Box. (open access)

Box.

Patent for a metal, rural, mail carrier supply box with various compartments for different supplies.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Dullye, August V. & Woodrome, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Coupling. (open access)

Automatic Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvements in car-couplers "wherein the link is automatically engaged with the draw-head of a second car and the link can be quickly disengaged when it needed uncoupling." (Lines 10-11) Illustration is included.
Date: June 18, 1901
Creator: Ponton, Henry H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle (open access)

Buckle

Patent for "a fastening device for securely holding the meeting ends of straps together, and is particularly applicable to stirrup-straps, in which, because of the strain thereon, the ordinary fastener is quickly broken or the strap is torn from the same" (lines 9-15).
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Stulting, John C. & Wiseman, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Basket (open access)

Wire Basket

Patent for wire basket. Illustration included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Kaspar, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench used to remove the nuts of a vehicle wheel axle.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Ponton, Henry Ponton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Gathering Cotton Squares (open access)

Machine for Gathering Cotton Squares

Patent for a machine for gathering cotton squares. This invention is designed to gather boll weevil invested cotton and roll the cotton between rollers to kill eggs. Illustration included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Bunting, Karl Saxton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for a hay press. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1907
Creator: Easterling, Robert William; King, T. J. & Wood, S. V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter. (open access)

Seed-Planter.

Patent for improvement of seed planter "adapted for the planting of various kinds of seeds" (lines 10-11) and addition of tilting movements, including illustrations.
Date: June 25, 1900
Creator: Wendtland, Wilhelm & Wunderlich, W. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Siding Gage (open access)

Siding Gage

Patent for siding gage. This design is meant to be a cheap, durable, and convenient gage for use in siding.
Date: October 27, 1903
Creator: Blohm, Ernest J. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lock for Mail-Boxes. (open access)

Signal-Lock for Mail-Boxes.

Patent for a signal lock for mail boxes, which can only be operated from the inside of the box and locks in position.
Date: January 7, 1908
Creator: Patterson, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grubber (open access)

Grubber

Patent for a grubber. Illustration included.
Date: March 14, 1905
Creator: House, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Separator (open access)

Cotton Seed Separator

Patent for a cotton seed separator. Illustrations included.
Date: September 13, 1904
Creator: Pinter, Francis T.
System: The Portal to Texas History