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Broaching-Press
Patent for a device used with metal-working machines that provides more efficient finishing.
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Baker, Jason A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Holder.
Patent for improvement in coin-holder “to be use on a belt to be worn by a person or on a stand placed on a counter, desk, or the like, and arranged to hold coins of desired denominations and to permit the user to conveniently and quickly remove coins of various denominations for making changes.” (Lines 10-16) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 4, 1900
Creator:
Miller, Thomas Octavus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Motor.
Patent for improving crank-lever churn motors for a more simple construction that results in a more lightweight but strong machine.
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Crawford, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a hand-lever baling press.
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Williamson, Charles Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in “gas-machines in which the gas is generated from calcium carbid; in which the gas will be thoroughly washed before passing to the distributing-pipe, thus affording a pure white light, and further to provide a means for running off coal-tar that may gather on the top of the water in the machine.” (Lines 9-18) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Metzger, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-brake
Patent for a car-brake that improves the ability of a train to stop its forward motion.
Date:
December 29, 1900
Creator:
Wise, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-press
Patent for a baling-press that will prevent hay or other material from jamming the mechanisms used to bale it.
Date:
December 8, 1900
Creator:
Dennis, Felix Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Apparatus.
Patent for machines that generate acetylene gas for a "simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, in which the gas is thoroughly washed before entering the service-pipe and in which the water-supply to the generator is controlled by the gas pressure and the carbid kept at all times cooled by surrounding water" (lines 11-17).
Date:
December 4, 1900
Creator:
McGoldrick, William Hamilton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for improved construction of lifting jacks with a "vertically-movable screw and capable of enabling the jack to be readily connected with an object at the base of it, whereby the range of the lifting-jack will be materially increased" (lines 14-18).
Date:
December 18, 1900
Creator:
Sanders, John Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table.
Patent for improvements to ironing tables, including a narrow folding table top by which to iron sleeves and small articles, a means by which "depending articles" may be kept out of the way and off the floor (and thus clean), and an iron holder.
Date:
December 4, 1900
Creator:
Wren, James F. & Grant, Nancy E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well casing
Patent for a well-casing for a strainer.
Date:
December 18, 1900
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam and Water Separator.
Patent for improvements in steam and water separator to “eliminate water, entrained moisture, grease, or other impurities from steam at any pressure and automatically discharge the water of condensation and other impurities from the trap and permit the steam to pass in a thoroughly-dry condition to the point of use.” (Lines 13-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 4, 1900
Creator:
Reynolds, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongs.
Patent for tongs with gripping jaws that are removable and have variable gripping surfaces on each vertical side of the jaws.
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Rice, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup.
Patent for "an improved bottom, an improved supporting-bar, and an instep-bar" (lines 8-9) for stirrups.
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Turner, Ephraim M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment.
Patent for an adjustable plow attachment that is placed onto a plow blade and sweeps aside earth while "forming a load-bearing surface." (p. 1)
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Bracewell, William B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements to the turning-plow, with convertible attachments for other forms of plow.
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Armstrong, John Joshua, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Pole.
Patent for trolley-poles for electric cars which provides "a simple, inexpensive, and highly efficient trolley-wire finder, and one which is readily applicable to trolley-poles such as at present in use and is adapted to be quickly and easily raised to an operative position and when released is adapted to gravitate to a position below and out of the way of the trolley-wire" (lines 15-22).
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Schroeter, William & Kautzmann, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System.
Patent for, "telephone system; and it has for one object to provide such an arrangement of the instrument and wiring as will permit a subscriber to converse with a second subscriber" (lines 8-12).
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Bennett, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hitching-Strap.
Patent for a strap to attach an animal to a hitching-post, especially a smooth one, to avoid slipping or accidental loosening by the animal with "an improved slidable catch" (line 18).
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Jacobsen, Frederik August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Germ-Destroyer for Telephone-Mouthpieces.
Patent for destroying disease causing germs in the mouth-piece of a telephone.
Date:
December 18, 1900
Creator:
Lacey, Lewis Lorenzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for hay presses with "a construction operable by horse-power in which the plunger will be operated as the sweep is moved in both directions and in which, furthermore, there will be an efficiency of operation and an economy of power" (lines 11-16).
Date:
December 18, 1900
Creator:
Bryant, Edward R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shuttle Mechanism for Sewing Machines
Patent for "new and improvements in sewing machines" (lines 5-6).
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Warren, Charles T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements in plows by employing moldboards on both left and right side of the plow; with a shoe or land slide fixed to the plow-beam extension. Then use a V-clamp to secure the plow-handles and a bracket to secure the moldboards and plow-point. This construction will allow free movement of the plow-point and moldboard up and down or vertically without lifting the shoe from the furrow. Illustration is included.
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Morrison, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Frog.
Patent for "a frog for crossing rails at switches or railway-crossings" (lines 8-9).
Date:
December 25, 1900
Creator:
Barry, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History