Check-Valve (open access)

Check-Valve

Patent for a valve used for well drilling designed to be confine fluid around the pipe. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: Kreiter, Richard F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Band Fastening (open access)

Bale Band Fastening

Patent for a bale band fastening. Illustration included.
Date: February 28, 1905
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composite Roofing (open access)

Composite Roofing

Patent for a composite roofing, designed to be durable and resistant to extreme temperatures. Illustrations included.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Hennion, Amzi G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle (open access)

Bottle

Patent for a glass bottle designed to "prevent the refilling of a bottle when the original contents have been poured therefrom" (lines 10-12).
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Tull, Francis S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Hook (open access)

Switch-Hook

Patent for a switch lock which prevents "splitting" (line 13). Illustrations included.
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Tullock, John Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spindle-Bushing (open access)

Spindle-Bushing

Patent for a spindle-bushing, a device used to "repair worn axle spindles and hub sleeves" (lines 10-11) by encasing the worn spindles or sleeves with outer shells.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Hines, Jessie J. & Wilkerson, Eldred B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gravity Slide Ash Pan (open access)

Gravity Slide Ash Pan

Patent for a gravity slide ash pan. Illustration included.
Date: December 28, 1909
Creator: Ryan, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hook and Eye. (open access)

Hook and Eye.

Patent for improvement in hook and eye in which it will enable the “coacting parts to be readily engaged with each other, be closed with a snap by lateral pressure, which will not slacken or have play where they engage each other. It will not become accidentally detached, and have resilience between the engaged members that insures their remaining connected. It also will not have gap between the dress flaps when the members join together.” (Lines 13-21) Illustration is included.
Date: March 28, 1905
Creator: Priest, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cinder-Guard (open access)

Cinder-Guard

Patent for cinder guard.
Date: April 28, 1903
Creator: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese & Tuggle, Samuel Ritchie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a drill. Illustration included.
Date: August 28, 1906
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Stand (open access)

Switch-Stand

Patent for a switch stand with a switch that moves horizontally for the purpose of affording the operator greater and easier control over the switch. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: Farrell, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dry Separator (open access)

Dry Separator

Patent for a separator for mills designed to separate valuable material from extraneous material. Illustrations included.
Date: September 28, 1909
Creator: Snowden, Rene Ravenel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dredging Apparatus (open access)

Dredging Apparatus

Patent for dredging apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Jones, Fred A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a drill. Illustrations included.
Date: August 28, 1906
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a improvement for Drills and its usefulness.
Date: August 28, 1906
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History