CAR-COUPLING (open access)

CAR-COUPLING

Patent for a Car-Coupling. "This invention relates to car-couplings of the Janney type..." (lines 9-10) including illustrations.
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casing Water Packer (open access)

Casing Water Packer

Patent for improved casing water-packer used for Artesian wells.
Date: June 9, 1903
Creator: Haas, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher (open access)

Churn Dasher

Patent for churn-dashers of the rotary type for a churning machine. This will allow the cream upon contact with blades of the dasher to turn over and head town the bottom of the churn.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for an oil feeder designed to burn crude oil. It features a carbon deposit chamber and a vent pipe.
Date: May 5, 1903
Creator: Hartung, Theodore A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulfuric-Acid Process of Extracting Precious Metals From Solutions (open access)

Sulfuric-Acid Process of Extracting Precious Metals From Solutions

Patent for "new and useful Imporivements in Processes of Recovering Precious Metals from Their Solutions, and which I designate as the 'Sulfuric-Acid Process;' [...] to separate the precious metals from their cyanid solutions in a rapid and thorough matter and to recover the precious metals from solutions thereof." (lines 5-8 & 22-26)
Date: June 23, 1903
Creator: Bahn, Gustavus A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for a hay press. "This invention has relation to presses having a rebounding and intermittently-operated plunger, and aims to provide a novel and positive actuating means for utilizing the power applied to the sweep in any accustomed manner (line 9-15) illustrations included.
Date: June 16, 1903
Creator: Ziller, August & Bouchard, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Generating Oil-Burner. (open access)

Generating Oil-Burner.

Patent for improvements in “generating oil-burners” by connecting a combination of tubes, pipes and casings to direct and regulate the oil flows to the burner. It can also control the amount of steam to be discharged to properly effect the burning of the oil. Illustration is included.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Spiller, Philip Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Regulator for Steam Boilers (open access)

Water Regulator for Steam Boilers

Patent for a water regulator for steam boilers.
Date: May 5, 1903
Creator: Walker, Benjamin, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barrel Press (open access)

Barrel Press

Patent for a barrel press.
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: Schenck, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for a hay press as it "relates to certain improvements in hay-presses, and has for its principal object to improve the construction of the power-head and pitman connection" (lines 7-10). Illustrations included.
Date: June 9, 1903
Creator: Dixon, Albert S. & Schneider, Jacob P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a car coupling "which greatly facilitate the connection of two car couplings having the improvements and adapt the knuckle of the car coupling to automatically swing open when free to do so." (line 12-16)
Date: May 26, 1903
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Framometer (open access)

Framometer

Patent for a framometer. This invention is a square and to be used by house builders. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Bones, Clifton Welton & Harvey, Harry F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heating or Cooking Stove (open access)

Heating or Cooking Stove

Patent for a heating or cooking stove.
Date: March 3, 1903
Creator: Spiller, Phillip Samuel & Haldeman, Horace P.
System: The Portal to Texas History