Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn
Date: December 21, 1909
Creator: Floyd, Ellis E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Stand or Support for Mirrors (open access)

Adjustable Stand or Support for Mirrors

Patent for a mirror stand. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: Humphries, Garland P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness. (open access)

Harness.

Patent for a harness, which leaves the animal's limbs free and is cleaner and easier to use.
Date: November 24, 1908
Creator: Holder, William Jefferson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail Crane (open access)

Mail Crane

Patent for a mail crane. This invention is designed for the delivering sacks of mail to passing trains. Illustration included.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Hagmann, Charles C. & Fitzpatrick, Jacob C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Glass Holding Attachment for Bottles (open access)

Glass Holding Attachment for Bottles

Patent for a device that holds a glass while hanging from a bottle. Illustration included.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Hopkins, William King
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which has a rotary blade for cutting cotton and blades which can be raised to different levels for different depths of soil.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Williams, John Scott
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Heater. (open access)

Oil-Heater.

Patent for an oil heater, which has a oil reserve and burner in the bottom and flues in the top through which the heat radiates.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Ray, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vibrator (open access)

Vibrator

Patent for a vibrator to be used for treating diseases and massage treatment.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Swindell, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator. (open access)

Fumigator.

Patent for a fumigator for spraying boll weevil insecticide on cotton, which generates the insecticide gas, sprays it while moving across the field, and keeps the gas in close proximity to the plants for a short time for thorough treatment.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Fuller, Menzo Reed
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace Fastener (open access)

Trace Fastener

Patent for trace fastener. Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Simonds, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke. (open access)

Cattle-Yoke.

Patent for a cattle-yoke that is economical to make and easy to take on and off of the cow.
Date: February 12, 1907
Creator: Dean, George J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for rail joints that reduce "wear and tear on the wheels of rolling stock" (lines 12-13) and are more securely fastened than conventional rail-joints.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Mertins, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Setting Machine (open access)

Tire Setting Machine

Patent for a tire setting machine. This invention is designed for setting tires that are cold. Illustrations included.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Baker, Charles Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boat Propeller (open access)

Boat Propeller

Patent for a boat propeller. Illustration included.
Date: January 1, 1907
Creator: Edgar, Samuel Nooley
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
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
Fertilizer and Seed Distributer. (open access)

Fertilizer and Seed Distributer.

Patent for a fertilizer and seed distributor that is operated by hand.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Melton, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator, Harrow, and Planter (open access)

Combined Cultivator, Harrow, and Planter

Patent for "agricultural implements in which a single frame is utilized to support various kinds of mechanisms, and in the present invention there is included a frame of simple and improved construction adapted for carrying and to be used in connection with earth-engaging, implements, such as harrow-teeth and cultivator blades, as well as rollers, for the purpose of crushing clods and leveling the surface of the land." (lines 8-18). Includes description and illustrations.
Date: November 23, 1905
Creator: Johnson, Alfred Butler
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe Thimble (open access)

Stovepipe Thimble

Patent for a stovepipe thimble. Illustration included.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: Holton, Richard Tomkins
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bonnet (open access)

Bonnet

Patent for a bonnet. Illustrations included.
Date: June 27, 1905
Creator: Hancock, Mollie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Measure, of Greenville, Texas (open access)

Liquid Measure, of Greenville, Texas

Patent for a liquid measure and filter. This invention is designed moving measured liquids from storage container to another. Illustration included.
Date: December 6, 1904
Creator: Story, Jim Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator and Gin Feeder (open access)

Cotton Elevator and Gin Feeder

Patent for a cotton elevator and gin feeder. Illustration included.
Date: May 24, 1904
Creator: Sory, Benjamin D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inhaler and Respirator (open access)

Inhaler and Respirator

Patent for a flame used inhaler and respirator. Illustration included.
Date: May 3, 1904
Creator: Swindell, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Langford, Noah
System: The Portal to Texas History