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Cement Kiln
Patent for a new and improved cement kiln for drying gypsum and other materials employed in the manufacture of cement and plaster.
Date:
April 28, 1902
Creator:
Malone, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake.
Patent for Car brake. Improvements in street car brake system which is based on the concept of physical force applied on the fender or apron which in turn forces the shoe on the rim.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Brown, Frank O. & Moore, Edward T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new, improved combined corn and cotton planter, including illustrations.
Date:
February 4, 1902
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Slat Holding Means
Patent for an invention that "relates to bed-slat-holding means; and the object of the same is to provide simple and effective devices for holding the end of a bed-slat, which is in part carried by the latter and the ledge of the side rail and operating to prevent loose assemblage of the slats with bed-rails and obviate a tendency to easy disengagement and also to maintain the opposite bed-rails in parallel relation and obstruct warping or lateral expansion" (lines 8-21). Illustrations are included.
Date:
January 2, 1902
Creator:
Cooper, Alexander, R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compress and Packer
Patent for a device that provides improvements in machines for compressing, packing, and baling cotton, hay, straw, and the like; and the object is to provide a machine of this character operating automatically to form the bat as the material is received from the gin or condenser and folding the bat back and forth in even layers in the press, forming a complete and symmetrical bale (lines 9-17) Illustrations are included.
Date:
June 10, 1902
Creator:
Griffin, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CASH REGISTER.
Patent for improvements in cash-registers for making change and with a recording mechanism for printing amounts for which change is made, including descriptions of the parts of the mechanism and with illustrations.
Date:
December 9, 1902
Creator:
Woodson, James F. & Lindsay, Oscar L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ore-Conveying Surface for Electrical Separators.
Patent for “ore-conveying surface for electrical separators, and particularly to a structure adapted for use with static electricity.” (lines 11-14) including illustrations.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Appliance for Protecting Oil-Wells from Fires.
Patent for an appliance for protecting oil-wells from fires. As stated within the patent, "this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in appliances for protecting oil-wells from fires; and to this end it consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims herein appended" (Lines 9-16).
Date:
March 11, 1902
Creator:
Cochran, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for "a bale-tie which may with readiness and case be locked in position upon a bale and which will be positive in operation and thoroughly efiective for the purpose designed"(lines 8-12)
Date:
October 28, 1902
Creator:
Griggs, James Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer
Patent for
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
John S. Doak & Alexander G. Farrington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit for Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for a rotary expansion bit for use with well-drilling apparatuses. The bit can be adjusted without removing the well tubing, and can drill a hole large than the tubing in order to insert casing sections.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Sloan, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blackboard-Eraser
Patent for "blackboard-erasers in which the erasing material is detachable from the wood block or handle and permits...being used continuously."
Date:
November 18, 1902
Creator:
Williams, Lavinia B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie.
Patent for improvements in bale-ties is to produce a “buckle-plate having a middle portion with an opening therein, arms at each end separated from the middle portion by spaces open at one side, a longitudinal entering-passage connecting the opening with one of said spaces, and a hoop the free ends of which are looped down through said opening and up through the spaces, resting upon the arms under the standing part of the hoop.” (Lines 74-83) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1902
Creator:
Johnson, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Fastening
Patent for bale bend fastening that includes a winding-key engaging the lapped ends of a bale-band and a lock for retaining the winding key against the reverse movement after the latter has been turned to wind the connected ends of the band for the purpose of taking up the slack in the latter (Lines 8-15)
Date:
November 11, 1902
Creator:
Campbell, Douglas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
AIR-BREAK SIGNALING AND RELEASEING DEVICE.
Patent for an improvement in air-brake release-valve in trains to signal train crews and release the breaks if they become set for any reason, or stuck, while the train is moving, including descriptions of the release valve and illustrations.
Date:
November 4, 1902
Creator:
Dukesmith, Frank H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus.
Patent for Canning Apparatus used to preserve fruits and vegetables in sealed cans. Apparatus also consist of a boiling platform to boil the contents of the can before sealing it.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Garner, John Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle.
Patent for "...a bicycle-frame so constructed that it is adapted to yield automatically...thereby doing away with the necessity of using pneumatic and puncturable tires..." (lines 10-11, 15-17) including illustrations.
Date:
March 25, 1902
Creator:
Smith, George Washington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap with a unique construction. It can be used for many animals but is specially made for salamanders or other burrowing type animals.
Date:
September 9, 1902
Creator:
Hetherington, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing-Point
Patent for an improved casing point with improvements in the strainer or screen frame for wells.
Date:
December 9, 1902
Creator:
Lindstrom, Conrad
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Balance Attachment for Windmills.
Patent for an automatic balance device for windmills that attaches to the pump-rod.
Date:
December 23, 1902
Creator:
Terry, Blake
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke.
Patent for improvements in animal-poke by providing a device which is arranged for convenient application to an animal, so as not to interfere with the grazing and drinking thereof, and will effectually prevent the animal from destroying fences and also from pushing and fighting other stock. (Lines 9-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
Barnes, John I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cold-Tire-Shrinking-Machine
Patent for a device that accomplishes cold-tire shrinking, in order to assure a snug tire fit onto any size cart wheel.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
House, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction-Device-For-Sucker-Rods.
Patent for an antifriction device designed to protect the rod (sucker rod), rope, or coupler from wear. A sucker rod joins the components of a piston pump in an oil well.
Date:
November 4, 1902
Creator:
Black, William Leslie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolting Machine
Patent for an more new and improved, more efficient bolting machine.
Date:
December 2, 1902
Creator:
Hollender, C. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History