Coin Operated Vending Machine (open access)

Coin Operated Vending Machine

Patent for a coin operated vending machine that is meant to be inexpensive and adapted to protect the items being vended, and to allow adjustment for coins of different denominations.
Date: September 2, 1902
Creator: Fender, John Brown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn suspended on a pendulum.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Fitzhugh, Cameron S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Arch for Cultivators (open access)

Adjustable Arch for Cultivators

Patent for an adjustable arch for cultivators.
Date: October 27, 1903
Creator: Porter, Harrison B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Cover. (open access)

Churn-Cover.

Patent for improving of the churn's mechanical process by means of the construction of churn covers which prevent the liquid from splashing out the churn.
Date: October 6, 1903
Creator: Poole, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaporizer (open access)

Vaporizer

Patent for a vaporizer. This invention is for use in the medical field.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Beaumont, Godfrey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel (open access)

Hydraulic Swivel

Patent for a hydraulic swivel. This design produced a mechanism for supporting a supply hose in a given position.
Date: October 27, 1903
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.; Sturm, William P. & Sturm, Jacob W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Converting Motion (open access)

Mechanism for Converting Motion

Patent for mechanism for converting motion. "The present invention relates to mechanism for converting reciprocatory into rotary motion; and the objects are to provide a practical apparatus of this character in which rotary motion may be imparted to a driven member without occasioning any dead-centers and to provide simple means reversing the direction of motion of the driven member" (line 10-19). Illustrations included.
Date: October 6, 1903
Creator: Griffin, George L.; Griffin, Robert Alonzo; Griffin, Chelsea Beach & Griffin, Herbert Elvia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Press for Hay (open access)

Portable Press for Hay

Patent for a portable press for hay. "My invention relates to portable hay and other presses, and has for its objects, first, an improved power-transmission and lever device for pressing or forcing the hay or other material into th box or frame of the press" (line 8-13). Illustration included.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: McKean, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup and Connections therefor. (open access)

Stirrup and Connections therefor.

Patent for a stirrup which remains perpendicular to the horse and does not become twisted.
Date: October 6, 1903
Creator: May, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oiler (open access)

Oiler

Patent for an oiler. This invention is designed to be attached to a broom for the distribution.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Allen, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compositor's Stick (open access)

Compositor's Stick

Patent for a compositor's stick. This invention is for the improvement of the mechanism for setting type and printing.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Weeks, Frank W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Brake (open access)

Car Brake

Patent for a car brake. This is an invention for a brake on railroad cars.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Brown, Herbert Eddes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment Fastening (open access)

Garment Fastening

Patent for a garment fastening.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Peffley, Emery A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for a gate. This inventions is designed to be open without having to dismount from horseback or from a vehicle.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Dansboe, Harry Rasmusson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for a washing machine. "This invention relates to washing-machines in the nature of a combined boiler and washing machine" (8-10). Illustration included.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Pollard, Louis Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Motor (open access)

Water Motor

Patent for a water motor. This is an invention for a type of motor operated by tidal power.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Brooks, Jesse W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cheese Cutter (open access)

Cheese Cutter

Patent for a cheese cutter.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Niggli, Emil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Regulating Growth (open access)

Method of Regulating Growth

Patent for a method of regulating growth. This is new method of regulating the growth of the roots of trees, plants, and shrubbery.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Risien, Edmund E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Nailing Brick (open access)

Fireproof Nailing Brick

Patent for a fireproof nailing brick. This invention replaces wooden plugs used for the purposes of enabling interior woodwork by using a fireproof brick or block of a porous nature.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Taylor, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Siding Gage (open access)

Siding Gage

Patent for siding gage. This design is meant to be a cheap, durable, and convenient gage for use in siding.
Date: October 27, 1903
Creator: Blohm, Ernest J. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Construction (open access)

Fan Construction

Patent for a fan construction. This invention uses a spring motor to provided hours of fan use.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Burnes, Worley Walden
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. This invention is for use with crude or refined oils in fire boxes of stoves.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Raymond, Emmet B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for a rotary engine.
Date: October 27, 1903
Creator: Dillion, Ivy Hancock
System: The Portal to Texas History