Axle-Lubricator (open access)

Axle-Lubricator

Patent for an axle lubricator. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Meyer, Edward & Schiffers, Emil C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Dennis, Decatur D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for Aeroplane. This flying machine will automatically return to normal horizontal position if tilted.
Date: September 17, 1909
Creator: MacManus, Agustus, F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Lift. (open access)

Water-Lift.

Patent for a water lift for wells, which can be easily removed from the well for cleaning.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Plow Propeller (open access)

Hand Plow Propeller

Patent for hand plow propeller. Illustration included.
Date: September 6, 1904
Creator: Avant, Leonidas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Floor Construction. (open access)

Fireproof Floor Construction.

Patent for fireproofing floor construction in a durable and huge manner. The parts that support and brace the flooring with v-shaped anchors and concrete walling, assist with fireproofing the floor.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Shield, Patrick T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Measuring Scale (open access)

Self Measuring Scale

Patent for self measuring scale. Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1904
Creator: Jordan, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Force-Pump (open access)

Rotary Force-Pump

Patent for an improved type of water pump that operates using a method where "valves of each piston work parallel to each other and through the cylinders at points diagonally opposite" (lines 15-17)
Date: September 23, 1902
Creator: Frank, Samuel M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Crossing Gate (open access)

Railway Crossing Gate

Patent for an automatic railway crossing gate. Illustration included.
Date: September 5, 1905
Creator: Miller, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Program-Clock. (open access)

Electric Program-Clock.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Time-Reminder Clocks" (lines 5-7) which are "designed for service in furnishing notice to the user of acts to be performed at previously-specified times or periods" (lines 12-14).
Date: September 24, 1901
Creator: Dubinski, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Forming Apparatus (open access)

Bale-Forming Apparatus

Patent for a bale forming apparatus for making round cotton bales.
Date: September 3, 1907
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History