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CONVERTIBLE CAR.
Patent for improved convertible cars pertaining to railroad rolling-stock, that can be converted from freight-car into a box-car or cattle-car. This invention is tighter in corners when serving as a box-car, to prevent leakage of transports.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Cothern, John K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bur-Cotton Thresher, Cleaner and Storage Unloader
Patent for a pneumatic cotton thresher, cleaner, and storage unloader for use in cotton gins.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Lamb, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Stanchion.
Patent for improvements in cattle-stanchions in “which the animal can be released from without its stall, so that the attendant will not have to enter such stall or be subjected to any of the inconveniences of dangers arising therefrom.” (Lines 13-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 10, 1903
Creator:
Garrett, Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cane-Header.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in cane headers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Easley, William Dudley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Yoke Or Poke.
Patent for a new and useful animal yoke or poke, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Worley, Frank Athar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Forming Apparatus.
Patent for a machine for use in making cotton batting which takes the cotton in by an air current and then distributes it evenly throughout the mold for the batting. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 2, 1907
Creator:
Haynes, Daniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Tool
Patent for a combination tool. Illustration included.
Date:
December 25, 1906
Creator:
Morriss, Thomas E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Body Stretcher
Patent for a body stretcher. This invention is for exercising and stretching muscles. Illustration included.
Date:
March 21, 1905
Creator:
Seidler, William Wilson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Montague Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1905
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gainesville Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1902
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Cloth Supporting and Measuring Apparatus.
Patent for a support and measuring device for wire-cloth in stores. It features areas to store rolls of cloth and allows cloth to be measured and cut, and rolled from one roll without removing the other rolls stored on the device.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
March, William Wells
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
July 12, 1904
Creator:
Cooper, Charles C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for an improved windmill, a wind-driven wheel which will operate with the wind blowing in any direction and without the necessity of a typical vane and which produces a maximum velocity with a minimum amount of wind.
Date:
April 17, 1906
Creator:
Bartlett, Robert S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel
Patent for a wheel. Illustration included.
Date:
August 30, 1904
Creator:
White, James Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower
Patent for a lawn mower designed to trim grass close to fences or trees. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Merritt, William Neil
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Rim.
Patent for improvement to wheel rims providing "means for introducing oil thereinto and distributing it throughout the whole periphery" (lines 10-12).
Date:
May 27, 1902
Creator:
Harville, Walter S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Closet Attachment.
Patent for an attachment for water closets in outhouses without running water that blocks odors from escaping the pit by closing off the pit when not in use and automatically opens by a pressure bar behind the seat when the water closet is in use.
Date:
June 4, 1907
Creator:
Bradford, McDuffee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam and Air Valve Operator.
Patent for a steam and air valve operator that allows "the rotative movement of element to be transformed into reciprocity movement of another element." (lines 11-13). It also has new setup for double gears within the device that allows rest of the parts between movements.
Date:
February 12, 1907
Creator:
Greeson, David H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Projectile.
Patent for improvements in projectiles is to positively insure the explosion of the projectile at any desired point and the action is more reliable than is the case with time-fuses, where exact results cannot be insured, or with impact-projectiles, which explode when they come into contact with the armor. (Page 2, lines 12-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 24, 1903
Creator:
Densler, Nat
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow that is simpler, more durable, and cheaper to make than previous ones and allows for easier adjustments in plowing depth.
Date:
April 23, 1907
Creator:
Stafford, George A. & Henry, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Syrup-Pitcher
Patent for an improvement on a pitcher for syrup that prevents drips off of the edge of the pitcher.
Date:
June 19, 1906
Creator:
Bradford, McDuffie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing.
Patent for packing material for use in preventing lateral movement of rods in pumps.
Date:
October 20, 1908
Creator:
Grant, Jack
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Syrup Pitcher
Patent for a syrup pitcher. Illustration included.
Date:
October 11, 1904
Creator:
Bradford, McDuffee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Cleaner.
Patent for a gin-saw cleaner, which also straightens the saw teeth.
Date:
September 3, 1907
Creator:
Bradford, McDuffee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History