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Chicken-Coop
Patent for improved chicken coop with simplified construction and modified features.
Date:
June 26, 1906
Creator:
Harp, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead
Patent for a bedstead that holds a bottom sheet taunt that can be used with existing bedsteads.
Date:
June 5, 1906
Creator:
Whitlow, W. Jidy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
Date:
June 26, 1906
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator, by William J. Gillentine. It provides a means to adjust cultivator shovel-gangs relative to each other. Includes a lever-and-ratchet mechanism.
Date:
June 12, 1906
Creator:
Gillentine, Willliam A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stock and Freight Car
Patent for improved stock-car with provided attachments for conversion to freight-car.
Date:
June 19, 1906
Creator:
Wyatt, Everett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
Date:
June 26, 1906
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard
Patent for a cattle guard. "This invention is a cattle guard having transverse drainage conduits with overhanging plates and so proportioned that the foot of an animal will be projected into the conduit" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
Date:
June 26, 1906
Creator:
Lee, Jacob Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Vehicle Running-Gear.
Patent for vehicle running-gear, catered toward machinery that has fifth-wheel reach beams. Designed for smoother vehicle functioning.
Date:
June 12, 1906
Creator:
Singler, Frank J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack, Clamp, and Wire-Stretcher
Patent for a device that combines three tools - a lifting-jack, a clamp, and a wire-stretcher all in one. It does so without sacrificing the functionality of any part.
Date:
June 12, 1906
Creator:
White, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Gear for Engines.
Patent for a valve gear for steam engines that can reverse or stop the rotation of the engine shaft, with illustrations.
Date:
June 19, 1906
Creator:
Hanser, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train Signaling System
Patent for trains that use an alarm system that alerts the engineer if there is an issue with the automatic air-brakes in any of the train cars. This alarm system allows for users in any car to alert the engineer and does not diminish the effectiveness of the air brake system.
Date:
June 12, 1906
Creator:
Gerard, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock with a locking plate that can be used for multiple nuts, "particularly those used in securing the joints of railroad rails, frogs, switches, and crossings" (lines 10-12), with illustrations.
Date:
June 19, 1906
Creator:
Taylor, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spirit Level.
Patent for a spirit-level by Allan T. Gibson. Meant for helping users obtain level and perpendicular lines with more ease and accuracy, as well as for determining any intermediate angle.
Date:
June 26, 1906
Creator:
GIbson, Allen T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Syrup-Pitcher
Patent for an improvement on a pitcher for syrup that prevents drips off of the edge of the pitcher.
Date:
June 19, 1906
Creator:
Bradford, McDuffie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Signaling-Lantern.
Patent for a railway-signaling lantern designed with a U-shaped handle for easier handling, and safer signaling, with illustrations.
Date:
June 19, 1906
Creator:
Moore, Thomas Lindsay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shingle-Gage
Patent for improved shingle-gage for the measurement and spacing of roofing-shingles.
Date:
June 19, 1906
Creator:
Jones, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Embroidering Attachment for Sewing-Machines
Patent for embroidering arm attachment to be mounted on the needle-bar of a sewing machine with the embossing material passed through the needle eye so that it does not need to go through the presser-foot.
Date:
June 12, 1906
Creator:
Rodman, Rollin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine.
Patent for rotary engine "of simple and compact construction, in which the pressure and expansive force of the steam or other actuating fluid may be utilized to the fullest advantage" (lines 10-13), with illustrations.
Date:
June 5, 1906
Creator:
Cagle, Carter M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nailless Horseshoe
Patent for horseshoe with extended sides that will bend inward to fit the shape of the horse hoof and that will be secured by screwing on nuts to pre-attached bolts on ears pressed against the hoof. Invention is a light and adjustable shoe that can be put on without the use of nails and can be removed at any time.
Date:
June 5, 1906
Creator:
King, Alphonse
System:
The Portal to Texas History