Elevator (open access)

Elevator

Patent for an elevator.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Ham, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain Drying Means. (open access)

Grain Drying Means.

Patent for a new mechanism for bulk drying grain. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Liles, La Fayette W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excavating Apparatus (open access)

Excavating Apparatus

Patent for an "improved excavating apparatus adopted for use in cleaning out tanks, for excavating cellars, for dredging streams, and for other similar purposes; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter fully set forth and claimed." (line 9-14)
Date: August 22, 1902
Creator: Bump, James G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post (open access)

Fence-Post

Patent for "improvements in fence-posts, telegraph-poles, and the like."(lines 11-12) These improvements include wings what mount into slots at the base of the posts to anchor them firmly into the ground. Including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1903
Creator: Childress, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a new type of baling press, including illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Choat, Isom Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History