Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism. (open access)

Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism.

Patent for improvements to Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism, "particularly adapted to advance the saw into alinement with a setting-punch by reciprocatory movement of a part of the mechanism" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Haltom, Samuel & Nadel, Abraham G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Baling and Compress Machine. (open access)

Combined Baling and Compress Machine.

Patent for a combined baling and compress machine for cotton gins, which makes bales that fulfill the rules of transportation companies on cotton bale density and is cost efficient enough for small gins to purchase.
Date: June 8, 1909
Creator: Crow, Robert D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus (open access)

Canning Apparatus

Patent for canning apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: March 30, 1909
Creator: Brown, William N.; Brown, Clyde V. & Brown, Lester L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Henderson sheet

Map displays soil types along with bayous, creeks, ponds, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: October 25, 1907
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of the Henderson area, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of the Henderson area, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Henderson area in Texas.
Date: October 25, 1907
Creator: Ely, Charles W. & Kocher, A. E. (Arthur E.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Reeling Apparatus (open access)

Wire-Reeling Apparatus

Patent for a wheeled spool for commercial construction and telecommunications wire.
Date: May 5, 1903
Creator: Brooks, Jesse Watson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Axle (open access)

Lubricating Axle

Patent for a lubricating axle.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Birdwell, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lapel-Spring for Coats. (open access)

Lapel-Spring for Coats.

Patent for improvements in lapel-springs for coats and similar articles of clothing by using a loop-shaped spring and a rod or bar pivotally connected with or hinged to both ends of the spring. It will hold the lapels of a coat or similar garment in proper position. Illustration is included.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Crow, Robert Dlouglas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck (open access)

Truck

Patent for a conventional truck designed to lift heavy freight above the ground.
Date: September 17, 1901
Creator: Haltom, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post (open access)

Fence-Post

Patent for a fence post
Date: March 10, 1903
Creator: Wherry, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Motor (open access)

Water Motor

Patent for a water motor. This is an invention for a type of motor operated by tidal power.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Brooks, Jesse W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment for Chairs. (open access)

Fan Attachment for Chairs.

Patent for a fan that attaches to rocking chairs which turns one direction when the chair rocks forward and the opposite direction when the chair rocks backward.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Dorris, Joseph F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Setting and Feeding Device. (open access)

Saw Setting and Feeding Device.

Patent for a new and "useful Improvements in Saw Setting and Feeding Devices" (lines 5-7) including illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1900
Creator: Haltom, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compress (open access)

Cotton Compress

Patent for a cotton compress. This invention "is to produce a compress which will make a condensed bale of the regulation shape and which can be operated faster than the common form of compress" (line 16-20) illustrations included.
Date: June 16, 1903
Creator: Crow, Robert Douglas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press (open access)

Cotton Press

Patent for a cotton press.
Date: September 29, 1903
Creator: Crow, Robert Douglas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History