Jar. (open access)

Jar.

Patent for a jar for thick semi-liquids such as mustard, which has a discharge spout in the side that allows the contents to be used without taking off the lid of the jar.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Barr, George T., Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for an oil burner for refined oil which vaporizes all the oil put into the burner.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Breckenridge, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an oil-burner, which can be turned on and off with a single switch.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Breckenridge, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress Making Machine (open access)

Mattress Making Machine

Patent for a mattress making machine. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: White, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole. (open access)

Trolley-Pole.

Patent for a trolley pole, which attaches easily to the wire and can be placed on it by the operator without him leaving his station on the trolley.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Barr, George T., Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a cultivator designed so that the plows can be conveniently set to any pitch as needed for deep or shallow plowing. Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Miller, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Kindler (open access)

Automatic Fire-Kindler

Patent for an automatic fire kindler which can be put on a timer and start a fire in a stove with a bundle of matches inserted into the device ahead of time.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Bates, Samuel F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator, which reduces the risk of breaking the cultivator when obstructions are met in the soil.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Lancaster, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nebulizer. (open access)

Nebulizer.

Patent for a nebulizer, which has a spraying mechanism for delivering medicinal sprays through a nozzle to the nose, throat, or lungs.
Date: July 14, 1908
Creator: McGregor, Ringling R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a nut and pipe wrench. Illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Barr, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medicating and Massaging Appliance (open access)

Medicating and Massaging Appliance

Patent for a medicating and massaging appliance. This invention is intended for use in application with the eyes, ears, etc. Illustration included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Robison, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring Machine. (open access)

Rotary Boring Machine.

Patent for a rotary boring machine, which automatically sends out of the machine mud it digs up and can have the rotary pinion easily removed.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Wiggs, James A., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Explosive-Engine. (open access)

Rotary Explosive-Engine.

Patent for a rotary explosive engine which minimizes the waste of power.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Walker, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buttonhole Cutter or Shears. (open access)

Buttonhole Cutter or Shears.

Patent for a buttonhole cutter or shears, which has an adjustable stop for creating buttonholes of different sizes.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Barr, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter (open access)

Planter

Patent for a planter. Illustrations included.
Date: November 26, 1907
Creator: Lancaster, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bee-Gum (open access)

Bee-Gum

Patent for a bee hive which has multiple compartments which the bees can travel through and, when keeper wants to remove honey all the bees can be sent into one compartment to avoid the danger of being stung. It also has ventilation and rain protection.
Date: November 5, 1907
Creator: Caperton, William Elson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a rotary steam engine, which allows the piston to move more freely in the engine.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Walker, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivator-Beams (open access)

Attachment for Cultivator-Beams

Patent for an attachment for cultivator beams designed to help adjust cultivators while in usage. Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Barham, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Fastener. (open access)

Mail-Bag Fastener.

Patent for a mail bag fastener which automatically locks when closed and can only be opened with a key.It also holds the mail bag open when letters are being withdrawn.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Barr, George Taylor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine. (open access)

Mattress-Making Machine.

Patent for a mattress making machine for use in cotton gins that fills the mattress tick with a even amount of stuffing without wadding and can be used with any type of cloth mattress tick.
Date: June 4, 1907
Creator: White, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for a rotary engine that operates by virtually any type of motive fluid. Illustrations included.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Walker, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Distributing Apparatus (open access)

Water Distributing Apparatus

Patent for a water distributing apparatus. This inventions' design is for hot and cold water and used primarily in connection with heating or cooking stoves so as to utilize the heat furnished there in. Illustration included.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Sanders, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Distilling Apparatus (open access)

Water Distilling Apparatus

Patent for a water distilling apparatus. This invention is designed for condensing steam into distilled water. Additionally, the design is meant to separate empyreumatic gases from the water vapor during the distillation process. Illustration included.
Date: March 5, 1907
Creator: Lazenby, Robert S. & Lazenby, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Signaling Mechanism (open access)

Railway Signaling Mechanism

Patent for a railway signaling mechanism. This invention "relates to certain new and useful improvements in electric railway and block signaling in which means are provided for indicating in the engine cab to the engineer the condition of the road ahead" (lines 9-13). Illustrations included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Adams, Edwin Johnson
System: The Portal to Texas History