Resource Type

Portable Water-Heater and Steam-Cooker (open access)

Portable Water-Heater and Steam-Cooker

Patent for a portable water-heater and steam-cooker that "can be adapted for heating water for a variety of domestic purposes, such as for washing clothes and the like, and for supplying steam for scalding clothes, for cooking feed for stock, and for operating a churn or similar device" (lines 14-19).
Date: April 12, 1904
Creator: Staton, John William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for "an improved plow especially adapted for use in plowing down listed or bedded land to reduce the same to a level and also adapted for other purposes" .(lines 11-14). The plow is designed to improve the physical construction of the plow making it better and stronger while eliminating past flaws.
Date: September 12, 1905
Creator: Killingsworth, Robert Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post-Auger (open access)

Post-Auger

Patent for a post auger.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Sanford, James Dobbs
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stopper For Bottles (open access)

Stopper For Bottles

Patent for a stopper for bottles. This invention is designed to allow the pouring of liquid from the bottle without allowing the introduction of liquid. Illustration included.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Stanich, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stocking Supporter (open access)

Stocking Supporter

Patent for a stocking supporter. Illustration included.
Date: July 12, 1904
Creator: Beeler, Gertrude
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Braune, Fritz
System: The Portal to Texas History
Temporary Binder (open access)

Temporary Binder

Patent for a temporary binder.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Buford, Paschal
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
Hay Or Cotton Press (open access)

Hay Or Cotton Press

Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Hay or Cotton Presses" (lines 4-6), including illustrations.
Date: November 12, 1901
Creator: Hamilton, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sod-Turning Plow (open access)

Sod-Turning Plow

Patent for a plow to turn prairie sod. On the land side the pow has a longer runner which are attached by a cross bar.
Date: May 12, 1902
Creator: Fletcher, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for a washing machine. Illustration included.
Date: July 12, 1904
Creator: Moreland, Jesse I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspensory (open access)

Suspensory

Patent for suspensory to prevent binding and discomfort. Illustration included.
Date: July 12, 1904
Creator: Munsey, Elbert W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Device For Operating Sewing Machines (open access)

Hand Device For Operating Sewing Machines

Patent for a hand device for operating sewing machines. This invention relates to hand driven sewing machines. Illustrations included.
Date: February 12, 1907
Creator: Rapier, Mildred J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator (open access)

Elevator

Patent for an elevator.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Ham, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Fuel (open access)

Artificial Fuel

Patent for artificial fuel.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Russi, Charles & Cadena, Celedonio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plunder for Baling-Presses (open access)

Plunder for Baling-Presses

Patent for a plunger for baling presses.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Yoke (open access)

Animal-Yoke

Patent for an animal-yoke.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Landers, Willis M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fred Regulator for Cotton Gins (open access)

Fred Regulator for Cotton Gins

Patent for a feed regulator for cotton gins. This invention is arranged for distributing and guiding cotton into the feeder. Illustration included.
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: McCreary, Lorenzo A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Trap (open access)

Fish-Trap

Patent for a fish trap that may also be used to capture birds or various smaller animals. Illustrations included.
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: Crowson, Jonas Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Shipping-Crate. (open access)

Foldable Shipping-Crate.

Patent for a foldable shipping crate for shipping poultry or produce, which folds open and shut easily.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Rollins, Edgar C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grinding Attachment (open access)

Grinding Attachment

Patent for a grinding attachment. This attachment is a grindstone that is turned via the hand-car. Illustrations included.
Date: April 12, 1904
Creator: Brown, Mik
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating Apparatus (open access)

Refrigerating Apparatus

Patent for a refrigerating apparatus. This invention is a coil composed of two pipes of different diameters placed inside of each other acting as a condensing agent. Illustration included.
Date: February 12, 1907
Creator: Holdgreen, Julius H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Seat (open access)

Spring Seat

Patent for a spring seat. Illustration included.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Peeple, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Operating Device (open access)

Switch Operating Device

Patent for a switch operating device. Illustrations included.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Hubbard, Willson E.
System: The Portal to Texas History