Air-Cleaning System (open access)

Air-Cleaning System

Patent for an air cleaning system to be used in homes. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap (open access)

Ant-Trap

Patent for an ant rap designed to catch ants and burrowing insects that are destructive to vegetation. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Fly, Nathaniel D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bin-Measuring Apparatus (open access)

Bin-Measuring Apparatus

Patent for a bin measuring apparatus for weighing dry products for sale quickly and accurately.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Duke, Joseph S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher (open access)

Churn-Dasher

Patent for distributing air through cream while "thoroughly" agitating said cream, with brief instruction and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1904
Creator: Vestal, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Attachment (open access)

Cotton-Gin Attachment

Patent for an attachment to be used as a chute for cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Story, Henton L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker (open access)

Cotton Picker

Patent for a machine for harvesting cotton. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Pierce, John Earl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker. (open access)

Cotton-Picker.

Patent for an electric motor operated cotton picker, which is worn on the body and sucks the cotton bolls through a nozzle into a bag.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Gray, Sidney J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Making Castings. (open access)

Device for Making Castings.

Patent for "making castings of various kinds, and more especially for making castings for dental use" (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Davison, Hugh M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drying and Stretching Frame (open access)

Drying and Stretching Frame

Patent for a frame used to stretch and dry fabrics such as curtains. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Hargrave, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tires (open access)

Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tires

Patent for an inner tube for pneumatic tires that has been layered with vulcanized fabric so as to protect from damage. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Culmore, March
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pie-Plate Lifter (open access)

Pie-Plate Lifter

Patent for a pie plate lifter used to handle pie plates or other utensils should they be too hot. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Blue, Henry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Gate (open access)

Railway-Gate

Patent for a railway gate that can be operated from a distance. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Buchannan, Edward M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tooth-Bender. (open access)

Tooth-Bender.

Patent for a tooth bender for band saw teeth, which keeps the teeth in place for use and for grinding.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Dell Ge Bott, Jay
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wireless-Telegraph Receiver (open access)

Wireless-Telegraph Receiver

Patent for a wireless telegraph receiver which receives incoming intelligence through electric waves and uses crystalline substances as its detector. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Way, Wesley M.
System: The Portal to Texas History