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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road-Repairing Machine (open access)

Road-Repairing Machine

Patent for a road repairing machine which repairs roads by leveling them. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Herring, Windsor G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sad-Iron-Edging Machine (open access)

Sad-Iron-Edging Machine

Patent for edging machine for removing rough edges from sad irons. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Dorsey, Royal H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Flooring (open access)

Sanitary Flooring

Patent for sanitary flooring to be used in toilet rooms to protect from unsanitary floors and odors. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Clayton, Nicholas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaving-Cup (open access)

Shaving-Cup

Patent for a shaving cup with two compartments for soap and water and a drain. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Cook, Howard Price
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trough-Valve (open access)

Trough-Valve

Patent for an automatic float valve used in water troughs. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Mauldin, Blake I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a water pipe valve. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Chalk, Russell H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher (open access)

Wire-Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher for barbed wire or woven wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Graham, Bruno
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring Drill (open access)

Boring Drill

Patent for a boring drill
Date: July 8, 1909
Creator: Hughes, Howard R. of Houston, Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Weighing Appartus (open access)

Portable Weighing Appartus

Patent for portable weighing apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: July 10, 1909
Creator: Harrison, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin (open access)

Clothes-Pin

Patent for a clothes pin. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Freeze, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvesting Machine (open access)

Corn-Harvesting Machine

Patent for a corn harvesting machine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Tilson, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy (open access)

Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy

Patent for a means of using electricity more efficiently, which entails "utilizing the extra current generated by the break in the circuit of an electromagnetic apparatus" (lines 16-18). Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Perkins, Thomas F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy (open access)

Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy

Patent for an apparatus which consists of an electric motor that is operated by a battery and is designed to use electricity more efficiently. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Perkins, Thomas F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment (open access)

Plow Attachment

Patent for a plow attachment that is used for cutting the plowed stalks and breaking up large chunks of soil. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Batson, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Waiter (open access)

Portable Waiter

Patent for a portable waiter comprised of wheels and a removable tray that is used to carry dishes to and from a dining room to a kitchen. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Hill, Georgie Fly
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press for Forming Hollow Articles (open access)

Press for Forming Hollow Articles

Patent for a press for forming hollow objects such as furnace pots. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Williams, Robert Lucius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for a rotary engine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Nichols, Franklin P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Stand (open access)

Seed-Stand

Patent for a stepped stand having a compartment at each step where seeds may be kept. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Nicholson, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheaf-Carrier for Binders (open access)

Sheaf-Carrier for Binders

Patent for sheaf carrier for binders which allows sheaves to be gathered without danger of them being dumped or dislodged and allow for automation of sheaf carrier arms.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Pillow, James Gid
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Condenser (open access)

Steam-Condenser

Patent for a steam condenser. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Hartman, Gus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for a small animal trap which consists of a cage suspended in the air on a spring system which drops when an animal disturbs the bait.
Date: July 20, 1909
Creator: Franks, Marion M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Capsule-Filler (open access)

Capsule-Filler

Patent for a capsule filler which allows a prescriptionist to simultaneously fill multiple capsules with medication. Illustrations included.
Date: July 20, 1909
Creator: Brown, Patrick Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Device (open access)

Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Device

Patent for a mail bag catching and delivering device that is attached to trains and grabs mailbags off of a designated mail bag holder on the edge of the tracks.
Date: July 20, 1909
Creator: Cruse, James Jefferson
System: The Portal to Texas History