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Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer
Allows for planting and fertilizing fields at same time whether it is "for strewing or for check-row planting with or without wire" (lines12-13).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
McDaniel, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Scraper and Cleaner
Patent for a boiler scraper and cleaner. This invention is designed to remove incrustation and sediment that collects on the bottom of boilers. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Miller, Hugh C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for combined seed planter and fertilizer distributer that "can be readily adapted for strewing or for check-row planting with or without a checkwire" (lines 14-16).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
McDaniel, James Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle.
Patent for a "buckle which may be quickly and readily attached to or detached from the straps and which will permit of the ready and rapid adjustment of the straps and at the same time will positively hold the same in their adjusted positions" (lines 13-18).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Pool, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate
Patent for a collapsible crate. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Orr, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Banks, Theodore H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Preston, Leonidas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater
Patent for a water heater. This invention relies on the heat of a smokestack of the oven to heat the water. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Allen, William Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for an improved lifting jack, which "can be quickly placed beneath the axle of a vehicle and easily removed therefrom" (lines 14-16).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Adair, Benjamin Lockett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stump-Puller.
Patent for a stump puller consisting of a "frame adapted to be secured to the rear end of a wagon" (lines 15-16) with a drum mounted on the frame. The drum is secured by one end of a cable, the other end of the cable "adapted to be secured to a stump, a ratchet-wheel, pawl, and lever adapted to operate said drum" (lines 18-20).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Hawkins, Fletcher M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marker
Patent for a marker. This invention is for marking lines for planters, plows, and other farm implements. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Kocks, John Barney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Apparatus.
Patent for a "new and useful Washing Apparatus" (lines 6-7) that decreases the cost and increases the efficiency of current washing machines by automatically circulating hot water and steam through the clothes.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Huffman, Wiliam Anthony & Huffman, Oscar Moses
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener
Patent for a hame fastener. The function of this invention is to permit ready attachment to and the removal of. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Dodson, Roy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for gate-latches in which the gate will close automatically and may be opened by releasing the latch by hand or by the manipulation of the gate. (Lines 10-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
McRae, Daniel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barrel Press
Patent for a barrel press.
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Schenck, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for an oil burner. This invention is designed to not allow air in the burner proper except at the point of combustion. Illustration included.
Date:
December 20, 1902
Creator:
Murphy, Alfonso F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastener
Patent for a fastener. This invention is an improved design for "securing the eyes to traces or tugs or fastening stirrup-leathers together" (line 9-11). Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Gardner, Eugene Silas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Expansible Pulley
Patent for an expansible pulley. This invention is constructed to expand and contract easily with great durability. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Peters, William Arthur & May, Reynolds
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Balancing Relays.
Patent for a new method for balancing relays to protect electrical circuits, an "electric-alarm circuit" (lines 13-14).
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Coerver, Michael
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gage
Patent for a gage in use with locomotive driving wheels of the axles, bushings, brasses, crank-pins, and wheel parts. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Melvin, Josiah W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Instrument.
Patent for a dental-instrument holder which suitable handle allows to hold a clamping rod firmly while reaching out the difficult cavities and surfaces during the teeth cleaning.
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Harrell, Hardy B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History