Gas Burner (open access)

Gas Burner

Patent for a gas burner. Illustration included.
Date: March 29, 1904
Creator: Bryant, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw. (open access)

Saw.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in saws, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 24, 1898
Creator: Caruthers, John I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in acetylene gas generating and storing apparatus to "provide a simple, compact, and economical means for automatically said gas" (line 10 - 13).
Date: September 19, 1899
Creator: Bryant, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper attachment, which can be connected to a cultivator to thin cotton.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Joiner, Preston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a car coupling that safe and can be operated without the operator going between cars. It consists of a car, a draw-head, a pin, a guide, a plate that holds the pin, a spring arm, and handles.
Date: April 4, 1893
Creator: Myers, Joseph L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer (open access)

Insect Destroyer

Patent for the Insect Destroyer invented by Emmanuel C. Grover. This invention relates to the type of insect destroyers that are adapted to remove insects from growing plants and kill them. This invention is also modified with a moving device to be moved over a growing row of plants and destroy insects therein without injuring the plants.
Date: February 21, 1917
Creator: Grover, Emmanuel C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Tile for Building Contruction (open access)

Concrete Tile for Building Contruction

Patent for improvements in concrete tiles for building construction, designed especially for use in building walls, partitions, ceilings, etc. of building structures.
Date: February 10, 1914
Creator: Harter, Leander Douglas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History