Churn-Operating Mechanism (open access)

Churn-Operating Mechanism

Patent for a rotary dasher churn operated by a spring motor. Illustrations included.
Date: June 15, 1909
Creator: Johnson, Frederick N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chair-Dowel for Building Purposes. (open access)

Chair-Dowel for Building Purposes.

Patent for a chair dowel for constructing chairs, which puts the whole weight of the chair on top of the columns of the chair rather than the sides.
Date: October 15, 1907
Creator: Wilson, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Refining Crude Petroleum (open access)

Apparatus For Refining Crude Petroleum

Patent for an apparatus for refining crude petroleum. This invention seeks to process oil containing burned, scorched, or charred particles. Illustration included.
Date: March 15, 1904
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake. (open access)

Car-Brake.

Patent for Car brake. Improvements in street car brake system which is based on the concept of physical force applied on the fender or apron which in turn forces the shoe on the rim.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Brown, Frank O. & Moore, Edward T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cistern (open access)

Cistern

Patent for the "class of cisterns used to catch rain-water from the roofs of houses or other places" (lines 9-11); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Harry, H. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition Fuel (open access)

Composition Fuel

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in composition fuel, the object being to produce fuel in compact form which will burn quickly, rapidly generating an intense heat, and leaving but a small quantity of a residue or ash" (lines 10-15).
Date: January 15, 1901
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a rail cars coupler. Illustrations included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Howell, Jordan M. & Walker, Abraham L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syringe (open access)

Syringe

Patent for a syringe. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Hill, Hiram McClung & Farrington, Charles Oliphint
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time Switch (open access)

Electric Time Switch

Patent for an electric time switch. This invention allows for an automatic opening of an electric line at a predetermined time. Illustration included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Chappel, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-compressor. (open access)

Fuel-compressor.

Patent for crushing fuel and introducing a combustible liquid, the combination of which is compressed by a vibrating plunger to create fuel blocks suitable for easy handling.
Date: January 15, 1901
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry Concentrating Table (open access)

Dry Concentrating Table

Patent for dry concentrating table. "This invention relates to a dry concentrating table, and particularly to a construction by which a riffled table is adapted for use in dry concentration." Illustrations included.
Date: August 15, 1905
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry Ore Concentrator (open access)

Dry Ore Concentrator

Patent for a dry ore concentrator. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1903
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning Apparatus (open access)

Cotton Cleaning Apparatus

Patent for cotton cleaning apparatus. Illustrations included.
Date: November 15, 1904
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a manually operated baling press which bales materials more easily than other presses.
Date: October 15, 1907
Creator: Stopple, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History