Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a new type of baling press, including illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Choat, Isom Rufus.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Operator (open access)

Churn Operator

Patent for a Churn Operator. This device contains specifications for operating churn-dashers, as well as improvements for the established churn operator.
Date: April 13, 1905
Creator: Ham, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treating Ankylosis of the Knee (open access)

Apparatus for Treating Ankylosis of the Knee

Patent for an apparatus for treating knee ankylosis that is ready to use at a moments notice "without unnecessary or nervous shock to the invalid to apply the requisite heat, extension, and flexion to an afflicted part to render it supple and restore to its natural functions". (lines 11-15).
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Norwood, Robert R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement Block (open access)

Cement Block

Patent for a cement block. This invention relates to building blocks made of artificial stone that are connected by tie rods. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Woodiwiss, Jason, Matthew; Deal, Frank L. & Burdg, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Neck Yoke and Swingletree (open access)

Convertible Neck Yoke and Swingletree

Patent for a convertible neck yoke and swingletree. Illustration included.
Date: May 24, 1904
Creator: Hall, Thomas I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bracket (open access)

Bracket

Patent for a shelf bracket which can support a shelf with only one bracket.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Cockrum, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Automatically Applying Germicides (open access)

Apparatus for Automatically Applying Germicides

Patent for "a means for automatically applying an insecticide or germicide which will either kill or drive off the parasite, vermin, and other troublesome germ" (lines 16-19).
Date: August 20, 1901
Creator: Pendleton, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
Date: May 3, 1904
Creator: Key, William C. & Frost, Harvey N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Oil (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Oil

Patent for a device for extracting cotton seed oil which ensures even cooking of the seeds by constant stirring.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Lauerman, Vandy Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Locking and Releasing Device for Mining-Cars (open access)

Automatic Locking and Releasing Device for Mining-Cars

Patent for an automatic locking and releasing device for mining carts and cages. Illustrations included.
Date: June 15, 1909
Creator: Stroope, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Door Opener. (open access)

Car Door Opener.

Patent for a car door opener, making it possible to open a car door without using a hammer or injuring oneself.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: Gibson, Levi D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Palo Pinto 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: 1904
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a "simple form of device for stretching wire, said device being adapted for attachment to a post or other support and to the wire to be stretched" (lines 9-12).
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Brannon, Walter Zebulin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Fence. (open access)

Water-Fence.

Patent for the improved design of a water fence with specifications that allow the passage of a log without fully raising the fence; includes illustrations.
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Walton, John H. & Ball, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leg Brace (open access)

Leg Brace

Patent for a leg brace. Illustration included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Norwood, Robert R. & O'Neall, Elisha V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock. (open access)

Lock.

Patent for an improvement to combination-locks for doors, safe, and bureaus, "with readily-operated means for holding the combination-disks inactive and in position to permit a locking-bolt to be freely operated by a key when so desired, which means will also permit the combination to be set so that the bolt cannot be moved by a key until the disks of the combination have been brought to proper position." (lines 11-18)
Date: November 25, 1902
Creator: Dalton, Lewis & Cross, Dick
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler (open access)

Milk-Cooler

Patent for a milk cooler that may be used to keep milk or other food items chilled without the use of ice. Illustrations included
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Hay, Perrie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Knee Pad (open access)

Pneumatic Knee Pad

Patent for a pneumatic knee pad. Illustration included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Gibbs, Paalgo P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mud-Drum for Boilers (open access)

Mud-Drum for Boilers

Patent for a mud drum for boilers to prevent the accumulation of sediment and mud in the water. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Stroope, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Broadfoot, Jacob O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device (open access)

Hitching Device

Patent for a hitching device. This device if for hitching horses reins. Illustration included.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Hazlewood, George W. & Robinson, Henry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for "enabling a gate to be operated at a distance from either side of it by a person on horseback or in a vehicle" (lines 14-16), with details and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1902
Creator: Millican, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Breaking Device (open access)

Horse Breaking Device

Patent for a horse breaking device. This invention is designed to break the horses without balking. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Bump, James G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator (open access)

Elevator

Patent for an elevator.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Ham, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History