Automatic Rotary Hydraulic Casing-Spear. (open access)

Automatic Rotary Hydraulic Casing-Spear.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Automatic Rotary Hydraulic Casing-Spears" (lines 5-7) which "relates to improvements in well-boring apparatus" (lines 13-14).
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper that thins plants and provides ample space between those plants to achieve mature and plentiful harvest.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Butler, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard and Gate (open access)

Cattle Guard and Gate

Patent for cattle guards utilizing a gate normally disposed across a railroad track. This gate is modified for operation by actuation of a moving train approaching the guard from either direction.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Felkner, William G. & Butler, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boat (open access)

Boat

Patent for a sportsman boat. It can be lowered or raised in adjacent to the water level based on the intentions of the user.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Richardson, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for cotton choppers with a moving hoe-frame. The essential feature of the invention is to secure a special construction and arrangement of chopping blades which are adapted to be adjusted in such a way as to leave a greater or less number of the plants in a row as the chopper is operated.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Felkner, William G. & Butler, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Signal System for Electric Cars (open access)

Electric Signal System for Electric Cars

Patent for signal systems for electric railways where wires arranged in connection with the signal lamps at the ends of the blocks and on the cars will be lit to signal caution. There will also be a signal within the car if another moving car in the opposite direction enters the same block.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Adams, Edwin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Street-Cleaner. (open access)

Street-Cleaner.

Patent for a connection with the suction-head portion of pneumatic street sweepers that provides a dust or dirt disturbing element in the form of a brush or broom.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Duke, Holmes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Step for Public Carriers (open access)

Folding Step for Public Carriers

Patent for public carriers such as cars that are designed for transporting passengers, especially steam operated railways. This patent will provide these carriers with a string of steps at each end upon both sides to facilitate ingress and egress. These steps are stationary and for safety terminate a short distance away from the ground.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Felkner, William G. & Butler, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Frame for Implements. (open access)

Riding-Frame for Implements.

Patent for a new and useful improvement to riding frames used with implements utilized for agricultural purposes.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Plummer, Alson Q.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Fastening for Plastic Ties and the Process of Making the Same. (open access)

Rail-Fastening for Plastic Ties and the Process of Making the Same.

Patent for " an improvement in rail-fastenings for plastic ties and the process of making the same." (lines 12-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Percival, Herbert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furniture-Handle. (open access)

Furniture-Handle.

Patent for a plate that improves the security of drop-handle furniture handles with posses superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability and general efficiency.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Frank, Gustav
System: The Portal to Texas History