Attachment for Coffee or Tea Pots. (open access)

Attachment for Coffee or Tea Pots.

Patent for "attachment for coffee or tea pots or other receptacles" (lines 5-7) designed to materially improve the construction of the pot or urn, whereby the same will be simple and effective and the process of treating the coffee or tea by the action of the boiling water or steam materially enhanced.
Date: May 21, 1901
Creator: Darden, George Albion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baking-Oven (open access)

Baking-Oven

Patent for improvements in the design and construction of baking ovens
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Baxley, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Condenser for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for a new means of separating air from cotton, expelling the air while the cotton is condensed and released for baling.
Date: September 17, 1901
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition Fuel (open access)

Composition Fuel

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in composition fuel, the object being to produce fuel in compact form which will burn quickly, rapidly generating an intense heat, and leaving but a small quantity of a residue or ash" (lines 10-15).
Date: January 15, 1901
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for destroying cotton-boll weaver. (open access)

Machine for destroying cotton-boll weaver.

Patent for a machine that aids in pest control of cotton boll weevil and other insects including including illustration.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Dannelly, Frank M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck (open access)

Truck

Patent for a conventional truck designed to lift heavy freight above the ground.
Date: September 17, 1901
Creator: Haltom, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syringe Attachment (open access)

Syringe Attachment

Patent for an attachment to connect syringe to liquid container for increased efficiency
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: Poe, James Granger
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown Tank (open access)

Knockdown Tank

Patent for a sheet metal tank that is created in sections, able to be dismantled or "knocked down" in sections, and able to be transported in sections, including illustration.
Date: July 23, 1901
Creator: Harry, Hugh W. & Harry, Thomas C.
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
Projectile. (open access)

Projectile.

Patent for improvements in projectiles for use in smooth-bore guns of any caliber, the same being so grooved or rifled as to insure rapid rotation and great accuracy and range in flight. (Lines 8-11.) Illustration is included.
Date: June 25, 1901
Creator: Croom, Alvis F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Concentration (open access)

Process of Concentration

Patent for the invention that relates to a process of separating a conductive substances from a nonconductive substance, and more particularly to the seperation by means of electrifying conducting particles and repelling said particles, while the non-conductive substances are not so repelled (lines 10-16).
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Sutton, Henry M. & Steele, Walter L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suction cotton harvesting and cleaning apparatus. (open access)

Suction cotton harvesting and cleaning apparatus.

Patent for "a suction cotton harvesting and cleaning apparatus for harvesting cotton" (Lines 10-11) with illustrations.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Dannelly, Frank M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener (open access)

Hame-Fastener

Patent for an improved hame fastener, including illustration.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Dodson, Roy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Stamp. (open access)

Hand-Stamp.

Patent for improvements in hand-stamps which “comprises a flexible bed of perculiar formation, removable type, means for securing the type in place against accidental displacement, and a bar connecting the ends of the bed when bowed and serving as a handle.” (Lines 17-22) Illustration is included.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Johnson, John Calvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastener. (open access)

Fastener.

Patent for improvement in fasteners that "can be attached to a collar-button for the purpose of holding any articles such as bow-ties, scarfs and neckties of wearing-apparel in position to make the articles easily attached or detached from the garment." (Lines 10-19) Illustration is included.
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Applebom, Ralph & Sidenbitel, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Separator (open access)

Separator

Patent for separating oil or grease, grit and water of condensation from steam, either live steam or exhausted-steam, as it passes to or from an engine or steam-pump (lines 10-14).
Date: May 28, 1901
Creator: Hanson, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Strainer. (open access)

Strainer.

Patent for improvement to strainer that contains a detachable connection for a culinary strainer for tea or coffee pots, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 29, 1901
Creator: Sidoti, Antonio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-compressor. (open access)

Fuel-compressor.

Patent for crushing fuel and introducing a combustible liquid, the combination of which is compressed by a vibrating plunger to create fuel blocks suitable for easy handling.
Date: January 15, 1901
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper Ruling Machine (open access)

Paper Ruling Machine

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Ruling-Machine, to provide a simple and efficient machine with a series of pens that draw across sheets of paper carried by a suitable support" (lines 5-11).
Date: February 26, 1901
Creator: Wilmans, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano Attachment (open access)

Piano Attachment

Patent for improvements in the medium with which the piano creates notes in correlation with the striking of the strings so that the notes may be "produced alone or in concert with the bell-like tones at the will of the performer" (lines 15-17).
Date: July 9, 1901
Creator: Deutsch, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Sharpener (open access)

Pencil-Sharpener

Patent for "a convenient device for sharpening lead-pencils that can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost and placed on the market as an advertising medium or convenient for use in the school-room" (lines 14-18).
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Darden, Newton J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Ore-Concentrator (open access)

Electric Ore-Concentrator

Patent for an electric ore concentrator which offers "an improved method and means for electrically concentrating and separating various metallic substances from their respective ores" (lines 14-17), including explanations and illustrations.
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Sutton, Henry M. & Steele, Walter L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drainage Apparatus. (open access)

Drainage Apparatus.

Patent for a drainage apparatus by using two siphon-pipes, a back-pressure valve and an automatic starting device to drain the water from one place to another when the water is at a predetermined level. Illustration is included.
Date: January 8, 1901
Creator: Carroll, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer (open access)

Draft-Equalizer

Patent for "a draft-equalizer that the draft will be equally distributed among each of the animals attached thereto, so that one may travel in the furrow, if desired, and the remainder permitted to move over the unplowed ground" (lines 22-27).
Date: May 14, 1901
Creator: Anderson, Samuel Cornelious
System: The Portal to Texas History