Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing Presses.Speight, (open access)

Card-Cutting Attachment for Printing Presses.Speight,

Patent for a device that can be attached to a printing press, for the express purpose of being able to cut multiple copies of cards from a single sheet of card stock with metal dies.
Date: December 10, 1901
Creator: Speight, Winchester Franklin,
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvester (open access)

Corn-Harvester

Patent for a corn harvester "for use in harvesting crops such as corn and cane, the purpose being to provide a machine of this type of simple, durable, and compact construction and which will be light construction and not fatigue the team, since the body or frame supporting the operating parts is balanced upon the ground or supporting wheels" (lines 12-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1901
Creator: Sewalt, Matthew E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burial Vault (open access)

Burial Vault

Patent for novel burial vault to produce an inexpensive sectional receptacle or vault capable of easy assembly and transport that forms an indestructible, air-tight chamber of continuous homogeneous structure.
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: William Sink Parker
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for an improvement in churns that prevent splashing and extraneous matter from entering the interior, including illustrations.
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: Mills, John David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sediment-Collector for Coffee-Pots, &c. (open access)

Sediment-Collector for Coffee-Pots, &c.

Patent for a device that collects sediments from coffee grounds and tea leaves inside the coffee or tea pot. Includes Illustration.
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: Martin, Percy P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syringe Attachment (open access)

Syringe Attachment

Patent for an attachment to connect syringe to liquid container for increased efficiency
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: Poe, James Granger
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Occlusornce (open access)

Dental Occlusornce

Patent for a dental tool that is used after all of a patients teeth are removed. This devise will restore the patients bite when the jaw is in the closed position.
Date: June 10, 1901
Creator: Stocks, Clarence
System: The Portal to Texas History