Root-Cutting Attachment for Plowing-Machines. (open access)

Root-Cutting Attachment for Plowing-Machines.

Patent for a root-cutting attachment for plowing machines, which is composed of concave disk saws attached to the plow.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Rountree, Joseph Gustave
System: The Portal to Texas History
Root-Cutting Machine. (open access)

Root-Cutting Machine.

Patent for a root cutting machine, which has saw guards.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Rountree, Joseph Gustave
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Burner (open access)

Lamp-Burner

Patent for an attachment for lamp burners designed to automatically extinguish the flame of the lamp should it be tilted at an angle. Illustrations included.
Date: February 23, 1909
Creator: Sommerville, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Singe-Register (open access)

Singe-Register

Patent for a singe register which maintains a record of each time a barber uses a singeing taper. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barber's Bottle-Holder (open access)

Barber's Bottle-Holder

Patent for a bottle holder used for barbers. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Cut Register (open access)

Hair-Cut Register

Patent for a haircut register. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Register-Operating Device for Massage Treatments (open access)

Register-Operating Device for Massage Treatments

Patent for a device made to deliver massage treatment materials to a barber. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shave-Register-Operating Device (open access)

Shave-Register-Operating Device

Patent for a shave register operating device, designed for barbers to keep a record of customers desiring a shave. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Taking Up Wear on Vehicle-Axles (open access)

Means for Taking Up Wear on Vehicle-Axles

Patent for an "apparatus for taking up wear upon vehicle axles" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date: November 26, 1907
Creator: Short, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap. (open access)

Insect-Trap.

Patent for a trap for bedbugs made of pine wood with many nooks and crannies and springs attached to either side of the wooden block. It can be put on the bed frame and bedbugs hide in its dark recesses during the day, and then the trap can either be hit to close the springs and crush the bugs or put into hot water to drown them.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Mattingly, Benjamin Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Clamp (open access)

Pipe Clamp

Patent for a pipe clamp. Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Krueger, Louis; Kinkler, Emil J. & Carmichael, Oscar H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for improved rail joints that are stronger, more durable, removes the need for "pounding of the rails ends" (lines 14-15) and reducing the loss and displacement of bolts.
Date: January 23, 1906
Creator: Hensley, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harvester (open access)

Harvester

Patent for a harvester. Illustration included.
Date: June 20, 1905
Creator: Lampton, Flavius J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher (open access)

Horse Detacher

Patent for horse detacher. Illustration included.
Date: September 27, 1904
Creator: Chivers, Algernon Sidney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Work Holder (open access)

Work Holder

Patent for a work holder. The invention provides adjustable jaws to clamp the work in position. Illustrations included.
Date: August 16, 1904
Creator: Eichblatt, Otto H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Suspenders. (open access)

Attachment for Suspenders.

Patent for suspender attachment designed to support trousers. Includes Illustration.
Date: September 3, 1901
Creator: Dahl, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Device for Rolled Goods. (open access)

Measuring Device for Rolled Goods.

Patent for an improved "means for measuring rolled goods while the materials is being unrolled and also to indicate the amount of material remaining in the roll" (lines 10-13).
Date: February 10, 1900
Creator: Sauls, Henry & Cook, George S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hub-Wrench. (open access)

Hub-Wrench.

Patent for a new and useful hub wrench, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1900
Creator: Sauls, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History