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Device for Teaching Penmanship.
Patent for a device for teaching penmanship, which holds the hand in the correct writing position.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Smith, Sidney R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing-Machine Attachment
Patent for a sewing machine attachment used to support articles or implements used in the sewing process. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 5, 1909
Creator:
Kleuser, Clara H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sad-Iron-Facing Machine.
Patent for a sad iron facing machine, which grinds and polishes iron with a lateral movement rather than a straight one that speeds up the process and prevents gumming of the machine.
Date:
September 14, 1909
Creator:
Dorsey, Royal H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Railway-Truck Air-Brake Appliance.
Patent for a safety railway truck appliance, which automatically engages the air brake system if a car in the train derails.
Date:
August 31, 1909
Creator:
Bering, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sad-Iron-Edging Machine
Patent for edging machine for removing rough edges from sad irons. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 6, 1909
Creator:
Dorsey, Royal H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
June 29, 1909
Creator:
Pace, William S. & Pace, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Engine
Patent for a gas engine designed with "both reciprocating and rotary motor elements" (line 10) and to minimize back pressure. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 23, 1909
Creator:
Patterson, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap
Patent for a trap. This design is for a live trap. Illustration included.
Date:
September 1, 1908
Creator:
Pierce, William Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lister-Sweep.
Patent for a lister sweep for cultivators with improved teeth.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
Burns, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap primarily intended for capturing rodents. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Pierce, William Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Apparatus for Mowers.
Patent for a cutting blade for cutting tough weeds and stalks that attaches to a standard grass cutting lawnmower.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Needham, Walter Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Machine
Patent for an acetylene gas machine designed to " automatically feed different grades of carbid successfully in variable quantities according to the amount required" (lines 9-11).
Date:
August 27, 1907
Creator:
Wallace, William A.; Bosley, Lee Wooden & Bosley, Daniel O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter, which can cut two rows of plants simultaneously and keeps the cut stalks from jamming the machine.
Date:
August 6, 1907
Creator:
Harper, George Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for an acetylene-gas generator that consists of “a suitable frame, a receptacle positioned within said frame, and a gas-bell” (lines 11-13), as well as a gasometer and carbide feed. As a result, the gas generator “will continually furnish dry, cool gas and at a substantially even pressure at all times” (line 22-24). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 4, 1907
Creator:
Hays, Parx Orr
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator
Patent for acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date:
December 11, 1906
Creator:
Hays, Parx Orr
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train Signaling System
Patent for trains that use an alarm system that alerts the engineer if there is an issue with the automatic air-brakes in any of the train cars. This alarm system allows for users in any car to alert the engineer and does not diminish the effectiveness of the air brake system.
Date:
June 12, 1906
Creator:
Gerard, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree Connection.
Patent for a whiffletree connection which takes up all wear and prevents rattling, including illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Dickerman, Oscar C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard-Rail Clamp
Patent for a simple, durable and adjustable guard rail clamp for securing guard rails to the main rails of a railroad track "as at bridge approaches and opposite to frog points" (lines 11-12) without the use of drill bolt-holes.
Date:
November 28, 1905
Creator:
Butcher, Jasper; Thomas, James L. & Butcher, Jasper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon
Patent for a wagon. This invention provides new and improved running gear. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 24, 1904
Creator:
Emberger, Ferdinand
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Instrument.
Patent for a dental-instrument holder which suitable handle allows to hold a clamping rod firmly while reaching out the difficult cavities and surfaces during the teeth cleaning.
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Harrell, Hardy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner.
Patent for "a crude-oil burner especially adapted for use in cooking and heating stoves and in fireplaces;" including illustrations.
Date:
June 24, 1902
Creator:
Landis, John A.; Johnston, William A. & Bosley, Lee Wooden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap
Patent for a trap for the catching of small animals that can also be applied towards large animals and marine life, with illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Holland, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Seat.
Patent for creating a seat "to provide a spring-mounted seat for wagons which shall be strong and durable, not liable to become deranged by rough usage, which shall be comfortable for the rider, and which can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost" (lines 13-18).
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Holland, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End-Gate Fastener
Patent for a fastener to hold end gate and sideboards of wagon in place and attached to body of wagon. Allows for adjustment.
Date:
January 21, 1902
Creator:
Nichols, Walter B.; Nichols, Edward A. & Schad, Frank X.
System:
The Portal to Texas History