Jeweler's Pliers. (open access)

Jeweler's Pliers.

Patent for jeweler's pliers for settings rings, which prevent slipping.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Feagle, Balfour
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash. (open access)

Window-Sash.

Patent for a window sash with metal guides, which hold the window sash in place without the use of other holding devices.
Date: October 20, 1908
Creator: Holbrook, Milo Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window and Door Screen (open access)

Window and Door Screen

Patent for a screen used with windows and doors. Illustration included.
Date: October 10, 1908
Creator: Pinkham, Delmar D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate. (open access)

Collapsible Crate.

Patent for a collapsible crate for shipping berries.
Date: October 8, 1907
Creator: Lewis, Bennett Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for a rotary engine "that may be made to effectively employ the full expansive force of the steam or other motive fluid in a uniform manner" (lines 12-14). Illustrations included.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Kelly, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Cooker. (open access)

Fruit-Cooker.

Patent for a fruit cooker for home use that can be heated with wood or coal and has a damper inside to change where the heat is concentrated.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Holbrook, Milo Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen (open access)

Screen

Patent for a screen for doors that can be shipped and sold in a manner that it can be readily assembled. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Pinkham, Delmar D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watch-Pocket. (open access)

Watch-Pocket.

Patent for a holder or pocket for a watch that provides a simple, safe, and handy device which is detachable fastened to a garment.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Greenwald, Louis.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate Or Coop (open access)

Crate Or Coop

Patent for a crate or coop. This invention is connected at the corners possessing a removable bottom along with a readily detachable cover. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Sperling, Ellsworth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Canner. (open access)

Fruit-Canner.

Patent for a fruit-canning apparatus that holds multiple cans on a perforated tray. The apparatus allows for necessary heating of cans and easy removal from a receptacle.
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Toler, Henry Wilson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for a rotary engine. Illustration included.
Date: November 7, 1905
Creator: Kelly, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for a rotary engine. Illustration included.
Date: November 7, 1905
Creator: Kelly, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Setting Trap (open access)

Self Setting Trap

Patent for self setting trap. Illustration included.
Date: October 10, 1905
Creator: Massie, Samuel Jett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Grubbing, Subsoiling, and Turning Plow (open access)

Combined Grubbing, Subsoiling, and Turning Plow

Patent for a combined grubbing, subsoiling, and turning plow. Illustration included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Toler, Henry Wilson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date: July 26, 1904
Creator: Kelly, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen (open access)

Screen

Patent for a screen. This invention is designed to allow for an adjustable screen to over come inequalities and inaccuracies of the window frame. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Pinkham, Delmar D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen (open access)

Screen

Patent for a screen. This invention comprises a class of window screens with metal frames. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: Pinkham, Delmar D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater (open access)

Water Heater

Patent for a water heater. This invention relies on the heat of a smokestack of the oven to heat the water. Illustrations included.
Date: December 1, 1903
Creator: Allen, William Bell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for plow by using “a block located between the spaced beam-bars and serving not only as a spreader for holding the bars apart, but also constituting means whereby the standard or stock may be adjusted to different inclinations with relation to the beam. Another feature is a brace that rigidly holds the standard or stock in place and also forms strengthening means at the point of attachment of the handles to the beam to prevent vibration of the former, thus insuring a rigid and stable structure.” (Lines 25-36) Illustration is included.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Kelly, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a lightweight plow consisting of a skeleton beam and attached parts.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Kelly, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for "means which will rigidly hold the point against independent movement toward the landslide of the plow" (lines 45-47).
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Kelly, George Addison
System: The Portal to Texas History