Barrel-Stand. (open access)

Barrel-Stand.

Patent for improvments to barrel stands and related to the "object in view being to provide a simple, and convenient stand for holding barrels and casks and permitting the same to be readily turned with slight exertion from a vertical to a horizontal position and vice versa" (lines 9-12) including illustrations.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: McClary, Rufus E. & Gray, Thomas S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner for Stoves or Furnaces (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner for Stoves or Furnaces

Patent for invention that relates to improvements in hydrocarbon-burner for stoves or furnaces or the like, the same being more especially intended for the consumption of crude oils... Among other things the invention has for its object the provision of an improved burner in which the liquid is vaporized within a confined space by causing it to splash upon a suitable obstacle and against the inner surface of a heated air-tube; to heat the air as it passes to the burner and to commingle the vapor and heated air so as to obtain an economical and combustible mixture (Greene, 1902).
Date: December 27, 1901
Creator: Greene, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue Cleaner for Steam Boiler Furnace (open access)

Flue Cleaner for Steam Boiler Furnace

Patent for a small apparatus for blowing out the tubes of boiler furnaces.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Westergaard, Hedge
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine. (open access)

Engine.

Patent for a reciprocating steam-engine that both live steam and exhaust-steam may be utilized with a single piston to reciprocate it.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Baker, Joseph Clark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows for hand-propelled device for use in gardens, including illustrations.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Ward, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for "improvements in harrows of the clod crushing or pulverizing type; and it consists in a certain peculiar construction the novelty and utility." (lines 9-11) including illustration.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Killough, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Ammonium Ichthyol Sulfonate. (open access)

Process of Making Ammonium Ichthyol Sulfonate.

Patent for "improvment in the process of making ichthyol sulfonate" (lines 10-13).
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: McLaughlin, Andrew Cyrus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Marine Governor (open access)

Electric Marine Governor

Patent for use in connection with marine engines for the purpose of preventing, the "racing" of the engine by regulating the supply of steam to engines, economizing steam and fuel consumption and preventing the dangers from injury or breakage to the machinery or vessel.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Housden, Thomas P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Singletree-hook and Trace-Securing Device. (open access)

Singletree-hook and Trace-Securing Device.

Patent for "singletree-hooks and trace-securing devices, the object being to provide a simple and easily-manipulated device of this character which may be readily attached to the ends of a singletree and will serve to hold the end of a trace in secure engagement with the end of the singletree" (lines 9-15) including illustration.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Robinson, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Stacking and Loading Device. (open access)

Hay Stacking and Loading Device.

Patent for "improvements in hay stacking and loading devices, the object of the invention being to provide means for erecting penannular stacks; and the same consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts, which includes a crane, its supporting means, and a hay-fork" (lines 10-16) including illustration.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Nichols, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cable-Power. (open access)

Cable-Power.

Patent for improvements "to cable-power obtained by means of movable windlasses driven by steam or other motive power; and the object is to obtain a powerful draft for use in agricultural purposes, drawing heavy plows and reaping-machines, hauling heavy loads of ore or coal in mining, moving houses, and for drawing heavy loads of any description." (Lines 8-15) Illustration is included.
Date: August 27, 1901
Creator: Eastman, Clyde J.
System: The Portal to Texas History