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Easel (open access)

Easel

Patent for an adjustable easel.
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Mueller, Carl P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Appliance for Protecting Oil-Wells from Fires. (open access)

Appliance for Protecting Oil-Wells from Fires.

Patent for an appliance for protecting oil-wells from fires. As stated within the patent, "this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in appliances for protecting oil-wells from fires; and to this end it consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims herein appended" (Lines 9-16).
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Cochran, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Fastening (open access)

Bale-Band Fastening

Patent for bale bend fastening that includes a winding-key engaging the lapped ends of a bale-band and a lock for retaining the winding key against the reverse movement after the latter has been turned to wind the connected ends of the band for the purpose of taking up the slack in the latter (Lines 8-15)
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Holder (open access)

Bag-Holder

Patent for bag holder that is adapted to receive and hold bags of any size in a way that is convenient for removal as needed.
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Nosker, Orren G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Bottoms of Ships. (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Bottoms of Ships.

Patent for apparatus for cleaning the bottom of ships "to provide a simple and practical apparatus for removing barnacles, seaweed, mud, and other adhesions from the sides and bottom of a ship" (line 10).
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Culpepper, Robert Smith
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aparejo (open access)

Aparejo

Patent for more efficient and durable pack-saddle (aparejo) used by United States Army. Casing involves hollow boot-sticks and rubber-encased steel, with better fitting to prevent fatigue of animal.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Keller, John & Titsworth, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plaiting Apparatus (open access)

Plaiting Apparatus

Patent for improved apparatus for plaiter, to increase efficiency and ease of use with durable and simple design.
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Reynolds, Charles A. & Reynolds, Sallie A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for an oil-burner, “and it has for its object to provide a construction in which stream will be admitted to the oil or commingled therewith in sufficient quantity to aid combustion…” (lines 11-15) including illustrations.
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Chandler, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. [Copy #2] (open access)

Ironing-Table. [Copy #2]

Patent for an ironing board that has adjustable height and can be folded for storage.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Click, John Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. [Copy #1] (open access)

Ironing-Table. [Copy #1]

Patent for an ironing board that has adjustable height and can be folded for storage.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Click, John Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a "simple form of device for stretching wire, said device being adapted for attachment to a post or other support and to the wire to be stretched" (lines 9-12).
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Brannon, Walter Zebulin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weeder (open access)

Weeder

Patent for an invention "to provide a simple, light, and durable implement which will effectually remove weeds, rubbish, and all foreign matter simultaneously from each side of a row or drill of corn, cotton, or other plants and direct the removed material to the longitudinal center of the row or drill" (lines 8-14).
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Lloyd, William Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool. (open access)

Wire-Fence Tool.

Patent for an improvement on wire-fence tools. "To provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive tool of great strength and durability designed for operating on fence-wires and adapted for mending the same and for taking up the slack of a fence-wire and capable in stretching the ends past each other before the same are twisted together, whereby the ends of the wire may be more effectively connected." (Lines 10-19) Illustration is included.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Berry, James Osborn
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vise. (open access)

Vise.

Patent for new improvements to vises involving accessories "to cooperate with the jaws of the vise in such a manner that the jaws will be very quickly and tightly brought together into direct engagement or into engagement with any object interposed between them," (lines 18-23) and an attachment to restore a work-out vise, including illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Phenix, William Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. (open access)

Ironing-Table.

Patent for a new adjustable ironing-table that folds for storage, including illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Click, John Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter (open access)

Stalk-Cutter

Patent for a stalk-cutter for chopping cotton, corn stalks, or any other specific growth.
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Cotten, Joab H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco Stemming Machine (open access)

Tobacco Stemming Machine

Patent for the improvement of tobacco-stemming machines by providing "an arrangement for opening the leaves prior to being fed to the cutters" (lines 14-15).
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Bush, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marine Propeller (open access)

Marine Propeller

Patent for a marine propeller which allows for "a reversal of the action of the wheel for propulsion in opposite directions or for turning the boat without changing the direction of rotation of the power-shaft."
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Asphaltic Mineral Oils. (open access)

Process of Refining Asphaltic Mineral Oils.

Patent for process for refining asphaltic mineral oils such as might be found in wells in Texas and Louisiana. Designed to remove asphaltum.
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Mims, John Carwile
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music Holder and Turner. (open access)

Music Holder and Turner.

Patent for a devise that turns the leaves of books or music books, which "may be supported upon the music-rack of a piano, organ, or similar instrument." (lines 13-14)
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Black, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock- Weaner. (open access)

Stock- Weaner.

Patent for "...new and useful Improvements in Stock-Weaners..." (lines 6-7) including illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Shannon, Albert M. & Bobbitt, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hinge-Gainer. (open access)

Hinge-Gainer.

Patent for a hinge-gainer related to "certain improvements in devices of that class employed for cutting a gain or mortise in a door-jam or door for the reception of a hinge. The object of the invention is to provide an improved machine or tool in which all the parts may be readily and accurately adjusted to cut recesses of different width, height, and depth" (Lines 8-16).
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Ward, Richard Bryant.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Artificial Fuel (open access)

Process of Making Artificial Fuel

Patent for process of creating artificial fuel and the resulting product.
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Steiner, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Clamp. (open access)

Safety-Clamp.

Patent for safety clamp "designed with special reference to supporting well-tubing in place in shallow or deep wells" (lines 8-10).
Date: November 11, 1902
Creator: Treadwell, Cornelia E.
System: The Portal to Texas History