Horse-Check. (open access)

Horse-Check.

Patent for an automatic that prevents horses from starting off when left unattended. It detects when the vehicle begins moving and pulls back on the reins.
Date: July 21, 1896
Creator: Lee, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner.
Date: April 21, 1903
Creator: Bateman, Talbot O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Structural Unit. (open access)

Structural Unit.

Patent for a structural unit for use in construction. It repurposes crushed metal containers to create a core covered by an outer shell made of cement or similar material.
Date: June 21, 1921
Creator: Lambert, John Raymond
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Groove-Rail Cleaner. (open access)

Groove-Rail Cleaner.

Patent for a grooved rail cleaner, which can get the dirt out of small grooves.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Frick, Claus Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for hydro-carbon burner that has new and improved construction. It is a burner that is simple, durable, and compact in its construction, and it is also efficient and economical to use.
Date: October 21, 1913
Creator: Strow, L. B. & McMillan, Thomas E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Operating Mechanism for Flushing Devices (open access)

Operating Mechanism for Flushing Devices

Patent for an operating mechanism for flushing toilets automatically.
Date: January 21, 1913
Creator: Kreter, Otto & Kreter, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Forming Apparatus (open access)

Bale-Forming Apparatus

Patent for an automatic bale forming apparatus that can be set to make a certain size cotton bale and will stop when it reaches that size and send the finished bale out on a conveyer belt and begin the next one.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Setting Plants (open access)

Setting Plants

Patent for setting plants. This invention is and improvement of a machine that sets young plants as an efficient method to promote rapid and uniform growth. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Sinclair, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Differential Construction (open access)

Differential Construction

Patent for "a new and Improved Differential Construction" (lines 5-6). "The object of the present invention is to provide a differential particularly suitable for motor vehicles... whereby the spinning of the wheels... is effectually prevented while the relative movement thereof necessary in passing around curves is freely allowed" (lines 22-31).
Date: May 21, 1919
Creator: Reagan, Edgar U. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detector for Wireless Signaling Apparatus. (open access)

Detector for Wireless Signaling Apparatus.

Patent for wireless signaling apparatus which provides a detector which shall be universal in its application, by means of which any of the well known minerals or materials may be employed and removably held in proper position.
Date: November 21, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History