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Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire-stretcher designed to repair wire fences manually.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Pearson, Charles Ewell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for destroying cotton-boll weaver. (open access)

Machine for destroying cotton-boll weaver.

Patent for a machine that aids in pest control of cotton boll weevil and other insects including including illustration.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Dannelly, Frank M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool. (open access)

Wire-Fence Tool.

Patent for wire fence tool attachment for a wire stretching machine. The tool can also perform other operations related to the fence wires when detached from the machine.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Pearson, C. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Body (open access)

Wagon-Body

Patent for wagon body which fits on many different types of running bodies, including illustrations.
Date: October 1, 1901
Creator: Winans, Myron L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for catching insects. (open access)

Machine for catching insects.

Patent for a machine that catches pests such as the Cotton Boll Weevil and Colorado beetle as an aid to pest control for growing crops. Illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1901
Creator: Maupin, Owen M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-table. (open access)

Ironing-table.

Patent for collapsible ironing tables with illustration.
Date: October 29, 1901
Creator: Williams, James Hanna
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vapor Bath Apparatus (open access)

Vapor Bath Apparatus

Patent for a vapor-bath which improves upon the breathing apparatus.
Date: October 15, 1901
Creator: Garrett, Palmyra O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hub-Attaching Device. (open access)

Hub-Attaching Device.

Patent for device to attach vehicle wheel hubs to axles and spindles without screw-threads, including description and illustrations.
Date: October 15, 1901
Creator: Anderson, Nathan S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Conveyer Valve (open access)

Pneumatic Conveyer Valve

Patent for a valve for a continuous pipe-line with minimum bend or curve and free from internal switch-plates or other obstructions or reduction of capacity on a cotton-gin, the valve will work on intake and out-take ports. This valve will also serve as both a receiving medium to connect the main conveyer-pipe directly with a loaded wagon or to a warehouse stored with seed-cotton or to a discharge medium after the seed-cotton is ginned to connect the main conveyor-pipe with a seed-cotton bin and cotton-seed bin.
Date: October 1, 1901
Creator: Shannon, Grant S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suction cotton harvesting and cleaning apparatus. (open access)

Suction cotton harvesting and cleaning apparatus.

Patent for "a suction cotton harvesting and cleaning apparatus for harvesting cotton" (Lines 10-11) with illustrations.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Dannelly, Frank M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hinge. (open access)

Hinge.

Patent for gate-hinge that will attach to gate and supporting-post and will "retain the gate normally in closed position." (lines 11-12), including description and illustrations.
Date: October 15, 1901
Creator: Roots, Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener. (open access)

Hame-Fastener.

Patent for improved hame-fasteners used to hold the hames together and tighten them up.
Date: October 29, 1901
Creator: Waters, Richard H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gravity Dump Car (open access)

Gravity Dump Car

Patent for gravity dump-car cheaper in cost and easy in construction and operation.
Date: October 8, 1901
Creator: Swindall, S. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Scourer. (open access)

Grain-Scourer.

Patent for invention and improvements in grain-scourers such as the addition of a pulley for driving the device.
Date: October 8, 1901
Creator: McLellan, Frederick A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweep Stock Attachment for Plows (open access)

Sweep Stock Attachment for Plows

Patent for an "improved sweep-stock attachment for plows", so that a "sweep or shovel may be attached to a plow and operated at any desired angle." (lines 8-11)
Date: October 1, 1901
Creator: Ziecheck, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Strainer. (open access)

Strainer.

Patent for improvement to strainer that contains a detachable connection for a culinary strainer for tea or coffee pots, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 29, 1901
Creator: Sidoti, Antonio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie. (open access)

Railway-Tie.

Patent for a railroad tie made of sand and cement and threaded with barbed wire.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Joynt, Dudley Layng
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter (open access)

Seed Planter

Patent for a seed-planter designed primarily for corn, but can be used with other seeds. The primary mechanical construction consists of a wheel.
Date: October 8, 1901
Creator: Everhart, Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rein-Holder. (open access)

Rein-Holder.

Patent for a device that holds reins at the front of a carriage.
Date: October 8, 1901
Creator: Palm, George William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Operating Device (open access)

Switch Operating Device

Patent for a simple, inexpensive and efficient design for an operating switch for use on street-railway cars to enable a motorman to quickly throw a switch or set switch without leaving the platform of the car.
Date: October 15, 1901
Creator: Tanner, Calvin W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Reeling Apparatus (open access)

Wire Reeling Apparatus

Patent for removing wire from fencing by providing a simple and efficient machine that will move along and carry the operators with it.
Date: October 1, 1901
Creator: Dobson, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly Trap. (open access)

Fly Trap.

Patent for improvements in flytraps that traps flies in cage. includes illustration.
Date: October 8, 1901
Creator: Manning, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Weight. (open access)

Paper-Weight.

Patent for a desktop paper weight that not only sits atop paper, but also serves as a calendar, memorandum pad, and a container for small office articles.
Date: October 29, 1901
Creator: Huston, Sidney H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for rotary pump designed to counterbalance thrust at each step by a "series of lifting-wheels mounted upon a common shaft" (lines 10-11) in order to minimize wheel thrust.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Baker, Josheph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History