Car-Wheel. (open access)

Car-Wheel.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car wheels, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 5, 1899
Creator: Clark, Fred
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
Machine For Generating And Utilizing Noxious Fumes. (open access)

Machine For Generating And Utilizing Noxious Fumes.

Patent for new and useful improvements in machines for generating noxious fumes and utilizing the same for destruction of animal life, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 5, 1899
Creator: Hanaway, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooler. (open access)

Water-Cooler.

Patent for a simple, efficient, and inexpensive portable water cooler that refrigerates the water "by the action of the air and the evaporation of the liquid or vapor percolating the material" (lines 12-14). It does not use ice and can be used in rural areas.
Date: September 5, 1893
Creator: Hymans, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pan or Lid Lifter. (open access)

Pan or Lid Lifter.

Patent for a new and useful pan or lid lifter, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 5, 1899
Creator: Jones, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Plowshare. (open access)

Design for a Plowshare.

Design patent for a plowshare with a substantially triangular plowshare or moldboard.
Date: September 5, 1899
Creator: Kegans, John Hamelton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a new and useful cotton chopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 5, 1899
Creator: McGillivray, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for an improved quarter circular press with a rebounding plunger. The "improvements are in the arrangements and securing of the plates to receive the king-bolt; and braces to guide and support the lever; and, the links linking the plunger-bar direct to the king-bolt, and suitable tripping mechanism" (lines 20-26).
Date: September 5, 1893
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hunting-Knife. (open access)

Hunting-Knife.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in hunting knives, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 5, 1899
Creator: Shelton, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History