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Axle Straightner (open access)

Axle Straightner

Patent for an axle straightener. Illustration included.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Steadham, John S. & Steadham, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dredging Apparatus (open access)

Dredging Apparatus

Patent for dredging apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Jones, Fred A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guard-Rail Clamp (open access)

Guard-Rail Clamp

Patent for a simple, durable and adjustable guard rail clamp for securing guard rails to the main rails of a railroad track "as at bridge approaches and opposite to frog points" (lines 11-12) without the use of drill bolt-holes.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Butcher, Jasper; Thomas, James L. & Butcher, Jasper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Attachment (open access)

Hame Attachment

Patent for a hame attachment. Illustration included.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Miller, John A. & McKenzie, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut-lock which is compromised of a T-shaped locking-pin that fits the the groves of the bolt and holds the nut in place.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Jinks, Henry Leonard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poison-Distributer for Plants (open access)

Poison-Distributer for Plants

Patent for a mobile, horse-drawn poison-distributer for application of a dust or spray "to destroy insects and vermin" (line 11) on "as many as five rows of plants at a time" (lines 38-39).
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Ward, Noble Wesley; Ward, Pleasant Simeon & Ward, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Printer's Cabinet (open access)

Printer's Cabinet

Patent for a printer's cabinet. Illustrations included.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Dorsey, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for a Sash Fastener that can be used to improve the sash holders function with a simplifying construction.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Dunn, Aaron Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spindle-Bushing (open access)

Spindle-Bushing

Patent for a spindle-bushing, a device used to "repair worn axle spindles and hub sleeves" (lines 10-11) by encasing the worn spindles or sleeves with outer shells.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Hines, Jessie J. & Wilkerson, Eldred B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Splicer and Tightener (open access)

Wire Splicer and Tightener

Patent for a wire splicer and tightener. The design has improvements from earlier wire splicers and is designed more for wire fence repair, but can also be used for stretching telegraph wires.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Regenier, John G. & Hamby, Marion Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator, Harrow, and Planter (open access)

Combined Cultivator, Harrow, and Planter

Patent for "agricultural implements in which a single frame is utilized to support various kinds of mechanisms, and in the present invention there is included a frame of simple and improved construction adapted for carrying and to be used in connection with earth-engaging, implements, such as harrow-teeth and cultivator blades, as well as rollers, for the purpose of crushing clods and leveling the surface of the land." (lines 8-18). Includes description and illustrations.
Date: November 23, 1905
Creator: Johnson, Alfred Butler
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. This device includes improvements that allow the machine's operators to control the movement and the position of the hoes of the cotton chopper.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Jezek, Anton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper And Checker (open access)

Cotton Chopper And Checker

Patent for a cotton chopper and checker. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Agee, Jonathan F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence Stay (open access)

Fence Stay

Patent for a fence stay. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Float Valve (open access)

Float Valve

Patent for a float valve. This invention is intended for stock watering tanks where by it ends the flow of water when the tank is full. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Clary, Edwin P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Cox, Emelious Aubrey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stapling Machine (open access)

Stapling Machine

Patent for a stapling machine. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Kennedy, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky Plow (open access)

Sulky Plow

Patent for a sulky plow. This invention is designed to "provide a simple, durable, and highly efficient means for angularly adjusting the rear caster or follower wheel, which runs in the newly-made furrow" (lines 16-19). Illustrations included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Zant, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thimble. (open access)

Thimble.

Patent for an improved design of thimble which includes a needle-threader and a thread-cutter that can be used without removal of the thimble from the finger through the design of metal cone shapes as part of the thimble's design.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Huntington, Spencer Hinsdale
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy (open access)

Toy

Patent for a toy. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Whitefield, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weighing and Lifting Device (open access)

Weighing and Lifting Device

Patent for a weighing and lifting device. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Davis, James W. & Alexander, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Screen (open access)

Well Screen

Patent for a well screen. This invention is intended to screen sand used in well drilling. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for a generator that runs on acetylene gas with a component that releases excess gas in the event the gasometer is overcharged, including illustrations.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Menczer, Samuel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ball Bearing Jack (open access)

Ball Bearing Jack

Patent for a ball bearing jack. Illustration included.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History