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Combined Tie-Plate and Rail-Anticreeper. (open access)

Combined Tie-Plate and Rail-Anticreeper.

Patent for a combined railroad tie and rail anti-creeping device, which prevents the rails from spreading.
Date: December 7, 1909
Creator: Clarke, Marcus S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Machine (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Machine

Patent for a acetylene gas machine that automatically controls the flow of carbid or gas producing material into the generator "by means of a float and lever connection with the valve of the carbid hopper" (lines 19-21).
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Ricketts, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band-Tightener. (open access)

Band-Tightener.

Patent for a lever used to tighten the bands on bales of cotton or other materials, including illustrations.
Date: July 7, 1903
Creator: Mullane, Dennis.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Bleaching Lard Compounds (open access)

Apparatus For Bleaching Lard Compounds

Patent for an apparatus for bleaching lard compounds. Illustration included.
Date: November 7, 1905
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for an innovation in the combination and arrangement of parts for car-couplers including illustrations.
Date: August 7, 1900
Creator: Hawkins, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter (open access)

Planter

Patent for a single row planter for corn or cotton. The planter is to be used in virgin soil with out any soil preparation.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement. (open access)

Cement.

Patent for cement that is better or equivalent to Keene's cement from England, made from pure gypsum and various chemicals and only calcinated once.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Jones, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a crude oil burner used for fuel.
Date: October 7, 1902
Creator: Seeger, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a clothes pin that is durable and strong.
Date: December 7, 1909
Creator: French, Alfonso Claude
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Key and Automatic Stop Cock (open access)

Combination Key and Automatic Stop Cock

Patent for "new and improved Combination Key and Automatic Stop-Cock" (lines 6-7) for the purpose of providing "an automatic arrangement for cutting off the water-supply in hydrants and like appliances when the weather becomes so cold as to endanger the freezing of the water" (lines 11-14).
Date: May 7, 1900
Creator: Randall, C. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beehive (open access)

Beehive

Patent for a concrete beehive whose walls keep the temperature even, is ventilated, and large enough to fit honey frames into.
Date: September 7, 1909
Creator: Weaver, Phillip
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Lister Plow and Planter. (open access)

Combined Lister Plow and Planter.

Patent for a combined Lister plow and planter that both breaks the ground and plants seed. Appears to be a type of early tractor.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle (open access)

Buckle

Patent for "a fastening device for securely holding the meeting ends of straps together, and is particularly applicable to stirrup-straps, in which, because of the strain thereon, the ordinary fastener is quickly broken or the strap is torn from the same" (lines 9-15).
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Stulting, John C. & Wiseman, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Setting Machine (open access)

Axle-Setting Machine

Patent for a axle setting machine that can be used on any type of axle, has its own lever, and doesn't touch the inside of the axle collar.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Roberts, John William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chimney (open access)

Chimney

Patent for a chimney. Illustration included.
Date: January 7, 1905
Creator: Palladino, Gaetano
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Winding Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Winding Machine.

Patent for a cloth winding machine, which measures cloth for cutting and then winds the rest of the bolt of cloth back up.
Date: April 7, 1908
Creator: Blythe, Edward Willey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carrier for Game (open access)

Carrier for Game

Patent for new and improved carrier for game. "The purpose of the invention is to provide a very light, simple, durable, economic, and effective device for carrying game adapted to be worn across the shoulder and which is held in place simply by the weight of the load". (lines 8-13). Includes description, instructions, and illustrations.
Date: March 7, 1906
Creator: Paul, James Mount
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus (open access)

Canning Apparatus

Patent for a boiling receptacle to efficiently boil water while food may be cooked above the boiling water. Illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Wilson, William Wharton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Elevator Gate (open access)

Automatic Elevator Gate

Patent for an elevator gate that will automatically be raised or lowered upon ascent or descent of the elevator, with illustrations.
Date: October 7, 1902
Creator: McNaught, Ira S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burial Apparatus (open access)

Burial Apparatus

Patent for improvements in burial apparatus, relating particularly to linings and coverings for graves, which are designed to do away with all appearance of earth or dirt in the placing of caskets or coffins in the ground.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Spear, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baggage-Fastener (open access)

Baggage-Fastener

Patent for a baggage fastener which ties around the box securely.
Date: December 7, 1909
Creator: Moses, Jacob Bernhard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a nut and pipe wrench. Illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Barr, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench used to remove the nuts of a vehicle wheel axle.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Ponton, Henry Ponton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Bracket. (open access)

Window-Shade Bracket.

Patent for a window shade bracket, which holds the shade straight.
Date: December 7, 1909
Creator: Brown, Colbert W.
System: The Portal to Texas History