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Cattle Guard (open access)

Cattle Guard

Patent for a cattle guard. This cattle guard is a useful improvement in use on railway-tracks.
Date: September 15, 1903
Creator: Frownfelter, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine (open access)

Vending Machine

Patent for a vending machine. Illustration included.
Date: November 17, 1903
Creator: Scheble, Eugene Stites & Wilmore, S. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Apparatus. (open access)

Pumping Apparatus.

Patent for improvements to a pumping apparatus "to provide a simple, inexpensive, and easily-operated apparatus through the medium of which water may be forced from a well, stream, or other source of supply by the weight of a person" (lines 14-18).
Date: February 17, 1903
Creator: Simmons, Jessie W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Word Counting Attachment for Type Writers (open access)

Word Counting Attachment for Type Writers

Patent for a word counting attachment for type writers.
Date: August 4, 1903
Creator: Coleman, James G. & Wilhite, Luther
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner. This invention is designed to not allow air in the burner proper except at the point of combustion. Illustration included.
Date: December 20, 1902
Creator: Murphy, Alfonso F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Rack (open access)

Display-Rack

Patent for a display rack.
Date: April 21, 1903
Creator: Wilbanks, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bailing Press (open access)

Bailing Press

Patent for a baling press. This invention combines a truck and horse that facilitates the pressing of hay.
Date: June 30, 1903
Creator: Moore, James Solomon; Adams, Barnett V.; Roy, Ransom J. & Jack, I. Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rein-Guide (open access)

Rein-Guide

Patent for rein guides to support a harness and guide horses. The device yields little space during storage and transportation.
Date: January 13, 1903
Creator: Johnston, Nathan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic End Yoke For Railway Cars (open access)

Metallic End Yoke For Railway Cars

Patent for a metallic end yoke for railway cars. Illustrations included.
Date: November 17, 1903
Creator: Kimbrough, Sidney W.; Watkins, William E. & McCarley, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Mold. (open access)

Dental Mold.

Patent for dental mold, it is an improvement on patent no. 700855, by the same inventor. The improvement was to have open sides and large exit at the bottom of the lower neck of the mold, and a flask having a wide inlet in order to keep the molten metal from contact with the metal of the mold to avoid being suddenly cooled. (Lines 19-23) Illustration is included.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Streetman, Willard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment. (open access)

Cultivator Attachment.

Patent for cultivator attachment that is useful in breaking up the soil at opposite side of the plants and leveling the ground between the rows. It can be adjusted to any desired angle (vertical, horizontal) or level (up and down).
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Brewer, John Meed
System: The Portal to Texas History