Cotton-Compress (open access)

Cotton-Compress

Patent for "a simple and efficient device and to secure economy in power and in construction" (lines 9-11).
Date: January 8, 1889
Creator: Taylor, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Holding Device. (open access)

Wheel-Holding Device.

Patent for a device to hold a wheel during construction and repair.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Gallagher, Harve H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilator and Mirror-Protector. (open access)

Ventilator and Mirror-Protector.

Patent for improvements in ventilators and mirror-protectors is to “arranging pendent streamers and a rotatable fan near a mirror that the means for actuating the fan will serve to agitate the streamers for the chasing of flies from the mirror and also ventilate and cool a room by the current of wind produced by the fan.” (Lines 9-15) Illustration is included.
Date: July 8, 1902
Creator: McBride, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Planter (open access)

Cultivator and Planter

Patent for improvements in combined cultivators and corn/cotton planters to adapt an ordinary cultivator for planting of seeds with adjustable seed-tube and furrow opener to accommodate various character of ground being worked or cultivation being done.
Date: July 5, 1900
Creator: Prentice, Peter Mack
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener (open access)

Hame Fastener

Patent for a new type of Hame Fastener that has adjustable hooks attached to it. These adjustable hooks allow for the use on hames that have the lower ends closer together. There are springs on this hame that allows for the hame to be held in any position when places on the collar.
Date: November 8, 1913
Creator: Griffin, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an oil-burner used to provide a structure of low cost material that allows thorough heating of the oil to accommodate the conversion to gas and combustion for flame at the orifice.
Date: March 8, 1921
Creator: Daily, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Luggage-Carrier (open access)

Folding Luggage-Carrier

Patent for improvements on rear folding luggage-carriers for motor cars.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Monroe C. & Dobbs, Charles S.
System: The Portal to Texas History