Centrifugal Pump (open access)

Centrifugal Pump

Patent for a centrifugal pump. This invention "relates to centrifugal pumps in which a rotary impeller, having a fluid-entrance at the eye, discharges into a surrounding discharge chamber" (lines 8-11). Illustrations included.
Date: October 2, 1906
Creator: Bettis, William Irvin & Hamilton, Hugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Pump (open access)

Centrifugal Pump

Patent for a centrifugal pump. Illustration included.
Date: October 9, 1906
Creator: Bettis, William Irvin & Hamilton, Hugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Fastening Bale Bands (open access)

Method of Fastening Bale Bands

Patent for a method of fastening bale bands. This method is designed to tie and fasten bale bands to cotton. Illustration included.
Date: September 11, 1906
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sham Pillow (open access)

Sham Pillow

Patent for sham pillow. Illustration included.
Date: September 11, 1906
Creator: Cary, Benjamin Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Operating Device. (open access)

Switch-Operating Device.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in switch-operating devices" (lines 1-6).
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Chun, William A.
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
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
Riding Attachment For One-Row Walking Grain and Seed Planters (open access)

Riding Attachment For One-Row Walking Grain and Seed Planters

Patent for a riding attachment. This invention is designed for a one-row walking planter. Illustration included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Fisk, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus (open access)

Well-Drilling Apparatus

Patent for a well-drill swivel designed to improve the function of a well-drilling apparatus. The improved swivel is meant to create a better connection between rod and rope and prevent twisting of water-supply.
Date: June 5, 1906
Creator: Hall, Samuel N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Hall, Samuel N. & Lawlor, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Closure (open access)

Bottle-Closure

Patent for closure of bottles used for liquors and medicines which will prevent an attempt to refill the bottle after its contents have been removed. Therefore, preventing the reuse of the bottle for fraudulent purposes.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Herrington, Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch (open access)

Railway Switch

Patent for a railway switch. This invention is designed to allow automatically operated by the wheels of the rail cars. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Herrington, Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin (open access)

Clothes Pin

Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Ingersoll, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Mechanism. (open access)

Well Mechanism.

Patent for an improved mechanism for drawing water from an artesian or a driven well and which can be assembled and adjusted from outside the well.
Date: May 29, 1906
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Winding Machine (open access)

Wire Winding Machine

Patent for a wire winding machine. This invention is designed to place wire to support pipes. Illustrations included.
Date: May 15, 1906
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for washing machine. This invention consists of two compartments: one for suds and rinsing water; the other to provide a washing drum. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Leavens, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella (open access)

Umbrella

Patent for an umbrella. Illustration included.
Date: November 6, 1906
Creator: Mangelsdorf, Gustav A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mosquito-Net-Frame Attachment for Bedsteads. (open access)

Mosquito-Net-Frame Attachment for Bedsteads.

Patent for a mosquito net frame attachment designed to hold mosquito netting material over and around the bed frame, with illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: McCardell, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer (open access)

Well-Strainer

Patent for a well-strainer, specifically to "a cap or plug applied directly to a cap or plug applied directly to an aperture in a pipe-section used for wells." (lines 9-12)
Date: August 21, 1906
Creator: McEvoy, J. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Screw Swivel Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Double-Screw Swivel Lifting-Jack.

Patent for an improved double screw swivel lifting jack, including illustrations.
Date: January 16, 1906
Creator: Morris, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Loose-Leaf Binder (open access)

Loose-Leaf Binder

Patent for loose-leaf binders. A strong and easy way to attach or remove loose leaf papers from a flat book.
Date: January 4, 1906
Creator: Owen, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Picking and Cleaning Cotton (open access)

Machine For Picking and Cleaning Cotton

Patent for a machine for picking and cleaning cotton. Illustration included.
Date: September 4, 1906
Creator: Richmond, George E. & Desel, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holster (open access)

Holster

Patent for a holster. This invention is designed for attachment to a belt or clothing. Illustration included.
Date: November 27, 1906
Creator: Townsend, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History