Refrigerator (open access)

Refrigerator

Patent for a refrigerator. This design is for use with blocks of ice. Illustrations included.
Date: December 28, 1909
Creator: Mitchel, Elias Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burning and Steam Generating Apparatus (open access)

Oil Burning and Steam Generating Apparatus

Patent for an oil burning and steam generating apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Spurrier, John Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Chair and Ironing Board (open access)

Combination Chair and Ironing Board

Patent for a chair that can fold and act as an ironing board. Illustration included.
Date: October 19, 1909
Creator: Hufft, Rose; Harrell, Cullen Carr & Hufft, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator (open access)

Lubricator

Patent for a lubricator used for lubricating graphite that is utilized in air brake systems. Illustrations included.
Date: October 5, 1909
Creator: Turner, William Orris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotating Steam-Feed for Saw-Mill Carriages. (open access)

Rotating Steam-Feed for Saw-Mill Carriages.

Patent for a steam feed for sawmill carriages, which reduces wear on the piston cylinder powering the sawmill carriage.
Date: August 31, 1909
Creator: Shoptaw, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal (open access)

Signal

Patent for a signal that allows trainmasters to move trains in sections. Illustration included.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Cairncross, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a valve. Illustration included.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Smith, Frederick C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Core-Drill. (open access)

Core-Drill.

Patent for a core drill for making bore holes in rocks to get out solid samples of the inside of rocks, which has an improved grabbing method for retrieving the piece of rock inside the hole.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: McLoughlin, Malacha J. & Wynn, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pocket-Closure (open access)

Pocket-Closure

Patent for a pocket closure. Illustrations included
Date: June 29, 1909
Creator: Wilkinson, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Bearing (open access)

Journal-Bearing

Patent for a self-lubricating journal bearing that is protected from foreign matter. Illustrations included.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Lanaux, Alfred A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Sawing Machine (open access)

Portable Sawing Machine

Patent for portable sawing machine. Illustration included.
Date: March 23, 1909
Creator: Tevis, Noah Cap
System: The Portal to Texas History
Root Crop Harvester (open access)

Root Crop Harvester

Patent for a root crop harvester. This invention is designed for the harvesting of peanuts, potatoes, sugar beets, turnips, onions, etc. Illustration included.
Date: March 2, 1909
Creator: Bourland, Joseph M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Butt-Cutter (open access)

Butt-Cutter

Patent for a machine designed to cut off the butt ends of cereal sheaves should they become wet or muddy. Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Janes, Ivey & Lanaux, Alfred A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Fitting Device. (open access)

Garment-Fitting Device.

Patent for a series of flexible bands and tapes to be used for efficient fitting of garments with regards to seam lines and marking patterns upon cloth by measuring the waist, skirt, and sleeve areas.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Johnson, Mary M.
System: The Portal to Texas History