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Check Row Planter (open access)

Check Row Planter

Patent for check row planter. Illustration included.
Date: July 19, 1904
Creator: Perkins, Albert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cane-Topper (open access)

Cane-Topper

Patent for "a device which may be readily secured to a wagon or any other suitable vehicle and which may be quickly adjusted so as to cut the tops of cane of different sizes" (lines 11-14).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Palm, Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling-Pin. (open access)

Coupling-Pin.

Patent for a coupling pin for railroad cars, which prevents the coupling from coming loose accidentally by having a key which locks the coupling in place and can only be undone by the cars operating systems. when it is time to disconnect the car.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Gear. (open access)

Bicycle-Gear.

Patent for a Bicycle-Gear meant to rotate the sprocket or other gear wheel on a bicycle, Including Illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1900
Creator: Brady, Alford
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling for Connecting Handles to Tools (open access)

Coupling for Connecting Handles to Tools

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Couplings for Connecting Handles to Tools" (lines 5-7) with description and illustration.
Date: July 29, 1902
Creator: Suttle, Willis A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Rake. (open access)

Stalk-Rake.

Patent for new stalk rake design, “especially applicable as a rake for gathering corn or cotton stalks from the ground preparatory to plowing the same or otherwise fitting it for use”, (lines 13-17) including illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Clark, Joesph Lauson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Making Mattresses (open access)

Apparatus For Making Mattresses

Patent for mattress making machine, which cleans, compresses, and stuffs cotton or other materials into a mattress, including illustrations.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Woolery, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cuff-Holder (open access)

Cuff-Holder

"This invention is an improvement in cuff-holders for detachably attaching cuffs to garments; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple device whereby the cuff can be readily attached to or detached from the garment without annoyance" (lines 10-15).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Hughes, Russell M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Computing Machine (open access)

Computing Machine

Patent for a computing machine for addition and subtraction. Illustration included.
Date: July 21, 1908
Creator: Jackson, Joshua Terry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Coupling. (open access)

Automatic Air-Brake Coupling.

Patent for "a new and useful improvements in automatic air-brake couplers to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, the invention also relates to improvements in automatic air-brake couplings in cars". (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 17, 1900
Creator: Cary, Lewis C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke (open access)

Animal-Poke

Patent for an animal poke worn on the head of cattle to prevent jumping outside the field which allows the cow to graze freely while wearing the poke.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Seay, Mark Machel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine (open access)

Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine

Patent for convertible mixing and cleaning machine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Stacey, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Timber. (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Timber.

Patent for an invention to aid in the treatment of treating timber. The invention is said to "provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient apparatus by means of which railroad cross-ties, fence-posts, and the like may be expeditiously and economically treated by immersion in a bath of some preserving liquid" (lines 16-22) including illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: Gerhard, Philip H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Sewing Machines (open access)

Attachment For Sewing Machines

Patent for an attachment for a sewing machines. Illustration included.
Date: July 11, 1905
Creator: Bearden, Jackson Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for a car coupling that separately joins two train cars together. illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Dobbs, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for churns with accompanying illustration and description of machine.
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: McCausland, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Suspending Attachment for Bedsteads. (open access)

Canopy-Suspending Attachment for Bedsteads.

Patent for a canopy-suspending attachment for bedsteads, which is adjustable to different size beds and folds up when not in use.
Date: July 27, 1909
Creator: Skinner, Miles T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conveyer. (open access)

Conveyer.

Patent for a new conveyer design “which is particularly adapted to load or unload railroad-car wheels or other heavy material on and of cars” (Lines 13-15) including illustrations.
Date: July 22, 1902
Creator: St. James, Henry Livingston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Frame. (open access)

Canopy-Frame.

Patent for a canopy frame for any kind of drapery, including mosquito nets. The design is purported to be inexpensive and strong, using a thin metal support for the crossbeams.
Date: July 13, 1901
Creator: Johnston, Washington T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvesting Machine (open access)

Corn-Harvesting Machine

Patent for a corn harvesting machine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Tilson, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band-Tightener. (open access)

Band-Tightener.

Patent for a lever used to tighten the bands on bales of cotton or other materials, including illustrations.
Date: July 7, 1903
Creator: Mullane, Dennis.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cut-Out for Windmills (open access)

Automatic Cut-Out for Windmills

Patent for a windmill part which stops the windmill from running when the water tank is full.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Roesler, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake (open access)

Car Brake

Patent for a car brake for train cars. Illustrations included.
Date: July 12, 1904
Creator: McKiel, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Controlled Vending Machine (open access)

Coin-Controlled Vending Machine

Patent for a coin operated vending machine for selling cigars or other objects in round or square packages which can deliver the correct number of products regardless of how many coins are inserted into the machine to equal the selling price.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Wilson, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History