Annunciator. (open access)

Annunciator.

Patent for improvement in annunciator by “providing a circuit-closing attachment for annunciators by means of which an electric lamp will be lit when the annunciator-drop falls.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
Date: October 20, 1891
Creator: Fouts, Lambert F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaporizer (open access)

Vaporizer

Patent for a vaporizer. This invention is for use in the medical field.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Beaumont, Godfrey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner. This invention is for use with crude or refined oils in fire boxes of stoves.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Raymond, Emmet B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a pair of wheels and a main frame mounted loosely thereon, of a shaft journaled therein carrying a pinion and crank-wheel, a hoe adapted to be reciprocated by the crank-wheel, and an operating-lever connected with the shaft and hoe-handle, whereby the shaft is moved laterally and the hoe elevated simultaneously therewith" (lines 41-48).
Date: October 20, 1885
Creator: McGregor, Montague M.
System: The Portal to Texas History