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Pessary (open access)

Pessary

Patent for an improved uterine dilator for the application of medicine to the uterus, with illustrations.
Date: July 22, 1902
Creator: Overton, Benjamin Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator for cotton farming meant to be strong and durable as well as light and inexpensive to construct; to make it convenient to adjust the shovel beams for different distances between rows; and to support the shovel-beams in an elevated position so that they do not contact the ground and to allow them to be lowered as needed.
Date: August 12, 1902
Creator: Comstock, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree (open access)

Whiffletree

Patent for a whiffletree.
Date: April 28, 1903
Creator: Mayo, Daniel L.
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
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
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
Spring Support For Vehicle Tops (open access)

Spring Support For Vehicle Tops

Patent for a spring support for vehicle tops. Illustration included.
Date: May 31, 1904
Creator: Martin, Edward Gale; Miller, Joseph Sherman & Hurt, William Hurt
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
Seat Brace (open access)

Seat Brace

Patent for a seat brace. Illustration included.
Date: December 6, 1904
Creator: Limerick, Clem B.
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
Side Bearing For Railway Rolling Stock (open access)

Side Bearing For Railway Rolling Stock

Patent for a side bearing for railway rolling stock. This invention is designed to prevent derailments in turns. Illustration included.
Date: April 25, 1905
Creator: Wood, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue Beading Tool (open access)

Flue Beading Tool

Patent for a flue beading tool. Illustration included.
Date: June 27, 1905
Creator: Faessler, John W. & Rall, Frederick A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue Expander (open access)

Flue Expander

Patent for a flue expander. Illustration included.
Date: June 27, 1905
Creator: Faessler, John W. & Rall, Frederick A.
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
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
Driving Mechanism (open access)

Driving Mechanism

Patent for a driving mechanism. The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient mechanism for transforming reciprocatory motion into rotary motion. It can be adapted in order to connect to other mechanisms.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Allison, Andrew J.
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
Design for a Badge (open access)

Design for a Badge

Patent for a design for an ornamental badge celebrating the Emancipation of slaves by Abraham Lincoln.
Date: October 6, 1906
Creator: Whitney, Junius P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Nicholson, Matthew Harris & Rosenbaum, Eugene
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
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
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator, which has a movable beam for use as a straddle row cultivator that allows the draft animal to walk on either side of the rows of plants.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Nicholson, Matthew H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Sling (open access)

Piano-Sling

Patent for a piano sling used for handling pianos. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1907
Creator: Hanson, Henry Harrison
System: The Portal to Texas History