Brush (open access)

Brush

Patent for improved functions of bath-brushes, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1905
Creator: Williams, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top Stop (open access)

Carriage Top Stop

Patent for "carriages or other vehicles, and more particularly to that portion of a vehicle which is known as the 'prop stump or stop,' which usually projects outward on each side of the vehicle-body at the rear end of the seat for support of the vehicle-hood props when the hood or top is lowered." (lines 9-16). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1905
Creator: Smith, William Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Adjusting Sieves In Threshing Machines (open access)

Device For Adjusting Sieves In Threshing Machines

Patent for a device for adjusting sieves in threshing machines. Illustrations included.
Date: December 5, 1905
Creator: Steelsmith, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch for Street-Railways. (open access)

Electric Switch for Street-Railways.

Patent for switches used to electrically control street railways. Intended to allow the motorman to electrically control the switches of the track from the railway car without having to stop the train to turn the switch on the track.
Date: December 5, 1905
Creator: Posey, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hog Trough (open access)

Hog Trough

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Hog-Troughs" (lines 5-6).
Date: December 5, 1905
Creator: Bookout, Hugh B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Case. (open access)

Packing-Case.

Patent for new and improved shipping case to store and transport oysters so that they may be surrounded by ice in travel and not be subjected to a great amount of pressure or damaged during transit.
Date: December 5, 1905
Creator: Clement, Thomas Houlten, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeder (open access)

Seeder

Patent for a new wheeled seeder design "especially intended for the planting of cottonseed and corn" (lines 14-16).
Date: December 5, 1905
Creator: Schofield, James Drommond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Body Lifter (open access)

Wagon-Body Lifter

Patent for new and useful improvements in Wagon-Body Lifters. (Line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 5, 1905
Creator: Reneau, Charley William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churning Machine (open access)

Churning Machine

Patent for a churning machine that pumps liquids. It is designed to reduce materials used in this labor. This machine will also improve the quality of the labor and decrease the cost of this labor.
Date: December 6, 1905
Creator: Van Dusen, Henry L
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Generator (open access)

Acetylene Generator

Patent for an acetylene generator. Illustration included.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Sinclair, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Feed Device (open access)

Animal-Feed Device

Patent for an animal feed device that is collapsible and that can be suspended from fences, vehicle wheels, other structures, the ground, or the animal itself. (lines 10-15
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Russell, George Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for Baling-Press designed particularly as a further improvement of the press and eliminate the long operating lever. (lines 12-14).
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Hayes, George Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Binder For Books (open access)

Binder For Books

Patent describing an invention for a binder to securely hold pages, but allow leaves to be removed, and also lay flat. It includes oppositely-disposed hinged plates with a locking-rod.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Crowder, Joseph Wade & Simmons, W. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ladder (open access)

Ladder

Patent for ladders, more particularly to one adapted for use in connection with freight-cars. (lines 9-11) Design to prevent the grab-irons from becoming disconnected from the rails. (lines 27-29)
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Saling, Thomas W. & McKiel, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Governor. (open access)

Speed-Governor.

Patent for a new and improved speed-governor which is sensitive and reliable and reduces friction to a negligible amount.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Robbins, Olover W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Seat (open access)

Spring Seat

Patent for a spring seat. Illustration included.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Peeple, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalker Breaker (open access)

Stalker Breaker

Patent for a stalk breaker. Illustration included.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Cowart, Stephen A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stopper For Bottles (open access)

Stopper For Bottles

Patent for a stopper for bottles. This invention is designed to allow the pouring of liquid from the bottle without allowing the introduction of liquid. Illustration included.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Stanich, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch and Signal System (open access)

Switch and Signal System

Patent for a switch and signal system to be used for railroad signaling and to prevent trains on different tracks from colliding. (lines 12-22)
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Adams, Edwin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Operating Device (open access)

Switch Operating Device

Patent for a switch operating device. Illustrations included.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Hubbard, Willson E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater (open access)

Water-Heater

Patent for a device whereby water or other liquid may be heated instantaneously. (line 10-11)
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Hutchins, Rufus J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caisson (open access)

Caisson

Patent for a caisson. This invention is used to remove quicksand while sinking piers in rivers. Illustration included.
Date: December 19, 1905
Creator: Gilbert, Edward Nathen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Level, Grade, Distance, and Elevation Finder. (open access)

Combined Level, Grade, Distance, and Elevation Finder.

Patent for a tool that acts as a combined plumb and spirit level.
Date: December 19, 1905
Creator: Barclay, Charles B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Handling Apparatus (open access)

Cotton Handling Apparatus

Patent for a cotton handling apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: December 19, 1905
Creator: Tidwell, Albert F.
System: The Portal to Texas History