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Implement Attachment
Patent for an implement attachment for holding hand tools. Illustration included.
Date:
November 8, 1904
Creator:
Adams, Charles Augustus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate
Patent for folding crate. Illustration included.
Date:
May 8, 1906
Creator:
Anderson, Oliver Lacy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support for Vehicles.
Patent for a tongue-support for the tongues of vehicles that "provide an exceedingly simple and effective catch or holder for holding the support up against the under side of the tongue" (lines 18-21), including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Ashby, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring
Patent for a spring for footwear that helps facilitate foot movement such as walking, running, jumping, etc. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Backermann, Henry G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator with spring teeth that are stronger than ordinary cultivator teeth.
Date:
December 8, 1908
Creator:
Baker, Alonzo L. & Baker, Russell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governing Mechanism
Patent for a governing mechanism. This invention relates to governing a plurality of engines in unison. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Ball, Philip De C. & Wakefield, Charles L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Merry Go Round
Patent for a merry go round. Illustration included.
Date:
May 8, 1906
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wire Finder
Patent for a trolley wire finder. This invention to improvements in trolley-wire finders, and more particularly to its attachment to trolley-poles and trolley-harps as a means of assistance in guiding the trolley wheel has been shifted from or slipped off said trolley-wire and is of advantage as a means of saving time." (8-16). Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Barnhusrt, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Robertson County, Texas
Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Robertson County, Texas.
Date:
January 8, 1909
Creator:
Bennett, Hugh H. & Shaw, Charles F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map
Letter Patent of "a map, drawing or similar device provided with an index" (lines 72-74); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Bentley, H. L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post-Card Stand.
Patent for a post card stand, which turns by a crank mechanism to show all the postcards on the rack.
Date:
June 8, 1909
Creator:
Bishop, Marvin E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for improvements in fire-escapes by enabling the fire-escapes, “when not in use, to be compactly folded and arranged within a house or other building and capable of being quickly placed in position for use and of enabling persons and goods to be rapidly lowered to the ground with perfect safety.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 8, 1902
Creator:
Boettcher, Hermann
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Changeable Gearing.
Patent for changeable gearing by using an axle, bevel-gears, stub-shafts and a crank-axle to construct the changeable gear, so that the “sprocket is locked to rotate with the crank-axle in one direction, while it may rotate freely of the axle in opposite direction, and, furthermore, that the sprocket may be locked to rotate with the axle or may be caused to rotate at a higher-speed than the axle.” (Lines 8-14.) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 8, 1901
Creator:
Brady, Alford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Syringe
Patent for a syringe. This invention is meant for use with animals to perform artificial insemination. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 8, 1907
Creator:
Brookes, Robert C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Proportionate Scale.
Patent for improvements in scales which would quickly and accurately determine the proportion of the lint contained in seed-cotton. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 8, 1902
Creator:
Brown, George Raymond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock, which stops the nut from rotating.
Date:
December 8, 1908
Creator:
Brown, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Breaking Device
Patent for a horse breaking device. This invention is designed to break the horses without balking. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Bump, James G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel.
Patent for a spring wheel, which absorbs shocks.
Date:
June 8, 1909
Creator:
Burgess, Richard H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Pilot Coupling
Patent for new and useful improvements in locomotive-pilot couplings (lines 5-6), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
February 8, 1900
Creator:
Butcher, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements in plow in which the plow can perform a variety of purposes and to obviate the necessity of employing more than one plow for accomplishing the same. The plow can be adjusted to run either on shallow or deep ground. Illustration is included.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Campbell, John Daniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drainage Apparatus.
Patent for a drainage apparatus by using two siphon-pipes, a back-pressure valve and an automatic starting device to drain the water from one place to another when the water is at a predetermined level. Illustration is included.
Date:
January 8, 1901
Creator:
Carroll, Samuel C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Pooling
Patent for rail-car coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Carter, L. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foot Covering Cleaner
Patent for a covered boot or shoe scrapper. Illustration included.
Date:
August 8, 1905
Creator:
Childers, Christopher C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate.
Patent for improvements in farm gates in which the gate “is mounted in a simple manner that is capable of being strained up, so that it will always swing through one quadrant and being able to operate from a distance.” (Lines 40-44) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 8, 1902
Creator:
Clark, George R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History