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Band-Cutter and Feeder (open access)

Band-Cutter and Feeder

Patent for a band cutter and feeder which cuts the bands that tie bundles of grain and feeds the grain into a threshing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Richmond, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Sack Filling and Weighing Machine (open access)

Automatic Sack Filling and Weighing Machine

Patent for an automatic sack filling and weighing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap with a new kind of trigger fir closing the door to the trap.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Hatchell, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check-Valve (open access)

Check-Valve

Patent for a valve used for well drilling designed to be confine fluid around the pipe. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: Kreiter, Richard F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle (open access)

Bottle

Patent for a new and useful improvements in bottles. This invention is to "provide an improved vessel of this class the neck of which is formed in such manner and provided with attachments so constructed that when the vessel has been filled and the attachment applied the vessel may be emptied of its contents, but cannot be refilled or reused" (line 12- 18).
Date: December 14, 1897
Creator: Saunders, David Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Dumping-Elevator (open access)

Automatic Dumping-Elevator

Patent for an automatic dumping elevator for supplies which can stop at different heights and dump the contents of the elevator.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Richmond, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an aeroplane that uses centrifugal blowers to ensure a safe and practicable flight. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Judson, Fred I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Tie-Plate and Rail-Anticreeper. (open access)

Combined Tie-Plate and Rail-Anticreeper.

Patent for a combined railroad tie and rail anti-creeping device, which prevents the rails from spreading.
Date: December 7, 1909
Creator: Clarke, Marcus S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Tie-Plate and Rail Anticreeper (open access)

Combined Tie-Plate and Rail Anticreeper

Patent for a railroad tie plate designed to remained locked to the base of the rail and to prevent dislocation of the base. Illustrations included.
Date: March 29, 1910
Creator: Clarke, Marcus S. & Adreon, Edward L., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beauty-Pillow. (open access)

Beauty-Pillow.

Patent for improvement in beauty pillow which is slanted to draw the skin back toward the scalp to prevent wrinkling. Illustration is included.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Fitze, Eloise
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Filtering and Heating Device (open access)

Combined Filtering and Heating Device

Patent for a combined filtering and heating device for water that is attached to a dentist chair.
Date: February 21, 1911
Creator: Gambati, Olympio F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door (open access)

Car-Door

Patent for a car door. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Pearce, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie (open access)

Bale Tie

Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This invention is to "provide a new and improved bale-tie which is simple and durable in construction, not liable to become accidentally unlocked, and arranged to permit its use on ordinary compresses" (line 7 - 11).
Date: December 14, 1897
Creator: Edmonston, Thomax Cole
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick Truck (open access)

Brick Truck

Patent for a truck that is designed to make the transportation of bricks easier as well as the transportation of other materials.
Date: September 22, 1905
Creator: Sacks, Martin Kuno
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Frame (open access)

Bit-Frame

Patent for a bit frame for holding ceiling cleats in place so that screws can be driven at each end. Illustrations included.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Lagarde, Everette S. & Angenend, Peter A., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Former (open access)

Bat-Former

Patent for a cotton bat former that produces a bat of uniform size and weight.
Date: March 21, 1911
Creator: Ball, Samuel M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator.

Patent for a acetylene gas generator which combines "both a generator and a gasometer the parts of which are so arranged as to render the machine efficient and entirely automatic in action, as well as inexpensive of production." (lines 16-20) including illustrations.
Date: October 14, 1902
Creator: Reynolds, Pearl P. & Reynolds, Jerry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brake-Staff. (open access)

Brake-Staff.

Patent for a new type of brake staff for trains featuring a modular design allowing its form to be changed as necessary. This is useful for connecting train cars where regular brake staffs may get in the way. Including illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: Clark, James Thomas & Meyer, Henry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Sewing Machines (open access)

Attachment For Sewing Machines

Patent for an attachment for a sewing machines. Illustration included.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: Bearden, Jackson Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Billing and Journal Sheet. (open access)

Combined Billing and Journal Sheet.

Patent for improvements in combined billing and journal sheets there by each sheet in the journal will serve as a billing sheet, a duplicate billing sheet, and a journal page at the same time. (Lines 18-20) Further, the bound book will serve as a permanent journal after the bills have been removed. (Lines 25-26) Illustration is included.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Hartley, James William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Frame. (open access)

Canopy-Frame.

Patent for a canopy frame for any kind of drapery, including mosquito nets. The design is purported to be inexpensive and strong, using a thin metal support for the crossbeams.
Date: July 13, 1901
Creator: Johnston, Washington T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Ventilated Crate (open access)

Collapsible Ventilated Crate

Patent for a collapsible vented crate for that does not require special machinery to build.
Date: June 11, 1912
Creator: Williams, Lewie A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for an improved baling press.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Washington, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Type-Writing Machines. (open access)

Attachment for Type-Writing Machines.

Patent for a new and useful attachment for type writing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 19, 1899
Creator: Pribyl, Frank G.
System: The Portal to Texas History