Electric Time-Switch. (open access)

Electric Time-Switch.

Patent for an electric, switch-operated construction functioning for timer-controlled circuit completions and breaks, including illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1906
Creator: Chappel, James. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine (open access)

Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine

Patent for Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine offers information about the significance of mixing ingredient benefits. The mixing and cleaning machine ease the process for everyday living.
Date: October 2, 1906
Creator: Stacy, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet (open access)

Cabinet

Patent for a cabinet. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Dorsey, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp. (open access)

Clamp.

Patent for a new clamp to improve support functionality in household construction, including illustration.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Stevens, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bathing-Hat. (open access)

Bathing-Hat.

Patent for a nearly waterproof hat that will keep the hair dry and protect the face from the sun while being both strong and durable.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Herndon, Florence E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Tooth. (open access)

Saw-Tooth.

Patent for a new design for saw-teeth, with illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Fleming, Christopher C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Pot (open access)

Coffee Pot

Patent for a coffee pot. Illustration included.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Peterman, Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater (open access)

Water Heater

Patent for water heater. The invention is designed to use gas as fuel to heat the water heater. Illustrations included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Simpson, Ray C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land-Smoother (open access)

Land-Smoother

Patent for instrument used to break clumps of dirt and smooth rough terrain with the use of smoothing blades.
Date: July 10, 1906
Creator: Gooing, Martin B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Invalid bed (open access)

Invalid bed

Patent for an invalid bed. Illustrations included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Prichard, Henry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Signal (open access)

Telephone Signal

Patent for a telephone signal. This invention relates to electrically operated signals whereby a visual signal for indicating when a telephone rings. Illustration included.
Date: December 11, 1906
Creator: Jordan, Thomas P. & Carden, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process Of Separating Substances Of Different Dielectric Capacities (open access)

Process Of Separating Substances Of Different Dielectric Capacities

Patent for a process of separating substances of different substances of different dielectric capacities. Illustration included.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for a washing machine. The design includes a plunger that reciprocates up and down in order to agitate the contents. It is operated by a foot-plate and is meant to be easy-to-use.
Date: January 23, 1906
Creator: Moeckel, A. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for the invention of gate which can be opened inward and outward by certain features such as supporting brackets and a spirally grooved shaft that can rotate between brackets.
Date: August 28, 1906
Creator: Gilbert James Madison
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
Electric Regenerator (open access)

Electric Regenerator

Patent for an electric regenerator. Illustration included.
Date: May 8, 1906
Creator: Slaughter, Joel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reed Organ (open access)

Reed Organ

Patent for a reed organ. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: England, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Street-Sweeping Machine. (open access)

Street-Sweeping Machine.

Patent for street sweeping machine that improves the collection and dumping of material and includes a scraping device to loosen material stuck to the roadway.
Date: May 8, 1906
Creator: Clark, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Motor (open access)

Rotary Motor

Patent for a rotary motor. Illustrations included.
Date: October 30, 1906
Creator: Atkins, Samuel M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate (open access)

Folding Crate

Patent for folding crate. Illustration included.
Date: May 8, 1906
Creator: Anderson, Oliver Lacy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Float Drive For Cotton Linters (open access)

Float Drive For Cotton Linters

Patent for a float drive. This invention is for cotton seed linters as a means for imparting rotative movement to the float. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Kimbrough, Jacob Wheeler
System: The Portal to Texas History
Embroidering Attachment for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Embroidering Attachment for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for an Embroidering Attachment for Sewing Machines that permits the movement of the material in any direction in order to improve embroidery designing.
Date: January 30, 1906
Creator: Jacobs, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shade and Curtain Fixture (open access)

Shade and Curtain Fixture

Patent for a fixture that holds a variety of curtain rod sizes, preventing the need to mount a new fixture every time a rod is mounted.
Date: May 22, 1906
Creator: Staten, Claude S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Illuminated Sign and Operating Means Therefor (open access)

Illuminated Sign and Operating Means Therefor

Patent for an illuminated sign and how to operating means. Illustration included.
Date: October 30, 1906
Creator: Dunkle, George Harvey
System: The Portal to Texas History