Can-Opener (open access)

Can-Opener

Patent for a new and improved can opener. This design "consists of can-opener comprising a blade or cutter vertically adjustable to allow it to be forced into a can-head to be cut" (lines 34-36).
Date: August 9, 1898
Creator: Connett, Matthew F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Bearing. (open access)

Ball-Bearing.

Patent for a new and useful ball bearing, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1899
Creator: Millen, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Food Compound and Method of Making Same. (open access)

Food Compound and Method of Making Same.

Patent for a new and useful food compound for use in cooking as condiments.
Date: June 28, 1898
Creator: Gebhardt, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Sand Drag (open access)

Revolving Sand Drag

Patent for a new and useful improvements in revolving sand drags. This design is to "provide a machine of this character by means of which the sand-bars in formed in rivers" (line 12-14)
Date: December 14, 1897
Creator: Murphy, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial Tooth. (open access)

Artificial Tooth.

Patent for a new and useful artificial tooth for "supplying missing teeth or crowning roots" (line 10 -11).
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Carroll, Houston Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 13, 1898
Creator: Thompson, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Desk-Ruler. (open access)

Desk-Ruler.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in desk-rules, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Connett, Matthew F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Armor for Pneumatic Tires. (open access)

Armor for Pneumatic Tires.

Patent for a new and useful armor for pneumatic tires.
Date: April 12, 1898
Creator: Hansell, Robert Clark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check - Spring. (open access)

Check - Spring.

Patent for a new and improved check-spring. This design "relates to check reins; and its object is to provide a new and improved check-spring for preventing sudden jars to a horse's mouth when the animal throws his head forward" (line 7 - 11).
Date: January 18, 1898
Creator: Walker, Fred B. & Reid, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Flue Cleaner. (open access)

Boiler-Flue Cleaner.

Patent for a new and useful boiler flue cleaner, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 4, 1898
Creator: Hamilton, Ninian B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling For Well-Drilling Tools. (open access)

Coupling For Well-Drilling Tools.

Patent for a new and useful coupling for well drilling tools, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 3, 1899
Creator: Kuehn, Joachim F. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for a new and useful animal trap, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 5, 1899
Creator: Buckersberg, Simon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge-Loading Machine. (open access)

Cartridge-Loading Machine.

Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in shell-loading machines.
Date: March 15, 1898
Creator: Handshy, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner. (open access)

Burner.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in burners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Dickerson, Ernest Clifton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fabric-Turfing Implement. (open access)

Fabric-Turfing Implement.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in fabric turfing implements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1898
Creator: Connett, Matthew F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Keeping Contents of Vessels Beneath The Surface of Liquid Therein Contained. (open access)

Device for Keeping Contents of Vessels Beneath The Surface of Liquid Therein Contained.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in devices for keeping the contents of vessels beneath the surface of the liquid therein contained,
Date: December 13, 1898
Creator: Schenck, August & Schenck, Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Dispensing Oil, &c. (open access)

Apparatus for Dispensing Oil, &c.

Patent for a new and useful apparatus for dispensing oil, &c.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Haye, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fist-Blow Tester. (open access)

Fist-Blow Tester.

Patent for a new and useful fist blow tester, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Lee, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Telephone-Directory. (open access)

Automatic Telephone-Directory.

Patent for a new and useful automatic telephone directory, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1899
Creator: Neuendorff, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drinking-Goblet, &c. (open access)

Drinking-Goblet, &c.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in drinking goblets and other similar glassware.
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Jones, Edward Culliett, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in baling presses.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Power And Pumping-Jack. (open access)

Horse-Power And Pumping-Jack.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in a horse power and jumping jack, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 23, 1899
Creator: Darlington, Benjamin F. & Clary, Edwin P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Follower For Barrels. (open access)

Follower For Barrels.

Patent for a new and useful follower for barrels, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Shanks, David Willis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Supplying Device For Diving Purposes. (open access)

Air-Supplying Device For Diving Purposes.

Patent for a new and useful air supplying device for diving purposes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 5, 1899
Creator: Hensley, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History