Dental Apparatus (open access)

Dental Apparatus

Patent for "a novel and convenient construction of apparatus for supplying medicine, hot air, and water for treating decayed, and abscessed teeth" (lines 12-15).
Date: July 9, 1901
Creator: Gilbert, James Madsen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine (open access)

Convertible Mixing and Cleaning Machine

Patent for convertible mixing and cleaning machine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1904
Creator: Stacey, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for a car coupling that separately joins two train cars together. illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Dobbs, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Stream Draft-Arm. (open access)

Double-Stream Draft-Arm.

Patent for a double stream draft arm for soda fountains, which reduces wear and allows easier cleaning.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Dosterschill, Bernard K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cover for Pass-Books (open access)

Cover for Pass-Books

Patent for a cover for a passbook with a transparent cover to view the book.
Date: July 29, 1912
Creator: Exline, Marcus Page
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Counting Attachment for Type-Writers (open access)

Counting Attachment for Type-Writers

Patent for a counting attachment for type writers that provides signals when various word counts are reached.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Walker, Jack L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake. (open access)

Car-Brake.

Patent for Car brake. Improvements in street car brake system which is based on the concept of physical force applied on the fender or apron which in turn forces the shoe on the rim.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Brown, Frank O. & Moore, Edward T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Urn (open access)

Coffee Urn

Patent for a coffee urn. Illustration included.
Date: July 18, 1905
Creator: Robertson, Cullen Andrew
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time-Switch. (open access)

Electric Time-Switch.

Patent for an electric, switch-operated construction functioning for timer-controlled circuit completions and breaks, including illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1906
Creator: Chappel, James. M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for an acetylene gas generator, which is chiefly operated by the fall of a gas-bell.
Date: July 29, 1902
Creator: Ray, Samuel W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Computing Device (open access)

Automatic Computing Device

Patent for an automatic computing device that can calculate the price of goods and be used to take inventory of stock.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Miracle, Meredith W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter. (open access)

Composition of Matter.

Patent for a briquet fuel formula made primarily from lignite and other derived products, which is cheaper to produce than other formulas.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Lohmann, August Samuel Frederic
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for "a new and use-ful improvement in churns , and its objects among other things , are to provide a simple device more durable in construction than heretofore and one which is cheap of manufacture, may be readily operated and cleaned, and is adapted to keep contents thereof at a desired temperature" (lines 12-19) including illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1900
Creator: Welke, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cold-Tire-Shrinking-Machine (open access)

Cold-Tire-Shrinking-Machine

Patent for a device that accomplishes cold-tire shrinking, in order to assure a snug tire fit onto any size cart wheel.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: House, Samuel N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch (open access)

Automatic Railway-Switch

Patent for a railway switch that can be opened by a car or engine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1907
Creator: McGee, Richmond M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Swaging Apparatus (open access)

Dental Swaging Apparatus

Patent for a dental apparatus that produces gold facings and cusps for individual teeth, as well as plate and bridge work.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: Crawford, Lyter H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cover or Closure For Jars. (open access)

Cover or Closure For Jars.

Patent for a new and useful cover or closure for jars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1899
Creator: Shaw, Wilber S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for "useful improvements in combined cotton choppers and cultivators" (lines 10-11) including illustrations.
Date: July 30, 1907
Creator: Arnold, Willard M. ; W. M. Arnold
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Fuel (open access)

Artificial Fuel

Patent for artificial fuel made from coal.
Date: July 19, 1904
Creator: Thomas, Adelaide M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus (open access)

Canning Apparatus

Patent for a boiling receptacle to efficiently boil water while food may be cooked above the boiling water. Illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Wilson, William Wharton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Pot (open access)

Coffee Pot

Patent for a coffee pot. Illustration included.
Date: July 24, 1906
Creator: Peterman, Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Arc-Light Reflector. (open access)

Electric-Arc-Light Reflector.

Patent for an electric arc light reflector, including an annular band to support the reflector on the arc-light cone, and a reflector with an aperture.
Date: July 27, 1897
Creator: Bolles, Charles Morris
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Badge. (open access)

Design for a Badge.

Patent for design for a badge.
Date: July 18, 1893
Creator: Edwards, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Printing Device (open access)

Automatic Printing Device

Patent for "improvements in automatic printing devices. . .whereby the printing is effected b the movement of the paper or fabric on which the printing is done" (lines 10-16).
Date: July 23, 1889
Creator: Barradall, Norborne D. & Bradley, Andrew Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History