Hammer (open access)

Hammer

Patent for a hammer. Illustrations included.
Date: February 21, 1911
Creator: Grant, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harvester (open access)

Harvester

Patent for a harvester. Illustration included.
Date: June 20, 1905
Creator: Lampton, Flavius J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shave-Register-Operating Device (open access)

Shave-Register-Operating Device

Patent for a shave register operating device, designed for barbers to keep a record of customers desiring a shave. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Register-Operating Device for Massage Treatments (open access)

Register-Operating Device for Massage Treatments

Patent for a device made to deliver massage treatment materials to a barber. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for improved rail joints that are stronger, more durable, removes the need for "pounding of the rails ends" (lines 14-15) and reducing the loss and displacement of bolts.
Date: January 23, 1906
Creator: Hensley, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Root-Cutting Attachment for Plowing-Machines. (open access)

Root-Cutting Attachment for Plowing-Machines.

Patent for a root-cutting attachment for plowing machines, which is composed of concave disk saws attached to the plow.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Rountree, Joseph Gustave
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator (open access)

Refrigerator

Patent for a refrigerator. Illustrations included.
Date: November 29, 1910
Creator: Schmidt, Frederick C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Root-Cutting Machine. (open access)

Root-Cutting Machine.

Patent for a root cutting machine, which has saw guards.
Date: March 16, 1909
Creator: Rountree, Joseph Gustave
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Clamp (open access)

Pipe Clamp

Patent for a pipe clamp. Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Krueger, Louis; Kinkler, Emil J. & Carmichael, Oscar H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher (open access)

Horse Detacher

Patent for horse detacher. Illustration included.
Date: September 27, 1904
Creator: Chivers, Algernon Sidney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sectional Shelving (open access)

Sectional Shelving

Patent for sectional shelving. This invention is designed to be dismantled for storing and shipping. Illustrations included.
Date: February 21, 1911
Creator: Oestreicher, Adolph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Singe-Register (open access)

Singe-Register

Patent for a singe register which maintains a record of each time a barber uses a singeing taper. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Plow (open access)

Reversible Plow

Patent for a reversible plow with a different type of moldboard than other plows.
Date: October 1, 1912
Creator: Rodgers, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Releaser (open access)

Horse-Releaser

Patent for thill couplings which act as a horse releaser. Illustrations included.
Date: October 10, 1911
Creator: Floyd, Harry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Clearing Waste-Pipes. (open access)

Device for Clearing Waste-Pipes.

Patent for a device for clearing clogged waste pipes, which attaches to an air pump.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Somerville, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Weevils. (open access)

Apparatus for Destroying Weevils.

Patent for an apparatus for destroying weevils and moths, infesting corn, peas, hay, sweet potatoes, beans, and the like, when stored. The apparatus consists of a container with an improved means of distributing heat to the contents in which the weevils and moths are found.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Kasmeier, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Hanger (open access)

Door Hanger

Patent for a door hanger for a sliding door, more specifically a car door.
Date: June 17, 1913
Creator: Mock, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Catching Insects (open access)

Device for Catching Insects

Patent for a device to gather and remove eggs deposited by insects, particularly boll weevils, from plant material.
Date: February 4, 1915
Creator: Stautzenberger, William C. & Olsen, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter. (open access)

Stalk Cutter.

Patent for a new stalk cutter that cuts up stalks, stems of weeds and vines to prepare the field for cultivation. This stalk cutter provides rocking or oscillatory movement regulation to avoid rocks or other obstructions.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Edwards, Jessie V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a riding plow that can be operated by a person rather than a horse or motor. The plow includes means to form straight furrows and stops vines and bushes from getting stuck between the wheels and frame.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Edwards, Jessie V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filler for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block. (open access)

Filler for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block.

Patent for a Cotton-Gin Press-Block improvement in fillers that provide bale space when bagging using a pressed block to prevent bagging press-block interference.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Hall, Joseph Sidney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Raised Sill for Express and Baggage Trucks. (open access)

Raised Sill for Express and Baggage Trucks.

Patent for a raised sill for express and baggage trucks which adds width to the body of the truck and raises the sides of the truck, increasing safety, strength, and efficiency. Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Engle, George Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvester (open access)

Cotton Harvester

Patent for improved cotton harvesters
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Cayo, Ernest P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvester. (open access)

Beet-Harvester.

Patent for a beet-harvester that pulls the beets from the ground and severs the tops from the bodies of the beets.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Faucher, George E
System: The Portal to Texas History