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Cotton and Corn Planter. (open access)

Cotton and Corn Planter.

Patent for a cotton and corn planter that does not put as much pressure on the tongue of the machine as previous models and that allows the plow attachment to be lifted higher off the ground to avoid obstacles.
Date: June 4, 1907
Creator: Goodnight, Frank H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a rail car coupling. Illustration included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke & Story, Leonidas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Jar. (open access)

Design for a Jar.

Patent for ornamental design on jar depicting the logo for the Jersey-Creme drink company
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Jersey-Creme Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beauty-Pillow. (open access)

Beauty-Pillow.

Patent for improvement in beauty pillow which is slanted to draw the skin back toward the scalp to prevent wrinkling. Illustration is included.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Fitze, Eloise
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing Machine (open access)

Automatic Weighing Machine

Patent for an automatic weighing machine. Illustration included.
Date: August 4, 1908
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: August 4, 1908
Creator: Gresham, Louis David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed - Slat. (open access)

Bed - Slat.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in bed-slates to provide a strong brace.
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Pickett, Mollie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for an acetylene-gas generator that consists of “a suitable frame, a receptacle positioned within said frame, and a gas-bell” (lines 11-13), as well as a gasometer and carbide feed. As a result, the gas generator “will continually furnish dry, cool gas and at a substantially even pressure at all times” (line 22-24). Illustrations included.
Date: June 4, 1907
Creator: Hays, Parx Orr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Feed-Water Steam-Generator (open access)

Automatic Feed-Water Steam-Generator

Patent for a steam generator for hydrocarbon burners. Illustrations included.
Date: February 4, 1913
Creator: Mills, John H. T. & Mills, Virgil H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cash-Box (open access)

Cash-Box

Patent for "a device adapted for persons making a great number of small collections, such as railway conductors" (lines 8-10).
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Peetz, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Billing and Journal Sheet. (open access)

Combined Billing and Journal Sheet.

Patent for improvements in combined billing and journal sheets there by each sheet in the journal will serve as a billing sheet, a duplicate billing sheet, and a journal page at the same time. (Lines 18-20) Further, the bound book will serve as a permanent journal after the bills have been removed. (Lines 25-26) Illustration is included.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Hartley, James William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drying-Machine (open access)

Drying-Machine

Patent for a drying machine for stone, clay and related substances that will not burn the materials.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Black, Lee J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental - Chair. (open access)

Dental - Chair.

Patent for a new and useful dental chair to "easily adjust to various positions and be folded into very compact form for transportation or storage" (line 13-14).
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Rose, Nicholas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Desk-Ruler. (open access)

Desk-Ruler.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in desk-rules, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Connett, Matthew F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Educational, Amusement, Or Other Purposes (open access)

Device For Educational, Amusement, Or Other Purposes

Patent for a device for educational, amusement, or other purposes. Illustration included.
Date: October 4, 1904
Creator: Robertson, William H.; Henderson, William G. & Arithmo-game Board Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Pump (open access)

Automobile-Pump

Patent for an automobile tire pump that can be used with any size tire.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Goeth, Richard Anton; Rodgers, Robert B. & Dittmar, John Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Stalk Cutter (open access)

Cotton-Stalk Cutter

Patent for a more efficient and simple cotton stalk chopper with the ability for the chopping drum to be moved up and down in the on and off positions.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Thomsen, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Holder. (open access)

Coin-Holder.

Patent for improvement in coin-holder “to be use on a belt to be worn by a person or on a stand placed on a counter, desk, or the like, and arranged to hold coins of desired denominations and to permit the user to conveniently and quickly remove coins of various denominations for making changes.” (Lines 10-16) Illustration is included.
Date: December 4, 1900
Creator: Miller, Thomas Octavus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg-Preserving Compound. (open access)

Egg-Preserving Compound.

Patent for a compound of cotton-seed oil, beeswax, paraffin, and salicylic acid that was meant to preserve eggs by sealing their pores.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in cultivators. This design is for "bedding cotton, corn, and all other seed which are planted in beds or rows" (line 14-18).
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Russell, Cal
System: The Portal to Texas History
Couch (open access)

Couch

Patent for a couch. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Hartshorn, Guy C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Flue Cleaner. (open access)

Boiler-Flue Cleaner.

Patent for a new and useful boiler flue cleaner, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 4, 1898
Creator: Hamilton, Ninian B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Decive for Sucker-rods and Couplings (open access)

Antifriction Decive for Sucker-rods and Couplings

Patent for an improved method of connecting sucker-rods, couplings, or ropes so as to minimize wear and extend the life of the materials, with illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Black, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a new and useful baling press, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Harrington, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History