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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
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
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
Machine For Elevating And Feeding Seed Cotton
Patent for a machine for elevating and feeding seed cotton. Illustration included.
Date:
December 19, 1905
Creator:
Benefield, Chauncey R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
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
Stalker Breaker
Patent for a stalk breaker. Illustration included.
Date:
December 12, 1905
Creator:
Cowart, Stephen A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Door Check
Patent for door check. Illustration included.
Date:
December 19, 1905
Creator:
McGinnis, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Seat
Patent for a spring seat. Illustration included.
Date:
December 12, 1905
Creator:
Peeple, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Indicator
Patent for an indicator. This invention is designed for use with phonographs, musicboxes, and like intruments. Illustration included.
Date:
December 19, 1905
Creator:
Pfleger, Frank Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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