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Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for an automatic butter churn with illustrations.
Date: January 28, 1902
Creator: Fitzhugh, James, S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Slat Holding Means (open access)

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
PENCIL HOLDER (open access)

PENCIL HOLDER

Patent for a pencil holder that may be attached to a garment.
Date: January 14, 1902
Creator: PEARSON, JOHN WILLIAM
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for an invention that is "an improved crude-oil burner" (lines 8-9). Illustrations are included.
Date: January 31, 1902
Creator: Tucker, Holling G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Brace. (open access)

Bedstead Brace.

Patent for a new and useful bedstead-brace. "This invention is an improved construction of bedstead-brace, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient device which can be applied to any and all beds" (line 7-11).
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Campbell, Ike W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comb Cleaner. (open access)

Comb Cleaner.

Patent for a new and useful comb-cleaner. "This invention is an improved construction of comb-cleaner, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient device by means of which a comb can be quickly and effectively cleaned" (line 10).
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Hess, Hugo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for "...a Bailing-Press for Making Cylindrical Bales of Cotton..." (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Jones, Isaac Van Zandt
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for an improvement to the cotton chopping machine, which includes a hoe-blade that leaves the plants being processed in bunches.
Date: January 14, 1902
Creator: Berringer, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher. (open access)

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
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for a new windmill design with improvement with breaking from the wind with new connections.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Bird, Willie G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Separating Fiber from Stalks. (open access)

Machine for Separating Fiber from Stalks.

Patent for a machine that separates fibers from the stalks and leaves of a variety of plants, including ramie, flax, pineapple, and sisal.
Date: January 7, 1902
Creator: Allison, Samuel B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake Ratchet (open access)

Wagon-Brake Ratchet

Patent for new mode of applying brake-shoes to a wagon and improvement with the position of the brake level on a wagon.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Shipley, Jack J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Machine. (open access)

Ironing Machine.

Patent for a new and useful ironing-machine. "Invention is to improve the construction of ironing-machines and to provide a simple, efficient, and comparatively inexpensive one, designed for use both in laundries and elsewhere and capable of advantageously operating on all kinds of garment" (line 10-15).
Date: January 28, 1902
Creator: Dunn, William H. & McCurdy, Delo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packing Compound for Eggs, &c. (open access)

Packing Compound for Eggs, &c.

Patent for a food packing compound made out of clay, chalk, and lime.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorandum Clip Board. (open access)

Memorandum Clip Board.

Patent for an improved clipboard, which provides different clasps to support checks and other sized items at specific points.
Date: January 7, 1902
Creator: Dickey, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Specific-Gravity Scale (open access)

Specific-Gravity Scale

Patent for a type of weighing-scale, "designed for determining the specific gravity of any body, be it solid, liquid, or a gas" (lines 14-15) including illustration.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Bogue, Robert Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Snap (open access)

Snap

Patent for improvements in snaps including an eye for a strap to pass through for gripping.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Wroe, Hiram A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Heating Branding Iron. (open access)

Self Heating Branding Iron.

Patent for a self heating branding iron, which allows for branding irons to be easily attached and detached from portable sources of fuel.
Date: January 14, 1902
Creator: Lowe, Marvel Avander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Hinge (open access)

Spring Hinge

Patent for providing a "door-hinge of simple and durable construction swinging freely either way from a spring which is fast at one end, but adapted at the other to ride freely up and down the doorjamb" (lines 9-12) including an illustration.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Kincaid, Michael A. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Follower for Packing Sauer-kraut, &c. (open access)

Follower for Packing Sauer-kraut, &c.

Patent for new improvements for devices for producing pressure for sauer-kraut or other food products needing pressure.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Ira I. Newfield
System: The Portal to Texas History
End-Gate Fastener (open access)

End-Gate Fastener

Patent for a fastener to hold end gate and sideboards of wagon in place and attached to body of wagon. Allows for adjustment.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Nichols, Walter B.; Nichols, Edward A. & Schad, Frank X.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sham-Bolster Frame. (open access)

Sham-Bolster Frame.

Patent for "sham-bolster frames, and more particularly to that class that are lengthwise adjustable to admit of their being used with beds of any width" (lines 8-12) including illustrations.
Date: January 14, 1902
Creator: Gully, Leontina
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle

Patent for a new and improved non-refillable bottle "in which the liquid is prevented from being poured back into the bottle by a check" (lines 10-11) a physical piece located in the neck of the bottle with illustration.
Date: January 21, 1902
Creator: Leak, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History