Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for an improve to a Gas-Generator by controlling the liquid for decomposing the carbid in acetylene, by doing this the generation of gas is monitored and the waste of gas will not occur. This is an improvement to the Gas-Generator, this construct will have an automatic cut-off for the liquid-supply.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Summerfield, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Makes gas generators more automatic making them less dangerous and less likely to cause an explosion.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Summerfield, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Brace for Doors or Gates and Cover for Same (open access)

Adjustable Brace for Doors or Gates and Cover for Same

Patent for an adjustable brace for doors or gates. It is designed to prevent sagging.
Date: September 29, 1903
Creator: Shields, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anchor Post (open access)

Anchor Post

Patent for an anchor post. This invention is designed to resist any lateral or longitudinal strain. Illustration included.
Date: November 17, 1903
Creator: Small, Wily & Brock, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Band-Saws (open access)

Attachment for Band-Saws

Patent for an attachment for band-saws.
Date: April 7, 1903
Creator: Catudal, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check Book (open access)

Check Book

Patent for a check book. This inventions improves upon removable covers for check books.
Date: August 18, 1903
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
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 "whereby the circuit is automatically broken when the storage battery has become fully charged. (line 11-13)
Date: May 26, 1903
Creator: Garrett, Henry
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
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
Compound Gas-Engine (open access)

Compound Gas-Engine

Patent for a compound gas-engine.
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Babled, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter (open access)

Corn or Cotton Planter

Patent for improvements on corn or cotton planters, especially referring to patent no. 692,646. These improvements are meant to "Simplify the means of adjusting the position of the plows and seed-dropper, to improve the frame construction, and in general to simplify and improve the whole machine" (lines 16-19) Includes instructions and illustrations
Date: September 4, 1903
Creator: Simmons, Gideon B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Huller, Cleaner, and Gin-Feeder (open access)

Cotton Huller, Cleaner, and Gin-Feeder

Patent for an "improved cotton huller, cleaner, and gin-feeder adapted for separating the hulls and foreign substances from the cotton, ... and feeding the seed-cotton to a gin" (line 8-12) illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1903
Creator: Larson, Eric B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Couch (open access)

Couch

Patent for a couch. This design is meant to be mouse proof. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1903
Creator: Hardtmann, Julius R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk-Bearing for Disk Plows or Similar Implements. (open access)

Disk-Bearing for Disk Plows or Similar Implements.

Patent for improvement in disk-bearings for disk plows by using a secure substantial bearing, in which it will resist the side strain of cutting the ground, be capable of ready adjustment, and permit the utmost freedom of revolution. (Lines 13-18) Illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Hendon, Walter Preston
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
Electrical Alarm System (open access)

Electrical Alarm System

Patent for an electrical alarm system based on a protected circuit that alarms at any tampering or interference.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Coerver, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Operated Latch and Door (open access)

Electrically-Operated Latch and Door

Patent for electrically operated latch and door " and particularly to a construction for primarily operating a latch to release the door, the movement of which latch establishes circuit through a door-opening mechanism.(lines 11-15)
Date: May 19, 1903
Creator: Chambers, Joseph, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically Operating Door (open access)

Electrically Operating Door

Patent for electrically operating door.
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Chambers, Joseph, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Blower (open access)

Fan Blower

Patent for a fan blower. The invention is designed to provide the maximum amount of air at the minimum amount of power. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1903
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment. (open access)

Garment.

Patent for a device to keep a coat from sagging or becoming wrinkled as a "garment-stiffening device" [Lines 83-84].
Date: March 31, 1903
Creator: Hudson, George Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Fastener. (open access)

Garment-Fastener.

Patent for a garment fastener which produces the appearance of a long waist.
Date: October 6, 1903
Creator: Croom, Nannie Vincent & Ledger, Sara
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Supporter. (open access)

Garment-Supporter.

Patent for asuspenders-type undergarment supporter.
Date: March 17, 1903
Creator: Nye, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener (open access)

Hame Fastener

Patent for a hame fastener. The function of this invention is to permit ready attachment to and the removal of. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1903
Creator: Dodson, Roy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Illusion Boat (open access)

Illusion Boat

Patent for an illusion boat. This "invention realtes to a carrier for amusement and pleasure , and more particularly to a carrier by which mock diving trips may be made, or trips which will have the appearance of the boat or carrier going down under water and traveling under the water" (line 6-11). Illustrations included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Smith, Marshall, E.
System: The Portal to Texas History