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Cabinet
Patent for a cabinet which acts as a receptacle for money. Dollars and coins may be sorted using the tray mounted within the cabinet.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Ferris, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool
Patent for a combination-tool which includes a putty-knife and hammer and claw. The idea is that when one tool is in use, the other portion can be closed away.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Carlton, Thomas R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Killing Grass
Patent for an improved chemical designed to kill grass, weeds and other undesirable plants. It can sprayed or sprinkled on the plants and within twenty minutes the grass or weeds will start to die even within the roots themselvs.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Hulsey, Charley Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CONVERTIBLE CAR.
Patent for improved convertible cars pertaining to railroad rolling-stock, that can be converted from freight-car into a box-car or cattle-car. This invention is tighter in corners when serving as a box-car, to prevent leakage of transports.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Cothern, John K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shade and Curtain Fixture
Patent for a fixture that holds a variety of curtain rod sizes, preventing the need to mount a new fixture every time a rod is mounted.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Staten, Claude S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System.
Patent for telephone system, which allows for locking the receiver hooks at all substations between two connected stations. It also allows for lines to be subdivided for the purpose of using more than one message at the same time.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Gorden, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle Running - Gear
Patent for
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Bassett, Lawrence Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism.
Patent for improvements to Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism, "particularly adapted to advance the saw into alinement with a setting-punch by reciprocatory movement of a part of the mechanism" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Haltom, Samuel & Nadel, Abraham G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for several improvements in baling presses for making cylindrical bales, the machine being able to be set up in both the horizontal and upright positions.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Byars, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Box And Stock Car
Patent for "a new and improved box and stock car which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to permit of readily transforming the car to carry either box-freight or live stock." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Russell, Charles Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Grinder
Patent for a grinder of ordinary corn
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Zimmerman, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment for Umbrellas or Parasols.
Patent for a fan attachment for umbrellas or parasols, including illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Beseler, Otto
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape
Patent for a fire-escape for "people irrespective of age, sex, or condition may be safely carried from any landing or floor of a building to the sidewalk or street" (lines 25-28); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Thompson, B. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gymnastic Apparatus
Patent for "improvement in aerial revolving ladders for gymnastic purposes for use in theaters, circus-tents, etc." (lines 13-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Delmore, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Index
Patent for "a simple and compact index in which the available space will be utilized as perfectly as possible". (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Hausinger, Henry August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for a non-refillable bottle. The invention "relates to bottles in general, and more particularly to that class known as "non-refillable" bottles, and has for its object to provide a cheap and simple device of this nature that when once emptied cannot be refilled either by floating, by exhausting the air therefrom, or by pouring thereinto" (lines 11-17). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Bogue, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato Digger.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in potato-diggers, designed to cut away the vines and to throw them out of the way of the plow-points." (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Winfrey, Zachary T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Bed-Hoisting Apparatus
Patent for Wagon-Bed-Hoisting Apparatus which "consists in the provision of a rack adapted to be connected to the bed of the wagon" (lines 17-19); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Southern, Wills
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for "a new windmill design to improve the construction of windmills and to provide a simple, durable, and efficient one" (lines 11-12)
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Benson, Arthur Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History