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Cattle-Yoke. (open access)

Cattle-Yoke.

Patent for a new and useful cattle yoke for preventing them from breaking, tearing down, jumping over, or crawling through the openings in fences (line 6 -8).
Date: March 22, 1898
Creator: Kirk, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clock Attachment. (open access)

Clock Attachment.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in clock attachments.
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Schindler, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Arm for Telegraph - Poles. (open access)

Arm for Telegraph - Poles.

Patent for a new and useful arm for telegraph poles.
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Anderson, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge-Loading Machine. (open access)

Cartridge-Loading Machine.

Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in shell-loading machines.
Date: March 15, 1898
Creator: Handshy, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bathing-Suit. (open access)

Bathing-Suit.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in bathing suits.
Date: March 29, 1898
Creator: Davis, Jesse W D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle (open access)

Bicycle

Patent for device for improvement of speed of bicycle, including illustrations.
Date: March 28, 1896
Creator: Schooler, Joseph P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Planter. (open access)

Combined Plow and Planter.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in a combined plow and planter which "can be readily adapted for planting different kinds of seed, such as corn, cotton, cane, and the like" (line 21 - 23).
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Franklin, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pitman - Coupling. (open access)

Pitman - Coupling.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in "pitman connections for mowing-machines an harvester"(line 10 - 11).
Date: March 15, 1898
Creator: Douglass, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and useful churn to "provide a simple and inexpensive construction of dasher adapted to supply air to the bottom of a churn-receptacle" (line 7 - 9).
Date: March 29, 1898
Creator: Burke, Henry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Machine. (open access)

Wire-Fence Machine.

Patent for a new and useful wire-fence machine that can be conveniently carried around.
Date: March 22, 1898
Creator: Watson, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer. (open access)

Insect-Destroyer.

Patent for a new and useful insect - destroyer.
Date: March 22, 1898
Creator: Priest, Eli Thompson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella-Holder. (open access)

Umbrella-Holder.

Patent for a new and useful simplicity umbrella holder for "use on sulky-cultivators of that class in which the seat-support is constructed to form a crotch" (line 9-12).
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Holcombe, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Store - Fixture. (open access)

Store - Fixture.

Patent for a new and useful store fixture to "provide a support for bins or like receptacles and with improved mechanism for facilitating the withdrawal and weighing of the contents of said bins" (line 9 -13).
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Palm, Carl Segerrot
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in pumps.
Date: March 15, 1898
Creator: Mauldin, Alfred W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Gearing. (open access)

Speed-Gearing.

Patent for improvements in “gearing mechanism in which the speed or rotation of a drum or wheel is greatly increased through the intervention of gearing-wheels mounted upon a single shaft.” (Lines 11-14) Illustration is included.
Date: March 1, 1898
Creator: Scofield, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener. (open access)

Tire-Tightener.

Patent for a new and useful tire-tightener for "adjusting the same to take up looseness of both spokes and felly" (line 10 -11).
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Johnson, August & Cahill, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for washing machines with "roller-supporting frame for supporting the same either upon a horizontal surface or upon the top of a tub or receptacle in connection with which the machine is used" (lines 10-14) including illustrations.
Date: March 15, 1898
Creator: Smith, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grass-Burning Device. (open access)

Grass-Burning Device.

Patent for improvements in grass burning devices in which “the grass may be safely burned on the prairies and the fire kept from spreading.” (Lines 16-18) Illustration is included.
Date: March 1, 1898
Creator: Slaughter, George M. & Christian, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Filer. (open access)

Gin-Saw Filer.

Patent for a new and useful gin-saw filer.
Date: March 22, 1898
Creator: Wilson, David M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Valve for Compensating for Leakage in Train-Pipes. (open access)

Feed-Valve for Compensating for Leakage in Train-Pipes.

Patent for a new and useful feed valve "for compensating the loss by leakage of fluid in leaky train pipes in fluid-pressure brake systems" (line 8 - 10).
Date: March 29, 1898
Creator: Tipton, Commodore P. & Tipton, David B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drinking-Goblet, &c. (open access)

Drinking-Goblet, &c.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in drinking goblets and other similar glassware.
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Jones, Edward Culliett, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fist-Blow Tester. (open access)

Fist-Blow Tester.

Patent for a new and useful fist blow tester, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Lee, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in sash fasteners for a trunk, the curtain-top of a desk, and various other devices.
Date: March 29, 1898
Creator: Thomax, Thedore George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Registering Voting-Machine. (open access)

Registering Voting-Machine.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in registering voting-machines.
Date: March 15, 1898
Creator: Woodman, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History