Band-Cutter (open access)

Band-Cutter

Patent for band-cutters “designed for facilitating the cutting of bale-bands” (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Manly, James S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
WRENCH. (open access)

WRENCH.

Patent for an improved wrench "which can be very quickly adjusted for its work" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Phenix, William Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Low-Pressure Alarm and Indicator for Air-Brakes. (open access)

Low-Pressure Alarm and Indicator for Air-Brakes.

Patent for "air-brake mechanisms in general, and more particularly to the alarms for giving warning when the pressure in the train-pipe drops to a predetermined point and for giving a visual signal when such condition exists" (p. 1, lines 8-13).
Date: October 25, 1900
Creator: Parsons, Avery H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Key-Bar. (open access)

Key-Bar.

Patent for key-bars for use on type-writers and cash-registers.
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Irish, Gilbert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Closet Flush. (open access)

Water-Closet Flush.

Patent for a siphon flushing apparatus for water-closets in which it will regulate the quantity of the water being discharged at each flushing; at the same time it can prevent water leakage. Illustration is included.
Date: October 16, 1900
Creator: Bowman, Jonathan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a pump to be used for pumping oil and water including instructions.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Stukes, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Lock. (open access)

Trace-Lock.

Patent for a trace lock that is mechanized to work vertically or horizontally. Illustration included.
Date: October 2, 1900
Creator: Halstead, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Mounting Pictures. (open access)

Process of Mounting Pictures.

Patent for the process of producing and mounting pictures at the highest quality and the lowest cost to provide "the appearance of the highest art" (lines 16-17).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Cowan, Mark L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch. (open access)

Gate-Latch.

Patent for improvement in gate-latches by using a single piece of wire bent and coiled to form a u-shaped latch. Illustration and description of how the latch worked are included.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Smyth, Lewis Miller
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener. (open access)

Hame-Fastener.

Patent for a hame fastener "by which the ends can be securely connected together, but which may be readily disconnected when desired." (lines 10-12). Illustrations included.
Date: October 2, 1900
Creator: Jones, David G. & Jones, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer-Distributing Attachment (open access)

Fertilizer-Distributing Attachment

Patent for an inexpensive attachment for "drilling compost, manure, or other fertilizing material &c., &c" (lines 9-10). It is designed to be attached to any farm-wagon including illustrations.
Date: October 2, 1900
Creator: Schlabach, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter (open access)

Seed-Planter

Patent for a seed-planter, illustrations included.
Date: October 16, 1900
Creator: Wright, William L. & Hackler, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch-Locking Device. (open access)

Railway-Switch-Locking Device.

Patent for "a switch-locking device comprising a lock contained within the switch-lever of the switch-stand, by the use of which the switch may be more quickly and positively manipulated and finally locked in position" (lines 3-7).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Sulfer, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Brush for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Metallic Brush for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for brush-cylinders in cotton gins, with the purpose of simplifying and cheapening construction while increasing efficiency.
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Jenkins, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter and Cultivator. (open access)

Planter and Cultivator.

Patent for "an Improvement in a Combined Planter (cotton and corn) and Cultivator" (lines 5-6).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Svensen, Svend G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin (open access)

Cotton Gin

Patent for "new and improved Cotton Gin" (line 5).
Date: October 3, 1900
Creator: Lumpkin, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Valve. (open access)

Cotton-Valve.

Patent for improvements in cotton-valve by providing a valve which may be used in connection with an elevator that carrying the cotton to the gins; to have two batteries or divisions, so that one division may be cut out while the other is in operation. (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date: October 2, 1900
Creator: Williams, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Tightener (open access)

Bale-Band Tightener

Patent for a bale-band tightener, illustrations included.
Date: October 2, 1900
Creator: Splettstosser, Fritz
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivaor (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivaor

Patent for a combine cotton chopper and cultivator, illustrations included.
Date: October 2, 1900
Creator: McCracken, Ninian S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Lace Fastener. (open access)

Shoe-Lace Fastener.

Patent for a barbed metal clasp designed to hold a shoelace knot together.
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Kroeninger, Augusta E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame-Lifting Device for Disk Plows or Similar Implements. (open access)

Frame-Lifting Device for Disk Plows or Similar Implements.

Patent for "improvements in disk plows and similar implements, and especially to means employed for raising and lowering the frames of said plows in order to regulate the depth of the furrow" (lines 9-13).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Hendon, Walter Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Plugger. (open access)

Dental Plugger.

Patent for a dental plugger which has a movable cylinder on the interior with a "piston-like mallet working in the cylinder and adapted to strike the same, to impart movement to the dental tool" (lines 93-95).
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Blum, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for an object that simplifies the operation of rotary engines and motors.
Date: October 16, 1900
Creator: Baxter, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press (open access)

Cotton-Press

Patent for an improved version of a cotton press that forms cylindrical bales.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Bessonette, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History