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Adjustable Rack for Railway-Cars. (open access)

Adjustable Rack for Railway-Cars.

Patent for improvements on racks in railway-cars including more storage for smaller items, an adjustable rack for children or elderly persons to be able to reach without needing to stand on the car seat, a titled hinge that allows a rack to be pulled for ward and pushed back, and other improvements.
Date: August 2, 1898
Creator: Butler, Michael
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
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in baling presses.
Date: May 17, 1898
Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Changeable Gear For Bicycles. (open access)

Changeable Gear For Bicycles.

Patent for a new and useful changeable gear for bicycles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 29, 1898
Creator: Maxwell, Fietcher Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back or Lining for Fireplaces. (open access)

Back or Lining for Fireplaces.

Patent for improvement linings of fireplaces including the cost for creation, the adaption to fireplaces of different sizes, the expansion and contraction of parts under the influence of heat.
Date: August 9, 1898
Creator: Dickson, John Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caster. (open access)

Caster.

Patent for a new and useful caster to be "applied to light and heavy furniture" (line 13-14).
Date: September 13, 1898
Creator: Gluck, Solomon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a new improvement in cattle guards, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in churns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 18, 1899
Creator: Christie, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Pedaling Brake. (open access)

Back-Pedaling Brake.

Patent for a new and improved brake and coasting pocket wheel for velocipedes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1899
Creator: Wallerich, Nicholas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Alarm for Stem-Boilers. (open access)

Automatic Alarm for Stem-Boilers.

Patent for a new and useful automatic alarm for steam boilers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 18, 1899
Creator: Prencel, Anthony M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Planter. (open access)

Combined Plow and Planter.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in a combined plow and planter which "can be readily adapted for planting different kinds of seed, such as corn, cotton, cane, and the like" (line 21 - 23).
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Franklin, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton-Chopper And Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Cotton-Chopper And Cultivator.

Patent for a new and useful combined cotton chopper and cultivator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 13, 1899
Creator: Parker, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Bearing Axle-Box. (open access)

Ball-Bearing Axle-Box.

Patent for a new and useful ball bearing axle box, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 12, 1898
Creator: Hobron, Charles Bingley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Gearing. (open access)

Bicycle-Gearing.

Patent for "gearing for bicycles, and has for its object to furnish a train of gearing for the connection of the treadles with the rear wheel of a bicycle, whereby the usual sprocket-and-chain gearing may be dispensed with." (lines 7-12).
Date: August 16, 1898
Creator: Brown, Wilson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap. (open access)

Ant-Trap.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in ant-traps.
Date: April 12, 1898
Creator: Selvidge, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Cultivator-Tooth Seat. (open access)

Adjustable Cultivator-Tooth Seat.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in adjustable cultivator tooth seats, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 7, 1898
Creator: Shofield, James Drummond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ballast-Scraper. (open access)

Ballast-Scraper.

Patent for new and useful improvements in ballast scrapers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: McElvaney, Charles T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biblical Game Apparatus (open access)

Biblical Game Apparatus

Patent for a new and useful game apparatus. This design is to "provide a biblical game apparatus adapted to be employed in play by two or more persons" (line 8-10).
Date: December 14, 1897
Creator: James, Will S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Desulfurizing Matte Or Other Furnace Products (open access)

Apparatus For Desulfurizing Matte Or Other Furnace Products

Patent for a new and improved apparatus for desulfuring matte or other furnace products.
Date: November 9, 1897
Creator: Wells, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher. (open access)

Churn-Dasher.

Patent for a new and useful churn dasher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 29, 1898
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planter. (open access)

Corn-Planter.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn planters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: Webb, Richard Haywood
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Supplying Device For Diving Purposes. (open access)

Air-Supplying Device For Diving Purposes.

Patent for a new and useful air supplying device for diving purposes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 5, 1899
Creator: Hensley, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition Pulp Plaster and Process of Manufacturing Same. (open access)

Composition Pulp Plaster and Process of Manufacturing Same.

Patent for "a composition pulp plaster designed as a substitute for ordinary lime-plaster and equivalent materials and particularly adapted for use in warm moist climates, where the ordinary lime-plaster lacks durability and is rendered non-adherent. A further objective of the invention is to provide a cheap substitute for plaster which will be not only waterproof, but also fireproof and gas-proof or practically impervious to air" (lines 9-18). It includes instructions for manufacturing the plaster with various proportions of the ingredients depending on the purpose.
Date: May 9, 1899
Creator: Blake, David H. & Ray, Jeramiah P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cleaner for Seed-Cotton. (open access)

Cleaner for Seed-Cotton.

Patent for a new and improved cleaner for seed cotton, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 8, 1898
Creator: Hart, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History