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Milk-Cooler.
Patent for a combined water-cooler and refrigerator. "One object of the present invention is to improve the construction of devices of this character and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one capable of enabling the temperature of its contents to be readily controlled and quickly changed. A further object of the invention is to provide a combined water-cooler and refrigerator which may be advantageously employed as a churn-body" (lines 10-19). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 5, 1900
Creator:
Halford, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for an improvement to wire stretchers and splicers, to more practically "facilitate the stretching and splicing of fence wire or the like" (lines 12-13), including illustrations.
Date:
November 8, 1921
Creator:
Sanderson, Auther L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overshot Fishing-Tool
Patent for improvements to overshot fishing tools, particularly for the use of removing, fishing out, "tools, parts of tools and other articles from" bored or drilled wells (lines 20-21). These improvements are designed to be manufactured cheaply.
Date:
July 17, 1919
Creator:
Kliewer, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Locking Device.
Patent for improvements in switch locking devices. Design intends to increase efficiency and ease of operability, as well as providing "means for retaining the latch in inoperative position" when chosen (lines 23-25).
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
McCormick, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer and Gummer
Patent for an improved gin saw filer and gummer. This model would yield sharp conical shaped teeth, and straighten bent or deformed teeth.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Norman, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process and Formula for Tanning Hides.
Patent for the formula and processing used in tanning hides that is cheaper and more effective.
Date:
July 2, 1918
Creator:
Moore, Rufus N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process for Tanning Hides.
Patent for a novel process of tanning hides of various animals.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Moore, Rufus N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Rail Joint
Patent for strengthening the nails and their meeting ends.
Date:
July 25, 1916
Creator:
Nichols, Walt M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
Patent for "a device that will chop cotton mechanically" (line 10-11) and require less labor including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 5, 1915
Creator:
Crum, Martin A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a tool to stretch telephone wire, barb wire, and wire fencing. The tool connects to and holds in place a wire using a lock. While locked in place, the wire is stretched without the need of chains.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Armstrong, Henry H. & Armstrong, H. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap.
Patent for a funnel-shaped fly trap for catching flies and other insects by either entrapment or drowning. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Raifsnider, Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap.
Patent for insect traps, specifically for concentrating capture and extermination via placement over an ant hill.
Date:
September 23, 1913
Creator:
Chandler, John T. & Harber, Joseph L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fountain-Brush.
Patent for a fountain brush which allows for the attachment of a wiping cloth, and featuring a spring handle.
Date:
March 11, 1913
Creator:
Shanley, Michael Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Poultry-Disinfector
Patent for an automatic poultry disinfector that is applied to the chickens necks while they are eating.
Date:
November 26, 1912
Creator:
Donathan, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap.
Patent for an in-ground ant trap that prevents the ants from escaping once caught in the trap, including instructions and illustrations
Date:
September 12, 1911
Creator:
Knox, Jessie Lonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Ventilating System.
Patent for a railroad car ventilating system that does require opening the windows.
Date:
February 14, 1911
Creator:
Shanley, Michael H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment that allows the cultivator height to be adjusted for digging. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 10, 1911
Creator:
Stewart, Lon Woodson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Hammer.
Patent for a hammer operated by a treadle with improved springs for enhanced power.
Date:
September 3, 1907
Creator:
Kinson, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Arch
Patent for a cultivator arch designed to adjust and secure the beams of a plow. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 20, 1907
Creator:
Spence, Enoch M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Baker, Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for baling press. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Robburts, George W.; Lemaster, Mike C. & Lemaster, Henry H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet
Patent for a metal kitchen cabinet. This cabinet is designed to be portable and protect against vermin. Illustration included.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Shanley, Michael H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Storage System.
Patent for storage system to store goods without using ice or any other material for lowering temperature. This design uses strategic air circulation to achieve the desired low temperature.
Date:
August 5, 1902
Creator:
Rector, John Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improvements in wire-stretchers by using a combination of winding-drum, a ratchet upon the drum and wire clutches for engagement with a wire to be stretched. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Walls, Joseph A. & Boyter, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History