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Clothes-Pounder. (open access)

Clothes-Pounder.

Patent for new and useful improvements in Washington Pounders by "having a series of concentric cones between the sides of which communication is had through apertures to carry away steam, and affords a suitable circulation of the water and air through the clothes." (Lines 17-22) Illustration is included.
Date: December 15, 1896
Creator: Toler, Henry Wilson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Fuel-Oil (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Fuel-Oil

Patent for an oil burner for stoves and furnaces. Illustrations included.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Kunkel, Albert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Base for Columns (open access)

Base for Columns

Patent for a base for columns which drains water away from the base.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Riley, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Seat. (open access)

Car-Seat.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car seats, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1900
Creator: Meier, Hermann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Oiler (open access)

Automatic Oiler

Patent for an automatic oiler for railroad cars.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Adams, Richard Field
System: The Portal to Texas History
AIR-BREAK SIGNALING AND RELEASEING DEVICE. (open access)

AIR-BREAK SIGNALING AND RELEASEING DEVICE.

Patent for an improvement in air-brake release-valve in trains to signal train crews and release the breaks if they become set for any reason, or stuck, while the train is moving, including descriptions of the release valve and illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Dukesmith, Frank H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Crude Oil (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Crude Oil

Patent for an apparatus for burning crude oil in stoves.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Kunkel, Albert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a cattle guard, which is made up of a wedge shaped piece of metal that allows a cows leg to be caught rather than the foot to allow easier removal of the leg by the cow.
Date: August 31, 1909
Creator: Mosher, Benjamin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Attachment. (open access)

Boiler Attachment.

Patent for a boiler attachment to regulate the boiler feed pump.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Morris, Gid M. & Watkins, J. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Switch (open access)

Automatic Switch

Patent for an automatic switch for railroad tracks.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Pickle, Voyl C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher, which can stretch and hold a wire for a fence until it is securely fastened to the fence post and is easy to operate.
Date: November 3, 1908
Creator: Dobbs, John & Welborn, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drill Wrench (open access)

Well-Drill Wrench

Patent for a wrench for drill pipes used in drilling wells. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: Osborne, William Rush & Lebus, George Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Grinding Valve Seats (open access)

Machine For Grinding Valve Seats

Patent for a simpler machine for Grinding Valve-Seats. This machine relates to the machinery involved in the grinding and finishing of valve seats.
Date: July 28, 1905
Creator: Meyners, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Cultivator or Sulky Plow. (open access)

Wheel Cultivator or Sulky Plow.

Patent for a wheeled cultivator that "may be attached to a wheeled supporting-frame in such a manner that the front end of the plow-beam may be raised and lowered, the construction also providing means for readily detaching the plow-beam from the frame" (lines 12-17) including illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: Vance, Sidney F. & Harrison, Hubbert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Walking Cultivator (open access)

Walking Cultivator

Patent for a walking cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Roper, Andrew Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device For Car-Couplings. (open access)

Locking Device For Car-Couplings.

Patent for a new and improved locking device for car couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 18, 1899
Creator: Stewart, George P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaginal Irrigator (open access)

Vaginal Irrigator

Patent for a vaginal irrigator. Illustration included.
Date: August 2, 1904
Creator: Farrington, Charles O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a combined nut lock and washer for use on railroad track joints.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Garner, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protected Bail-Joint. (open access)

Protected Bail-Joint.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in protected rail-joints.
Date: April 19, 1898
Creator: Teamer, James Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow And Cultivator (open access)

Plow And Cultivator

Patent for a plow and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: March 21, 1905
Creator: Henderson, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Garner, William Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock for railroad joints, which includes spring washers.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Garner, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet Seat Catch (open access)

Closet Seat Catch

Patent for a closet seat catch.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Alexander, Francis Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow or Cultivator (open access)

Harrow or Cultivator

Patent for a harrow or cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: May 24, 1904
Creator: Cutter, Oliver C.
System: The Portal to Texas History