Air-Brake-Setting Appliance (open access)

Air-Brake-Setting Appliance

Patent for an air brake apparatus for train cars which automatically activates when a train car is derailed. Illustrations included.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Gale, Albert & Lilley, Doc M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bin-Measuring Apparatus (open access)

Bin-Measuring Apparatus

Patent for a bin measuring apparatus for weighing dry products for sale quickly and accurately.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Duke, Joseph S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Cleaning System (open access)

Air-Cleaning System

Patent for an air cleaning system to be used in homes. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Fly Fish Hook (open access)

Artificial Fly Fish Hook

Patent for an artificial fly fish hook. Illustration included.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Caldwell, Charley D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap (open access)

Ant-Trap

Patent for an ant rap designed to catch ants and burrowing insects that are destructive to vegetation. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Fly, Nathaniel D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton Press and Feeder (open access)

Automatic Cotton Press and Feeder

Patent for an automatic cotton press and feeder operated by fluid pressure. Illustrations included.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Cumpston, Frederick Bernard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Machine for Forming Plastic Bodies (open access)

Automatic Machine for Forming Plastic Bodies

Patent for a machine which quickly and automatically forms plastic bodies and blocks when fed the material. Illustrations included.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Burton, Luther L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wireless-Telegraph Receiver (open access)

Wireless-Telegraph Receiver

Patent for a wireless telegraph receiver which receives incoming intelligence through electric waves and uses crystalline substances as its detector. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Way, Wesley M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Assorting, Stacking, and Counting Coins (open access)

Machine for Assorting, Stacking, and Counting Coins

Patent for a machine which organizes, stacks, counts, and gives the total value of a collection of coins. Illustrations included.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Brewster, Bertram Forrest
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Coupling. (open access)

Wagon-Coupling.

Patent for an improved wagon-coupling, which is easy to manufacture.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Biggers, Samuel A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stay Wire Applying Tool (open access)

Stay Wire Applying Tool

Patent for a stay wire applying tool. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Shelton, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lace-Cabinet. (open access)

Lace-Cabinet.

Patent for a lace cabinet which has many drawers with holders for spools of lace or ribbon and a slot in the front of the drawer, where the lace is pulled through to show what it is and allow easy dispensing of the product.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Thornton, Robert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy Gun (open access)

Toy Gun

Patent for a toy gun. Illustrations included.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Griffith, Jesse B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Solidifying Mortar and Concrete Formations (open access)

Process of Solidifying Mortar and Concrete Formations

Patent for a process for making stone structures such as blocks, walls, slabs, etc.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Stubbs, Robert C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tooth-Bender. (open access)

Tooth-Bender.

Patent for a tooth bender for band saw teeth, which keeps the teeth in place for use and for grinding.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Dell Ge Bott, Jay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protective Carpet-Lining (open access)

Protective Carpet-Lining

Patent for a lining to protect carpets from wear and maintain sanitation. Illustrations included.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Koll, Louis H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump Spout (open access)

Pump Spout

Patent for a pump spouts. Illustration included.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Hutchison, James Oliver
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for a washing machine. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Hamilton, Walter Scot & Williams, James Rozier
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Snap Cotton Crusher and Separator (open access)

Snap Cotton Crusher and Separator

Patent for a machine designed for crushing, separating, and cleaning bolls of cotton. Illustrations included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Lamb, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a washing machine, where water comes out of the top of a funnel onto the clothes, and the clothes are rotated and agitated around the funnel.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Explosive-Engines. (open access)

Governor for Explosive-Engines.

Patent for a governor for explosive engines for use in trains, which will increase the fuel efficiency of the engines.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feeder for Grinders (open access)

Feeder for Grinders

Patent for an attachment for grinders to facilitate the feeding of the material. Illustrations included.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Steen Robert James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing Machine. (open access)

Saw-Filing Machine.

Patent for a saw fling machines for gin saws, which has less parts than previous models.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Blain, F. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Bearing (open access)

Journal-Bearing

Patent for a self-lubricating journal bearing that is protected from foreign matter. Illustrations included.
Date: April 13, 1909
Creator: Lanaux, Alfred A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History