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Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a pump. Illustrations included.
Date: October 16, 1906
Creator: Ferries, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for oil-burner that is used by being connected to a steam-boiler. It is simply constructed to produce a very high degree of heat with a comparatively small amount of hydrocarbon oil.
Date: December 16, 1902
Creator: Jenkins, Wellington S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Obstetrical Device. (open access)

Obstetrical Device.

Patent for an obstetrical device that consists of metal knee braces and hand holds, which allows pressure to be exerted on the knees by either the patient or a doctor which helps the mother's pushing power to increase and shorten labor.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Barnes, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pin for Engravers' Blocks. (open access)

Pin for Engravers' Blocks.

Patent for a pin for engravers' blocks for holding items to be engraved on the block. It has grooves of various widths on the sides to fit different size objects.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Martin, Joseph Clay
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an oil-burner for stoves, which sends heats the oil using steam and sends it through a pipe into the stove burners.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Pippin, John William
System: The Portal to Texas History
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 and Stalk Pulling Machine (open access)

Root and Stalk Pulling Machine

Patent for a root and stalk pulling machine. Illustrations included.
Date: April 16, 1907
Creator: Anders, Joseph Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poison Distributor for Growing Plants (open access)

Poison Distributor for Growing Plants

Patent for a device that can be easily attached to a cultivator and delivers poison to both the roots and the top of a plant, protecting the plant from pests and disease, with illustrations.
Date: December 16, 1902
Creator: Zedlitz, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in "combined cotton - seed and corn planters". (line 11 - 12).
Date: January 16, 1900
Creator: Schofield, James Drummond
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
Pencil. (open access)

Pencil.

Patent for a mechanical pencil, which allows the lead to be extended by turning the cap.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Vasicek, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil Compasses (open access)

Pencil Compasses

Patent for a compass connected to an ordinary pencil.
Date: June 16, 1903
Creator: Miller, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Joint Means For Rails Or The Like (open access)

Joint Means For Rails Or The Like

Patent for joint designed to bolt together rails so as to prevent accidental displacement of the nuts and bolts. Illustration included.
Date: October 16, 1906
Creator: Kline, William Bennet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer. (open access)

Draft-Equalizer.

Patent for "devices for equalizing the draft where three or more draft-animals are used" (lines 8-10) to pull machinery, carriages, or wagons with illustrations included.
Date: September 16, 1902
Creator: Hayden, Jefferson B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Stop. (open access)

Door-Stop.

Patent for a door stop, which is made of metal and attaches easily to the door.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Snowden, Rene Ravenel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirt-Tamping Tool. (open access)

Dirt-Tamping Tool.

Patent for a dirt tamping tool, which is strong and simple to use.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Sherman, Henry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a cultivator designed so that the plows can be conveniently set to any pitch as needed for deep or shallow plowing. Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Miller, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton-Cultivator.

Patent for a cotton cultivator, which scratches the stalks of each cotton plant to stunt the plants growth and increase its cotton yield.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Pacha, Anton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compress (open access)

Cotton Compress

Patent for a cotton compress. This invention "is to produce a compress which will make a condensed bale of the regulation shape and which can be operated faster than the common form of compress" (line 16-20) illustrations included.
Date: June 16, 1903
Creator: Crow, Robert Douglas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compress (open access)

Cotton Compress

Patent for improvements to the cutting mechanism in cotton compresses to "provide positive and reliable means for severing the full-grown or completed bale from the remaining column of compressed material and yieldingly supporting the said remaining column of compressed material under pressure to permit the baling operation to continue" (lines 21-27).
Date: March 26, 1900
Creator: Griffin, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvesting Machine (open access)

Cotton Harvesting Machine

Patent for a cotton harvester. Illustrations are included.
Date: May 16, 1903
Creator: Jackson, A. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin Saw Cleaner (open access)

Cotton Gin Saw Cleaner

Patent for a cotton gin saw cleaner. This invention is designed to clean cotton from gin saws. Illustration included.
Date: August 16, 1904
Creator: Clark, Joseph Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for a window sash lock that will hold the window in place at the desired position and is easy to attach and operate.
Date: April 16, 1907
Creator: Miller, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder. (open access)

Sash-Holder.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Sash-Holders." (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Quick, Albert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History