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer (open access)

Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer

Allows for planting and fertilizing fields at same time whether it is "for strewing or for check-row planting with or without wire" (lines12-13).
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: McDaniel, James H.
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Siphon (open access)

Automatic Siphon

Patent for an automatic siphon. This invention is intended to for the purpose of draining cellars and basements. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Ackley, George D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brake-Staff. (open access)

Brake-Staff.

Patent for a new type of brake staff for trains featuring a modular design allowing its form to be changed as necessary. This is useful for connecting train cars where regular brake staffs may get in the way. Including illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: Clark, James Thomas & Meyer, Henry L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Trousers Stretchers And Coat Hanger (open access)

Combined Trousers Stretchers And Coat Hanger

Patent for a combined trousers stretcher and coat hanger. Illustration included.
Date: September 11, 1906
Creator: Bedinger, Singleton Berry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cheese Cutter (open access)

Cheese Cutter

Patent for a cheese cutter. Illustration included.
Date: September 13, 1904
Creator: Martin, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: McGregor, Montague M. & Williams, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Condenser for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for a new means of separating air from cotton, expelling the air while the cotton is condensed and released for baling.
Date: September 17, 1901
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Skein. (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Ankylosis of the Knee (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Ankylosis of the Knee

Patent for an apparatus for treating knee ankylosis that is ready to use at a moments notice "without unnecessary or nervous shock to the invalid to apply the requisite heat, extension, and flexion to an afflicted part to render it supple and restore to its natural functions". (lines 11-15).
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Norwood, Robert R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bundle-Tie (open access)

Bundle-Tie

Patent for a bundle tie particularly designed for mail packages. Illustrations included.
Date: September 9, 1909
Creator: Price, Thomas M. & Richard, Jay S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Brace for Doors or Gates and Cover for Same (open access)

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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge for Guns. (open access)

Cartridge for Guns.

Patent for "a projectile having an elliptical cross-section and slight longitadinal twist for use in guns provided with a corresponding bore." (lines 8-11), including description and illustrations.
Date: September 24, 1901
Creator: Cole, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle (open access)

Bottle

Patent for a a nursing bottle employing a jacket designed to hold the parts of the bottle together. Illustration included.
Date: September 18, 1906
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer. (open access)

Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer.

Patent for combined seed planter and fertilizer distributer that "can be readily adapted for strewing or for check-row planting with or without a checkwire" (lines 14-16).
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: McDaniel, James Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History