Car-truck. (open access)

Car-truck.

Patent for trucks for railway-cars "of simple and durable construction the parts of which are connected together without the use of bolts" (lines 10-12).
Date: February 26, 1901
Creator: Rouy, Gustave
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pen and Pencil Rack (open access)

Combined Pen and Pencil Rack

Patent for a pen and pencil rack. Illustrations included.
Date: November 26, 1907
Creator: Twaddell, Janie S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Twine-Holder. (open access)

Twine-Holder.

Patent for certain new and useful improvement in twine holders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 26, 1899
Creator: Andrews, Otis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guard Rail Clamp (open access)

Guard Rail Clamp

Patent for a guard rail clamp. Illustration included.
Date: April 26, 1904
Creator: Kelly, Patrick Edward & Riordan, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop. (open access)

Envelop.

Patent for a new envelop that allows for "greater privacy and safety" (line 17) and "to be readily opened by the recipient" (line 19).
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Keller, John & Titsworth, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft-Support of Vehicles (open access)

Shaft-Support of Vehicles

Patent for new and improved design to support the drive shaft of a vehicle, including illustrations.
Date: May 26, 1903
Creator: Bennett, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Stand. (open access)

Display-Stand.

Patent for a display stand for dresses in stores that allows them to drape in a natural manner. The display stand is made up of a rod that can be moved up and down through a opening in the store counter, which allows for easy use and storage of the stand.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Glenn, William Holt
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool (open access)

Tool

Patent for tool has combined multiple tools. The compact, is simple and easy to operate and it is convenient.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Milliorn, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Purse. (open access)

Purse.

Patent for a small purse attached to the hand via a strap, including illustration of purse in use on hand.
Date: September 26, 1916
Creator: Urmston, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pocket Index (open access)

Pocket Index

Patent for Pocket Index
Date: September 26, 1916
Creator: Urmston, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Automatic and Straight-Air Brake (open access)

Combined Automatic and Straight-Air Brake

Patent for Combined Automatic and Straight-Air Brake
Date: September 26, 1916
Creator: Pomeroy, William. E
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process for Making Cattle Food (open access)

Process for Making Cattle Food

Patent for providing "a process whereby cattle food may be economically produced from sotol which, when combined with certain other food products, will produce an equivalent to alfalfa and which can be produced at a cost far below that required to provide a feed of the same amount of alfalfa &c., &c." lines 17-23
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Thatcher, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Temperature-Regulator (open access)

Temperature-Regulator

Patent for a temperature-regulator that regulates the temperature of fluids (either in liquid, gas, or air) passing through. It is important when regulating the temperature of hydro-carbon fuels in either an internal combustion engine or a furnace.
Date: August 26, 1919
Creator: Brooks, Howard
System: The Portal to Texas History