Blower for Forges (open access)

Blower for Forges

Patent for new and useful improvements in blowers for blacksmiths' forges with the intention of creating less waste and a better economical value.
Date: June 19, 1902
Creator: Roach, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Standard (open access)

Cultivator-Standard

Patent for a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Yeatts, Edward D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Evener (open access)

Draft Evener

Patent for invention that "relates to four-horse draft equalizers, and is well adapted for use on plows-- gang-plows, sulky-plows, and grain-plows-- and may be used also on wagons and other vehicles drawn by horse-power" (lines 8-12). Illustrations are included
Date: March 15, 1902
Creator: Sleight, Milton W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pounder (open access)

Clothes Pounder

Patent for a new and useful improvements in Clothes-Pounders. The invention "has its object to provide a simple and effective clothes pounder in which the air as well as the water is used as an agent in removing the dirt from the clothes" (line 12- 16).
Date: November 9, 1897
Creator: Allen, William Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breech-Protector (open access)

Breech-Protector

Patent for a breech protector for guns which protects exposed parts of the gun and the hands of the person handling it. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Hann, Edmund Lyne
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Rack (open access)

Display Rack

Patent for a display rack. Illustrations included.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Hendrix, Julius M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Cabinet (open access)

Display-Cabinet

Patent for a display cabinet "whereby laces and the like may be displayed and dispensed from the cabinet" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Martin, Lemuel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Churn and Ice Cream Freezer (open access)

Combined Churn and Ice Cream Freezer

Patent for a combined churn and ice cream freezer. Illustrations included.
Date: November 9, 1909
Creator: Jones, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Disk Journal. (open access)

Cultivator-Disk Journal.

Patent for a cultivator disk journal, which is more efficient than previous models.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Doyle, Edward Silas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an improvement to aeroplanes which includes movable horizontal and vertical planes (or curtains).
Date: February 25, 1911
Creator: Blewett, Baxter W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for improving an Acetylene-Gas Generator. To eliminate a check valve between the generator and the gasometer, this will purify the gas and keep siphoning off of water from occurring.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Gribble, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-neck (open access)

Bottle-neck

Patent for "an improved neck for bottles and jars; and it consists, essentially, of a notch formed on each side of the cork to enable the fingers of the operator to obtain a firm grip thereon in order to extract same." (lines 8-12)
Date: April 10, 1906
Creator: Huffer, Tilghman A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Lifting Kettles From Stoves, &c (open access)

Device For Lifting Kettles From Stoves, &c

Patent for a device for lifting kettles from stoves. Illustration included.
Date: December 15, 1903
Creator: Fitzpatrick, John Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bench-Dog (open access)

Bench-Dog

Patent for a bench dog for holding boards while they are being cut.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: McCormick, Terrill W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Trouser-Fastener Member. (open access)

Design for a Trouser-Fastener Member.

Design patent for a trousers-fastener with duplicate compoundly curbed edges converging to a common point.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Salich, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow (open access)

Disk Plow

Patent for disk plow. Illustration included.
Date: April 2, 1907
Creator: Leuty, Clyde Clifford
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Fence-Post (open access)

Design for a Fence-Post

Patent for a new, original, and ornamental design for fence posts.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Jasper, Tolbert Fanning
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter (open access)

Corn or Cotton Planter

Patent for a corn and cotton planter. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Wilks, Chance
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Trace Connector (open access)

Adjustable Trace Connector

Patent for an adjustable trace connector. Illustration included.
Date: January 5, 1909
Creator: Erwin, Agustin Reese; Burks, William D. & Burks, Joseph B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Step (open access)

Car Step

Patent for a car step. This invention is designed to be swung down into position from a fixed under the bottom of the rail car. Illustration included.
Date: September 18, 1906
Creator: Davis, George W. & Hicks, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blotting Pad (open access)

Blotting Pad

Patent for an ink blotting pad. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Smith, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet (open access)

Cabinet

Patent for a cabinet for storing lace or ribbons.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Hayden, Frank A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Claw-Bar. (open access)

Claw-Bar.

Patent for a new and useful claw bar, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 18, 1898
Creator: Wiggs, Zeph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle (open access)

Back-Band Buckle

Patent for a back band buckle which tightens when it is pulled on.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Henson, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History