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Bridle-Rod for Railroad Rails (open access)

Bridle-Rod for Railroad Rails

Patent for a system of attaching railroad rails when the rails are first placed. This device is used to keep the rails a precise distance apart before the railroad spikes are placed into the ground holding the rails firmly in place.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Johnson, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bank-Ledger (open access)

Bank-Ledger

Patent for a Bank-Ledger
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Ford, Earle
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Street-Car and Air-Brake Coupling (open access)

Combined Street-Car and Air-Brake Coupling

Patent for a combined street-car and air-brake coupling.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Cary, Lewis C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Stanchion. (open access)

Cattle-Stanchion.

Patent for improvements in cattle-stanchions in “which the animal can be released from without its stall, so that the attendant will not have to enter such stall or be subjected to any of the inconveniences of dangers arising therefrom.” (Lines 13-17) Illustration is included.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Garrett, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher (open access)

Churn Dasher

Patent for churn-dashers of the rotary type for a churning machine. This will allow the cream upon contact with blades of the dasher to turn over and head town the bottom of the churn.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Controlling Trolley Poles (open access)

Apparatus for Controlling Trolley Poles

Patent for an apparatus for controlling trolley poles. "This invention relates to an apparatus for controlling trolley poles employed for effecting electrical connection between a trolley wire and a motor on a car, and has for its object to provide improved means for automatically throwing the trolley into position to be placed in engagement with the trolley wire" (line 9-15). Illustrations included.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Bogue, Judson L. & Jennings, David M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Machine (open access)

Wire Fence Machine

Patent for a wire fence machine. This invention is designed to tie wires to the line wires and line wires to the stay. Illustrations included.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Baumgartner, Blassie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vermin-Destroyer. (open access)

Vermin-Destroyer.

Patent for a device to exterminate burrowing animals.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Phillips, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press For Ribbons, &c (open access)

Press For Ribbons, &c

Patent for a press for ribbons. This invention is for a press that smooths the wrinkles out of ribbon, lace, and other items such as neckties. Illustration included.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Fuqua, William Yancey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hatching and Brooding Body (open access)

Hatching and Brooding Body

Patent for a hatching and brooding body. "This invention relates to an artificial heating-body for the hatching of eggs or the warming of broods" (line 7-9). Illustration included.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Sossna, Adolph O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically Operating Door (open access)

Electrically Operating Door

Patent for electrically operating door.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Chambers, Joseph, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Starting or Stopping Mechanism for Windmills (open access)

Starting or Stopping Mechanism for Windmills

Patent for a starting or topping mechanism for windmills.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Wheeler, T. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post (open access)

Fence-Post

Patent for a fence post
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Wherry, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Alarm System (open access)

Electrical Alarm System

Patent for an electrical alarm system based on a protected circuit that alarms at any tampering or interference.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Coerver, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastening for Vehicles (open access)

End Gate Fastening for Vehicles

Patent for end gate fastening for vehicles.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Clarke, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Paste Applier. (open access)

Shoe-Paste Applier.

Patent for shoe-paste applier by using “cotton or cloth, wound into a roll to make the paste-applying element.” (Lines 65-66) “A holding member having terminal arms held associated by being twisted together and a curved intermediated coiled portion to house the paste-applying element, and a handle for receiving the twisted portions of the arms.” (Lines 15-19) Illustration is included.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Smith, William Roland
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner for Heating Purposes (open access)

Oil Burner for Heating Purposes

Patent for an oil burner for heating purposes. This is an improvement for the burning of liquid and gaseous fuel burners.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Anderson, George S. & Jevons, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Operating Device for Air-Break Angle-Cocks. (open access)

Operating Device for Air-Break Angle-Cocks.

Patent for improvements in air-break systems where the angle-cock may be operated by the breakeman from either side of the car without going between the cars. (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Riley, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Connection. (open access)

Pipe Connection.

Patent for "an improved means of connecting the T which usually joins the pipe of a windmill-operated pump to a cistern-pipe" (lines 7-9)
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Collins, Livingston G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Awning. (open access)

Metallic Awning.

Patent for improvement in metallic awning by using a plurality of toggle-bars pivoted together and connected to the house, awning-plates carried by toggle-bars, straps provided with a stud and slot, respectively, connected to the lower member of the toggle-frame to prevent it from opening downward too far. A cord connected to the toggle-bars for raising or lowering the awning. (Page. 2, lines 8-17) Illustration is included.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Cornitius, Ernst
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer. (open access)

Draft-Equalizer.

Patent for improvement in draft-equalizers in which the draft-equalizer will “first, take away the side draft; second, to enable the plow to follow the furrow; third, to work three, four, or five horses to the same bars by simply adjusting the bars; fourth, to enable all horses except one to walk on solid ground, the one to walk in furrow; fifth, to enable the operator to place load on any point of the bars he chooses and still have a straight pull.” (Lines 25-34) Illustration is included.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Lawrence, David & Vincent, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Educational Device. (open access)

Educational Device.

Patent for improvements in educational device by providing “a simple and comparatively inexpensive one designed for teaching addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division and capable of enabling the same to be explained with greater ease and at the expenditure of much less energy of both pupil and teacher.” (Lines 12-18) Illustration is included.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Williams, Willoughby Columbus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Attachment for Railway Cars (open access)

Draft Attachment for Railway Cars

Patent for a draft attachment for railway cars.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Agnell, Peter W.
System: The Portal to Texas History