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Animal-Trap
Patent for a small animal trap which consists of a cage suspended in the air on a spring system which drops when an animal disturbs the bait.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Franks, Marion M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Slat Adjustor
Patent for a blind slat adjuster which can hold the blinds in a variety of different positions.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Hermann, Ernst W. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring Drill
Patent for a boring drill
Date:
July 8, 1909
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R. of Houston, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bucket-Jack
Patent for a bucket jack for holding paint buckets while painting on roofs or the sides of buildings which holds the bucket horizontal.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Phinny, Christpher W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Suspending Attachment for Bedsteads.
Patent for a canopy-suspending attachment for bedsteads, which is adjustable to different size beds and folds up when not in use.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Skinner, Miles T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Capsule-Filler
Patent for a capsule filler which allows a prescriptionist to simultaneously fill multiple capsules with medication. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Brown, Patrick Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for a car coupling that separately joins two train cars together. illustrations included.
Date:
July 6, 1909
Creator:
Dobbs, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Freeze, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvesting Machine
Patent for a corn harvesting machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Tilson, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Appliance for Agricultural Implements.
Patent for a pivoted draft tongue for farm implements that allows the tongue to move from side to side and be controlled by the driver.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Hartman, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fountain Drafting-Pen.
Patent for a fountain drafting pen, which has a rubber handle that when flexed sends out the pen tip with ink, and and when flexed again takes the point back into the ink reservoir in the handle.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Smith, Edward Ruthven
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Header.
Patent for a header for removing the heads of grain, which adjusts to different height grains.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Gregory, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Device
Patent for a mail bag catching and delivering device that is attached to trains and grabs mailbags off of a designated mail bag holder on the edge of the tracks.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Cruse, James Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Grinding Triple Valves.
Patent for a device for grinding triple valves to proper sizes and shapes for them to be inserted into things.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Innis, Ezra E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy
Patent for a means of using electricity more efficiently, which entails "utilizing the extra current generated by the break in the circuit of an electromagnetic apparatus" (lines 16-18). Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Perkins, Thomas F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Utilizing Electrical Energy
Patent for an apparatus which consists of an electric motor that is operated by a battery and is designed to use electricity more efficiently. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Perkins, Thomas F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for an oil burner for stoves, which has parts which do not carbonize and block the burner, lights quickly, and wastes less fuel in smoke or soot.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Wright, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for a plow attachment that is used for cutting the plowed stalks and breaking up large chunks of soil. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Batson, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Waiter
Patent for a portable waiter comprised of wheels and a removable tray that is used to carry dishes to and from a dining room to a kitchen. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Hill, Georgie Fly
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Weighing Appartus
Patent for portable weighing apparatus. Illustration included.
Date:
July 10, 1909
Creator:
Harrison, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry Drinking-Fountain.
Patent for a poultry drinking fountain, which run water from a water tank to the the water trough and cuts off automatically when the trough is full.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Anderson, Heartwell B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Press for Forming Hollow Articles
Patent for a press for forming hollow objects such as furnace pots. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Williams, Robert Lucius
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a pump for pumping water from streams for use in irrigation, which is mounted on a float in the stream.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Jeanes, Benjamin H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Connection
Patent for a rail connection which provides a smooth connection between rails and "dispenses with the angle bars which the ordinary rail connection requires" (lines 15-17). Illustrations included.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Matějka, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History