Resource Type

Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for a new and improved animal trap.
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Myers, George M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Coupling. (open access)

Automatic Air-Brake Coupling.

Patent for "coupling devices for connecting the air-brake hose of railway-cars" (lines 9-10) automatically, including illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Simecek, Vaclav
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bandage. (open access)

Bandage.

Patent for bandage that prevents and/or reduces the occurrence of "double chin."
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Hardee, Virginia E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Attachment. (open access)

Bed Attachment.

Patent for new bed design for invalids, containing a bedpan attached in the center of the bed. The bedpan is connected to a pipe, allowing the waste to be flushed away, just like any other toilet.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Smith, Nan Elma
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet (open access)

Cabinet

Patent for a cabinet. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Dorsey, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carrier for Game (open access)

Carrier for Game

Patent for new and improved carrier for game. "The purpose of the invention is to provide a very light, simple, durable, economic, and effective device for carrying game adapted to be worn across the shoulder and which is held in place simply by the weight of the load". (lines 8-13). Includes description, instructions, and illustrations.
Date: March 7, 1906
Creator: Paul, James Mount
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard (open access)

Cattle-Guard

Patent for a cattle guard for use at railroad tracks incorporating a depressible platform connected to a closing mechanism which will impede movement of cattle across the track, but allow for unobstructed movement at other times.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Richter, Fred Otto & Richter, Gustav Adolph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a clothes pin consisting of a single piece of bent wire.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Stewart, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Land Roller, Furrow Opener, And Marker (open access)

Combined Land Roller, Furrow Opener, And Marker

Patent for a device that combines the function of a land-roller, furrow opener, and marker. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: MacDonell, Allan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Lifting-Jack and Shaft-Support (open access)

Combined Lifting-Jack and Shaft-Support

Patent for a "combined lifting-jack and thill-support for vehicles," (lines 8-9) with the objective being "to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character." (lines 10-11)
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Morgan, Rovena G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Minnow Bucket and Trap. (open access)

Combined Minnow Bucket and Trap.

Patent for a combined minnow bucket and trap that overcomes past disadvantages, is simple in constructions, inexpensive to manufacture and reliable.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Petmecky, Fred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Commercial fertilizers : composition and use. (open access)

Commercial fertilizers : composition and use.

Describes different types of commercial fertilizers, their agricultural benefits, and indications for their use.
Date: March 1906
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corn Picker and Husker. (open access)

Corn Picker and Husker.

Patent for a corn picker and husker, "wherein the ears of corn are delivered directly from the picker-arms to husking-rolls." (lines 11-13)
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Hancock, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper that can also chop or cut corn, cane, broom-corn, peas, or any similar plants that are planted thick in drills or rows. This particular chopper includes an approved arrangement and adjustment of the chopping-blades that can be set to cut at different angles.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: McKee, Jacob Rufus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate Or Coop (open access)

Crate Or Coop

Patent for a crate or coop. This invention is connected at the corners possessing a removable bottom along with a readily detachable cover. Illustration included.
Date: March 13, 1906
Creator: Sperling, Ellsworth
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for the Cultivator that helps in expanding and contracting the beams and to adjust the length as required.
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Martin, William Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Conductor (open access)

Electric Conductor

Patent for electric conductor with switch cord and plug especially designed for use with multiple electrical circuits, as with a telephone switchboard.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Weir, Welby D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Signal System. (open access)

Electrical Signal System.

Patent for an improved electrical signal system which can help ascertain "the position of a train or other obstruction on a railway-track ... at either terminal" (lines 14-16), including an illustration.
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Lacroix, Fred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Signal System. (open access)

Electrical Signal System.

Patent for an electrical system "whereby the position of a train anywhere between the ends of a track can be ascertained at either terminal" (lines 14-16).
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Lacroix, Fred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Controlling Valve. (open access)

Exhaust-Controlling Valve.

Patent for new exhaust-controlling valve mechanisms in steam or air engines, including illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Inman, Wesley J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape. (open access)

Fire-Escape.

Patent for a fire escape, which makes improvements to cable-based building fire escapes to allow braking of the cable to permit detachment of each person before the full descent of the next person above.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Moore, Sargant Z.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Window. (open access)

Fireproof Window.

Patent for the Fireproof Window that reduces the construction cost and provide means for automatically closing the lower sash based on the predetermined temperature.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Miller, William Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Canner. (open access)

Fruit-Canner.

Patent for a fruit-canning apparatus that holds multiple cans on a perforated tray. The apparatus allows for necessary heating of cans and easy removal from a receptacle.
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Toler, Henry Wilson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Stock. (open access)

Gun-Stock.

Patent for an improved wooden stock for firearms which combines maximum lightness and strength, may be produced at reduced cost, and is adapted for convenient and advantageous manipulation for defensive purposes.
Date: March 27, 1906
Creator: Cole, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History