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Cooking Utensil. (open access)

Cooking Utensil.

Patent for an improved steam-cooker in which different kinds of food can be simultaneously cooked in separate containers. Individual cooking vessels are removable from the steam-cooker.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Daniels, Laura E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Siphon (open access)

Automatic Siphon

Patent for an automatic siphon. This invention is intended to for the purpose of draining cellars and basements. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Ackley, George D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bracing Garment (open access)

Bracing Garment

Patent for a bracing garment. This invention resembles a corset functioning as a body brace. Illustrations included.
Date: December 25, 1906
Creator: Crumbly, Lula
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedclothes-Clamp. (open access)

Bedclothes-Clamp.

Patent for new clamping device that holds the mattress and bedding of a folding bed in place, is adjustable, and is not in the way when the bed is in use.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: Baley, Katie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Lifting-Jack and Shaft-Support (open access)

Combined Lifting-Jack and Shaft-Support

Patent for a "combined lifting-jack and thill-support for vehicles," (lines 8-9) with the objective being "to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character." (lines 10-11)
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Morgan, Rovena G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stock and Freight Car (open access)

Combined Stock and Freight Car

Patent for improved stock-car with provided attachments for conversion to freight-car.
Date: June 19, 1906
Creator: Wyatt, Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Controlling Valve. (open access)

Exhaust-Controlling Valve.

Patent for new exhaust-controlling valve mechanisms in steam or air engines, including illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Inman, Wesley J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder (open access)

Copy Holder

Patent for a copy holder. This invention is designed to hold a manuscript so as allow for ease of reading. Illustration included.
Date: December 18, 1906
Creator: Sharp, Joshua H. & Haberzettle, Fred S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator. This invention is designed to be automatic, use non-freezing fluids, and work on railway trains or ships. Illustrations included.
Date: October 2, 1906
Creator: Woodson, Jacob W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Stay. (open access)

Fence-Stay.

Patent for a fence stay that can be put on without any special tools. The stay also forms a clamp in itself and does not require any other tie to keep it in place.
Date: May 15, 1906
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Conveyor (open access)

Wood-Conveyor

Patent for a wood-conveyor that will "provide a practical device for hauling or conveying wood from a sawing or splitting machine to a convenient place of stacking the wood" (lines 9-12).
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Hughs, George G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Machine (open access)

Well Drilling Machine

Patent for well drilling machine. Illustrations included.
Date: October 2, 1906
Creator: Boaz, Ernest O. & Kenehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock with a locking plate that can be used for multiple nuts, "particularly those used in securing the joints of railroad rails, frogs, switches, and crossings" (lines 10-12), with illustrations.
Date: June 19, 1906
Creator: Taylor, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marine Illusion Apparatus (open access)

Marine Illusion Apparatus

Patent for a Marine Illusion apparatus. This invention is to fit between two boats so that passengers can travel from one boat to another that is attached to a dock. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: White, Francis Marion & Langever, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mixing Device (open access)

Mixing Device

Patent for mixing device which helps save time by mixing several ingredients separate from each other at a single operation.
Date: May 8, 1906
Creator: Powell, Sarah Emma
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for locking-washer "so that the nuts will not come off or be knocked from the bolts" (Lines 8-9) including illustrations.
Date: April 24, 1906
Creator: Palmer, Clyde E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup (open access)

Stirrup

Patent for a stirrup. This invention is intended for use when mounting difficult animals. Illustration included.
Date: December 13, 1906
Creator: Zimmerman, Gus H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device (open access)

Hitching Device

Patent for hitching device for use with hitching posts. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Hazlewood, George W. & Robinson, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electromechanical Switch Thrower (open access)

Electromechanical Switch Thrower

Patent for an electromechanical switch thrower. Illustration included.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: Posey, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road-Working Machine. (open access)

Road-Working Machine.

Patent for a road working machine, which claims to simplify and improve the type of this machine that is designed to "operate upon banks at the sides of the road for the purpose of trimming such banks and moving the surplus dirt in the direction of the center of the road." (lines 11-14)
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: McBride, William J. & Alford, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate (open access)

Folding Crate

Patent for a crate that will fold into a compacted shape when not in use in order to maximize space or to create a way to use a crate as an open container without physically removing the top (or cover).
Date: May 8, 1906
Creator: Green, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Merry Go Round (open access)

Merry Go Round

Patent for a merry go round. Illustration included.
Date: May 8, 1906
Creator: Barnett, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Little, Leander H.
System: The Portal to Texas History