Crude-Oil Burner. (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner.

Patent for a crude oil burner for stoves, which will convert most of the oil put into the stove into gas to provide better heating of the stove.
Date: May 24, 1910
Creator: Bass, Robert E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Stay. (open access)

Fence-Stay.

Patent for a fence stay that can be put on without any special tools. The stay also forms a clamp in itself and does not require any other tie to keep it in place.
Date: May 15, 1906
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjuster for Locomotive-Headlights (open access)

Adjuster for Locomotive-Headlights

Patent for a mechanism for adjusting and mounting train headlights. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: McCoy, Olan B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer. (open access)

Type-Writer.

Patent for "attachments for returning the carriages of type-writers to the place of starting and for automatic spacing; and the object is to construct a device that will accomplish these results without in any way interfering with the working of a type-writer and by which the type-writer carriage can be sent back to the first position from any point without the necessity of going to the end of its beat" (lines 7-16).
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Fry, Fred H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower. (open access)

Lawn-Mower.

Patent for a lawn mower that is easy to use and has long blades.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Maldino, Mark
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer. (open access)

Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in mail bag catchers and deliverers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1899
Creator: Bresland, Sylvester E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watch Charm (open access)

Watch Charm

Patent for a watch charm. This invention is designed to be interchangeable ornament charms or badges. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Simon, Arthur
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mixing Device (open access)

Mixing Device

Patent for mixing device which helps save time by mixing several ingredients separate from each other at a single operation.
Date: May 8, 1906
Creator: Powell, Sarah Emma
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moistening and Sprinkling Attachment for Brooms. (open access)

Moistening and Sprinkling Attachment for Brooms.

Patent for attachment to brooms which enables the moistening of the broom during use to prevent the spreading of dust. One part regulates the flow of liquid to the broom and another provides a container for the liquid. In effect the attachment to the broom makes it into a convertible mop.
Date: May 23, 1905
Creator: Taylor, James P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Hitching-Block (open access)

Portable Hitching-Block

Patent for a portable hitching block that is retractable and is able to hold a hitching rein at any length. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1908
Creator: Barnett, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tank for Oil Burners (open access)

Tank for Oil Burners

Patent fora tank for oil burners. This invention is designed to supply burners with crude oil. Illustration included.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Alverson, Lewis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Apparatus (open access)

Washing Apparatus

Patent for a washing apparatus that cleans clothes with boiling soapy water. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Sheard, Harry Hitner
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hook and Bushing for Same. (open access)

Hook and Bushing for Same.

Patent for a hame hook and a bushing for hame-hooks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 3, 1898
Creator: Carder, Joshua W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plunder for Baling-Presses (open access)

Plunder for Baling-Presses

Patent for a plunger for baling presses.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Schubert, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for new and improved sash-fastener so as to "lock the sash when elevated as well as closed" (line 15 & 16), including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Neher, John F. & Neher, Noah N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Music (open access)

Sheet-Music

Patent for invention in sheet-music that "overcomes" the defects of market's sheet music (lines 21-30); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 29, 1900
Creator: Martin, T. P., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate (open access)

Folding Crate

Patent for a crate that will fold into a compacted shape when not in use in order to maximize space or to create a way to use a crate as an open container without physically removing the top (or cover).
Date: May 8, 1906
Creator: Green, George F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headlight-Adjuster for Automobiles. (open access)

Headlight-Adjuster for Automobiles.

Patent for a headlight adjuster for automobiles, which causes the headlights to turn when the car turns.
Date: May 18, 1909
Creator: Leach, Leonard M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Merry Go Round (open access)

Merry Go Round

Patent for a merry go round. Illustration included.
Date: May 8, 1906
Creator: Barnett, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preparing Stock Food and Oil From Cotton Seed (open access)

Preparing Stock Food and Oil From Cotton Seed

Patent for cooking cotton seed kernels and hulls for the purpose of making cotton seed oil and valuable stock food. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Willis, William A. & Beland, Joe H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dipping-Vat. (open access)

Dipping-Vat.

Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in dipping vats or tanks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 23, 1899
Creator: Skinner, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Jar. (open access)

Design for a Jar.

Patent for ornamental design on jar depicting the logo for the Jersey-Creme drink company
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Jersey-Creme Company
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvesting Machine (open access)

Cotton Harvesting Machine

Patent for a cotton harvester. Illustrations are included.
Date: May 16, 1903
Creator: Jackson, A. L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cottonwood Creek and Fish Creek Watersheds Flood Protection Plan (open access)

Cottonwood Creek and Fish Creek Watersheds Flood Protection Plan

Report on a flood protection plan for the Cottonwood Creek and Fish Creek Watersheds in the City of Arlington, Texas.
Date: May 31, 2012
Creator: Espey Consultants, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History