Baling Press Attachment (open access)

Baling Press Attachment

Patent for baling press attachment. Illustration included.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Jackson, James H.
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
Fly-Trap. (open access)

Fly-Trap.

Patent for a fly trap which consists of a motor powered turning cylinder coated in a sticky substance to attract flies, which is placed within a cage to catch flies scraped from the cylinder.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Richbourg, Joseph Fletcher
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fountain-Pen. (open access)

Fountain-Pen.

Patent for a fountain pen with an improved ink feeder.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Smith, Edward Ruthven
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milking Apparatus. (open access)

Milking Apparatus.

Patent for a manually operated milking device, which eliminates the need for the milkers hands to touch the cow's teats or the milk, thereby lessening germ exposure.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Hardy, Augustus Williams
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Cutter. (open access)

Pipe-Cutter.

Patent for a pipe cutter, which can be used on pipes that are at any angle and in narrow spaces.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Thomas, Roy L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Valve for Water Systems in Connection with Air-Brake Systems. (open access)

Safety-Valve for Water Systems in Connection with Air-Brake Systems.

Patent for a water valve governor for rail cars, which will prevent the water systems that use air from the air brake system from hampering the operation of the brakes.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Scott, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Lace Fastener. (open access)

Shoe-Lace Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved shoe lace fastener, including illustrations.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Nicholls, George Habberton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spike Puller (open access)

Spike Puller

Patent for a spike puller. This invention uses a clawed head set on a roller where by a fulcrum can move inward to apply power to pull the spike. Illustration included.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Bradshaw, Richard A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tag (open access)

Tag

Patent for a tag. This tag is intended for use with dry goods, material bolts, and like items. Illustration included.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Brown, Sampson H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Purifying Apparatus. (open access)

Water-Purifying Apparatus.

Patent for a water purifying device for use in water distribution systems, which mixes the water with a chemical salt and then takes it into a settling basin where mud and such sink to the bottom, leaving pure water on top which is let out for distribution.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Fender, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Oiler. (open access)

Windmill-Oiler.

Patent for a windmill oiler to automatically pump oil of the proper amount to lubricate the windmill bearings which is placed on the windmill head.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Brown, Herbert Eddes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Pipe (open access)

Apparatus for Molding Pipe

Patent for device that allows multiple sized pipes or pipe sections to be milded.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Bergstrom, Otto
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Supporter. (open access)

Garment-Supporter.

Patent for asuspenders-type undergarment supporter.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Nye, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat and Coat Hanger (open access)

Hat and Coat Hanger

Patent for a wall mounted structure on which a hat or coat can be stored.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Krezdorn, Herman A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Laundry-Bag. (open access)

Laundry-Bag.

Patent for Laundry Bag, This patent is about a unique form of laundry bag which can be used as a typical laundry bag while handing it to Laundry and can be then treated as a wrapper while returning it to customer.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Bourne, Edward, Jr
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Grinding Disks. (open access)

Machine for Grinding Disks.

Patent for improvements in grinding-machines in which it can “hold the disk rigidly at a desired angle and can be adjusted from or toward a grinding device;” (lines 13-15) by using a “combination of an adjustable gear, a grinding-wheel and means for imparting motion from the grinding-wheel to the gear; of a spring-pressed roller above the gear and adapted to hold a disk thereon in contact with the wheel.” (Page 2, lines 65-70) Illustration is included.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Shipp, Abijah T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Tug (open access)

Shaft-Tug

Patent for a support that provides "simple and effective means whereby a shaft may be readily inserted in or removed from the top portion of the tug or support instead of by threading the shaft through the latter." (lines 9-13)
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Wiggs, Zeph & Henderson, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Sash. (open access)

Window Sash.

Patent for an improvement on window sashes allowing for easily removable window panes. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Beazley, John
System: The Portal to Texas History