Cement Block (open access)

Cement Block

Patent for a cement block. This invention relates to building blocks made of artificial stone that are connected by tie rods. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Woodiwiss, Jason, Matthew; Deal, Frank L. & Burdg, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin (open access)

Clothes Pin

Patent for a single piece wire clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date: February 27, 1906
Creator: Rumfield, Henry I. & Donaho, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Line (open access)

Clothes Line

Patent for a clothes line. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Boese, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Lifting-Jack and Shaft-Support (open access)

Combined Lifting-Jack and Shaft-Support

Patent for a "combined lifting-jack and thill-support for vehicles," (lines 8-9) with the objective being "to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character." (lines 10-11)
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Morgan, Rovena G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpet Fastening (open access)

Carpet Fastening

Patent for carpet fastening. Illustrations included.
Date: February 27, 1906
Creator: Voelkle, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Controlling Valve. (open access)

Exhaust-Controlling Valve.

Patent for new exhaust-controlling valve mechanisms in steam or air engines, including illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Inman, Wesley J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Minnow Bucket and Trap. (open access)

Combined Minnow Bucket and Trap.

Patent for a combined minnow bucket and trap that overcomes past disadvantages, is simple in constructions, inexpensive to manufacture and reliable.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Petmecky, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire Alarm (open access)

Automatic Fire Alarm

Patent for an automatic fire alarm. Illustration included.
Date: August 10, 1905
Creator: Suttle, Willis A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a pipe wrench. "One object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient" (lines 12-14) pipe wrench. "Another object of the invention is to obviate the use of link connections and yet obtain a positive binding action off the jaws upon the pipe, bolt, or other object to which the device may be applied." (lines 15-19)
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Coffman, Seburn E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Construction. (open access)

Window Construction.

Patent for window construction improvements to allow for construction of fireproof windows with fireproof sashes which are easily removable for repair or replacement. Improvements include method of securing glass in sashes without using putty, and sashes which will close automatically when subjected to "an unusually high temperature" (line 29).
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Miller, William Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vapor Burner (open access)

Vapor Burner

Patent for vapor burner. Illustration included.
Date: February 27, 1906
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer for use on cotton fields to destroy moths that produce boll weevils. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Sissom, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Or Switchboard Plug (open access)

Telephone Or Switchboard Plug

Patent for a telephone or switchboard plug. "This invention relates to improvements in connecting plugs adapted to be used with spring jacks of telephone switchboards" (line 8-11). Illustrations included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Dozier, Alva Battie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Playing-Cards. (open access)

Playing-Cards.

Patent for a card game that aims to teach players the workings of the electoral college. There are 208 cards, divided into four types: "eagle," "star," "banner," "flag," and gathering one of each type gives the player an electoral vote. The cards feature presidential candidates of the mid-1800s.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Noonan, James Harrison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Stock. (open access)

Gun-Stock.

Patent for an improved wooden stock for firearms which combines maximum lightness and strength, may be produced at reduced cost, and is adapted for convenient and advantageous manipulation for defensive purposes.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Cole, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Solid-Rim Wood Column. (open access)

Solid-Rim Wood Column.

Patent for a new construction for wooden columns that were previously produced by joining strips of wood together.
Date: February 27, 1906
Creator: Robinson, Lee A. & Bible, Hunley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holster (open access)

Holster

Patent for a holster. This invention is designed for attachment to a belt or clothing. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Townsend, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device (open access)

Hitching Device

Patent for hitching device for use with hitching posts. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Hazlewood, George W. & Robinson, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape. (open access)

Fire-Escape.

Patent for a fire escape, which makes improvements to cable-based building fire escapes to allow braking of the cable to permit detachment of each person before the full descent of the next person above.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Moore, Sargant Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Window. (open access)

Fireproof Window.

Patent for the Fireproof Window that reduces the construction cost and provide means for automatically closing the lower sash based on the predetermined temperature.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Miller, William Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Skiving Machine (open access)

Skiving Machine

Patent for a skiving device. This invention is adapted to skive leather straps with intent for use as harness and belting. Illustration included.
Date: February 27, 1906
Creator: Emerson, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Motor (open access)

Wind-Motor

Patent for improvements in wind-motors. A simple construction that will effectively serve its intended purpose as a pumping-motor, but also constructed so that substitutions of certain parts can change it into a power-motor if desired. In connection with the motor there is an improved braking mechanism for the wind-wheel.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Ziegler, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine. (open access)

Mattress-Making Machine.

Patent for a mattress making machine that is more simple but equally-efficient as previous mattress making machines. This patent is an improvement to the inventor's previous patent, No. 679,809.
Date: February 27, 1906
Creator: White, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coverer For Planters (open access)

Coverer For Planters

Patent for a coverer for planters. Illustrations included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Stapp, George & Robertson, Newton K.
System: The Portal to Texas History