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Antifriction device for sucker rods.
Patent for "an improved antifriction device for use in connection with inclosed traveling rods and the like to reduce the wear occasioned by the rubbing of the rod in its casing, and at the same time to so far reduce the area of said antifriction device which projects from the rod as to interpose the least possible obstruction to the free passage of material in the casing."
Date:
November 4, 1902
Creator:
Black, William Leslie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ballot-Box
Patent for a ballot box using black and white balls.
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Green, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aparejo
Patent for more efficient and durable pack-saddle (aparejo) used by United States Army. Casing involves hollow boot-sticks and rubber-encased steel, with better fitting to prevent fatigue of animal.
Date:
February 11, 1902
Creator:
Keller, John & Titsworth, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plaiting Apparatus
Patent for improved apparatus for plaiter, to increase efficiency and ease of use with durable and simple design.
Date:
March 11, 1902
Creator:
Reynolds, Charles A. & Reynolds, Sallie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for an oil-burner, “and it has for its object to provide a construction in which stream will be admitted to the oil or commingled therewith in sufficient quantity to aid combustion…” (lines 11-15) including illustrations.
Date:
November 11, 1902
Creator:
Chandler, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Holder.
Patent for a cattle-holder, which provides the "novel means for confining cattle and holding them in an upright position against movement" (Lines 14-16).
Date:
May 13, 1902
Creator:
Terrell, Joseph E.; Terrell, William. & Montgomery, Franklin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
DRAFT-EQUALIZER
Patent for a device to equalize the draft among 1-6 horses when attached to a plow.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
INGRAM, JOSEPH D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Elevator Gate
Patent for an elevator gate that will automatically be raised or lowered upon ascent or descent of the elevator, with illustrations.
Date:
October 7, 1902
Creator:
McNaught, Ira S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casting Dental Plates.
Patent for casting dental plates which builds upon a previous patent by the same inventor, Patent No. 633,222, accepted on September 19, 1899. This patent professes to eliminate previous issues with casting metal such as pinholes and air bubbles that create imperfections in the dental plates.
Date:
May 27, 1902
Creator:
Streetman, Willard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buttonhole and Button Location Marking Machine.
Patent for an improvement on machines that create buttonholes and mark buttonholes. Includes illustrations.
Date:
October 14, 1902
Creator:
Powell, William J.; Vaughn, William H. & Rose, Isaac E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard.
Patent for improvements and new features to cattle guards on railways, including illustrations.
Date:
September 16, 1902
Creator:
Miller, Martin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. [Copy #2]
Patent for an ironing board that has adjustable height and can be folded for storage.
Date:
February 11, 1902
Creator:
Click, John Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. [Copy #1]
Patent for an ironing board that has adjustable height and can be folded for storage.
Date:
February 11, 1902
Creator:
Click, John Jones
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Working Tool.
Patent for a new and useful wireworking-tool. "This invention relates to a wireworking-tool particularly adapted for use in twisting wire-ties around posts and over runners, drawing staples, and cutting wires" (line 8-11).
Date:
February 4, 1902
Creator:
Hargrove, Benjamin O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for new and useful improvements in wire-stretchers. The "invention has relation to improvements in wire-stretchers, and especially to that class of wire-stretchers employed in wire-fence building or repairing" line 10).
Date:
January 28, 1902
Creator:
Dunlap, Sam H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improvements in wire-stretchers by using a combination of winding-drum, a ratchet upon the drum and wire clutches for engagement with a wire to be stretched. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Walls, Joseph A. & Boyter, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for improvements “in axle-nut wrenches in which the wrench comprising an angular socket portion adapted to extend partially within the wheel-hub to engage the nut,” (lines 81-83) so that the nut may be unscrewed by rotating the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for wire stretcher which draw fence-wire and hold the stack. This device is used mainly while working with fence-wires and supplemental tie-wires.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Halpain, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a "simple form of device for stretching wire, said device being adapted for attachment to a post or other support and to the wire to be stretched" (lines 9-12).
Date:
February 11, 1902
Creator:
Brannon, Walter Zebulin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for "wrenches; and it consists in the improved means for operating the movable jaw thereof." (lines 12-13) including illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
Boozer, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Listing-Machine.
Patent for a mechanism used to mount the beam and to connect to the axle in a listing-machine, a class of braking-plows. The mechanism will provide lever support and a means for securing the segmental rack while still being simple, efficient, durable, and inexpensive.
Date:
October 21, 1902
Creator:
Matthews, Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for a new windmill design with improvement to the "mechanism for transmitting the motion of the wheel shaft to the pump rods."
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Morrisson, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Fence Tool
Patent for tool "which may be used for various purposes in connnection with wire fences" (lines 16-17) including an illustration.
Date:
June 3, 1902
Creator:
Neeb, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Fastener
Patent for a "combined automatic window fastener and lock by means of which a sliding window-sash may be securely held and fastened at any desired point of elevation and locked against movement in either direction."
Date:
September 2, 1902
Creator:
Parks, Leonard D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History