Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included
Date: February 12, 1907
Creator: Stopple, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch (open access)

Automatic Railway-Switch

Patent for an improved automatic railway switch based on an earlier model made by the same person. Illustrations included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: McGee, Richard M. & Jones, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beverage Cooler And Dispensing Apparatus. (open access)

Beverage Cooler And Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements i beverage coolers and dispensing apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Sidoti, Antonio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp. (open access)

Clamp.

Patent for a new clamp to improve support functionality in household construction, including illustration.
Date: February 13, 1906
Creator: Stevens, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Tooth. (open access)

Saw-Tooth.

Patent for a new design for saw-teeth, with illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Fleming, Christopher C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Spreader. (open access)

Knee-Spreader.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in knee spreaders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Trice, Sinnette Y.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a valve. Illustration included.
Date: February 21, 1905
Creator: Kinnison, Hallah C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet. (open access)

Kitchen-Cabinet.

Patent for a kitchen cabinet, which is compact but has many features such as a built in sifting system from the glass fronted dry ingredient drawers, a sink, fold out counter space, and slide-out bottom drawers.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Ridley, Richard W. & Clark, Andrew R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Plow. (open access)

Wheeled Plow.

Patent for a wheeled plow with multiple accessories attached to it that allows for adjustment of each accessory separately, holds the weight of the parts better, and keeps the parts more securely connected to the plow.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Hendon, Walter P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transplanting-Basket (open access)

Transplanting-Basket

Patent for a basket for transplanting various types of plants. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Edwards, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transformer (open access)

Transformer

Patent for transformer.
Date: February 24, 1903
Creator: Depp, Otis J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switching Device (open access)

Switching Device

Patent for switching devices. This invention is for electrically operated switch tongue throwing mechanisms and is for use in switching cars from one track to another. illustrations included.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Makley, John N.; Manett, Edward F. & Dannelly, Frank M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mangle (open access)

Mangle

Patent for a mangle which employs a "multiplicity of rollers" (line 18). Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Musch, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process Of Separating Substances Of Different Dielectric Capacities (open access)

Process Of Separating Substances Of Different Dielectric Capacities

Patent for a process of separating substances of different substances of different dielectric capacities. Illustration included.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration inlcuded.
Date: February 7, 1905
Creator: Taylor, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup (open access)

Stirrup

Patent for a stirrup for horse riders which can automatically release the foot of the rider should the rider be forced off of the horse. Illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1909
Creator: Haddock, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folder (open access)

Folder

Patent for a folder. Illustration included.
Date: February 21, 1905
Creator: Coleman, Stephen Rutledge
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan. (open access)

Fan.

Patent for a motor powered fan with adjustable speeds.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Futrell, J. B. & Gaskins, Thomas C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scaffold-Bracket (open access)

Scaffold-Bracket

Patent for a scaffold-bracket.
Date: February 25, 1902
Creator: Arnold, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter. (open access)

Seed-Planter.

Patent for new improvements in seed-planters that will drop one seed at a time at different spacings, improve the force-feed operation, adapt to different kinds or sizes of seed, cover and pack the soil, and create a simpler and more efficient machine, including illustrations.
Date: February 18, 1902
Creator: Ledbetter, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nose-Bag for Feeding Horses and Other Animals. (open access)

Nose-Bag for Feeding Horses and Other Animals.

Patent for a nose-bag for horse feed that allows the feed to stay near the horses mouth despite changes in the weight of the feed. It also allows for easier filling of the bag.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Hodge, Alfred Lucas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper Ruling Machine (open access)

Paper Ruling Machine

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Ruling-Machine, to provide a simple and efficient machine with a series of pens that draw across sheets of paper carried by a suitable support" (lines 5-11).
Date: February 26, 1901
Creator: Wilmans, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame. (open access)

Quilting-Frame.

Patent for a quilting frame that is adjustable for different conditions, as well as constructed so that material to be quilted can be attached without sewing. Additionally, the quilting frame can be folded to occupy less space when not in use.
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Massey, Dora
System: The Portal to Texas History
Perpetual Loose Leaf Court Docket (open access)

Perpetual Loose Leaf Court Docket

Patent for a perpetual loose leaf court docket. Illustration included.
Date: February 7, 1905
Creator: Parry, Rees F.
System: The Portal to Texas History