Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for baling press. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Robburts, George W.; Lemaster, Mike C. & Lemaster, Henry H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bag-Holder and Sifter. (open access)

Combined Bag-Holder and Sifter.

Patent for improvements in a combined bag-holder and sifter by using a supporting bracket secured to a wall, a bag-holder, a sifter located below the bag-holder, a detachable suspending connection between the sifter and the bag-engaging devices rising from the sifter. With this arrangement, the bag will be elevated into the proper position and to hold the bag against lateral movement while the sifter is being operated. The bag is to remain in proper position until the contents has been sifted entirely. Illustration is included.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Shanley, Michael H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Palo Pinto Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1904
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Granbury Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1903
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Weatherford Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1906
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for improvements in wire-stretchers by using a combination of winding-drum, a ratchet upon the drum and wire clutches for engagement with a wire to be stretched. Illustration is included.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Walls, Joseph A. & Boyter, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen Cabinet

Patent for a metal kitchen cabinet. This cabinet is designed to be portable and protect against vermin. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Shanley, Michael H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Storage System. (open access)

Storage System.

Patent for storage system to store goods without using ice or any other material for lowering temperature. This design uses strategic air circulation to achieve the desired low temperature.
Date: August 5, 1902
Creator: Rector, John Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Baker, Alonzo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for improvements in "construction of tilting gates and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one of great strength and durability adapted to be readily opened and closed at a distance fron either side of it by a person in a vehicle or on horseback" (lines 11-16).
Date: August 20, 1901
Creator: Berkley, Benjamin Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener. (open access)

Hame-Fastener.

Patent for a hame fastener "by which the ends can be securely connected together, but which may be readily disconnected when desired." (lines 10-12). Illustrations included.
Date: October 2, 1900
Creator: Jones, David G. & Jones, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Hammer. (open access)

Power-Hammer.

Patent for a hammer operated by a treadle with improved springs for enhanced power.
Date: September 3, 1907
Creator: Kinson, James D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Arch (open access)

Cultivator-Arch

Patent for a cultivator arch designed to adjust and secure the beams of a plow. Illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Spence, Enoch M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History