Electric Clock. (open access)

Electric Clock.

Patent for new and useful improvements in electrically operated clocks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1900
Creator: Iversen, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Articulating Plate (open access)

Articulating Plate

Patent for "new and useful articulating plate" (lines 5-6), including illustration and instructions.
Date: April 11, 1900
Creator: Driskill, T. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle Running - Gear (open access)

Attachment for Vehicle Running - Gear

Patent for
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Bassett, Lawrence Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Box And Stock Car (open access)

Combination Box And Stock Car

Patent for "a new and improved box and stock car which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to permit of readily transforming the car to carry either box-freight or live stock." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Russell, Charles Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Latch for Gates. (open access)

Latch for Gates.

Patent for improvements in latches for gates.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Roots, Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Index and Trial-Balance. (open access)

Index and Trial-Balance.

Patent for improvement in indexes and trial-balances by using removable spring-strips to hold all the papers together in one place and can be easily remove when needed. Illustration is included.
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Templeton, Allison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Purifier (open access)

Oil-Purifier

Patent for "a construction wherein the oil may be quickly and economically heated to cause the impurities to separate from the oil" (lines 9-12).
Date: August 13, 1901
Creator: Carter, George Fitzhugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hinge. (open access)

Hinge.

Patent for gate-hinge that will attach to gate and supporting-post and will "retain the gate normally in closed position." (lines 11-12), including description and illustrations.
Date: October 15, 1901
Creator: Roots, Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hub-Attaching Device. (open access)

Hub-Attaching Device.

Patent for device to attach vehicle wheel hubs to axles and spindles without screw-threads, including description and illustrations.
Date: October 15, 1901
Creator: Anderson, Nathan S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bit for Well-Drilling Apparatus. (open access)

Bit for Well-Drilling Apparatus.

Patent for a rotary expansion bit for use with well-drilling apparatuses. The bit can be adjusted without removing the well tubing, and can drill a hole large than the tubing in order to insert casing sections.
Date: April 22, 1902
Creator: Sloan, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke. (open access)

Animal-Poke.

Patent for improvements in animal-poke by providing a device which is arranged for convenient application to an animal, so as not to interfere with the grazing and drinking thereof, and will effectually prevent the animal from destroying fences and also from pushing and fighting other stock. (Lines 9-15) Illustration is included.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Barnes, John I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grate (open access)

Grate

Patent for a grate utilizing a conical shape.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Walton, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator (open access)

Axle Lubricator

Patent for an axle lubricator, designed to allow lubricating axles without removal of wheels.
Date: July 8, 1902
Creator: Gowan, Richard H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for Hydrocarbon burner for heating oil along with the steam. This burner will also improve the process of atomizing discharge.
Date: July 22, 1902
Creator: Higgins, James Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improving the construction of plows. "The invention relates particularly to that class of plows in which a landslide is permanently attached to the depending portion of the beam." (lines 13-16)
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Hankins, Elias
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for "a bale-tie which may with readiness and case be locked in position upon a bale and which will be positive in operation and thoroughly efiective for the purpose designed"(lines 8-12)
Date: October 28, 1902
Creator: Griggs, James Wesley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gripping Device for Well-Boring Apparatus (open access)

Gripping Device for Well-Boring Apparatus

Patent for a gripping device for well-boring apparatus.
Date: January 20, 1903
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Higgins, James Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling for Well-Drilling Machines (open access)

Coupling for Well-Drilling Machines

Patent for coupling for well-drilling machines.
Date: April 14, 1903
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressed Air Elevator for Fluids (open access)

Compressed Air Elevator for Fluids

Patent for a compressed air elevator for fluids.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Sloan, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump Attachment for Portable Cans (open access)

Pump Attachment for Portable Cans

Patent for a pump attachment for portable cans. This invention is designed to be a attachable/detachable pump for use with coal-oil cans. Its purpose is meant for the transfer of coal oil to lamps.
Date: September 29, 1903
Creator: Blackmon, Paul Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel (open access)

Hydraulic Swivel

Patent for a hydraulic swivel. This design produced a mechanism for supporting a supply hose in a given position.
Date: October 27, 1903
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.; Sturm, William P. & Sturm, Jacob W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vest and Drawers Holder (open access)

Vest and Drawers Holder

Patent for a vest and drawers holder. Illustration included.
Date: April 5, 1904
Creator: Lustig, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch. (open access)

Switch.

Patent for a switch in which it can be “automatically operated by a moving train either for the purpose of opening or closing the switch, under the control of the engineer, who without stopping the train may open the switch and run his train onto the switch-rails or a siding without slowing up the train further than is necessary to avoid derailing the train when passing from the main line to the switch or siding.” (Lines 11-20) Illustration is included.
Date: May 17, 1904
Creator: Harris, Irvin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History