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Grate. (open access)

Grate.

Patent for a grate meant for use in train boilers that can "conveniently dump part of the burning fuel in one end of the firebox" (lines 10-11).
Date: January 9, 1894
Creator: Baker, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a tool to enable its user to turn certain objects, such as nuts and bolts, efficiently.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Bonelli, Liborio C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Signal Device (open access)

Telephone Signal Device

Patent for telephone signal device.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Boyd, Ura M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Running Gear. (open access)

Running Gear.

Patent for a new and improved running gear. This design consists "[i]n an adjustable axle, the combination of the squarely grooved or axle-tree, having [a] central square block, the spindles having inner square portions, having horizontal slots and vertical slots, vertical nutted bolts and horizontal nutted bolts, [and] having hooks adapted to have the draft-chains attached to them" (lines 74-81).
Date: January 9, 1883
Creator: Brosius, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Forming Round Cotton-Bales. (open access)

Machine for Forming Round Cotton-Bales.

Patent to improve automation for forming round cotton bales in baling presses, including illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1906
Creator: Cagle, Carter M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calf-Weaner. (open access)

Calf-Weaner.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Calf-Weaners." (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1906
Creator: Chandler, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coop Support (open access)

Coop Support

Patent for support structure for chicken coops.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Clippinger, Levi
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for a harrow which can be attached to a cultivator in place of a plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Cowart, Stephen A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Truck for Corn-Binders. (open access)

Tongue-Truck for Corn-Binders.

Patent for an improved tongue truck for Corn binders.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Curtis, Fred W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame. (open access)

Quilting-Frame.

Patent for a portable quilting frame.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Dalton, Gilbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can-Opener. (open access)

Can-Opener.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Can-Openers." (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1909
Creator: Davis, James Walter & McBee, Marshall E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Smoke-Consumer and Vaporizer. (open access)

Combined Smoke-Consumer and Vaporizer.

Patent for a combined smoke-consumer and vaporizer that increases fuel efficiency in furnaces.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Davis, Othman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Glass Casket (open access)

Glass Casket

Patent for casket constructed of glass.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: De Camp, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Attachments for Lathe Head-Stocks (open access)

Improvements in Attachments for Lathe Head-Stocks

Patent for an attachment for lathe-head stocks. It is "a device that may be readily adjustable to provide a backing... that may be gripped by the chucks of a jewelers or watch-makers lathe" (lines 26-29).
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: De Long, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Body Construction (open access)

Vehicle-Body Construction

Patent for improvements to vehicle body construction, particularly corner-irons. The design of the product claims to be simple, economical, and provide a compact and firm joint for the vehicle body. Illustrations included.
Date: January 9, 1906
Creator: Dowling, Stonewall J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch. (open access)

Gate-Latch.

Patent for a gate latch "comprising pivoted arms having hooked front ends which are normally spread out" (lines 85-87), including illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1906
Creator: Drennan, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment (open access)

Planter Attachment

Patent for an attachment that follows behind planters, to smooth out affected soil.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Drummond, Josiah D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch. (open access)

Electric Switch.

Patent for switches or connectors that connect sections of wires used for telephones or telegraphs
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Du Val, James Erl & Lee, Ezra A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Operating and Locking Means (open access)

Door Operating and Locking Means

Patent for improved locking means for sliding doors.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Freeman, Richard J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind and Water Motor. (open access)

Wind and Water Motor.

Patent for improvements in wind and water motors in which it will not only increase its efficiency and durability but also, be capable of operating in tidal rivers, streams and other currents. This is an improvement of patent no. 588572 of the same inventor. Illustration is included.
Date: January 9, 1900
Creator: Hardaway, Robert Early
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draw-Bar for Locomotives. (open access)

Draw-Bar for Locomotives.

Patent for an improved draw-bar for locomotives that consists of a frame, a pilot and draw bar, a counterweight that moves vertically in the pilot, a coupler head with a knuckle and a toe and a guide arm, and a release mechanism for the locking device on the bar.
Date: January 9, 1894
Creator: Heidelberg, Samuel R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Administering Medecine to Live Stock. (open access)

Apparatus for Administering Medecine to Live Stock.

Patent for for a device to efficiently administer medication to live stock.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Holliday, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Boot and Shoe Box. (open access)

Revolving Boot and Shoe Box.

Patent for a new and improved revolving boot and shoe box. This design "consists in the employment of a revolving conoidal or tapering case having a series of compartments arranged one series above another throughout its entire height, and disposed within a surrounding case or inclosure provided with sliding doors" (lines 23-29).
Date: January 9, 1883
Creator: Irvine, William Fielding
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Cigarette Paper Receptacle (open access)

Sanitary Cigarette Paper Receptacle

Patent for a box with a cutting membrane that will cut off desired lenghts of cigarette paper for the user.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Jones, John A.; Rowe, Claude O. & Johnson, Clause E.
System: The Portal to Texas History