Machine For Cleaning Vegetable Fiber (open access)

Machine For Cleaning Vegetable Fiber

Patent fora machine for cleaning vegetable fiber. Illustration included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: McCauley, John H. & Winfrey, Edgar M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stopper. (open access)

Stopper.

Patent for improvement in stoppers by “combining a stopper and funnel adapted to be used for pouring liquids from one vessel to another without wasting, provision being made for pouring the liquid into a large vessel or into a small vessel, and when the stopper is not in use it may be closed for the purpose of preventing leakage and evaporation.” (Lines 12-19) Illustration is included.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Hyer, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Lubricants. (open access)

Process of Making Lubricants.

Patent for "an improved process for making a lubricant especially adapted for parts of moving machinery which will be efficient to keep said parts and their bearings cool and which may also be used to cool heated journals and bearings" (lines 11-16).
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Hudnall, Millard Stewart
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow, by John W. Hudson. This plow has a beam that can be adjusted to carry different sizes of plows. Beam is designed to help equalize resistance between the two sides of the beam.
Date: July 3, 1906
Creator: Hudson, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screw-Driver (open access)

Screw-Driver

Patent for a screwdriver. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Winfrey, Edgar M. & Lilins, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie (open access)

Railway Tie

Patent for a metallic cross ties. This tie is an improvement on previous metallic rail-ties. Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Field, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shade-Bracket. (open access)

Shade-Bracket.

Patent for window shade brackets.
Date: June 17, 1902
Creator: Winfrey, Edgar M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Lock (open access)

Sash Lock

Patent for a sash lock. This invention pertains to railway cars. Illustration included.
Date: November 8, 1904
Creator: Hughes, Henry B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gang-Plow. (open access)

Gang-Plow.

Patent for a gang plow for “the use of a greater or lesser number of plow units in the gang or series and, to provide as a rear support for the plow a rear furrow-wheel associated with adjusting means for raising or lowering the rear end of the plow to regulate the depth of cut and; with additional adjusting means arranged to shift the crank-axle of said wheel to properly resist the side draft of the plow and, to aid in directing the latter in four-side plowing in order that comparatively sharp corners may be turned.” (Lines 17-28) Illustration is included.
Date: January 3, 1905
Creator: Luecke, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Penholder. (open access)

Penholder.

Patent for a wooden holder for pen-points. The holder is designed to be constructed cheaply and permit the neat and clean insertion and removal of pen-points.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Estes, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for an oil burner that converts petroleum fuel into gas with its own heat. Illustrations included.
Date: December 3, 1907
Creator: Ziegler, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Adjusting Sieves In Threshing Machines (open access)

Device For Adjusting Sieves In Threshing Machines

Patent for a device for adjusting sieves in threshing machines. Illustrations included.
Date: December 5, 1905
Creator: Steelsmith, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for improvements to cultivators.
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Skeen, Virgil G.
System: The Portal to Texas History