Syrup Pitcher (open access)

Syrup Pitcher

Patent for a syrup pitcher. Illustration included.
Date: October 11, 1904
Creator: Bradford, McDuffee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packing. (open access)

Packing.

Patent for packing material for use in preventing lateral movement of rods in pumps.
Date: October 20, 1908
Creator: Grant, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Conveyer. (open access)

Cotton-Seed Conveyer.

Patent for a cotton seed conveyor, which sends cotton seeds out the bottom of cotton gins and into bins.
Date: October 26, 1909
Creator: Greeson, David H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas (open access)

Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas

Patent for an apparatus for generating Acetylene Gas which feeds water directly into the carbide from a main reservoir.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Hodges, Samuel F. & Lee, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton Cleaning Machine (open access)

Seed-Cotton Cleaning Machine

Patent for a machine to clean seed cotton. This invention elevates and distributes cotton in the machine for beating, cleaning, and separating all matter from seed cotton on its way to the cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date: October 2, 1906
Creator: Lamb, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering Mechanism for Automobiles. (open access)

Steering Mechanism for Automobiles.

Patent for an attachment for steering wheels that allows for more stable steering and shock absorption.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Law, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler. (open access)

Milk-Cooler.

Patent for a new and useful milk cooler, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 31, 1899
Creator: Stephens, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Attachment. (open access)

Pumping Attachment.

Patent is for "new and useful Improvements in Pumping Attachments" (lines 5&6) with illustration and instructions on how it works.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: York, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History