Apparatus for Automatically Applying Germicides (open access)

Apparatus for Automatically Applying Germicides

Patent for "a means for automatically applying an insecticide or germicide which will either kill or drive off the parasite, vermin, and other troublesome germ" (lines 16-19).
Date: August 20, 1901
Creator: Pendleton, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barrel-Stand. (open access)

Barrel-Stand.

Patent for improvments to barrel stands and related to the "object in view being to provide a simple, and convenient stand for holding barrels and casks and permitting the same to be readily turned with slight exertion from a vertical to a horizontal position and vice versa" (lines 9-12) including illustrations.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: McClary, Rufus E. & Gray, Thomas S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Lock or Joint (open access)

Bedstead Lock or Joint

Patent for a bedstead lock or joint. Illustration included.
Date: August 17, 1901
Creator: Martin, Mack D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator Attachment for Wheel-Hubs. (open access)

Lubricator Attachment for Wheel-Hubs.

Patent for lubricator for axles of buggies, wagons, and other vehicles.
Date: August 20, 1901
Creator: Fergusson, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold. (open access)

Mold.

Patent for a mold for viscous materials that are meant to be hardened in the mold or afterward. It is designed to be easily removed from the cast without damaging it.
Date: August 13, 1901
Creator: Parker, William Sink
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press (open access)

Press

Patent for "a press adapted particularly for forcing tie-plates into railway-ties" (lines 8-10).
Date: August 13, 1901
Creator: Peter, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Purifier (open access)

Oil-Purifier

Patent for "a construction wherein the oil may be quickly and economically heated to cause the impurities to separate from the oil" (lines 9-12).
Date: August 13, 1901
Creator: Carter, George Fitzhugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for improvements in "construction of tilting gates and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one of great strength and durability adapted to be readily opened and closed at a distance fron either side of it by a person in a vehicle or on horseback" (lines 11-16).
Date: August 20, 1901
Creator: Berkley, Benjamin Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Post (open access)

Hitching Post

Patent for invention relates to devices for holding horses when hitched to a vehicle to prevent their running or walking away and also to prevent grazing.
Date: August 20, 1901
Creator: Matthews, James Morris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing - Machine (open access)

Washing - Machine

The invention has reference to that type of machines in which a revoluble drum is employed for containing and agitating the clothes which, drum is mounted to turn and be partially submerged in a boiler, which is in turn supported by and mounted in a heater, whereby the clothes are simultaneously subjected to a scouring and boiling action (Israel, 1902).
Date: August 21, 1901
Creator: Israel, Alexander C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue Cleaner for Steam Boiler Furnace (open access)

Flue Cleaner for Steam Boiler Furnace

Patent for a small apparatus for blowing out the tubes of boiler furnaces.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Westergaard, Hedge
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine. (open access)

Engine.

Patent for a reciprocating steam-engine that both live steam and exhaust-steam may be utilized with a single piston to reciprocate it.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Baker, Joseph Clark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Singletree-hook and Trace-Securing Device. (open access)

Singletree-hook and Trace-Securing Device.

Patent for "singletree-hooks and trace-securing devices, the object being to provide a simple and easily-manipulated device of this character which may be readily attached to the ends of a singletree and will serve to hold the end of a trace in secure engagement with the end of the singletree" (lines 9-15) including illustration.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Robinson, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Stacking and Loading Device. (open access)

Hay Stacking and Loading Device.

Patent for "improvements in hay stacking and loading devices, the object of the invention being to provide means for erecting penannular stacks; and the same consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts, which includes a crane, its supporting means, and a hay-fork" (lines 10-16) including illustration.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Nichols, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows for hand-propelled device for use in gardens, including illustrations.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Ward, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for "improvements in harrows of the clod crushing or pulverizing type; and it consists in a certain peculiar construction the novelty and utility." (lines 9-11) including illustration.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Killough, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Ammonium Ichthyol Sulfonate. (open access)

Process of Making Ammonium Ichthyol Sulfonate.

Patent for "improvment in the process of making ichthyol sulfonate" (lines 10-13).
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: McLaughlin, Andrew Cyrus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Marine Governor (open access)

Electric Marine Governor

Patent for use in connection with marine engines for the purpose of preventing, the "racing" of the engine by regulating the supply of steam to engines, economizing steam and fuel consumption and preventing the dangers from injury or breakage to the machinery or vessel.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Housden, Thomas P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cable-Power. (open access)

Cable-Power.

Patent for improvements "to cable-power obtained by means of movable windlasses driven by steam or other motive power; and the object is to obtain a powerful draft for use in agricultural purposes, drawing heavy plows and reaping-machines, hauling heavy loads of ore or coal in mining, moving houses, and for drawing heavy loads of any description." (Lines 8-15) Illustration is included.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Eastman, Clyde J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for improvements in the specifics of the design and construction of a baling press.
Date: August 20, 1901
Creator: Chapman, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History