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Bedstead (open access)

Bedstead

Patent for a bedstead. Illustration included.
Date: October 31, 1905
Creator: Davis, Augustus H.; Hummel, George F. & Gray, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a coupling mechanism for rail cars. Illustration included.
Date: October 31, 1905
Creator: Power, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Jack (open access)

Carpenter's Jack

Patent for a carpenter's jack specifically designed for "carpenters or workmen in laying flooring, putting up siding, or any similar operations" (lines 9-11).
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: McCulley, Perry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpet Stretcher (open access)

Carpet Stretcher

Patent for carpet stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Williams, Robbert D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Switch (open access)

Automatic Electric Switch

Patent for an automatic electric switch. Illustration included.
Date: October 10, 1905
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher (open access)

Wire-Stretcher

Patent for improvements to wire-stretchers, "particularly to those arranged for disposal upon wagons, and has for its object to provide a wire-stretcher with which a plurality of wires may be stretched simultaneously and which will be arranged to hold the spools containing the wire which is to be strung." (lines 12-18), including illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Manning, Butler S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire-stretcher "to provide a device of the class embodying new and improved features of utility, convenience, indestructibility, and cheapness." (lines 8-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 3, 1905
Creator: Kimbro, John A. & Kimbro, Jeremirah H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leg Brace (open access)

Leg Brace

Patent for a leg brace. Illustration included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Norwood, Robert R. & O'Neall, Elisha V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Catcher (open access)

Insect Catcher

Patent for an insect catcher. This device is for catching cotton boll weevils. Illustration included.
Date: October 3, 1905
Creator: Krenek, Edward Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustration included.
Date: October 31, 1905
Creator: Lee, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Breaker Or Reducer (open access)

Stalk Breaker Or Reducer

Patent for a stalk breaker or reducer. Illustration included.
Date: October 10, 1905
Creator: Johnson, Robert L. & Robertson, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk- Cutter (open access)

Stalk- Cutter

Patent for a Stalk-Cutter, a "simple, durable and efficient device for cutting stalks, like cotton, cornstalks or weeds, while standing" (lines 13-14).
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Wilburn, Sylvestor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Clipper (open access)

Nut-Clipper

Patent for a Nut-Clipper with a special "cutting-jaw" (line 91-92), which is designed to detach rusted nuts from bolts.
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Pulvitt, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music Indicator (open access)

Music Indicator

Patent for a music indicator. This device is readily applied to a piano or other keyed musical instruments in order to properly indicate the various chords, notes, scales, and the like. Illustration included.
Date: October 10, 1905
Creator: MacMaster, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester (open access)

Spark-Arrester

Patent for an improved and simplified spark arrester, which deflects sparks and other products of combustion back into the furnace or into a designated receptacle.
Date: October 10, 1905
Creator: Anderson, Oliver Lacy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Platform Treadle For Hand Cars (open access)

Platform Treadle For Hand Cars

Patent for a platform treadle for hand cars. Illustration included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Allison, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pressure-Regulator (open access)

Pressure-Regulator

Patent for a Pressure-Regulator, which is a device for "automatically regulating the pressure of steam, compressed air, or other gases while passing through a conduit" (lines 8-10).
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Moffett, James D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool (open access)

Tool

Patent for a tool designed to remove rust and dirt from a coupling member and prepare it for a new gasket.
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Eddins, Andrew J. & Agnell, Peter W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener. (open access)

Tire-Tightener.

Patent for a Tire Tightener that tightens the tire by expanding the felly of the wheel.
Date: October 31, 1905
Creator: Alten, George P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoe Attachment (open access)

Hoe Attachment

Patent for a blade attachment to a hoe. Illustration included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Garner, Samuel Jake
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrolytic Cell (open access)

Electrolytic Cell

Patent for an electrolytic cell. "This invention relates to electrolytic cells especially adapted and intended for the electrolyzing of the sulfates of the alkalies to obtain sulfuric acid and alkaline hydrates" (lines 10-13). Illustration included.
Date: October 31, 1905
Creator: Anderson, Henry S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Setting Trap (open access)

Self Setting Trap

Patent for self setting trap. Illustration included.
Date: October 10, 1905
Creator: Massie, Samuel Jett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shutter - Fastener (open access)

Shutter - Fastener

Patent for an improvement in shutter and blind fasteners. The invention provides a way for someone to lock or fasten blinds so they cannot be opened from the outside.
Date: October 10, 1905
Creator: Niggli, Emil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Recharging-Valve. (open access)

Recharging-Valve.

Patent for a recharging valve "to permit recharging the auxiliary reservoirs of an automatic air-brake system without involving the release of the brakes." (lines 8-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 3, 1905
Creator: Williams, Leonard F.
System: The Portal to Texas History