Adjustable Arch and Beam-Balance for Cultivator-Frames (open access)

Adjustable Arch and Beam-Balance for Cultivator-Frames

Patent for an adjustable arch and beam balance for cultivator frames which allows the draft tongue to be lifted up and down.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Buckhannon, Edward M.
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
Bracket (open access)

Bracket

Patent for a shelf bracket which can support a shelf with only one bracket.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Cockrum, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning and Polishing Apparatus. (open access)

Cleaning and Polishing Apparatus.

Patent for a cleaning and polishing apparatus for sand blasting various objects, such as furniture, which does not require an operator to be watching the operation.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Carroll, Samuel C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bird and Insect Catcher (open access)

Combined Bird and Insect Catcher

Patent for a combined bird and insect catcher. Illustration included.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Martin, Charles H. & Ross, William N.
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
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
Pump-Operating Mechanism. (open access)

Pump-Operating Mechanism.

Patent for a pump operating mechanism, which is run by horses going in a circle around the device to power the pump.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Siggel, Willie F.
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
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
Scale (open access)

Scale

Patent for a scale that is used for weighing hay prior to feeding it into a baling press. Illustration included.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Aue, Herman
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seal-Lock. (open access)

Seal-Lock.

Patent for a seal lock for railroad cars, which will show whether an unauthorized entry has been made by requiring the seal ton be broken before the lock opens.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Christian, Edward L.
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
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
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
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
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
Cotton-Gin Attachment (open access)

Cotton-Gin Attachment

Patent for an attachment to be used as a chute for cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Story, Henton L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker (open access)

Cotton Picker

Patent for a machine for harvesting cotton. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Pierce, John Earl
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker. (open access)

Cotton-Picker.

Patent for an electric motor operated cotton picker, which is worn on the body and sucks the cotton bolls through a nozzle into a bag.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Gray, Sidney J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Making Castings. (open access)

Device for Making Castings.

Patent for "making castings of various kinds, and more especially for making castings for dental use" (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Davison, Hugh M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drying and Stretching Frame (open access)

Drying and Stretching Frame

Patent for a frame used to stretch and dry fabrics such as curtains. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Hargrave, Thomas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tires (open access)

Inner Tube for Pneumatic Tires

Patent for an inner tube for pneumatic tires that has been layered with vulcanized fabric so as to protect from damage. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Culmore, March
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pie-Plate Lifter (open access)

Pie-Plate Lifter

Patent for a pie plate lifter used to handle pie plates or other utensils should they be too hot. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Blue, Henry L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History