Combined Concentrator, Amalgamator, and Separator (open access)

Combined Concentrator, Amalgamator, and Separator

Patent for improvements to a Combined Concentrator, Amalgamator, and Separator used for ore and gravel.
Date: December 3, 1901
Creator: Journeay, William O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat Compressing and Feeding Mechanism for Cotton Presses (open access)

Bat Compressing and Feeding Mechanism for Cotton Presses

Patent for an improved bat system to compress a bat of cotton into a number of individual sheets or laminae and to automatically feed same after being compressed into the baling box of an ordinary cotton press for forming cubical or square bales of cotton.
Date: September 3, 1901
Creator: Rembert, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler (open access)

Boiler

Patent for a steam boiler "to provide simple and effective means for quickly generating steam by exposing the water fully to the caloric influence of the furnace or fire in the latter through the medium of radial tubular attachments" (lines 9-14), including illustrations.
Date: September 3, 1901
Creator: Hensley, Frank Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Suspenders. (open access)

Attachment for Suspenders.

Patent for suspender attachment designed to support trousers. Includes Illustration.
Date: September 3, 1901
Creator: Dahl, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Belt Tightener and Stretcher (open access)

Belt Tightener and Stretcher

Patent for a device that stretches and tightens belts, ropes, wire, etc.
Date: December 3, 1901
Creator: Engle, Jacob S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard (open access)

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
Wagon Bed Lifting Device (open access)

Wagon Bed Lifting Device

Patent for a wagon-bed lifter that will remove and wagon beds and position them for easy re-assembly.
Date: December 3, 1901
Creator: Slate, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace-fastener (open access)

Trace-fastener

Patent for a trace-fastener "which will admit of the trace being readily applied to the singletree and quickly and easily detached therefrom and which will prevent displacement of the trace when in position" (lines 13-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 3, 1901
Creator: Johnson, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Hanger. (open access)

Lamp-Hanger.

Patent for adjustable-height lamp hanger primarily for electric lamps, including description and illustration.
Date: December 3, 1901
Creator: White, Herbert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Track Lifting-Jack (open access)

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
Wire-Fencing Tool (open access)

Wire-Fencing Tool

Patent for "a device. . .which is simple, cheap, and durable by which wire fences may be repaired quickly and thoroughly, the device being very light to enable one to carry it around easily" (lines 11-15).
Date: September 3, 1901
Creator: McCue, Roger
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for "a new and improved rotary engine which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and arranged to utilize the motive agent to the fullest advantage, and to permit of convenient and quick reversing whenever desired" (lines 9-15).
Date: September 3, 1901
Creator: Hestand, Hardy & Matthews, Arthur R.
System: The Portal to Texas History