Combination Couch (open access)

Combination Couch

Patent for bed that transforms to a settee or a wardrobe. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Brandt, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Indicator For Hat Boxes (open access)

Stock Indicator For Hat Boxes

Patent for stock indicator for hat boxes. Illustration included.
Date: August 29, 1905
Creator: Buie, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foot Covering Cleaner (open access)

Foot Covering Cleaner

Patent for a covered boot or shoe scrapper. Illustration included.
Date: August 8, 1905
Creator: Childers, Christopher C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener (open access)

End Gate Fastener

Patent for gate on the back of a wagon. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Clarke, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Collar (open access)

Horse Collar

Patent for a horse collar. Illustration included.
Date: August 15, 1905
Creator: Cooper, Joseph P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Supporter. (open access)

Garment-Supporter.

Patent for a new garment-supporter, designed "to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to support the hose and lower garments from the shoulders and capable of permitting perfect freedom of movement of every part of the body without chafing the same" (lines 12-17), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 8, 1905
Creator: Duckworth, Mary Eliza
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy (open access)

Canopy

Patent for a portable canopy to be used over beds, cribs, or chairs. Illustrations included.
Date: August 8, 1905
Creator: Eichenberg, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shipping System (open access)

Shipping System

Patent for a spreadsheet in relation to shipping. Illustration included.
Date: August 15, 1905
Creator: Fisher, Charles H. & Raymond, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop (open access)

Folding Coop

Patent for folding coop. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Franke, Herman R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace Buckle (open access)

Trace Buckle

Patent for trace buckle. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Godfrey, Walter J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Machine (open access)

Cotton Picking Machine

Patent for a cotton picking machine. Illustration included.
Date: August 8, 1905
Creator: Haring, Peter Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picking Machine (open access)

Cotton Picking Machine

Patent for a cotton picking machine. Illustration included.
Date: August 8, 1905
Creator: Haring, Peter Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch (open access)

Switch

Patent for a switch. "This invention obviates likelihood of derailment by splitting the switches, so as to thereby secure a means for preventing the rolling stock from being thrown from the tracks." Illustration included.
Date: August 22, 1905
Creator: Hibbets, Charles M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hoe and Edge-Trimmer. (open access)

Combined Hoe and Edge-Trimmer.

Patent for a tool that combines a how and edge-trimmer in one. The tool "may be conveniently used for trimming the edges of lawns, walks, and flower-beds and which may also be used as a weeding scuffle-hoe and as a sod-cutter" (lines 11-14) including illustrations
Date: August 29, 1905
Creator: Hough, James C. & Oldham, J. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ore Concentrator (open access)

Ore Concentrator

Patent for an ore concentrator. Illustration included.
Date: August 29, 1905
Creator: Journeay, William Orsborne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Railway Signaling System (open access)

Electrical Railway Signaling System

Patent for an electrical railway signaling system. Illustration included.
Date: August 22, 1905
Creator: Lyon, Leonidas N., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: August 22, 1905
Creator: Marx, Ernest Max & Moses, Ealy J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drinking Fountain (open access)

Drinking Fountain

Patent for a drinking fountain. "The object of the invention is to provide a drinking fountain having a drinking trough to which water will be automatically supplied as the same is removed by the stock." Illustration included.
Date: August 15, 1905
Creator: McCormick, James V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically Energized Fence (open access)

Electrically Energized Fence

Patent for an electrically energized fence. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: McNair, Albert Duy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet (open access)

Cabinet

Patent for
Date: August 15, 1905
Creator: Merritt, William Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Dressing-Cabinet. (open access)

Portable Dressing-Cabinet.

Invention for a portable structure to be used as a dressing-cabinet that is easy to set up and take down, light enough to move on rollers, conveniently accessible, and containing mirrors and folding shelves.
Date: August 29, 1905
Creator: Mistrot, Felix Emile
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Window-Shade Hanger. (open access)

Adjustable Window-Shade Hanger.

Patent for a window-shade hanger that can be "adjusted to fit windows of various widths and shaderollers which vary in length and which may be readily put up and taken down." (lines 18-21) including illustration.
Date: August 29, 1905
Creator: Neale, Albert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerating Churn (open access)

Aerating Churn

Patent for aerating churn. This design of churn is designed to aerate milk as it churns. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Residue Crude Oil Burner (open access)

Residue Crude Oil Burner

Patent for a burner that burns gas manufactured from crude oil. Illustration included.
Date: August 22, 1905
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History