Combined Funnel and Dipper. (open access)

Combined Funnel and Dipper.

Patent for a ladle with an attached funnel for pouring the liquid out.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Hanson, Henry Harrison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Hook (open access)

Back-Band Hook

Patent for "a simple and inexpensive construction of hook which is capable of ready and convenient adjustment and with which different articles of cloth, such as may be on hand, may be used as a back-band, and also so formed as to prevent cutting or tearing of the back-band with which it is used and to be quickly and positively clamped in position on the band" (lines 13-21).
Date: June 25, 1901
Creator: Pool, Robert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brining and Syruping Machine (open access)

Brining and Syruping Machine

Patent for a brining and syruping machine for filling large numbers of cans of fruit or vegetables with syrup quickly like in a factory setting.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Ogburn, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support (open access)

Buggy-Top Support

Patent for a buggy top support which has springs in it to absorb shocks from bumps and is compact.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Martin, Edward G. & Miller, Joseph S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle (open access)

Buckle

Patent for an improved buckle that will hold straps in place, particularly those straps with irregularly sized and spaced openings.
Date: May 29, 1901
Creator: Pool, Robert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle. (open access)

Buckle.

Patent for a "buckle which may be quickly and readily attached to or detached from the straps and which will permit of the ready and rapid adjustment of the straps and at the same time will positively hold the same in their adjusted positions" (lines 13-18).
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: Pool, Robert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Clamp for Bedsteads (open access)

Clothes Clamp for Bedsteads

Patent for clothes clamp for bedsteads. Illustration included.
Date: December 21, 1909
Creator: Taylor, Fannie L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a car coupling. This invention operates as a coupling for rail cars. Illustration included.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Moore, Francis A. & Green, William Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brake Mechanism For Hand Cars (open access)

Brake Mechanism For Hand Cars

Patent for a brake mechanism for rail hand cars.Illustration included.
Date: August 28, 1906
Creator: Allison, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burial Apparatus (open access)

Burial Apparatus

Patent for improvements in burial apparatus, relating particularly to linings and coverings for graves, which are designed to do away with all appearance of earth or dirt in the placing of caskets or coffins in the ground.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Spear, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretching Machine. (open access)

Wire-Stretching Machine.

Patent for a wire stretching machine, which is simple to build and operate and is durable and strong.
Date: March 23, 1909
Creator: Edwards, Henry & Sadler, Millard F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wedge-Buckle. (open access)

Wedge-Buckle.

Patent for improvements in wedge-buckles by using a “combination of a stiff plate having wedge-shaped side jaws, of the strap having an inwardly-curved spring portion terminating in projections and flanges which engage the jaws, and adapted to be straightened outwardly in clamping a belt of band between the plate and strap” to (Lines 18-24, p. 2) Illustration is included.
Date: November 27, 1900
Creator: White, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather Boarding Apparatus (open access)

Weather Boarding Apparatus

Patent for an apparatus to properly space and hold in position weather boards. Illustration included.
Date: November 1, 1904
Creator: Spear, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Loading Device (open access)

Loading Device

Patent for a loading device for loading the tenders of steam engines. Illustration included.
Date: June 29, 1909
Creator: Summer, Taylor Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table (open access)

Ironing-Table

Patent for ironing table with capability of adjustable height and folding features, including illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Witt, Silas Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Top Rest (open access)

Vehicle Top Rest

Patent for a vehicle top rest. Illustration included.
Date: December 13, 1904
Creator: Martin, Edward Gale & Miller, Joseph Sherman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevator (open access)

Water-Elevator

Patent for a water elevator in which compressed air may be used to raise water from a well. Illustrations included.
Date: July 9, 1907
Creator: Martin, Edward G. & Hake, John Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tile Roofing or Covering. (open access)

Tile Roofing or Covering.

Patent for tile roofing and siding, which does not leak and is easily installed.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Walker, Isham P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Platform Treadle For Hand Cars (open access)

Platform Treadle For Hand Cars

Patent for a platform treadle for hand cars. Illustration included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Allison, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plastic Fence-Post. (open access)

Plastic Fence-Post.

Patent for a plastic fence post that wire fencing or wooden rails can be attached to that has the connection areas on the post hollowed out to protect the parts from the weather.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Libhart, Hugh P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Support for Attachment to Desks. (open access)

Support for Attachment to Desks.

Patent for "a stand, shelf, or holder for attachment to desks...for the purpose of supporting a type-writer [or] reference-book... the object in view being to provide a support of this character with means for attaching the same to a desk and means for swinging or revolving said support so that the... article may be readily and conveniently brought around to the front of the desk for use... and then swung back out of the way upon the side of the desk." (lines 12-24)
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Bell, William Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow-Tooth (open access)

Harrow-Tooth

Patent for an improvement in the device known as harrow tooth. Due to being constructed differently certain parts of the invention can be arranged any way the user wants and the harrow tooth is also capable of a more thorough cultivation and pulverization of soil which allows closer cultivation of crops or being more precise and thorough when digging up weeds.
Date: September 25, 1905
Creator: Smith, James Wilson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gravity Dump Car (open access)

Gravity Dump Car

Patent for gravity dump-car cheaper in cost and easy in construction and operation.
Date: October 8, 1901
Creator: Swindall, S. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Felt Picker (open access)

Felt Picker

Patent for a felt picker. This invention is for use of piano-workmen in making flexible the felts in piano-actions.
Date: June 23, 1903
Creator: Bell, William Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History