Balanced Valve (open access)

Balanced Valve

Patent for a balanced valve for a steam powered sawmill.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Rigsby, Lewis J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie (open access)

Bale-Tie

Patent for a bale tie made of aluminum which has a fastener attached to the band.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Brigance, Alice Osborne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Holder. (open access)

Door-Holder.

Patent for a door holder, which is operated by turning the door knob and holds the door open at predetermined positions.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Clark, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drier (open access)

Drier

Patent for a drier used for drying sugar canes from a sugar mill. Illustrations included.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Rayner, Henry William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Disintegrating Fibrous Plants (open access)

Machine for Disintegrating Fibrous Plants

Patent for a machine that filters out the pulp from fibrous plants to obtain their fiber. Illustrations included.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Hartman, Emil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle

Patent for a bottle that prevents outside liquids from flowing inside. Illustrations included.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Gibson, Elizabeth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil and Water Well Strainer (open access)

Oil and Water Well Strainer

Patent for an oil and water well strainer used to filter out the sand. Illustrations included.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen-Hanger. (open access)

Screen-Hanger.

Patent for a screen hanger with a hook for a half window screen and a hook for a full window screen on each end of it.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Rust, Emory G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap for Crustacea (open access)

Trap for Crustacea

Patent for a trap used to catch various crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters. Illustrations included.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole. (open access)

Trolley-Pole.

Patent for a trolley pole, which is extendable and contractible.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Bouchard, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher for use in building wire fences.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Williams, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mixing Plant. (open access)

Mixing Plant.

Patent for new mixing plants materials and procedures, "comprising novel means for handling, conveying, and mixing the several materials which constitute the feed and for accurately determining the proportion of each such materials" (lines 11-15), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1906
Creator: Binnings, Charles Elijah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk-Bearing for Disk Plows or Similar Implements. (open access)

Disk-Bearing for Disk Plows or Similar Implements.

Patent for improvement in disk-bearings for disk plows by using a secure substantial bearing, in which it will resist the side strain of cutting the ground, be capable of ready adjustment, and permit the utmost freedom of revolution. (Lines 13-18) Illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Hendon, Walter Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Generating Oil-Burner. (open access)

Generating Oil-Burner.

Patent for improvements in “generating oil-burners” by connecting a combination of tubes, pipes and casings to direct and regulate the oil flows to the burner. It can also control the amount of steam to be discharged to properly effect the burning of the oil. Illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Spiller, Philip Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain Drying Means. (open access)

Grain Drying Means.

Patent for a new mechanism for bulk drying grain. Includes illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Liles, La Fayette W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heating or Cooking Stove (open access)

Heating or Cooking Stove

Patent for a heating or cooking stove.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Spiller, Phillip Samuel & Haldeman, Horace P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Cotton-Conveyer. (open access)

Pneumatic Cotton-Conveyer.

Patent for "an improvement in pneumatic cotton-conveyers, particularly with relation to means for putting the exhaust-pipe which leads to the elevator in communication with either of a series of intake-pipes at will and for relieving the partial vacuum caused by the operation of the exhaust-fan at will." (lines 8-14)
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Richmond, George Eustace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Envelop (open access)

Safety-Envelop

Patent for an envelope that cannot be removed without obvious sign of tampering.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Tabler, Jasper N.
System: The Portal to Texas History