Car Pooling (open access)

Car Pooling

Patent for rail-car coupling. Illustration included.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Carter, L. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Artificial Fuel. (open access)

Composition of Matter for Artificial Fuel.

Patent for artificial fuel by using coals called “lignite”, grinded it and add other ingredients to it. Formula, measurements and method of mixing is included. No illustration.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Lohmann, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clock Calendar (open access)

Clock Calendar

Patent for a clock calendar.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Woods, Jesse Leroy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Circuit Breaker For Storage Batteries (open access)

Circuit Breaker For Storage Batteries

Patent for a circuit breaker for storage batteries. This invention is an improved upon device, specifically as it applies to breaking the main circuit of the battery when the voltage reaches a minimum limit. Illustration included.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Garrett, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Furniture, &c. (open access)

Brace for Furniture, &c.

Patent for a brace used to hold parts of furniture together, including illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Pace, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for new and useful improvements in windmills with a novel construction. This specific construction will help create much more efficiency than the existing windmills.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Ham, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen. (open access)

Well-Screen.

Patent for improvements in well-screen by providing a symmetrical strainer which having an exceedingly firm and rigid frame; it is constructed as to interpose the least obstruction to the straining operation. (Lines 21-25) Illustration is included.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Karsch, George J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for hydrocarbon-burner "adapted to be used in stoves, both heating and cooking" (lines 17-18). The device "may be attached to any stove" (lines 24-25). The "invention consists in the novel construction of the burner and particularly the cap" (lines 27-28) as well as "other novel features" (lines 29-30).
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: George, Charles Hentz
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Milk Cooler (open access)

Hydraulic Milk Cooler

Patent for a hydraulic milk cooler. This invention is shrouded in coolant agent absorbing material that is hydraulically applied to keep dairy products cool. Illustrations included.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Womble, Zachariah C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mining Sulfur. (open access)

Mining Sulfur.

Patent for extracting sulfur that is being mined from the stratum that has the minerals. A fluid medium, such as air or a heated liquid, is forced into the stratum which assists with the elevation of the liquid mineral. As the minerals come up the heated tubes, the liquefied minerals are sent into vats.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plow in which the plow can perform a variety of purposes and to obviate the necessity of employing more than one plow for accomplishing the same. The plow can be adjusted to run either on shallow or deep ground. Illustration is included.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Campbell, John Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mowing Machine (open access)

Mowing Machine

Patent for a mowing machine. This invention is designed to attach to mowers of various sizes in order to divide material along a proper line of swath and guide it over the cutting-bar.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Weynand, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Poison. (open access)

Holder for Poison.

Patent for poison holders which the poison can be freely distributed without accidental disastrous result. The poison inside the holder can be saved for future use. Illustration is included.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Shelton, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Tube (open access)

Well-Tube

Patent for a well tube.
Date: April 8, 1903
Creator: Fox, Edward P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a drill and reamer for the use of drilling deep wells. "This invention consists of a tool combining a drill-point and a reamer, the point penetrating the formation and the reamer following and rendering the sides of the bore smooth and in conjunction with the body directing the drill in a straight or true course" (lines 5-10). Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for a hay press. Illustration included.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Nanny, Wiley F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Floor Construction. (open access)

Fireproof Floor Construction.

Patent for fireproofing floor construction in a durable and huge manner. The parts that support and brace the flooring with v-shaped anchors and concrete walling, assist with fireproofing the floor.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Shield, Patrick T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scrubbing Machine (open access)

Scrubbing Machine

Patent for a scrubbing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Timon, Patrick E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reamer for Oil or Artesian Wells (open access)

Reamer for Oil or Artesian Wells

Patent for "a reamer of novel construction for enlarging the bore or opening of a well when it is required to increase the diameter to receive the casing or for other purpose. The reamer combines a head and a guide, the latter entering the bores, so as to steady and give proper direction to the tool and also prevent the cuttings entering and filling the bore during the process of enlargement" (lines 9-18).
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroying Machine (open access)

Insect Destroying Machine

Patent for an insect destroying machine. Illustrations included.
Date: December 8, 1903
Creator: Kelley, Michael C. & Terrell, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect - Destroying Machine. (open access)

Insect - Destroying Machine.

Patent for a machine developed for the removal of insects from cotton plants by means of rotary brushes on each side and crushing rolls below the brushes to kill the insects dislodged.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Dyer, Charles V. & Willette, Willie S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for improving an Acetylene-Gas Generator. To eliminate a check valve between the generator and the gasometer, this will purify the gas and keep siphoning off of water from occurring.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Gribble, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History