Combined Compositor's Stick and Type Chase (open access)

Combined Compositor's Stick and Type Chase

Patent for combined compositor's stick and type chase. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Weeks, Frank W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Heather. (open access)

Combination-Heather.

Patent for combination-heater in which it can be submerged directly in a body of water contained in any open-top vessel, such as a bath-hub, bucket or other receptacle for the purpose of raising the temperature of the water to a desired degree. (Lines 12-16) Illustration is included.
Date: March 24, 1903
Creator: Mansfield, Charles Augustus & Hayes, George Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Feeder (open access)

Boiler Feeder

Patent for a boiler feeder. This invention is intended to be placed above the boiler and via a regulator supplies water to the boiler.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Herrington, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner And Feeder (open access)

Cotton Cleaner And Feeder

Patent for a cotton cleaner and feeder. It is designed with an intermediate of a chute and cotton-gin to feed the cotton to the gin. Illustrations included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Seward, Marion F. & Seward, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for cotton-choppers in which it can be converted into cultivators; the height and sweep of the rotary chopper can be adjusted. The depth of penetration of the cultivator-shovels can also be adjusted independently without affecting other part of the machine. Illustration is included.
Date: February 24, 1903
Creator: Talley, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a device that stretches wire, specifically for fence construction.
Date: March 24, 1903
Creator: Cox, Caine Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a combination lock that is able to be changed at will due to its arrangement of parts.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Katzenberger, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type (open access)

Type

Patent for type. This inventions is for the body of type used in printing presses. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Weeks, Frank W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen Cabinet

Patent for a metal kitchen cabinet. This cabinet is designed to be portable and protect against vermin. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Shanley, Michael H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer. This invention is designed to destroy insects on growing cotton plants. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Butz, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Holder (open access)

Type-Holder

Patent for a device to hold type, so it can set and be delivered.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Weeks, Frank W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a valve. This design is for use with tanks. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Fambrough, Andrew Clarence & Swearingen, Alonzo J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transformer (open access)

Transformer

Patent for transformer.
Date: February 24, 1903
Creator: Depp, Otis J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Projectile. (open access)

Projectile.

Patent for improvements in projectiles is to positively insure the explosion of the projectile at any desired point and the action is more reliable than is the case with time-fuses, where exact results cannot be insured, or with impact-projectiles, which explode when they come into contact with the armor. (Page 2, lines 12-18) Illustration is included.
Date: March 24, 1903
Creator: Densler, Nat
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medicated Salt Brick. (open access)

Medicated Salt Brick.

Patent for a formula for a livestock salt brick that purports improve animal health. The formula includes salt, clay, sulfur, saltpeter, copperas, nux vomica, and santonin.
Date: February 24, 1903
Creator: Eaton, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planting Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Planting Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for planting attachment for cultivators.
Date: February 24, 1903
Creator: Hutcherson, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for a nut-lock.
Date: February 24, 1903
Creator: Biggs, Daniel & Alexander, Angus E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Controller (open access)

Trolley-Controller

Patent for a means to "instantly pull down the trolley-pole when its trolley jumps the conductor-wire." (line 15-17)
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Leecraft, Walter, B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Support for Buggy-Tops. (open access)

Support for Buggy-Tops.

Patent for support for Buggy-Tops is the patent that describes about new technique of planting a crops with
Date: February 24, 1903
Creator: Brown, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Step For Carriages (open access)

Step For Carriages

Patent for a step for carriages. This invention is meant "to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device ... for use on buggies, wagons, and other vehicles" (line 8-12). Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Hopper, Ceburn Elzworth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Framometer (open access)

Framometer

Patent for a framometer. This invention is a square and to be used by house builders. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Bones, Clifton Welton & Harvey, Harry F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter (open access)

Seed Planter

Patent for a seed planter. Illustration included.
Date: June 24, 1903
Creator: Merrick, Samuel M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
School-Desk. (open access)

School-Desk.

Patent for improvement in school desks by mounting the desks’ legs on the base-bars, the row of desks so mounted can be moved at the same time by employing the roller devices at the opposite end of the base-bars. The roller devices may be permanently connected with the base-bars of each row or it can be detached if desired; for conveniently removing the desks whenever desired. (Lines 45-55) Illustration is included.
Date: March 24, 1903
Creator: Litsey, Robert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Illusion Boat (open access)

Illusion Boat

Patent for an illusion boat. This "invention realtes to a carrier for amusement and pleasure , and more particularly to a carrier by which mock diving trips may be made, or trips which will have the appearance of the boat or carrier going down under water and traveling under the water" (line 6-11). Illustrations included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Smith, Marshall, E.
System: The Portal to Texas History