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Transmitting-Gear for Windmills.
Patent for an improved transmitting-gear for windmills "which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to impart a long stroke to the pump-rod or other device to be actuated" (lines 11-14), including one illustration.
Date:
January 22, 1901
Creator:
Allison, Jesse H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Vent
Patent for "an open-sided vent-passage at the neck of the bottle, thus permitting the formation thereof at the time the bottle is blown and rendering the construction more simple and economically produced" (lines 16-20).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-refillable bottle.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles" (line 5). "This invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and more particularly to mean sfor admitting air to such bottles, in connection with a valve-stopper for preventing the introduction of liquid into the bottle after the stopper has been placed in position." (lines 9-10)
Date:
January 1, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub-Attaching Device.
Patent for device to attach vehicle wheel hubs to axles and spindles without screw-threads, including description and illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, Nathan S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer
Patent for "a draft-equalizer that the draft will be equally distributed among each of the animals attached thereto, so that one may travel in the furrow, if desired, and the remainder permitted to move over the unplowed ground" (lines 22-27).
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, Samuel Cornelious
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Cotton-Bales.
Patent for improvement in apparatus for making cotton-bales from continuous sheets or bats by “employing only a single press and which permits the ginning and bat-forming devices to be operated continuously which accumulated the cotton in light and fleecy condition during the covering and removal of the bales, which feeds the cotton from the accumulator to the baling apparatus whenever this is desired.” (Lines 68-75) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 18, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastener.
Patent for improvement in fasteners that "can be attached to a collar-button for the purpose of holding any articles such as bow-ties, scarfs and neckties of wearing-apparel in position to make the articles easily attached or detached from the garment." (Lines 10-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 26, 1901
Creator:
Applebom, Ralph & Sidenbitel, Joe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press
Patent for a press for hay, straw, and similar. This device, intended for horse-powered bailing processes, is designed for cheap and efficient hay press for the bailing process.
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Armstrong, James McRae
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard
Patent for a cattle guard that will turn horses, cattle, mules, etc.
Date:
December 3, 1901
Creator:
Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double Acting Cylinder Pump
Patent for double acting cylinder pumps capable of continuous operation and a continuous stream of water, including illustration.
Date:
October 15, 1901
Creator:
Arnold, Henry B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for "a gate which can be built at a comparatively low price, which will be durable and practical, and which can be opened from either side with ease" (lines 13-17).
Date:
July 30, 1901
Creator:
Baker, Cicero McRee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine.
Patent for a reciprocating steam-engine that both live steam and exhaust-steam may be utilized with a single piston to reciprocate it.
Date:
August 27, 1901
Creator:
Baker, Joseph Clark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for rotary pump designed to counterbalance thrust at each step by a "series of lifting-wheels mounted upon a common shaft" (lines 10-11) in order to minimize wheel thrust.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Baker, Josheph W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Felly-Expander
Patent for "the provision of a device which will be simple in construction, yet strong and efficient in operation" (lines 14-16).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Barber, James A. & Adams, Frederic A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baking-Oven
Patent for improvements in the design and construction of baking ovens
Date:
March 26, 1901
Creator:
Baxley, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator
Patent for indicator "for vessels by which to show accurately and readily the draft of the vessel, as well as any list and pitch that may exist" (lines 8-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 26, 1901
Creator:
Bennison, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Track Lifting-Jack
Patent for "an improved device of this character which is designed for heavy work, as in railway service, and at the same time to have the device comparatively light in weight in order that it may be conveniently carried from place to place" (lines 10-15).
Date:
September 3, 1901
Creator:
Bentley, George Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for improvements in "construction of tilting gates and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one of great strength and durability adapted to be readily opened and closed at a distance fron either side of it by a person in a vehicle or on horseback" (lines 11-16).
Date:
August 20, 1901
Creator:
Berkley, Benjamin Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for an improvement in cotton-press to form cylindrical cotton bales, including illustrations.
Date:
December 31, 1901
Creator:
Bessonette, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stump-Puller
Patent "to improve the construction of stump-pullers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one which will possess great strength and durability and which ma be readily operated with a minimum amount of power" (lines 10-15).
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Bethel, Ion Maywood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Cultivator and Planter Attachment Therefor.
Patent for an improved wheel cultivator, which includes a planter attachment, a hopper, a seed-dropping and fertilizer distributing mechanism, and covering plows.
Date:
December 31, 1901
Creator:
Bigler, B. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake
Patent for an invention that relates to innovations and improvements to railroad car-brakes.
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Boyers, Thomas Albert.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Hame Fastner
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Hame-Fastner" (lines 6-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 14, 1901
Creator:
Boyle, F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Changeable Gearing.
Patent for changeable gearing by using an axle, bevel-gears, stub-shafts and a crank-axle to construct the changeable gear, so that the “sprocket is locked to rotate with the crank-axle in one direction, while it may rotate freely of the axle in opposite direction, and, furthermore, that the sprocket may be locked to rotate with the axle or may be caused to rotate at a higher-speed than the axle.” (Lines 8-14.) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 8, 1901
Creator:
Brady, Alford
System:
The Portal to Texas History