Vehicle Wheel (open access)

Vehicle Wheel

Patent for a vehicle wheel. This invention is designed to keep dust and grit out of the axle point and nib. It has a wooden core sheathed in metal. Illustration included.
Date: April 19, 1904
Creator: Polk, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seat Shaping Implement (open access)

Seat Shaping Implement

Patent for seat shaping implement. This invention is designed to form seats in the prongs of studs employed in the setting of precious stones. Illustration included.
Date: April 26, 1904
Creator: Bolding, James P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap (open access)

Animal Trap

Patent for an animal. Illustration included.
Date: November 8, 1904
Creator: Wilkinson, John Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drag Saw (open access)

Drag Saw

Patent for a drag saw. Illustrations included.
Date: November 8, 1904
Creator: Thompson, Everett Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
Date: November 8, 1904
Creator: Hinton, Horace F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Threshing and Cleaning Seed Cotton (open access)

Apparatus For Threshing and Cleaning Seed Cotton

Patent for apparatus for threshing and cleaning seed cotton. Illustration included
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Kelly, Hiram H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch (open access)

Railway Switch

Patent for a railway switch. Illustration included.
Date: February 7, 1905
Creator: Madeley, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Feeder (open access)

Boiler Feeder

Patent for boiler feeder. This invention is designed as a gravity feed automatic boiler. Illustration included.
Date: March 28, 1905
Creator: Finch, Clark Ethan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve Operating Mechanism For Presses (open access)

Valve Operating Mechanism For Presses

Patent for valve operating mechanism for presses. Illustration included.
Date: April 11, 1905
Creator: Stuart, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie Buckle (open access)

Bale Tie Buckle

Patent for bale tie buckle. Illustration included.
Date: April 25, 1905
Creator: Jenkins, John C. & Flowers, W. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date: May 2, 1905
Creator: Pruitt, George Holditch & Pruitt, Conrad D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustrations included.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: Slayton, Charles E. & Zellner, Daniel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Indicator For Hat Boxes (open access)

Stock Indicator For Hat Boxes

Patent for stock indicator for hat boxes. Illustration included.
Date: August 29, 1905
Creator: Buie, Joseph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Switch (open access)

Automatic Electric Switch

Patent for an automatic electric switch. Illustration included.
Date: October 10, 1905
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Reports: 1904-1906 (open access)

North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Reports: 1904-1906

Annual report of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane, providing data about operations, updates about programs, and other information related to activities at the hospital.
Date: 1906
Creator: North Texas Hospital for the Insane
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses." (line 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Abbot, Thomas & Abbot, Harry B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Exterminator (open access)

Insect-Exterminator

Patent for an insect exterminator to be transported to and used within crop fields which separates insects from plants by means of brushes and kills the insects by depositing them into a pan containing liquid insecticide. Exterminator also includes a sprayer to deliver insecticide onto crops. Exterminator is designed to be pulled by draft animals.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Thompson, Everett Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Tanning (open access)

Process of Tanning

Patent for an improved method of tanning that is effective but takes less time.
Date: July 10, 1906
Creator: Martin, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin Controlled Vending Machine (open access)

Coin Controlled Vending Machine

Patent for coin controlled vending machine. Illustration included.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Fender, John Brown
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Trousers Stretchers And Coat Hanger (open access)

Combined Trousers Stretchers And Coat Hanger

Patent for a combined trousers stretcher and coat hanger. Illustration included.
Date: September 11, 1906
Creator: Bedinger, Singleton Berry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner. Illustration included.
Date: October 6, 1906
Creator: Butler, Albert Carroll
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Time Circuit Closer (open access)

Time Circuit Closer

Patent for a time circuit closer for use in managing the movements of secondary clocks regulated by a masterclock. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stove-Flue. (open access)

Stove-Flue.

Patent for a stove flue that is more secure in attachment, easier to clean, and is more fireproof to prevent burning of wood parts in the building that the flue is installed in.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Thompson, Everett E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Switch. (open access)

Railroad-Switch.

Patent for a pressure triggered railroad switch that attaches more easily to the tracks and automatically closes when the pressure of the railroad cars is taken off of it.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Madeley, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History