Barrel-Shelf (open access)

Barrel-Shelf

Patent for barrel shelves which attach to barrels to hold up sacks during filling and fold up when out of use.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Hughes, Alonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beauty-Pillow. (open access)

Beauty-Pillow.

Patent for improvement in beauty pillow which is slanted to draw the skin back toward the scalp to prevent wrinkling. Illustration is included.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Fitze, Eloise
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filing-Cabinet. (open access)

Filing-Cabinet.

Patent for a filing cabinet that allows for the easy removal of the contents and attaches to other filing cabinets to create a larger cabinet.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Atkinson, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Frame. (open access)

Lifting-Frame.

Patent for a lifting frame for hoisting engines, which allows a car to be put under the engine easily.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Knox, Hiram
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an oil burner, which produces more heat through the use of super-heated air to encourage better combustion.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Bissonnet, William Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for an oil burner for refined oil which vaporizes all the oil put into the burner.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Breckenridge, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an oil-burner, which can be turned on and off with a single switch.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Breckenridge, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tank-Valve. (open access)

Tank-Valve.

Patent for a tank valve, which prevents leakage and can be used as a tank or trough valve.
Date: May 4, 1909
Creator: Hampton, William M. & Shive, Caleb C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Rail Fastener (open access)

Bed Rail Fastener

Patent for a bed rail fastener. "The purpose of this invention is to provide novel features of construction for a bed rail fastener, which afford a very secure connection of the ends of the side rails of a metal bedstead with the head and foot posts of the bed." (lines 9-14). Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Berry, Thomas O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle (open access)

Buckle

Patent for a buckle. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Allen, Orcenith F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet (open access)

Cabinet

Patent for a cabinet for storing lace or ribbons.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Hayden, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Dewald, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Row Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Double-Row Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a double row stalk cutter, which has rotating stalk cutters.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Peden, Francis M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drinking-Cup. (open access)

Drinking-Cup.

Patent for a collapsible drinking cup for children, whose parts are attached together to prevent loss of parts and which can be hung from the waistband of the child.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Dacus, Augusta
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grab for Pump and Drill Rods. (open access)

Grab for Pump and Drill Rods.

Patent for a grabbing device for pump and drill rods in wells to lift them out of the well.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Law, Eddie P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for a hay press. This invention uses a toggle lever that becomes active after each stroke of the plunger. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Pickard, William Moad
System: The Portal to Texas History
Magazine Rifle (open access)

Magazine Rifle

Patent for a magazine rifle. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Catron, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ore Separator (open access)

Ore Separator

Patent for ore separator. This invention "relates to separators or concentrators for separating or extracting gold from pulverized quartz sand or bearing dirt" (line 8-11). Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Donovan, John T., Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Osteopathic Table. (open access)

Osteopathic Table.

Patent for an osteopathic table for patients to lie on during treatment by osteopathic doctors.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: McManis, John V.; Reed, Jesse R. & Bounds, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow, which attaches to cultivators that both turns the earth destroying weeds and puts some soil around the tops of the young plants to keep them low growing.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Avery, Charles Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Station Indicator (open access)

Station Indicator

Patent for a station indicator. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Tanner, Theophile
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Engine (open access)

Steam Engine

Patent for steam engine. Illustration included.
Date: May 11, 1909
Creator: Hill, John A. & Hill, Melvin W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun (open access)

Automatic Gun

Patent for an automatic gun which automatically sends the next cartridge to the gun barrel after firing.
Date: May 18, 1909
Creator: Lovelace, Charles D.
System: The Portal to Texas History