Coin-Holder (open access)

Coin-Holder

Patent for " a new coin holder that holds coins of different denominations in given amounts for circulating purposes," (lines 8-9) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 17, 1900
Creator: Sledge, Clarence Linden
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and useful churn, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1900
Creator: Parker, Joseph Andrew
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Arch for Cultivators (open access)

Adjustable Arch for Cultivators

Patent for an adjustable arch for cultivators.
Date: October 27, 1903
Creator: Porter, Harrison B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for new bailing press that that improves "hay-presses of the full circle or continuous type for baling hay, straw, and the like." (lines 8-10) Illustrations included.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Leineweber, Francis & Welge, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Blanco Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1903
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool For Removing Floors, Ceilings, Sidings, &c. (open access)

Tool For Removing Floors, Ceilings, Sidings, &c.

Patent for a tool that removes floors, ceilings, sidings, and more. Illustration included.
Date: April 26, 1904
Creator: Harmon, William O. & Quarles, Alexander H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Conveyor and Cleaner. (open access)

Pneumatic Conveyor and Cleaner.

Patent for "a pneumatic cotton conveyer and cleaner designed for carrying seed-cotton from a wagon or the like to a gin-house or warehouse or other receptacle or place of storage and for cleaning the cotton while the same is being so conveyed." (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: July 10, 1900
Creator: Parker, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for a gate that can be opened or closed from a remote point, and can be locked with a latch. Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Rogers, Frederick S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Stay (open access)

Wire-Fence Stay

Patent for wire fence stay that is used for securing wire lines.
Date: June 9, 1903
Creator: Senour, Charles Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hinge-Gainer. (open access)

Hinge-Gainer.

Patent for a hinge-gainer related to "certain improvements in devices of that class employed for cutting a gain or mortise in a door-jam or door for the reception of a hinge. The object of the invention is to provide an improved machine or tool in which all the parts may be readily and accurately adjusted to cut recesses of different width, height, and depth" (Lines 8-16).
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Ward, Richard Bryant.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Locking, Nut. (open access)

Self-Locking, Nut.

Patent for a "simple and efficient device" for "securely holding a nut upon a bolt" (lines 76-77).
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Galliher, Lawrence M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoe (open access)

Horseshoe

Patent for a horseshoe. Illustration included.
Date: June 21, 1904
Creator: Harmon, William O. & Smith, Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for an improved plow, which can support a rudder-blade adapted for use with a middle-breaker moldboard.
Date: December 31, 1901
Creator: Richmond, T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Fumigating (open access)

Means for Fumigating

Patent for a means of fumigating.
Date: November 3, 1903
Creator: Cock, Lewis W.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher (open access)

Horse-Detacher

Patent for a horse releaser. Illustrations included.
Date: January 12, 1909
Creator: January, Moses Solomon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Case (open access)

Display-Case

Patent for a display case for holding cheese. Illustrations included.
Date: June 29, 1909
Creator: Simon, Alex H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an improved acetylene-gas generator with a carbid receptacle on top of of the gasometer an an improved automated valve mechanism to assist with gas maintenance.
Date: October 7, 1902
Creator: Loyer, William Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Overshoe For Horseshoes (open access)

Detachable Overshoe For Horseshoes

Patent for a detachable overshoe for horseshoes. Illustration included.
Date: June 21, 1904
Creator: Harmon, William O. & Smith, Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a durable cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Porter, Harrison B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement (open access)

Agricultural Implement

Patent for an agricultural implement. This invention allows for the interchangeability of different blades. Illustration included.
Date: October 2, 1906
Creator: Messer, Jeremiah Clark
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Distributer. (open access)

Cotton-Distributer.

Patent for "a new and improved cotton-distributer to provide a means for equalizing the distribution of cotton to a series of connected receptacles and for retaining the cotton in the receptacles until it is desirable to deliver it to the hoppers or feed devices for cotton-gins." (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 10, 1900
Creator: Parker, Joseph Andrew
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History