Veneer Basket. (open access)

Veneer Basket.

Patent for stronger, lighter construction of baskets frequently used in shipping fruit, although the improvement "may be used for any and all purposes of which it is capable" (lines 13-15).
Date: June 3, 1902
Creator: Aber, Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Veneer-Bending Machine (open access)

Veneer-Bending Machine

Patent for improving veneer bending through a slower process which allows the entirety of the veneer to be heated.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Aber, Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper (open access)

Stalk-Chopper

Patent for a stalk chopper that chops weeds, vines, and stalks into smaller pieces or kills them in order for the ground beneath to be readily cultivated.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Adamson, William Levi
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle. (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle.

Patent for improvements to non-refillable bottles to prevent tampering and/or re-filling of container with alternate substance. Item is designed to be used on any ordinary bottle.
Date: August 19, 1902
Creator: Allen, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiber Separating Machine (open access)

Fiber Separating Machine

Patent for machines for separating the textile fiber of various plants, and has for its objects generally to simplify such machines, perfect their product, and avoid waste (lines 11-15) with illustrations.
Date: May 13, 1902
Creator: Allision, Samuel Benjamin & Dorrestein, C. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Separating Fiber from Stalks. (open access)

Machine for Separating Fiber from Stalks.

Patent for a machine that separates fibers from the stalks and leaves of a variety of plants, including ramie, flax, pineapple, and sisal.
Date: January 7, 1902
Creator: Allison, Samuel B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mop Holder (open access)

Mop Holder

Patent for an improved mop holder that will hold the mop head and the handle.
Date: February 18, 1902
Creator: Anderson, Isaac Nerie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nursing-Bottle (open access)

Nursing-Bottle

Patent for nursing bottle with a removable side wall so the it can be easily cleaned.
Date: November 25, 1902
Creator: Anderson, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for "an improvement in that class of presses adopted for baling hay" (lines 10-11) with illustrations.
Date: June 3, 1902
Creator: Arnold, Cyrus M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Appliance. (open access)

Draft-Appliance.

Patent for a draft appliance (animal-driven vehicle) with the purpose of changing and equalizing the draft between draft-animals and making the draft line easily adjustable.
Date: October 7, 1902
Creator: Arnold, Cyrus M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Acting Cylinder-Pump. (open access)

Double-Acting Cylinder-Pump.

Patent for improvements in double-acting cylinder-pumps by making “the cages and check-valves detachable from the piston-cylinder without removing or disturbing either the casing or piston-cylinder and can be replaced in the same manner.” (Lines 18-22) Illustration in included.
Date: April 22, 1902
Creator: Arnold, Henry B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scaffold-Bracket (open access)

Scaffold-Bracket

Patent for a scaffold-bracket.
Date: February 25, 1902
Creator: Arnold, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for baling-presses to prevent the inward-drawing or centripetal movement of the fiber in a press of the roller type (lines 96-97) by “disposed intermediate of the rollers and within the plane of the baling-cylinder for opposing resistance to the inward movement of the fiber and overcoming to a greater or less extent the tendency of the upper layer of cotton to form waves or billows in advance of the rollers.” (Page 1, lines 101-102, page 2, lines 1-6.) Illustration is included.
Date: April 22, 1902
Creator: Atkinson, Joseph J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for an improved bailing-press.
Date: April 22, 1902
Creator: Atkinson, Joseph J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy Fountain. (open access)

Toy Fountain.

Patent for toy foundation. It is "an improved form of toy fountain by which a column of water or other liquid may be discharged into the air from a suitable reservoir by pueumatic pressure" (lines 8-11).
Date: December 9, 1902
Creator: Attwater, Henry P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer. (open access)

Type-Writer.

Patent for a new device for typewriters which allows for shifting from lower case to upper case by means of "the one set of keys ordinarily employed, but of modified construction" (lines 14-15) including descriptions of the device, operation, and illustrations
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Austin, Thomas R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Lock (open access)

Sash Lock

Patent for an invention which improves "the construction of sash locks" for "great strength and durability" (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Baker, Howard Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke. (open access)

Animal-Poke.

Patent for improvements in animal-poke by providing a device which is arranged for convenient application to an animal, so as not to interfere with the grazing and drinking thereof, and will effectually prevent the animal from destroying fences and also from pushing and fighting other stock. (Lines 9-15) Illustration is included.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Barnes, John I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for combining both cotton choppers and cultivators. This will create a more easily operated piece of machinery.
Date: February 4, 1902
Creator: Bass, James Milton, Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner. (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner.

Patent for crude-oil burner that has excellent combustion, it is simply constructed to to make it easier to use, and requires little or no attention. It is adaptable to be used in fire-boxes (cooking and heating stoves, furnaces, and ranges).
Date: December 2, 1902
Creator: Bateman, Talbot O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mat for Presses (open access)

Mat for Presses

Patent for a mat for presses which is to be used to express oils from vegetables.
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Baumgarten, Carl Gustav
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fluid-Operated Signal (open access)

Fluid-Operated Signal

Patent for a fluid operated signal with illustrations. The device would allow communication between a train engineer and a caboose conductor through a device that utilizes the fluid-pressure brake system of the freight train.
Date: September 30, 1902
Creator: Bell, Chester L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of the Brazoria Area, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of the Brazoria Area, Texas

Text describing climate and soils of the Brazoria area, Texas.
Date: 1902
Creator: Bennett, Frank & Jones, Grove B.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool For Withdrawing Casings From Wells. (open access)

Tool For Withdrawing Casings From Wells.

Patent for tool for withdrawing casings from wells that is "easy to apply and convenient to manipulate while in use" (lines 15-17).
Date: October 14, 1902
Creator: Bennison, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History