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Cultivator Attachment
Patent for cultivator attachment improvement "for the purpose of thinning cotton plants to save chopping" (p. 1, lines 9-10). Improved cultivator attachment is used in conjunction with cultivator shovel to cause intermittent deposition of soil on plants to achieve thinning.
Date:
July 3, 1906
Creator:
Teeter, William Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Fence-Anchor
Patent for anchors, flukes and braces attached to the end of a fence post, pole, or similar that will shore and hold the post in the desired vertical position for installation.
Date:
July 3, 1906
Creator:
Rousseau, Pinkney H. & Lambert, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling.
Patent for new usability improvements for hose coupling, designed for novice users, including illustrations.
Date:
July 3, 1906
Creator:
Stephens, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting Jack.
Patent for lifting-jack invented by Calvin W. and Eugene Tanner. This lifting-jack invention is meant to be more durable in material, the material more inexpensive to acquire.
Date:
July 3, 1906
Creator:
Tanner, Calvin W. & Tanner, Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow, by John W. Hudson. This plow has a beam that can be adjusted to carry different sizes of plows. Beam is designed to help equalize resistance between the two sides of the beam.
Date:
July 3, 1906
Creator:
Hudson, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Governor
Patent for an air brake governor improvement that regulates the pressure of fluid or air in the braking system as to prevent it from braking with too much pressure.
Date:
July 10, 1906
Creator:
Williams, Leonard F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Permutation-Lock.
Patent for improvements and simplification of the permutation lock including a latch-bolt slidable case and a tumbler-shaft journaled in a side wall of the case.
Date:
July 10, 1906
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Tanning
Patent for an improved method of tanning that is effective but takes less time.
Date:
July 10, 1906
Creator:
Martin, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame
Patent for improved quilting frame which may be set up easily, and folded down and stored when not in use. Additionally, the improved design provides for fabric to be secured on all sides, and for the operator to adjust the angle of the fabric.
Date:
July 10, 1906
Creator:
Berglund, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swab Holder
Patent for improvements in swab-holders consisting of a sectional box or cup containing fibrous material to apply a lubricating oil for the piston-rod to reduce friction and wear on the rod.
Date:
July 10, 1906
Creator:
Bruce. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Cropping Tool.
Patent for a manual corn harvesting tool in which a curved cutting knife is secured to a metal plate which fits into the hand(s) of the operator and is secured to the hand(s) by a strap and buckle. Use of this apparatus would replace the two separate actions of grasping the corn with one hand and cutting it with the other.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Gordon, Frederick William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Rocker.
Patent for a lawn rocker improvement that provides swing and is durable and inexpensive.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Coffy, Ida May
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Box Signal
Patent for a mail box signal. Illustration included.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Forwood, Reginald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for pump that allows for ease of maneuvering, via balanced operating mechanism; as well as ease of access and repacking, via a simpler valve.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Terry, Hiram
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley
Patent for "a peculiar construction" (lines 11-12) that will reduce the liability of a trolley running off of the trolley-wire. This construction "involves a trolley-wheel carried on an axis fixed on the trolley pole or harp and an auxiliary wheel yieldingly mounted on the pole and pressed against the under side of the wire, so that should the pole drop slightly the auxiliary wheel will move relatively to the pole and reduce this contact with the wire." (lines 12-19)
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Ward, Gurney Enoch
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date:
July 17, 1906
Creator:
Wright, Jessie T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for a car coupling. This invention operates as a coupling for rail cars. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Moore, Francis A. & Green, William Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Pot
Patent for a coffee pot. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Peterman, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Controlled Vending Machine
Patent for coin controlled vending machine. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Fender, John Brown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Flour and Process of Producing the Same.
Patent for a new type of corn tortilla flour and the process for cooking the corn in lime water, producing a flour that keeps as long as wheat flour and eliminates the need for grinding before use.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Wreford, Samuel Phippen & Besteiro, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan
Patent for a fan. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Pochyla, Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Grip
Patent for pipe grip. Illustration included.
Date:
July 24, 1906
Creator:
Griffin, Claud Champ
System:
The Portal to Texas History