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AIR-BREAK SIGNALING AND RELEASEING DEVICE. (open access)

AIR-BREAK SIGNALING AND RELEASEING DEVICE.

Patent for an improvement in air-brake release-valve in trains to signal train crews and release the breaks if they become set for any reason, or stuck, while the train is moving, including descriptions of the release valve and illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Dukesmith, Frank H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Decive for Sucker-rods and Couplings (open access)

Antifriction Decive for Sucker-rods and Couplings

Patent for an improved method of connecting sucker-rods, couplings, or ropes so as to minimize wear and extend the life of the materials, with illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Black, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction-Device-For-Sucker-Rods. (open access)

Antifriction-Device-For-Sucker-Rods.

Patent for an antifriction device designed to protect the rod (sucker rod), rope, or coupler from wear. A sucker rod joins the components of a piston pump in an oil well.
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Black, William Leslie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction device for sucker rods. (open access)

Antifriction device for sucker rods.

Patent for "an improved antifriction device for use in connection with inclosed traveling rods and the like to reduce the wear occasioned by the rubbing of the rod in its casing, and at the same time to so far reduce the area of said antifriction device which projects from the rod as to interpose the least possible obstruction to the free passage of material in the casing."
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Black, William Leslie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for baling-press which is to "provide a rotary sweep,..., which is connected in a novel manner to the compressing-plunger, whereby said plunger is operated twice to each revolution of the sweep" (lines 12-16). Illustrations included.
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Fitz Water, Marshall V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dog Attachment for Logging-Cars, &c. (open access)

Dog Attachment for Logging-Cars, &c.

Patent for a new dog attachment "for logging cars, sleds, and wagons, &c., [...] which will securely retain logs on a car, sled, or wagon and also readily release the same for unloading when required" (lines 9-13), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Hudgens, George Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Doll Novelty. (open access)

Doll Novelty.

Patent for a new device, which is a rounded, weighted base placed in a doll that allows the doll to raise itself when turned over on any side without external assistance by lowering the doll's center of gravity. Descriptions of materials used and illustrations are included..
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Flint, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burning Attachment For Stoves or Furnaces (open access)

Oil-Burning Attachment For Stoves or Furnaces

Patent for "an attachment for wood and coal stoves and furnaces by which hydrocarbon oils can be burned in connection with a wood or coal fire in a very effective and economical manner, the attachment being also capable of being used alone for heating and cooking..."
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Cordray, Henry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Fan (open access)

Rotary Fan

Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Rotary Fans" (lines 5-6) with description and illustration.
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Hawk, Nathaniel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree (open access)

Whiffletree

Patent for a whiffletree, a type of doubletree, which is part of a horse's harness.
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Stansell, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen Door (open access)

Screen Door

Patent for a screen-door with a gate at the bottom that can be lifted to allow sweeping trash through and for placing small packages through while the door remains closed.
Date: September 4, 1902
Creator: Lynch, E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Applying and Tightening Device. (open access)

Bale-Band Applying and Tightening Device.

Patent for "...an applying and tightening device for bale-bands..." (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ballot-Box (open access)

Ballot-Box

Patent for a ballot box using black and white balls.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Green, Charles D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cash-Box (open access)

Cash-Box

Patent for "a device adapted for persons making a great number of small collections, such as railway conductors" (lines 8-10).
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Peetz, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coach-Equalizing Suspender. (open access)

Coach-Equalizing Suspender.

Patent for a coach-equalizing suspender.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Best, William Newton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg-Preserving Compound. (open access)

Egg-Preserving Compound.

Patent for a compound of cotton-seed oil, beeswax, paraffin, and salicylic acid that was meant to preserve eggs by sealing their pores.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Barrel. (open access)

Gun-Barrel.

Patent for improvement in small firearms. The gun combines a cylindrical breech and with an elliptical bore in order to increase the projectile’s impact and stabilize its trajectory. The invention uses an ordinary ball cartridge, improving upon an earlier patent by the inventor. Detailed explanation and illustrations included.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Cole, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar-Blocking Machine. (open access)

Horse-Collar-Blocking Machine.

Patent to improve machines for manufacture of horse-collars, specifically by addressing the shaping of the horse collar, or “blocking.” The patent specifies a collar holder that “conforms to the finished outline of the collar” (line 20), a binding mechanism “brought firmly about the rim of the collar and there held while pressure is brought upon the body of the collar to properly shape it” (lines 21-25), and independent control over the “degree of strain of the binder about the collar and the degree of pressure upon it” (lines 26-27). Includes illustrations.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Dodson, Roy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knife. (open access)

Knife.

Patent for improvement in pruning-knives by creating a hollow slot in the handle of the knife and a pivoted blade; in which the blade can be pull out of the slot when in use and place it back to the slot when it is not in use. Illustration is included.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Zwicker, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner. (open access)

Music-Leaf Turner.

Patent for "...an improvement in music-leaf turners...by which the leaves may be readily turned from side to side as desired..." (lines 9-12) including illustrations.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Dascomb, Charles Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for plow by using “a block located between the spaced beam-bars and serving not only as a spreader for holding the bars apart, but also constituting means whereby the standard or stock may be adjusted to different inclinations with relation to the beam. Another feature is a brace that rigidly holds the standard or stock in place and also forms strengthening means at the point of attachment of the handles to the beam to prevent vibration of the former, thus insuring a rigid and stable structure.” (Lines 25-36) Illustration is included.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Kelly, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a lightweight plow consisting of a skeleton beam and attached parts.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Kelly, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Spur. (open access)

Riding-Spur.

Patent for improvement in riding-spurs for horsemen by “using an open-ended socket, a shank having limited sliding movement in the socket, a rowel freely journaled at the outer end of the shank, and a spring inclosed within the socket and serving to hold the shank normally outward, the tines or points of the rowel being adapted to engage the socket and secure the rowel against rotation when the shank is pressed inward.” (P. 2, lines 6-14.) Illustration is included.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Ridings, John G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stop and Waste Cock (open access)

Stop and Waste Cock

Patent for improvements in the construction and design of stop and waste cocks.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Munger, Ennis
System: The Portal to Texas History