Charger for Loading Revolvers. (open access)

Charger for Loading Revolvers.

Patent for a new and improved charger for revolvers. This design "consists of a cylindrical case of metal, pasteboard, or other suitable material, contrived with a centerpiece, by which a number of cartridges corresponding to the number of chambers in the cylinder of the fire-arm may be located in the charger suitably for being simultaneously entered at the points in the chambers of the cylinder and be discharged from the charger into the cylinder all at once to facilitate the loading of revolving fire-arms" (lines 8-17).
Date: October 7, 1884
Creator: Munch, John Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Suction and Force Pump (open access)

Air Suction and Force Pump

Patent for improvement in suction and force pumps, a pneumatic lift-and-force pump for raising water from wells.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: De Hymel, Franklin O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Siphon. (open access)

Siphon.

Patent for a siphon attachment to be used on bottles of liquid.
Date: October 7, 1902
Creator: Müntzer, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History