Boiler Scraper and Cleaner (open access)

Boiler Scraper and Cleaner

Patent for a boiler scraper and cleaner. This invention is designed to remove incrustation and sediment that collects on the bottom of boilers. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1903
Creator: Miller, Hugh C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Cleaner. (open access)

Flue-Cleaner.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in flue cleaners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 8, 1898
Creator: Cathriner, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Weighing Scale (open access)

Continuous Weighing Scale

Patent for continuous weighing scale. Illustration included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap. (open access)

Ant-Trap.

Patent for ant traps that has a body portion with upper and lower inlet chambers. The trap is connected with the upper inlet chamber by a passage-way through which the ants may pass.
Date: December 19, 1911
Creator: Seifert, Adolf R. R. & Campbell, Bertha
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge Crimper. (open access)

Cartridge Crimper.

Patent for a new and improved cartridge crimper. This design consists of "tweezers having biting-heads, an interposed core and printing-stamp arranged within said core, a shell-holder surrounding the core, and a trimming-knife" (lines 78-82).
Date: December 17, 1889
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg Holder. (open access)

Egg Holder.

Patent for a new and improved egg holder. This design consists "[i]n an egg-holder, the combination, with two hollow semi-ellipsoidal sections, having downwardly-projecting stems terminating in legs, the stems being pivoted to each other, of the spring interposed between the lower ends of the stems" (lines 70-75).
Date: December 9, 1884
Creator: Hervey, Frances P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Worm-Poison Distributers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Worm-Poison Distributers.

Patent for new and valuable improvement in cotton-worm-poison distributer (distributor) to secure to a saddle upon a horse.
Date: December 29, 1874
Creator: Willie, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating-Flue. (open access)

Ventilating-Flue.

Patent for ventilating-flue made from sheet-metal tubes, and "can be placed in any building without necessitating making the same in one length, the sections being constructed so as to be readily adjusted on each other" (lines 12-15).
Date: December 4, 1894
Creator: Lange, Fritz
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for "a new buckle or tie for holding the ends of the bands of cotton-bales" (lines 18-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1871
Creator: Brown, Floyd G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers. (open access)

Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.

Patent for "machines which are designed for distributing poison-dust over the leaves of plants for the destruction of insects, especially the worms which prey on the cotton-plant." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 29, 1874
Creator: Eldridge, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Convertible Cotton-Planter. (open access)

Improvement in Convertible Cotton-Planter.

Patent for improvement in convertible cotton-planters. The mechanism has a seed-dropping mechanism and a rear or side plow covers the dropped seed.
Date: December 20, 1877
Creator: Willie, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syringe. (open access)

Syringe.

Patent for a syringe that has "vaginal points adapted to be connected with the tube of a hand-bulb or fountain syringe" (lines 13-15). There is a tube with a bulb in the middle, a syringe on one end, and a cap on the other end.
Date: December 10, 1895
Creator: Day, Elisha Little
System: The Portal to Texas History
Slate-Operating Means For Shutters. (open access)

Slate-Operating Means For Shutters.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in slate operating means for shutters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 26, 1899
Creator: Cordray, Henry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History