Binder. (open access)

Binder.

Patent for improvements in binders in which it can “securely bind and retain a number of loose leaves, the structure of such binder enabling it to be readily attached to and removed from the packet of leaves.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Montgomery, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Exterminating Insects on Plants. (open access)

Device for Exterminating Insects on Plants.

Patent for improvements in insects control device on plants in which it allows “convenient and practicality to apply smoke and fumes to the plants at any stage of growth, whereby any insect which may prey upon the plant or its fruits may be effectually exterminated.” (Lines 13-18) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Cottle, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cooking by Superheated Steam. (open access)

Apparatus for Cooking by Superheated Steam.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for cooking by using superheated steam. “A boiler which is supported by a fire-box. An oven is mounted on the boiler and provide with a plurality of compartments and ventilators. A drip-pipe, and a pipe connected to the boiler and circulated through the fire-box and extended up to the oven, and provided with a plurality of valves for supplying the compartments of the oven with superheated steam.” (Page 2, line 25-34) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Harrington, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement (open access)

Agricultural Implement

Patent for an agricultural implement. This invention is a "novel construction of standard and plow-point, cultivator shovel, rake-tooth, or like implement" (lines 11-14). Illustrations included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Herrod, Howard H., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead (open access)

Bedstead

Patent for bedsteads. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Stone, John Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin (open access)

Clothes Pin

Patent for clothes pins. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: French, Alfonso Claude
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Threshing and Cleaning Seed Cotton (open access)

Apparatus For Threshing and Cleaning Seed Cotton

Patent for apparatus for threshing and cleaning seed cotton. Illustration included
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Kelly, Hiram H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Urn (open access)

Coffee Urn

Patent for a coffee urn. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Peterman, Bert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a durable cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Porter, Harrison B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Door (open access)

Car Door

Patent for a rail-car door. This invention is in relation to 'flush doors'. Illustration includes.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Saling, Thomas W. & McKiel, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Hoisting Apparatus (open access)

Water Hoisting Apparatus

Patent for water hoisting apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Moody, Winfield H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Support (open access)

Tongue Support

Patent for a wagon tongue support. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Evans, Martin S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for an improvement of a mechanical operated gate. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Burkhardt, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin Rib (open access)

Gin Rib

Patent for a gin rib. This is an improvement on the ribs/grates for cotton gins. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Ellman, Louis W. & Davis, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Supporting And Extension Ladder Elevator (open access)

Self Supporting And Extension Ladder Elevator

Patent for self supporting and extension ladder elevator. This invention is for moving materials and tools to an elevated position. Illustrations included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Maxey, Ernest & Moreland, Quinn T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener (open access)

Sash Fastener

Patent for a window sash fastener. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Clements, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Stirrup. (open access)

Safety-Stirrup.

Patent for improvements in safety-stirrups by providing a device to release the rider’s foot safely if the rider accidentally fall from a horse; and means to retain the movable member of the stirrup in its closed or open position. (Lines 10-17) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Parrish, Ezekiel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a water pump. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Park, Henry Jackson & Darrough, Rufus Clark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Ticket (open access)

Railroad Ticket

Patent for railroad ticket. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Lyon, Leonidas N. & Donaldson, Westbrook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows by providing readily-operable means for adjusting the plow-shovel on the standard, to facilitate adjustment of the shovel and of the gage with relation to each other, thereby to vary the cut of the shovel, to improve the means for holding the gage assembled with the standard, and generally to simplify and increase the efficiency of plows of this character. (Lines 14-21) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Wilson, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History