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Telephone System. (open access)

Telephone System.

Patent for "a novel arrangement of circuits in connection with a pair of telephone-receivers at each subscriber's station, whereby the subscriber can cut out the station, so that the conversation is being carried on between two subscribers cannot be heard by the other subscribers on the same line" (lines 9-17).
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Bennett, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Nut-Lock Washer. (open access)

Design for a Nut-Lock Washer.

Design patent for a nut-lock washer that consists of an annular disk having a depression on the margin of its inner opening and with an incision cut in from the periphery, forming a tongue.
Date: October 24, 1899
Creator: Carroll, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve For Smoke-Conveyers And Spark-Arresters. (open access)

Valve For Smoke-Conveyers And Spark-Arresters.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in valves for smoke conveyers and spark arresters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1899
Creator: Danan, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame And Trace Connector. (open access)

Hame And Trace Connector.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in Hames, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 5, 1899
Creator: Dodson, Roy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Attachment. (open access)

Window-Shade Attachment.

Patent for a new and useful window shade attachment, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 26, 1899
Creator: Garretson, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a new and improved rotary engine to "utilize the motive agent to the fullest advantage" (line 11 - 12).
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Hays, James Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Steamer. (open access)

Fruit-Steamer.

Patent for a new and useful fruit steamer for vegetables, canning fruits, &c., including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1899
Creator: Henderson, Alfred Jasper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for a simplified and "improved cotton-chopping mechanism which may be readily applied to a straddle-row cultivator of ordinary construction, whereby the cotton may be plowed and chopped at one operation" (lines 10-14). It also allows for the chopping mechanism to be adjusted to regulate the chopping operation and provides better support of the mechanism while operating.
Date: May 9, 1899
Creator: Ledbetter, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bed for Vehicles. (open access)

Folding Bed for Vehicles.

Patent for a new and improved folding bed for vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 18, 1899
Creator: Lotherington, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator.

Patent for a new and improved acetylene gas generating machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1899
Creator: Miller, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press (open access)

Cotton Press

Patent for new and improved plunger to form a compressed bale of cotton.
Date: June 3, 1899
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Show-Case. (open access)

Combination Show-Case.

Patent for new and useful improvements in combination show cases, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1899
Creator: Sanger, Phillip
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cover or Closure For Jars. (open access)

Cover or Closure For Jars.

Patent for a new and useful cover or closure for jars, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1899
Creator: Shaw, Wilber S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mandolin. (open access)

Mandolin.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in mandolins, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 13, 1899
Creator: Simpson, Roy Berkeley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riveting-Machine. (open access)

Riveting-Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvement sin riveting machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 12, 1899
Creator: Spepard, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Shade Roller And Lock. (open access)

Combination Shade Roller And Lock.

Patent for new and useful improvements in a combination shade roller and lock, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1899
Creator: Sturgis, Herbert M
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preheating Means for Vapor-Burners (open access)

Preheating Means for Vapor-Burners

Patent for "new and useful improvements in generators for vapor-burners" (line 6-7), including instructions and illustration.
Date: October 31, 1899
Creator: Wilson, William W. & Wilson, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy (open access)

Canopy

Patent for an invention that relates to certain improvements in carriage-covers; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the frame and cover and the manner of operating the same; and the object of the invention is to produce a cover for the protection of carriages while standing idle (Winants, 1902).
Date: September 28, 1899
Creator: Winants, Frank C.
System: The Portal to Texas History