Boiler Feeder (open access)

Boiler Feeder

Patent for boiler feeder. This invention is designed as a gravity feed automatic boiler. Illustration included.
Date: March 28, 1905
Creator: Finch, Clark Ethan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Purifying Apparatus. (open access)

Water-Purifying Apparatus.

Patent for a water purifying device for use in water distribution systems, which mixes the water with a chemical salt and then takes it into a settling basin where mud and such sink to the bottom, leaving pure water on top which is let out for distribution.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Fender, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Switch. (open access)

Railroad-Switch.

Patent for a pressure triggered railroad switch that attaches more easily to the tracks and automatically closes when the pressure of the railroad cars is taken off of it.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Madeley, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Gas-Lighter (open access)

Electric Gas-Lighter

Patent for a gas lighter that is designed to be durable and reliable, with an improved method of controlling the supply of gas to the burner.
Date: March 25, 1902
Creator: Ruebel, C. A. Ernst
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which cuts the stalks with a sliding cut and has multiple blades that are adjustable.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Henry, Reeves
System: The Portal to Texas History