Adjustable Metallic Trunk-Strap. (open access)

Adjustable Metallic Trunk-Strap.

Patent for an adjustable metallic trunk strap that connects in multiple directs so that they will reinforce the trunk while allowing it to be opened. It includes illustrations of the strap on the trunk and various components in detail.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Mertins, John Lewis
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
Cattle Guard (open access)

Cattle Guard

Patent for a cattle guard. This invention is for use with railways to prevent passage of stock over the tracks. Illustration included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Jungman, Leo A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Weighing Scale (open access)

Continuous Weighing Scale

Patent for continuous weighing scale. Illustration included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Fence-Post (open access)

Design for a Fence-Post

Patent for a new, original, and ornamental design for fence posts.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Jasper, Tolbert Fanning
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator (open access)

Indicator

Patent for an indicator. This invention is for keeping track of a grocer's list. Illustrations included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Ellis, Harley Sigal
System: The Portal to Texas History
Invalid bed (open access)

Invalid bed

Patent for an invalid bed. Illustrations included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Prichard, Henry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for stalk cutters.Invention can be horse drawn to fell stalks. Illustrations included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Durham, Thomas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaginal Irrigator (open access)

Vaginal Irrigator

Patent for a vaginal irrigator. Illustration included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Farrington, Charles Oliphint & Watson, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater (open access)

Water Heater

Patent for water heater. The invention is designed to use gas as fuel to heat the water heater. Illustrations included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Simpson, Ray C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Sand Flue And Netting Cleaner (open access)

Pneumatic Sand Flue And Netting Cleaner

Patent for improved Pneumatic Sand Flue and Netting Cleaners that "provide portable means for blowing sand through locomotive flues and nettings when coal-burners are employed for the purpose of cleaning said flues or nettings" (lines 13-17)
Date: December 4, 1901
Creator: Gibson, Robert W. & Best, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Apparatus. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Apparatus.

Patent for machines that generate acetylene gas for a "simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, in which the gas is thoroughly washed before entering the service-pipe and in which the water-supply to the generator is controlled by the gas pressure and the carbid kept at all times cooled by surrounding water" (lines 11-17).
Date: December 4, 1900
Creator: McGoldrick, William Hamilton
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
Ironing-Table. (open access)

Ironing-Table.

Patent for improvements to ironing tables, including a narrow folding table top by which to iron sleeves and small articles, a means by which "depending articles" may be kept out of the way and off the floor (and thus clean), and an iron holder.
Date: December 4, 1900
Creator: Wren, James F. & Grant, Nancy E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam and Water Separator. (open access)

Steam and Water Separator.

Patent for improvements in steam and water separator to “eliminate water, entrained moisture, grease, or other impurities from steam at any pressure and automatically discharge the water of condensation and other impurities from the trap and permit the steam to pass in a thoroughly-dry condition to the point of use.” (Lines 13-19) Illustration is included.
Date: December 4, 1900
Creator: Reynolds, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History