Apparatus for Making Cotton-Bales. (open access)

Apparatus for Making Cotton-Bales.

Patent for improvement in apparatus for making cotton-bales from continuous sheets or bats by “employing only a single press and which permits the ginning and bat-forming devices to be operated continuously which accumulated the cotton in light and fleecy condition during the covering and removal of the bales, which feeds the cotton from the accumulator to the baling apparatus whenever this is desired.” (Lines 68-75) Illustration is included.
Date: June 18, 1901
Creator: Anderson, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Truck (open access)

Car Truck

Patent for car truck. "This invention relates to car trucks, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide an arrangement of equalizers which will reduce the lateral swinging motion of the car when passing around curves" (line 8-12). Illustration included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Haver, Edward H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard (open access)

Cattle Guard

Patent for a cattle guard. Illustration included.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: York, Edward Jackson; Howze, Walter L. & Caldwell, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double Acting Pump (open access)

Double Acting Pump

Patent for a double action pump. "This invention relates to improvements in double-acting pumps; and its object is to provide a vertical double-acting pump in which provision is made for automatically exhausting the air from the upper portion of the piston-chamber" (line 11-16) illustration included.
Date: June 23, 1903
Creator: Hall, S. N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electro Automatic Advertising Machine (open access)

Electro Automatic Advertising Machine

Patent for electro-automatic advertising machine. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Myers, Clarence & Buchard, Alonzo H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Metallic Hose (open access)

Flexible Metallic Hose

Patent for a flexible metallic hose to be used in places where both "flexibility and indestructibility are necessary" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Schultz, Wilhelm
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Stay-Bolt (open access)

Flexible Stay-Bolt

Patent for a stay bolt for steam boilers which is flexible on both ends.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Mooney, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate and Coop (open access)

Folding Crate and Coop

Patent for a crate that can be compactly folded and locked together, and may also be used as a coop.
Date: June 22, 1909
Creator: Jennings, Charles E. & Shuptrine, Orlander D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incandescent Hydrocarbon-Lamp. (open access)

Incandescent Hydrocarbon-Lamp.

Patent for "a new and useful incandescent hydrocarbon-lamp employing an easily-evaporated oil for fuel which transformed into gas before burning." (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 26, 1900
Creator: Yorty, Henry Harrison & Purdy, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack (open access)

Jack

Patent for a Jack. This design is operated by fluid pressure for use with driving axles and wheels.
Date: June 30, 1903
Creator: Tuggle, Samuel Ritchie & Doering, Charles William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a lock. This lock is designed for a coin fed lock that releases the key for the customer. Illustration included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Johnson, Randall
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Cleaning Ginned Cotton (open access)

Method of Cleaning Ginned Cotton

Patent that "is in a ready, simple, thoroughly feasible, and practical manner to clean ginned cotton while passing from the gin to the condenser and to eliminate therefrom all objectionable matter." (line 10-14)
Date: June 2, 1903
Creator: Rembert, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Can (open access)

Oil-Can

Patent for an oil can that prevents flames from going beyond the spout of the can and blocks gases from coming out of the can while still allowing the oil to be easily poured out.
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Harmon, William Ellis & Goodpasture, Thomas Boisarth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Can (open access)

Oil Can

Patent for an oil can. This design is a non-explosive air vented for pouring can. Illustration included.
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Demory, Alexander F. & Suhm, Carl J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Fastening (open access)

Rail Fastening

Patent for rail fastening. This invention is designed to fasten railroad rails and consists spikes, bolts, and a flange. Illustration included.
Date: June 15, 1909
Creator: Percival, Herbert E. & Key, Brewer W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing Signal (open access)

Railway-Crossing Signal

Patent for a railway crossing signal that provides a visible signal, an alarm, and a whistle.
Date: June 22, 1909
Creator: Weisenborn, George P. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie (open access)

Railway Tie

Patent for a railway tie designed to to provide a metallic tie which is light strong, and durable (line 16-17) illustration included.
Date: June 30, 1903
Creator: Beazley, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Set (open access)

Saw-Set

Patent for "saw-sets adapted and arranged to set two or more teeth at the same time and from opposite sides." (lines 8-10) with specific emphasis on moving parts to accommodate saws of differing gages, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1905
Creator: Wise, Harry & Gembler, Andrew H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Trap (open access)

Steam-Trap

Patent for " a improved steam-separating trap or steam-eliminator for obtaining a supply of dry steam to an engine or like machinery" (lines 7-10 including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1900
Creator: Guild, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for a washing machine. This invention has a basket for holding clothes contained within a tub with hot soapy water. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Hamilton, Walter Scott & Williams, James Rozier
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Apparatus (open access)

Well-Drilling Apparatus

Patent for a well-drill swivel designed to improve the function of a well-drilling apparatus. The improved swivel is meant to create a better connection between rod and rope and prevent twisting of water-supply.
Date: June 5, 1906
Creator: Hall, Samuel N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen (open access)

Well-Screen

Patent for a well screen to prevent the entrance of sand or gravel into the wall of a deep well.
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Stancliff, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer. (open access)

Well-Strainer.

Patent for a well strainer, which is cheaper to make than previous ones without reducing efficiency.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: Brown, Arthur M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Motor (open access)

Windmill Motor

Patent for windmill motor. Illustration included.
Date: June 15, 1909
Creator: La Bauve, Valcoure J.
System: The Portal to Texas History