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Swinging Gate (open access)

Swinging Gate

Patent for an improved swinging gate "which shall be simple in construction, chap to manufacture, durable in use, and shall be effectual in all respects in the performance of its functions" (lines 12-15)
Date: October 14, 1902
Creator: Holland, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Street or Station Indicator. (open access)

Street or Station Indicator.

Patent for "indicators for displaying to passengers in a car the names of approaching streets or stations" (lines 9-11) including mechanical specifications and illustrations.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Higgins, Polk Maderson & Lee Dolphia Harmes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter (open access)

Seed Planter

Patent for a seed planter. Illustration included.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Hodge, Neely B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rake. (open access)

Rake.

Patent for a rake for raking machine for cleaning fields of stalks or trash.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Jones, William Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter (open access)

Seed Planter

Patent for seed planter. Illustration included.
Date: February 14, 1905
Creator: Morris, Sidney Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reed Organ (open access)

Reed Organ

Patent for a reed organ. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: England, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Turbine. (open access)

Wind-Turbine.

Patent for improvements to wind motors for turbines "and has for its object to provide a wind turbine of novel structure or arrangement and including means for varying the admission of air currents to the wheel thereof" (lines 10-13).
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Gustafson, Claes Viktor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind Stacker on Grain Separators. (open access)

Wind Stacker on Grain Separators.

Patent for an improvement in a pneumatic, wind-powered stacker for threshing machines, preventing straw or chaff from entering into the stacker.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: Cumpston, Frederick Bernard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road-Scraper. (open access)

Road-Scraper.

Patent for a road scraper for excavating, which "automatically returns to an upright position after having been dumped" (lines 12-14).
Date: July 14, 1908
Creator: Heyer, Friedrich
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Heating Branding Iron. (open access)

Self Heating Branding Iron.

Patent for a self heating branding iron, which allows for branding irons to be easily attached and detached from portable sources of fuel.
Date: January 14, 1902
Creator: Lowe, Marvel Avander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refuse-Crematory. (open access)

Refuse-Crematory.

Patent for an improvement to "crematories or furnaces for burning garbage and other matter" (lines 11-12) that has a combined furnace and garbage chamber with walls of fire-brick or tile.
Date: May 14, 1901
Creator: Risley, Ward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan-Deflector. (open access)

Fan-Deflector.

Patent for a fan deflector to deflect air to various portions of the room.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Carroll, Houston Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension Step Ladder (open access)

Extension Step Ladder

Patent for an extension step ladder. Illustrations included.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Binger, Nickolaus & Burgstaller, Ernest F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence Post (open access)

Fence Post

Patent for fence posts. This invention is designed with metal fence fabric set in concrete. Illustration included.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Hughs, Wallace B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a turning plow with "a wheel for operating in the bottom of the furrow in rear of the lower end of the standard, which...serves the purposes of an ordinary land side-plate..."(lines 10-13).
Date: July 14, 1908
Creator: Ausburn, John H. & Ausburn, Vivian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burning and Steam Generating Apparatus (open access)

Oil Burning and Steam Generating Apparatus

Patent for an oil burning and steam generating apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Spurrier, John Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for a harrow that is easily adjustable to different situations.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Baumgarten, Johan Christian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grubber (open access)

Grubber

Patent for a grubber. Illustration included.
Date: March 14, 1905
Creator: House, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness-Hanger. (open access)

Harness-Hanger.

Patent for a harness hanger, which prevents the harnesses from getting tangled.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Taylor, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness Attachment (open access)

Harness Attachment

Patent for a harness attachment. Illustration included.
Date: March 14, 1905
Creator: Bass, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Spike. (open access)

Railroad-Spike.

Patent for a railroad spike, which is securely anchored in the tracks.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Butts, Carl K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Car (open access)

Railway Car

Patent for a railway car. Illustration included.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Brownfield, James Garrett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nebulizer. (open access)

Nebulizer.

Patent for a nebulizer, which has a spraying mechanism for delivering medicinal sprays through a nozzle to the nose, throat, or lungs.
Date: July 14, 1908
Creator: McGregor, Ringling R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench (open access)

Pipe-Wrench

Patent for a pipe wrench. Illustrations included.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Lubke, Ernest F. & Reed, Edmund C.
System: The Portal to Texas History