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Collapsible Crate.
Patent for a collapsible crate for shipping berries.
Date:
October 8, 1907
Creator:
Lewis, Bennett Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Changeable Gearing.
Patent for changeable gearing by using an axle, bevel-gears, stub-shafts and a crank-axle to construct the changeable gear, so that the “sprocket is locked to rotate with the crank-axle in one direction, while it may rotate freely of the axle in opposite direction, and, furthermore, that the sprocket may be locked to rotate with the axle or may be caused to rotate at a higher-speed than the axle.” (Lines 8-14.) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 8, 1901
Creator:
Brady, Alford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Pooling
Patent for rail-car coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Carter, L. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for improvements in bale-ties is to produce a “buckle-plate having a middle portion with an opening therein, arms at each end separated from the middle portion by spaces open at one side, a longitudinal entering-passage connecting the opening with one of said spaces, and a hoop the free ends of which are looped down through said opening and up through the spaces, resting upon the arms under the standing part of the hoop.” (Lines 74-83) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Johnson, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Artificial Fuel.
Patent for artificial fuel by using coals called “lignite”, grinded it and add other ingredients to it. Formula, measurements and method of mixing is included. No illustration.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Lohmann, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Baling and Compress Machine.
Patent for a combined baling and compress machine for cotton gins, which makes bales that fulfill the rules of transportation companies on cotton bale density and is cost efficient enough for small gins to purchase.
Date:
June 8, 1909
Creator:
Crow, Robert D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator
Patent for an axle lubricator, designed to allow lubricating axles without removal of wheels.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Gowan, Richard H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate
Patent for a collapsible crate. Illustration included.
Date:
November 8, 1904
Creator:
Keck, Edgar A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy
Patent for a portable canopy to be used over beds, cribs, or chairs. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 8, 1905
Creator:
Eichenberg, Carl
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock Calendar
Patent for a clock calendar.
Date:
December 8, 1903
Creator:
Woods, Jesse Leroy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser.
Patent for a condenser for a hot water heater for use in homes.
Date:
October 8, 1907
Creator:
Nenninger, Oscar Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Measuring Instrument
Patent for a combination measuring instrument. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 8, 1904
Creator:
Phenix, William Preston
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Lubricator
Patent for an axle lubricator. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Meyer, Edward & Schiffers, Emil C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring Drill
Patent for a boring drill
Date:
July 8, 1909
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R. of Houston, Texas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace for Furniture, &c.
Patent for a brace used to hold parts of furniture together, including illustrations.
Date:
September 8, 1903
Creator:
Pace, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed
Patent for a bed. This invention is designed for invalids that also provides a bed pan. Illustration included.
Date:
January 8, 1907
Creator:
Myers, Nancy S. A. E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Dennis, Decatur D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crutch.
Patent for improvements in crutches by making the crutch adjustable in length according to a person’s height and “overcome the jerks by the movements with the crutches.” (Lines 15-16) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 8, 1901
Creator:
Hough, Orson E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Lock for Mines and Tunnels
Patent for an air lock to remove water, polluted air, and heat from mines and tunnels and force in fresh air. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 8, 1908
Creator:
Durack, Partick H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal. Illustration included.
Date:
November 8, 1904
Creator:
Wilkinson, John Marion
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Catamenial Sack
Patent for a catamenial sack. This invention is a "catamenial sacks or shields and the object is to provided such a device which will be cleanly and sanitary in effect, which is pliable and easily and comfortably conformable to the form of the wearer" (lines 8-13). Illustration included.
Date:
June 8, 1909
Creator:
Frommann, Franklin A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Robertson County, Texas
Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Robertson County, Texas.
Date:
January 8, 1909
Creator:
Bennett, Hugh H. & Shaw, Charles F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Robertson County sheet
Map displays soil types along with lakes, rivers, coal mines, towns, churches, schools, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
January 8, 1909
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Shutter Worker And Latch
Patent for a window shutter and latching system. Illustration included.
Date:
August 8, 1905
Creator:
Richardson, Horace G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History