Automatic Relief Valve for Pneumatic Seed Cotton Distributers. (open access)

Automatic Relief Valve for Pneumatic Seed Cotton Distributers.

Patent for a valve that attaches to a flue upon a pneumatic-seed cotton distributor. Includes illustrations.
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Wade, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Tie Buckle. (open access)

Cotton Tie Buckle.

Patent for an improved style of buckle for tying cotton bales. Includes illustrations.
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Howlett, Payton L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment. (open access)

Cultivator Attachment.

Patent for cultivator attachment that is useful in breaking up the soil at opposite side of the plants and leveling the ground between the rows. It can be adjusted to any desired angle (vertical, horizontal) or level (up and down).
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Brewer, John Meed
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano (open access)

Piano

Patent for an improved upright piano that eliminates the need to cut away a portion of the treble soundboard bridge, with illustrations.
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Drill (open access)

Rotary Drill

Patent for a rotary drill.
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Seed, Leonard F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Clamp. (open access)

Spring-Clamp.

Patent for a spring clamp "for suspending small articles -- such as towels, dishcloths, and napkins -- and which may also be employed for hanging window-curtains, portières, goods in show-windows, and similar purposes" (lines 7-12)
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Westbrook, Nancy Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine (open access)

Vending Machine

Patent for a coin operated vending machine for small packaged goods.
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Connor, Frank, C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench.
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Campbell, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Cover. (open access)

Churn-Cover.

Patent for improving of the churn's mechanical process by means of the construction of churn covers which prevent the liquid from splashing out the churn.
Date: October 6, 1903
Creator: Poole, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Fastener. (open access)

Garment-Fastener.

Patent for a garment fastener which produces the appearance of a long waist.
Date: October 6, 1903
Creator: Croom, Nannie Vincent & Ledger, Sara
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Converting Motion (open access)

Mechanism for Converting Motion

Patent for mechanism for converting motion. "The present invention relates to mechanism for converting reciprocatory into rotary motion; and the objects are to provide a practical apparatus of this character in which rotary motion may be imparted to a driven member without occasioning any dead-centers and to provide simple means reversing the direction of motion of the driven member" (line 10-19). Illustrations included.
Date: October 6, 1903
Creator: Griffin, George L.; Griffin, Robert Alonzo; Griffin, Chelsea Beach & Griffin, Herbert Elvia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scaffold (open access)

Scaffold

Patent for scaffold. This scaffold is designed to be carried on toggles allowing it to raise and lower.
Date: November 14, 1902
Creator: Cheves, Merrell Autry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter (open access)

Seed Planter

Patent for a seed planter. This invention is designed to plant seed in hills at any desired predetermined distance apart.
Date: October 6, 1903
Creator: Coble, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup and Connections therefor. (open access)

Stirrup and Connections therefor.

Patent for a stirrup which remains perpendicular to the horse and does not become twisted.
Date: October 6, 1903
Creator: May, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History