Double-Acting Pump (open access)

Double-Acting Pump

Patent for new and useful improvement in double-acting pumps for those "deep-well double-acting pumps in which as single cylinder and piston are used" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1900
Creator: Stuckes, John M. & Smith, Earnest K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg-Preserving Compound. (open access)

Egg-Preserving Compound.

Patent for a compound of cotton-seed oil, beeswax, paraffin, and salicylic acid that was meant to preserve eggs by sealing their pores.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvester (open access)

Corn-Harvester

Patent for a corn harvester "for use in harvesting crops such as corn and cane, the purpose being to provide a machine of this type of simple, durable, and compact construction and which will be light construction and not fatigue the team, since the body or frame supporting the operating parts is balanced upon the ground or supporting wheels" (lines 12-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1901
Creator: Sewalt, Matthew E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well casing (open access)

Well casing

Patent for a well-casing for a strainer.
Date: December 18, 1900
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a pump to be used for pumping oil and water including instructions.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Stukes, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Strainer. (open access)

Pump-Strainer.

Patent for a pump strainer for liquid wells that excludes sand and other foreign matter before it can foul the pump or wear its parts.
Date: November 13, 1900
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sediment-Collector for Coffee-Pots, &c. (open access)

Sediment-Collector for Coffee-Pots, &c.

Patent for a device that collects sediments from coffee grounds and tea leaves inside the coffee or tea pot. Includes Illustration.
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: Martin, Percy P.
System: The Portal to Texas History