Bed (open access)

Bed

Patent for a bed. This invention is designed for invalids that also provides a bed pan. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Myers, Nancy S. A. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan (open access)

Fan

Patent for a a spring motor fan. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Tomison, Willis Albert & Hitt, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Armor For Hose and Piping (open access)

Flexible Armor For Hose and Piping

Patent for flexible armor for hose and piping. Illustrations included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Weir, Welby Dunbar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasket (open access)

Gasket

Patent for a gasket. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Shutt, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter Clasping Device (open access)

Letter Clasping Device

Patent for a letter clasping device. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Elliott, Claud B. & Loggins, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint (open access)

Rail Joint

Patent for a rail joint. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Teubner, Frederick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rake Head (open access)

Rake Head

Patent for a rake head. Illustrations included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Newsom, Millard F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scoop (open access)

Scoop

Patent for a scoop. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Howe, Frank C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scoop (open access)

Scoop

Patent for a scoop. This invention is designed to act as a scoop for the purpose of weighing food stuff on a scale. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Howe, Frank C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shovel Plow (open access)

Shovel Plow

Patent for a shovel plow. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Kilpatrick, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switchboard (open access)

Switchboard

Patent for a switchboard for use with telephone exchanges and electrical plants. The invention is designed to connect any line wire to the jack wire. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Weir, Welby D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syringe (open access)

Syringe

Patent for a syringe. This invention is meant for use with animals to perform artificial insemination. Illustrations included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Brookes, Robert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Signal (open access)

Telephone Signal

Patent for a telephone signals. This inventions is a switchboard drop of the visual signal for magneto system at a central office. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Schuessler, Gustavus W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Time Circuit Closer (open access)

Time Circuit Closer

Patent for a time circuit closer for use in managing the movements of secondary clocks regulated by a masterclock. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaginal Irrigator (open access)

Vaginal Irrigator

Patent for a vaginal irrigator. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Farrington, Charles Oliphint & Watson, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for improvement to a valve design, with illustrations.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Pinkerton, Henry S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Changeable Gearing. (open access)

Changeable Gearing.

Patent for changeable gearing by using an axle, bevel-gears, stub-shafts and a crank-axle to construct the changeable gear, so that the “sprocket is locked to rotate with the crank-axle in one direction, while it may rotate freely of the axle in opposite direction, and, furthermore, that the sprocket may be locked to rotate with the axle or may be caused to rotate at a higher-speed than the axle.” (Lines 8-14.) Illustration is included.
Date: January 8, 1901
Creator: Brady, Alford
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crutch. (open access)

Crutch.

Patent for improvements in crutches by making the crutch adjustable in length according to a person’s height and “overcome the jerks by the movements with the crutches.” (Lines 15-16) Illustration is included.
Date: January 8, 1901
Creator: Hough, Orson E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Planter (open access)

Cultivator and Planter

Patent for improvements in combined cultivators and corn/cotton planters to adapt an ordinary cultivator for planting of seeds with adjustable seed-tube and furrow opener to accommodate various character of ground being worked or cultivation being done.
Date: July 5, 1900
Creator: Prentice, Peter Mack
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drainage Apparatus. (open access)

Drainage Apparatus.

Patent for a drainage apparatus by using two siphon-pipes, a back-pressure valve and an automatic starting device to drain the water from one place to another when the water is at a predetermined level. Illustration is included.
Date: January 8, 1901
Creator: Carroll, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shutter Attachment (open access)

Shutter Attachment

Patent for a shutter attachment that acts as a spacer and holds the window shutters open; it sits between the slats and is attached to the rod that opens the shutters.
Date: January 8, 1901
Creator: Eppright, George Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History