Combination-Tool (open access)

Combination-Tool

Patent for improvements in combination-tools especially adapted for repairing rubber tires.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Green, Samuel Milton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bung and Air Connection for Beer-Kegs, &c. (open access)

Bung and Air Connection for Beer-Kegs, &c.

Patent for improvements in bungs and air connections for beer-kegs by using a metallic bung which has an opening (a bung-hole), “and provided atone side with a passage, the passage being interiorly threaded at its outer end, an air-tube provided with a valve and having a swiveled member exteriorly threaded and engaging the threaded portion of the passage, and the cork or stopper arranged within the inner portion of the bung-hole and closing the inner end of the passage.” (Lines 116-123, p. 3) Illustration is included.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Morawetz, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boat Propeller (open access)

Boat Propeller

Patent for a boat propeller. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Edgar, Samuel Nooley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. This invention is designed to mounted on a cultivator carriage. It also provides detachable devices by which the cotton chopping mechanism. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Cowart, Stephen A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for improvements a cotton chopper that "consists of a two-wheeled carriage having a hoe situated to thin the cotton and is operated by bevel gear-wheels, a ratchet-wheel, and a spring" (lines 12-15).
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Levings, Enoc
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Lead-Pencils. (open access)

Attachment for Lead-Pencils.

Patent for a calendar that attaches permanently to a lead pencil and wraps securely when not being viewed.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Masters, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bag-Holder and Sifter. (open access)

Combined Bag-Holder and Sifter.

Patent for improvements in a combined bag-holder and sifter by using a supporting bracket secured to a wall, a bag-holder, a sifter located below the bag-holder, a detachable suspending connection between the sifter and the bag-engaging devices rising from the sifter. With this arrangement, the bag will be elevated into the proper position and to hold the bag against lateral movement while the sifter is being operated. The bag is to remain in proper position until the contents has been sifted entirely. Illustration is included.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Shanley, Michael H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Miller, Alexander & Leonard, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Latch for Gates. (open access)

Latch for Gates.

Patent for improvements in latches for gates.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Roots, Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Plow (open access)

Wheel Plow

Patent for a plow supported on wheels. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Barnett, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Elevator. (open access)

Water-Elevator.

Patent for an improvement in water elevators to raise and lower a pair of buckets, meant to be simple, inexpensive, and more efficient than other designs. In particular, it is meant "to move the buckets in either direction without necessitating the operator's changing his position with relation to the apparatus" (lines 19-22).
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Griffin, Walter R.; Thomas, Joseph E. & Griffin, Samuel D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thill Or Tongue Support (open access)

Thill Or Tongue Support

Patent for a thill or tongue support. This invention is designed for use with horse buggies. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Roark, Lafayette L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stopper. (open access)

Stopper.

Patent for improvement in stoppers by “combining a stopper and funnel adapted to be used for pouring liquids from one vessel to another without wasting, provision being made for pouring the liquid into a large vessel or into a small vessel, and when the stopper is not in use it may be closed for the purpose of preventing leakage and evaporation.” (Lines 12-19) Illustration is included.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Hyer, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a pump whereby for use with deep wells. Pump uses relate to oil, water, sand and other articles. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Butler, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment (open access)

Plow Attachment

Patent for a plow attachment. This invention works with sweep plows and consists of a runner and secured to the end of the plow beam. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Wiegert, Theodore & Neumann, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal (open access)

Signal

Patent for a signal. This invention provides a signal for display to call the milkman, iceman, laundryman, etc. when in need for service. It is designed to display panels featuring suitable names for needed services. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Marwedel, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-refillable bottle. (open access)

Non-refillable bottle.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles" (line 5). "This invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and more particularly to mean sfor admitting air to such bottles, in connection with a valve-stopper for preventing the introduction of liquid into the bottle after the stopper has been placed in position." (lines 9-10)
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Anderson, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Machine (open access)

Mattress-Machine

Patent for "an improved machine for making mattress from lint-cotton and the like materials, which is compressed into a bat, ejected from the press, and in the process of being ejected inserted in the tick" (lines 9-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Morgan, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher. (open access)

Horse-Detacher.

Patent for an improved horse-detacher, including illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Vincent, William O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress. (open access)

Cotton-Compress.

Patent for improvement in cotton-compresses by employing two compressing rolls, so that while one compress is finishing a bale the other would continuously carry out the feeding operation; making it unnecessary to stop the condenser or any part of the ginning apparatus. Illustration is included.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Rembert, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Thinning Plow (open access)

Cotton Thinning Plow

Patent for cotton thinning plow. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Edgin, William Alaxander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Hopple (open access)

Cultivator Hopple

Patent for a cultivator hopple. The hopple is a device for shifting beams of cultivators for the purpose of adjusting plows. Illustrations included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Cowart, Stephen A.
System: The Portal to Texas History