Resource Type

Colter Attachment for Plows. (open access)

Colter Attachment for Plows.

Patent for a new and useful colter attachment for plows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 19, 1898
Creator: Haynes, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn Or Cotton Planter. (open access)

Corn Or Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and useful corn or cotton planter, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1899
Creator: Linam, John W. & Whitworth, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Computing Device and Weighing-Scale. (open access)

Combined Computing Device and Weighing-Scale.

Patent for "a simple, economical, and portable combined computing and weighing scale for ordinary use so simple in its operation that an illiterate person can manipulate it with as much facility as one trained to the practical use of more complicated devices" (lines 20-25).
Date: July 11, 1899
Creator: Stephens, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed and Cylinder Printing-Machine. (open access)

Bed and Cylinder Printing-Machine.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in bed and cylinder printing machines for "operating and controlling the motion of the bed-plate thereof" (line 11 - 13).
Date: April 12, 1898
Creator: Murray, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee - Pot. (open access)

Coffee - Pot.

Patent for a new and useful coffee pot, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 19, 1898
Creator: Ingle, Jacob Odem
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check - Spring. (open access)

Check - Spring.

Patent for a new and improved check-spring. This design "relates to check reins; and its object is to provide a new and improved check-spring for preventing sudden jars to a horse's mouth when the animal throws his head forward" (line 7 - 11).
Date: January 18, 1898
Creator: Walker, Fred B. & Reid, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clevis. (open access)

Clevis.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in clevises, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 14, 1898
Creator: Taylor, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Package - Carrying Bicycle. (open access)

Convertible Package - Carrying Bicycle.

Patent for a convertible package carrying bicycle.
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Sanders, Ira B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Engine. (open access)

Compound Engine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in compound engines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1899
Creator: Johnson, Willie H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Flue Cleaner. (open access)

Boiler-Flue Cleaner.

Patent for a new and useful boiler flue cleaner, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 4, 1898
Creator: Hamilton, Ninian B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleansing and Preparing Cotton for Ginning and Baling. (open access)

Apparatus for Cleansing and Preparing Cotton for Ginning and Baling.

Patent for a new and useful apparatus for cleansing and preparing cotton for baling and ginning.
Date: February 15, 1898
Creator: Orden, Charles Van
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Plow And Stalk-Chopper. (open access)

Combination Plow And Stalk-Chopper.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combination plow and stalk chopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1898
Creator: Williams, Wood
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling For Well-Drilling Tools. (open access)

Coupling For Well-Drilling Tools.

Patent for a new and useful coupling for well drilling tools, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 3, 1899
Creator: Kuehn, Joachim F. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Billiard Cue (open access)

Billiard Cue

Patent for an improved billiard cue with a tip that can be quickly and easily removed and replaced by another and that will be adapted to hold a quantity of powdered chalk for use when needed.
Date: August 30, 1898
Creator: Farrand, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Fastener. (open access)

Bale-Band Fastener.

Patent for a new and useful bale band fasteber, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1899
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Churn And Ice-Cream Freezer. (open access)

Convertible Churn And Ice-Cream Freezer.

Patent for a new and useful convertible churn and ice cream freezer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 27, 1899
Creator: Everhard, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car - Coupling. (open access)

Car - Coupling.

Patent for a new and useful car coupler.
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Parks, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Flue-Cleaning Device. (open access)

Boiler-Flue-Cleaning Device.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in boiler flue cleaning devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Kitchen, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for a new and useful animal trap, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 5, 1899
Creator: Buckersberg, Simon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bolt Lock for Railways (open access)

Bolt Lock for Railways

Patent for a new and useful improvements in bolt locks for railways. This invention is to "provide a simple, durable, and effective device of this class" (line 13-14).
Date: December 21, 1897
Creator: Herrin, Lemuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Placket - Fastener. (open access)

Placket - Fastener.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in placket holders.
Date: February 22, 1898
Creator: McCauley, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge-Loading Machine. (open access)

Cartridge-Loading Machine.

Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in shell-loading machines.
Date: March 15, 1898
Creator: Handshy, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Hook. (open access)

Back-Band Hook.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in back band hooks, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1898
Creator: Lynch, John Elbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Multiple Weight And Pendulum Scale. (open access)

Combined Multiple Weight And Pendulum Scale.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combined multiple weight and pendulum scale and appliance, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1899
Creator: Stephens, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History