Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a rail car coupling. Illustration included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke & Story, Leonidas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Weighing Scale (open access)

Continuous Weighing Scale

Patent for continuous weighing scale. Illustration included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard (open access)

Cattle Guard

Patent for a cattle guard. This invention is for use with railways to prevent passage of stock over the tracks. Illustration included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Jungman, Leo A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Loose-Leaf Binder (open access)

Loose-Leaf Binder

Patent for loose-leaf binders. A strong and easy way to attach or remove loose leaf papers from a flat book.
Date: January 4, 1906
Creator: Owen, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Picking and Cleaning Cotton (open access)

Machine For Picking and Cleaning Cotton

Patent for a machine for picking and cleaning cotton. Illustration included.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Richmond, George E. & Desel, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater (open access)

Water Heater

Patent for water heater. The invention is designed to use gas as fuel to heat the water heater. Illustrations included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Simpson, Ray C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Invalid bed (open access)

Invalid bed

Patent for an invalid bed. Illustrations included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Prichard, Henry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator (open access)

Indicator

Patent for an indicator. This invention is for keeping track of a grocer's list. Illustrations included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Ellis, Harley Sigal
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator (open access)

Insect Exterminator

Patent for an insect exterminator that removes insects from plants and then sprays a solution. Illustrations included.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Ferriott, Charles L. & Logan, Malcolm H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaginal Irrigator (open access)

Vaginal Irrigator

Patent for a vaginal irrigator. Illustration included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Farrington, Charles Oliphint & Watson, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for stalk cutters.Invention can be horse drawn to fell stalks. Illustrations included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Durham, Thomas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound (open access)

Medical Compound

Patent for a medical compound which "when taken internally, is a cure for gonorrhea, gravel, dysentery, and diarrhea, and when applied externally a cure for rheumatism" (lines 12-14).
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Mendez, Jesus M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Device (open access)

Fishing Device

Patent fora fishing device. This invention is designed for surface and deep water trolling. Illustration included.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Barnes, Edwin & Barnes, Barney Dack
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rack Construction for Refrigerator-Cars. (open access)

Rack Construction for Refrigerator-Cars.

Patent for a rack to be used in refrigerator rail cars for the transportation of produce. Illustrations included.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Coleman, John C. & Kessel, Edward W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter. (open access)

Planter.

Patent for improved planting machinery resulting in easy construction and manipulation.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Hogan, Seth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eccentric Cylinder Rotary Engine (open access)

Eccentric Cylinder Rotary Engine

Patent for eccentric cylinder rotary engine. Illustration included.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Stanford, George W. & Smith, Louie F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Metallic Trunk-Strap. (open access)

Adjustable Metallic Trunk-Strap.

Patent for an adjustable metallic trunk strap that connects in multiple directs so that they will reinforce the trunk while allowing it to be opened. It includes illustrations of the strap on the trunk and various components in detail.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Mertins, John Lewis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Music-Indicator (open access)

Design for a Music-Indicator

Patent for an "ornamental design for a music-indicator" (lines 11-12).
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Thrash, William Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Fence-Post (open access)

Design for a Fence-Post

Patent for a new, original, and ornamental design for fence posts.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Jasper, Tolbert Fanning
System: The Portal to Texas History