Attachment for Ice-Boxes. (open access)

Attachment for Ice-Boxes.

Patent for an attachment for ice-boxes which is "a vessel for the reception of ice and having a surrounding series of compartments for the reception of the matter to be refrigerated" (lines 11-14).
Date: April 3, 1900
Creator: Moyes, Aceph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Pot (open access)

Coffee-Pot

Patent for a simplified coffee pot that extracts coffee by using boiling water and the receptacle without changing the structure of the device.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: Haley, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler. (open access)

Milk-Cooler.

Patent for improvements in the construction of water evaporation milk-coolers to make them more easily taken apart and arranged for shipping and preventing ants from entering the device and getting in the milk. Descriptions of the parts of the device and illustrations are included.
Date: June 10, 1902
Creator: Whaley, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener (open access)

Sash-Fastener

Patent for improving the design so that when it is closed it forms loops for holding the window's curtains, while also being inexpensive and strong.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Durant, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a water pump. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Park, Henry Jackson & Darrough, Rufus Clark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for rotary pump designed to counterbalance thrust at each step by a "series of lifting-wheels mounted upon a common shaft" (lines 10-11) in order to minimize wheel thrust.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Baker, Josheph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rowing Appliance. (open access)

Rowing Appliance.

Patent for a rowing appliance, which allows the oarsman of a boat to face toward the bow and see where the boat is traveling.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: James, William Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker (open access)

Cotton Picker

Patent for a cotton picker. Illustration included.
Date: November 29, 1904
Creator: Hoskins, William Wharton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for cotton chopper. This invention is on a wheel mounted frame and is adjustable for cutting out sections at desired intervals. Illustration included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Walter, William Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History