Resource Type

Bale Tie Buckle (open access)

Bale Tie Buckle

Patent for bale tie buckle. Illustration included.
Date: April 25, 1905
Creator: Jenkins, John C. & Flowers, W. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band Cutter (open access)

Band Cutter

Patent for a band cutter. This invention is designed to cut bale-ties on cotton bales. Illustration included.
Date: March 21, 1905
Creator: Manly, James S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer. (open access)

Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer.

Patent for improvement to the machine set forth in the patent granted to John S. Doak and Alexander G. Farrington on April, 1902, No. 696419. (Page 1, lines 12-14.) The improvements are to use “a pair of troughs connected to a truck and provided with upwardly-projecting wings on their outer edges, spring-arms attached to the truck and pressing normally against the wings and the outside parts of the troughs, spiral springs adjustably mounted on the truck and pressing against the spring-arms, and means for forcing insects from growing plants into the troughs.” (Page 3, lines 74-83.) Illustration is included.
Date: March 28, 1905
Creator: Doak, John S. & Farrington, Alexander G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake (open access)

Car Brake

Patent for a rail car brake. Illustration included.
Date: April 18, 1905
Creator: Pepple, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher (open access)

Churn Dasher

Patent for a churn dasher. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Simons, Silas C.; Clark, Samuel H. & Clark, Louther M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Feeder (open access)

Boiler Feeder

Patent for boiler feeder. This invention is designed as a gravity feed automatic boiler. Illustration included.
Date: March 28, 1905
Creator: Finch, Clark Ethan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate or Box. (open access)

Crate or Box.

Patent for "a crate or box of knockdown form consisting of a crate or box made of separable sections and bound together by wires and stay-bolts that are loosely set into the sections" (line 11-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 26, 1905
Creator: Hines, Warren H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breast Pump (open access)

Breast Pump

Patent for a maual breast pump. Illustration included.
Date: September 5, 1905
Creator: Ezell, Uberto Desaix
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Generator (open access)

Acetylene Generator

Patent for an acetylene generator. Illustration included.
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Sinclair, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cord Wood Machine (open access)

Cord Wood Machine

Patent for cord wood machine. This machine is designed for splitting wood. Illustration included.
Date: September 26, 1905
Creator: Taylor, Lawrence S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder (open access)

Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder

Patent for a combined whip socket and rein holder. Illustration included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Jacobs, Phillip
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check Book Cover (open access)

Check Book Cover

Patent for a check book cover. Illustrations included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Templeton, David A.; Exline, Marcus P. & Bourke, Edmund
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway Switch (open access)

Automatic Railway Switch

Patent for an automatic railway switch. Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Ditmars, Frederick R. S. & Hendrix, A. S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Grubbing, Subsoiling, and Turning Plow (open access)

Combined Grubbing, Subsoiling, and Turning Plow

Patent for a combined grubbing, subsoiling, and turning plow. Illustration included.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Toler, Henry Wilson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Jack (open access)

Carpenter's Jack

Patent for a carpenter's jack specifically designed for "carpenters or workmen in laying flooring, putting up siding, or any similar operations" (lines 9-11).
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: McCulley, Perry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude Oil Burner (open access)

Crude Oil Burner

Patent for a crude oil burner. Illustration included.
Date: January 24, 1905
Creator: Lewis, Thomas E.; Ray, Albert J. & Wesson, Miley B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boat (open access)

Boat

Patent for a sportsman boat. It can be lowered or raised in adjacent to the water level based on the intentions of the user.
Date: December 26, 1905
Creator: Richardson, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle Straightner (open access)

Axle Straightner

Patent for an axle straightener. Illustration included.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Steadham, John S. & Steadham, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Pot (open access)

Coffee-Pot

Patent for a simplified coffee pot that extracts coffee by using boiling water and the receptacle without changing the structure of the device.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: Haley, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Level, Grade, Distance, and Elevation Finder. (open access)

Combined Level, Grade, Distance, and Elevation Finder.

Patent for a tool that acts as a combined plumb and spirit level.
Date: December 19, 1905
Creator: Barclay, Charles B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Pot (open access)

Coffee Pot

Patent for a coffee pot. Illustration included.
Date: February 28, 1905
Creator: James, Will S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy (open access)

Canopy

Patent for a portable canopy to be used over beds, cribs, or chairs. Illustrations included.
Date: August 8, 1905
Creator: Eichenberg, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Statement-Blank and Envelop. (open access)

Combined Statement-Blank and Envelop.

Patent for combining statement-blank and envelop that comprises a signature that provides the ability to add the bank statements in a paper that could be folded to create an envelop.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Harwell, Mace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpet Stretcher (open access)

Carpet Stretcher

Patent for carpet stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Williams, Robbert D.
System: The Portal to Texas History