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Apparatus For Making Mattresses (open access)

Apparatus For Making Mattresses

Patent for mattress making machine, which cleans, compresses, and stuffs cotton or other materials into a mattress, including illustrations.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Woolery, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifreezing Valve and Closet-Cistern (open access)

Antifreezing Valve and Closet-Cistern

Patent for "valves which will allow all the water to flow out of the popes to a position below freezing-point after each application of water, whether the water is used in a closet-cistern or drawn out of a hudrant or other application is made, and to arrange the valves so that the supply-valves will be automatically closed by water-pressure in connection with the operation of a siphon in a closet-cistern and the waste-valve will be closed by the pressure of water, siphonic action, or both, when the supply-valves are opened." (lines 18-28).
Date: April 23, 1901
Creator: Wilkes, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Crude-Oil Burners" (lines 4-5), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 22, 1901
Creator: Wilson, H.T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet-Cistern and Valve Therefor (open access)

Closet-Cistern and Valve Therefor

Patent for "a cistern which needs no valve to start the siphon to work and to construct a valve which can be operated by a rod which runs up through the supply-pipe, thus doing away with the stuffing-box for a rod for operating the valve" (lines 11-16).
Date: April 23, 1901
Creator: Wilkes, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Holder (open access)

Bag-Holder

Patent for bag holder " an improved cabinet for holding paper bags and the like articles; and the object is to construct a useful, inexpensive cabinet which will be light and compact and practical and in which bags may be placed and taken out when needed without mutilating the bags" (lines 7-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1901
Creator: Thompson, King D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Bed Lifting Device (open access)

Wagon Bed Lifting Device

Patent for a wagon-bed lifter that will remove and wagon beds and position them for easy re-assembly.
Date: December 3, 1901
Creator: Slate, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trade-Book. (open access)

Trade-Book.

Patent for a Trade Book intended to document discount credentials, expense accounts, daily reminders, and a diary for a number of business types including hotels, retailers, and advertisers.
Date: April 30, 1901
Creator: Glisson, Amos A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press (open access)

Press

Patent for "a press adapted particularly for forcing tie-plates into railway-ties" (lines 8-10).
Date: August 13, 1901
Creator: Peter, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Scourer. (open access)

Grain-Scourer.

Patent for invention and improvements in grain-scourers such as the addition of a pulley for driving the device.
Date: October 8, 1901
Creator: McLellan, Frederick A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Track Lifting-Jack (open access)

Railway-Track Lifting-Jack

Patent for "an improved device of this character which is designed for heavy work, as in railway service, and at the same time to have the device comparatively light in weight in order that it may be conveniently carried from place to place" (lines 10-15).
Date: September 3, 1901
Creator: Bentley, George Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for improving the construction of sash fasteners making them simpler and inexpensive. These mounted window sash fasteners are capable of locking the window in it's closed position and supporting it in an open position at "any desired adjustment" (line 17).
Date: November 12, 1901
Creator: James, Will S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Impact-Motor. (open access)

Impact-Motor.

Patent for a rotary motor "to provide a simple and efficient motor particularly adaptable for vehicle propulsion and which when once started in either direction will automatically arrange its valve to continue that direction of rotation" (lines 13-18), including illustrations.
Date: November 12, 1901
Creator: Hahn, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress Stuffing Machine (open access)

Mattress Stuffing Machine

Patent for a mattress stuffing machine that holds material to form mattresses, as well as compressing and stuffing the material into ticks.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Woolery, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for a durable, inexpensive rail component which bridges two rails and relieves strain and stressing caused by passing rail-cars. Furthermore, this component does not require existing rails to become obsolete.
Date: September 24, 1901
Creator: Gillen, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Check (open access)

Door Check

Patent for a door-check, which will hold the door in any position it is placed.
Date: October 15, 1901
Creator: Neher, John F. & Neher, Noah N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator Door and Catch. (open access)

Elevator Door and Catch.

Patent for elevator doors and catches by creating a device which can make the elevator door opened and closed automatically. Illustration is included.
Date: June 18, 1901
Creator: McNaught, Ira S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cable-Power. (open access)

Cable-Power.

Patent for improvements "to cable-power obtained by means of movable windlasses driven by steam or other motive power; and the object is to obtain a powerful draft for use in agricultural purposes, drawing heavy plows and reaping-machines, hauling heavy loads of ore or coal in mining, moving houses, and for drawing heavy loads of any description." (Lines 8-15) Illustration is included.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Eastman, Clyde J.
System: The Portal to Texas History