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Cotton Compress
Patent for improvements to the cutting mechanism in cotton compresses to "provide positive and reliable means for severing the full-grown or completed bale from the remaining column of compressed material and yieldingly supporting the said remaining column of compressed material under pressure to permit the baling operation to continue" (lines 21-27).
Date:
March 26, 1900
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Angle-Bending Machine
Patent for angle-bending machine.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Dillon, Ivy Hancock
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Touch-Regulating and Mute Attachment for Pianos
Patent for combined touch regulating and mute attachment for pianos.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Harriss, Langdon & Kendall, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper that has advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency because it is adapted to operate crosswise with relation to the rows.
Date:
September 16, 1902
Creator:
Fay, Louis Percy
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
Mechanical Movement.
Patent for improved manner of rotary movement on various machines. Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Gibson, Levi D.
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
Trace-Fastner
Patent for Trace Fastners which is useful for securing a trace upon a whiffletree.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Thornton, Burus M. & Thornton, William E.
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
Wind-Motor.
Patent for wind motors that has new and useful improvements," is simple and durable in its constructions, very effective and powerful in operation, transmits the force of a series of wind-wheels to a common shaft for driving pumps or other machines" (lines 11-16).
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Cochran, James M.
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
Rotary Engine.
Patent for an improvement in rotary engines, specifically in engines where the piston is operated by direct and expansive force of steam.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Carothers, Samuel Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for oil-burner that is used by being connected to a steam-boiler. It is simply constructed to produce a very high degree of heat with a comparatively small amount of hydrocarbon oil.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Jenkins, Wellington S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poison Distributor for Growing Plants
Patent for a device that can be easily attached to a cultivator and delivers poison to both the roots and the top of a plant, protecting the plant from pests and disease, with illustrations.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Zedlitz, Edward
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