Churn-Operating Mechanism (open access)

Churn-Operating Mechanism

Patent for a rotary dasher churn operated by a spring motor. Illustrations included.
Date: June 15, 1909
Creator: Johnson, Frederick N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check-Valve for Locomotive-Boilers and the Like. (open access)

Check-Valve for Locomotive-Boilers and the Like.

Patent for "an improvement in check valves particularly adapted for use on locomotive boilers" (lines 9-11) with illustrations.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Fondren, Theodore Robert ; T. R. Fondren
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for a car coupling that separately joins two train cars together. illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Dobbs, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Apparatus (open access)

Amusement Apparatus

Patent for a fishing game for amusement parks which has a canal of liquid agitated to form a current with pictures of fish in it that when caught get the person fishing different prizes depending on the symbol they have on them.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Pressey, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Ventilator. (open access)

Car-Ventilator.

Patent for a railroad car ventilator, which supplies fresh air to the car and sends stale air out of the car. It also is equipped with an ice cooling system and a disinfectant spray system.
Date: March 9, 1909
Creator: Carroll, Samuel C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Baling-Press (open access)

Automatic Baling-Press

Patent for an automatic hay baling press which has more packing devices for feeding the hay into the press than previous versions.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Rahm, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning and Polishing Apparatus. (open access)

Cleaning and Polishing Apparatus.

Patent for a cleaning and polishing apparatus for sand blasting various objects, such as furniture, which does not require an operator to be watching the operation.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Carroll, Samuel C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Supplying, Heating, and Burning Crude Oil and Air (open access)

Apparatus for Supplying, Heating, and Burning Crude Oil and Air

Patent for an apparatus for supplying, heating, and burning crude oil and air for use in heating stoves.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Weaver, Henry Ellis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pencil Holder and Sharpener. (open access)

Combined Pencil Holder and Sharpener.

Patent for a combined pencil holder and sharpener, which uses the sharpener as a pencil cap.
Date: November 30, 1909
Creator: Haase, Conrad H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baggage-Fastener (open access)

Baggage-Fastener

Patent for a baggage fastener which ties around the box securely.
Date: December 7, 1909
Creator: Moses, Jacob Bernhard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catamenial Sack (open access)

Catamenial Sack

Patent for a catamenial sack. This invention is a "catamenial sacks or shields and the object is to provided such a device which will be cleanly and sanitary in effect, which is pliable and easily and comfortably conformable to the form of the wearer" (lines 8-13). Illustration included.
Date: June 8, 1909
Creator: Frommann, Franklin A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dallas Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1909
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Magazine-Firearm. (open access)

Magazine-Firearm.

Patent for a magazine firearm, whose breech bolt is operated with the left hand to leave the right free for pulling the trigger.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Rebman, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leather-Working Machine. (open access)

Leather-Working Machine.

Patent for a leather working machine, which fully finishes leather straps.
Date: May 18, 1909
Creator: Russell, Frank K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leather-Strap-Finishing Machine. (open access)

Leather-Strap-Finishing Machine.

Patent for a leather strap finishing machine for use in harness making.
Date: March 30, 1909
Creator: Roberge, James Z.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet. (open access)

Kitchen-Cabinet.

Patent for a kitchen cabinet, which is compact but has many features such as a built in sifting system from the glass fronted dry ingredient drawers, a sink, fold out counter space, and slide-out bottom drawers.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Ridley, Richard W. & Clark, Andrew R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vapor-Burner (open access)

Vapor-Burner

Patent for a vapor burner and generator. Illustrations included.
Date: January 5, 1909
Creator: Jordan, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Station Indicator (open access)

Station Indicator

Patent for a station indicator. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Tanner, Theophile
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mangle (open access)

Mangle

Patent for a mangle which employs a "multiplicity of rollers" (line 18). Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Musch, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy (open access)

Toy

Patent for a toy. The toy is in the shape of a windmill. Illustrations included.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Exline, Bena Bird; Exline, Marcus P. & Exline, Albert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Solidifying Mortar and Concrete Formations (open access)

Process of Solidifying Mortar and Concrete Formations

Patent for a process for making stone structures such as blocks, walls, slabs, etc.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Stubbs, Robert C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sounding Toy (open access)

Sounding Toy

Patent for a sounding toy. The toy is in the form of windmill whereby an object generates noise as the wheel spins. Illustration included.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup (open access)

Stirrup

Patent for a stirrup for horse riders which can automatically release the foot of the rider should the rider be forced off of the horse. Illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1909
Creator: Haddock, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a washing machine, where water comes out of the top of a funnel onto the clothes, and the clothes are rotated and agitated around the funnel.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History