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Burner.
Patent for a new and improved burner for use in fire-boxes of boilers and other apparatus.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Jones, John Lemiel, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool for Manipulating Wire
Patent for a combination tool for manipulating wire, "a convenient hand-tool for bending, straightening, shortening, and otherwise manipulating the wires ordinarily used in the construction of fences," (lines 10-14).
Date:
September 23, 1902
Creator:
Cullen, Edwin C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap with a unique construction. It can be used for many animals but is specially made for salamanders or other burrowing type animals.
Date:
September 9, 1902
Creator:
Hetherington, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard.
Patent for improvements and new features to cattle guards on railways, including illustrations.
Date:
September 16, 1902
Creator:
Miller, Martin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Fastener
Patent for a "combined automatic window fastener and lock by means of which a sliding window-sash may be securely held and fastened at any desired point of elevation and locked against movement in either direction."
Date:
September 2, 1902
Creator:
Parks, Leonard D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Jack
Patent for a vehicle jack improvements that includes "a lifting-arm or support having a flexible winding element" (lines 15-16).
Date:
September 23, 1902
Creator:
Zwicker, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veneer-Bending Machine
Patent for improving veneer bending through a slower process which allows the entirety of the veneer to be heated.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Aber, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper
Patent for a stalk chopper that chops weeds, vines, and stalks into smaller pieces or kills them in order for the ground beneath to be readily cultivated.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Adamson, William Levi
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire for Vehicle-Wheels.
Patent for a vehicle-wheel tire with illustrations included. It is expected to provide "simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction adapted to increase the strength and durability of vehicle-wheels" (lines 12-14) and allow for easy replacements.
Date:
September 16, 1902
Creator:
Carter, Mansion C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improving the construction of plows. "The invention relates particularly to that class of plows in which a landslide is permanently attached to the depending portion of the beam." (lines 13-16)
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Hankins, Elias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument.
Patent for improvements to a device to perform an operation known as a perrineorhaphia, including an illustration of the device. This device stabilizes the edges of a wound on the perineum so the surgeon can place sutures and close the wound.
Date:
September 16, 1902
Creator:
Simpson, Richard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Hook
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Hame-Hooks." (lines 5-6). "The object of the invention is to provide a hame-hook which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparatively inexpensive of production, and by means of which the tug or trace chain may be easily attached to the hame at various heights and be securely retained in position." (lines 12-18)
Date:
September 23, 1902
Creator:
Lindsay, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Protected Structure
Patent for an electrically protected structure which improves upon previous electrically protected structures and their wiring.
Date:
September 2, 1902
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Coerver, Michael
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen Door
Patent for a screen-door with a gate at the bottom that can be lifted to allow sweeping trash through and for placing small packages through while the door remains closed.
Date:
September 4, 1902
Creator:
Lynch, E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separable Button or Stud.
Patent for invention that relates to seperable buttons or studs - such as collar and cuff buttons, shirt-studs and the like of that which the article comprises a back or base portion provided with a stem or coupling member and a head provided the means to coact therewith,... (Vrendendurgh, 1902).
Date:
September 2, 1902
Creator:
Vrendenburgh, J. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shears-Sharpener.
Patent for improvement to shears sharpeners for barbers, with illustration. The device provides a means to hold the blade while the user is honing it, and could be made at a low cost.
Date:
September 23, 1902
Creator:
Rossler, Konrad
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Force-Pump
Patent for an improved type of water pump that operates using a method where "valves of each piston work parallel to each other and through the cylinders at points diagonally opposite" (lines 15-17)
Date:
September 23, 1902
Creator:
Frank, Samuel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Operated Signal
Patent for a fluid operated signal with illustrations. The device would allow communication between a train engineer and a caboose conductor through a device that utilizes the fluid-pressure brake system of the freight train.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Bell, Chester L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Embossing-Machine.
Patent for improvements to embossing machines. specifically machines for embossing saddle leather, including an illustration.
Date:
September 16, 1902
Creator:
Russell, Frank Keach
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Set.
Patent for an improved saw set with improved jaw design to improve locking of saw. This saw set makes up part of a saw filing machine.
Date:
September 11, 1902
Creator:
Smith, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Selective Call for Telegraph or Telephone Lines
Patent for a device that allows the user to ring a specific telephone or telegraph line without ringing the bells at other lines.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Palmer, William, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddle
Patent for a western style equestrian saddle.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Hastings, John Reed & Hastings, Clarence Brooks
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroying Machine
Patent for an agricultural machine to remove insects (especially boll-weevils) from cotton plants.
Date:
September 9, 1902
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer.
Patent for "devices for equalizing the draft where three or more draft-animals are used" (lines 8-10) to pull machinery, carriages, or wagons with illustrations included.
Date:
September 16, 1902
Creator:
Hayden, Jefferson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History