Private Signals at Sea, Report (open access)

Private Signals at Sea, Report

Report of the Committee on Commerce detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed Senate bill 6958 to provide for private signals at sea. It includes a letter from the Department of Commerce and Labor on the proposed legislation.
Date: May 7, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Acetylene-Gas Machine (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Machine

Patent for a acetylene gas machine that automatically controls the flow of carbid or gas producing material into the generator "by means of a float and lever connection with the valve of the carbid hopper" (lines 19-21).
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Ricketts, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Setting Machine (open access)

Axle-Setting Machine

Patent for a axle setting machine that can be used on any type of axle, has its own lever, and doesn't touch the inside of the axle collar.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Roberts, John William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement. (open access)

Cement.

Patent for cement that is better or equivalent to Keene's cement from England, made from pure gypsum and various chemicals and only calcinated once.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Jones, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Lister Plow and Planter. (open access)

Combined Lister Plow and Planter.

Patent for a combined Lister plow and planter that both breaks the ground and plants seed. Appears to be a type of early tractor.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Topper. (open access)

Cotton-Topper.

Patent for a cotton-top trimmer that can be attached to a cultivator.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Griffith, Thomas K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Heater for Metal Workers. (open access)

Electric Heater for Metal Workers.

Patent for a electric heater for heating metal in preparation for welding. Consists of a bath of sal ammonia and water with a layer of graphite on top that the metal is placed into and then electric current is turned on which heats the metal to a weldable temperature.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Luthy, Joseph Otto
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Box. (open access)

Journal-Box.

Patent for a journal or wheel axle box that allows the wheel to rotate freely and reduces friction stopping the boxes from becoming hot.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Neighbor, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter (open access)

Planter

Patent for a single row planter for corn or cotton. The planter is to be used in virgin soil with out any soil preparation.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck. (open access)

Truck.

Patent for a strong but light steel framed truck with a beamless braking system that is affordable and easy to repair.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: McKiel, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle (open access)

Buckle

Patent for "a fastening device for securely holding the meeting ends of straps together, and is particularly applicable to stirrup-straps, in which, because of the strain thereon, the ordinary fastener is quickly broken or the strap is torn from the same" (lines 9-15).
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Stulting, John C. & Wiseman, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burial Apparatus (open access)

Burial Apparatus

Patent for improvements in burial apparatus, relating particularly to linings and coverings for graves, which are designed to do away with all appearance of earth or dirt in the placing of caskets or coffins in the ground.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Spear, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press (open access)

Hay-Press

Patent for a press for hay, straw, and similar. This device, intended for horse-powered bailing processes, is designed for cheap and efficient hay press for the bailing process.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Armstrong, James McRae
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lapel-Spring for Coats. (open access)

Lapel-Spring for Coats.

Patent for improvements in lapel-springs for coats and similar articles of clothing by using a loop-shaped spring and a rod or bar pivotally connected with or hinged to both ends of the spring. It will hold the lapels of a coat or similar garment in proper position. Illustration is included.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Crow, Robert Dlouglas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Telegraph (open access)

Multiple Telegraph

Patent for "a simple device of this character by means of which any one of a number of instruments or translating devices at a distance may be operated over a single line-wire and by means of a single flow of electric current through said wire" (lines 10-15).
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Foster, Samuel T., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for "means which will rigidly hold the point against independent movement toward the landslide of the plow" (lines 45-47).
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Kelly, George Addison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press for Cotton, Wool, Hay, &c. (open access)

Press for Cotton, Wool, Hay, &c.

Patent for "a press which will compress the cotton or other material into bales of hexagon, cylindrical, or other shapes, the shape of the bale corresponding with the shape of the bale-receptacle used" (lines 11-15).
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: King, John Morris
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener (open access)

Sash-Fastener

Patent for improving the design so that when it is closed it forms loops for holding the window's curtains, while also being inexpensive and strong.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Durant, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Key and Automatic Stop Cock (open access)

Combination Key and Automatic Stop Cock

Patent for "new and improved Combination Key and Automatic Stop-Cock" (lines 6-7) for the purpose of providing "an automatic arrangement for cutting off the water-supply in hydrants and like appliances when the weather becomes so cold as to endanger the freezing of the water" (lines 11-14).
Date: May 7, 1900
Creator: Randall, C. T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History