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Animal-Trap
Patent for a small animal trap which consists of a cage suspended in the air on a spring system which drops when an animal disturbs the bait.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Franks, Marion M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Capsule-Filler
Patent for a capsule filler which allows a prescriptionist to simultaneously fill multiple capsules with medication. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Brown, Patrick Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Device
Patent for a mail bag catching and delivering device that is attached to trains and grabs mailbags off of a designated mail bag holder on the edge of the tracks.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Cruse, James Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for an oil burner for stoves, which has parts which do not carbonize and block the burner, lights quickly, and wastes less fuel in smoke or soot.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Wright, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry Drinking-Fountain.
Patent for a poultry drinking fountain, which run water from a water tank to the the water trough and cuts off automatically when the trough is full.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Anderson, Heartwell B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Connection
Patent for a rail connection which provides a smooth connection between rails and "dispenses with the angle bars which the ordinary rail connection requires" (lines 15-17). Illustrations included.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
MateÌŒjka, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie.
Patent for a railroad tie, which can be used with ordinary rails that improves the fastening and unfastening process and forms a track gage.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Whitaker, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweep-Stock Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a sweep-stock attachment for plows, which can be adjusted to different lengths without using a tool.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Hewitt, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Cleaning System
Patent for an air cleaning system to be used in homes. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap
Patent for an ant rap designed to catch ants and burrowing insects that are destructive to vegetation. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Fly, Nathaniel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bin-Measuring Apparatus
Patent for a bin measuring apparatus for weighing dry products for sale quickly and accurately.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Duke, Joseph S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Attachment
Patent for an attachment to be used as a chute for cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Story, Henton L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker
Patent for a machine for harvesting cotton. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Pierce, John Earl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker.
Patent for an electric motor operated cotton picker, which is worn on the body and sucks the cotton bolls through a nozzle into a bag.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Gray, Sidney J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Making Castings.
Patent for "making castings of various kinds, and more especially for making castings for dental use" (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Davison, Hugh M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drying and Stretching Frame
Patent for a frame used to stretch and dry fabrics such as curtains. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Hargrave, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tires
Patent for an inner tube for pneumatic tires that has been layered with vulcanized fabric so as to protect from damage. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Culmore, March
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pie-Plate Lifter
Patent for a pie plate lifter used to handle pie plates or other utensils should they be too hot. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Blue, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Gate
Patent for a railway gate that can be operated from a distance. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Buchannan, Edward M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tooth-Bender.
Patent for a tooth bender for band saw teeth, which keeps the teeth in place for use and for grinding.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Dell Ge Bott, Jay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wireless-Telegraph Receiver
Patent for a wireless telegraph receiver which receives incoming intelligence through electric waves and uses crystalline substances as its detector. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Way, Wesley M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Box.
Patent for a journal box for railroad cars with an improved bearing and lubricating system.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
Jones, Jefferson Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Making Burial-Vaults.
Patent for a mold for making burial vaults, which is easily removed from the finished product and allows for easy transport of the vault.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
Cass, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing.
Patent for packing material for use in preventing lateral movement of rods in pumps.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
Grant, Jack
System:
The Portal to Texas History