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Check-Line Buckle.
Patent for "...a novel means for connecting a check-line to the main line..." (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Snell, David C. F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burning Attachment For Stoves or Furnaces
Patent for "an attachment for wood and coal stoves and furnaces by which hydrocarbon oils can be burned in connection with a wood or coal fire in a very effective and economical manner, the attachment being also capable of being used alone for heating and cooking..."
Date:
November 4, 1902
Creator:
Cordray, Henry A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compress
Patent for improvements to the cutting mechanism in cotton compresses to "provide positive and reliable means for severing the full-grown or completed bale from the remaining column of compressed material and yieldingly supporting the said remaining column of compressed material under pressure to permit the baling operation to continue" (lines 21-27).
Date:
March 26, 1900
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
DISH-WASHER
Patent for a combined dishwasher and drainer.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Ida Ervin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt-Holder.
Patent for improvements in bolt-holders by “providing a combined bolt-holder and screw-driver…. in which the hook or engaging member is quickly and conveniently adjustable to any angle to allow the tool to be employed in various positions to engage bolts set.” (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 25, 1902
Creator:
Carter, Hiram C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burner for Crude Oil.
Patent for "a burner for crude oil, and particularly to a construction by means which a direct or indirect draft may be utilized in the burning of the oil." (lines 11-14) and illustrations.
Date:
June 10, 1902
Creator:
Lewis, Thomas E.; Ray, Albert J. & Wesson, Miley B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burner.
Patent for a new and improved burner for use in fire-boxes of boilers and other apparatus.
Date:
September 30, 1902
Creator:
Jones, John Lemiel, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for an improved acetylene-gas generator with a carbid receptacle on top of of the gasometer an an improved automated valve mechanism to assist with gas maintenance.
Date:
October 7, 1902
Creator:
Loyer, William Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker for Forming Mattress-Bats.
Patent for improvements in cotton-pickers for forming mattress-bats is to prepare the cotton to be light and elastic when the cotton is compressed into mattress-bats. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Morgan, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blower for Forges
Patent for new and useful improvements in blowers for blacksmiths' forges with the intention of creating less waste and a better economical value.
Date:
June 19, 1902
Creator:
Roach, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End-Gate Fastener
Patent for a fastener to hold end gate and sideboards of wagon in place and attached to body of wagon. Allows for adjustment.
Date:
January 21, 1902
Creator:
Nichols, Walter B.; Nichols, Edward A. & Schad, Frank X.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current Wheel
Patent for "a new and Improved Current-Wheel" (line 6) including description and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
Wells, James Ashley & Sumrall, Jessie Daniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling for Connecting Handles to Tools
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Couplings for Connecting Handles to Tools" (lines 5-7) with description and illustration.
Date:
July 29, 1902
Creator:
Suttle, Willis A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Feeder and Cleaner
Patent for cotton gin feeder and cleaner in which cotton passes over the screening surface by means of a picker-roller.
Date:
December 9, 1902
Creator:
Seifert, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for an automatic butter churn with illustrations.
Date:
January 28, 1902
Creator:
Fitzhugh, James, S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a combined cotton-chopper and cultivator.
Date:
July 29, 1902
Creator:
Forister, John H. & McAda, James N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar-Blocking Machine.
Patent to improve machines for manufacture of horse-collars, specifically by addressing the shaping of the horse collar, or “blocking.” The patent specifies a collar holder that “conforms to the finished outline of the collar” (line 20), a binding mechanism “brought firmly about the rim of the collar and there held while pressure is brought upon the body of the collar to properly shape it” (lines 21-25), and independent control over the “degree of strain of the binder about the collar and the degree of pressure upon it” (lines 26-27). Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 4, 1902
Creator:
Dodson, Roy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for a fertilizer-distributer with "means for agitating and loosening up the fertilizing material and delivering the same through a series of discharge-openings, such series extending transversely of the path of movement of the machine across the field and controlled by individual and independently-operable feed slides or gates, whereby the machine may be used for simultaneously fertilizing adjoined furrows or as a broadcast fertilizer-distributer" (Lines 12-21).
Date:
May 20, 1902
Creator:
Mize, William P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling - Press.
Patent for a baling press, “an improvement in that class of automatic presses adapted for baling hay, cotton, excelsior and similar materials.” (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
Date:
October 21, 1902
Creator:
Curry, Monroe & Roberts, William P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Rake.
Patent for new stalk rake design, “especially applicable as a rake for gathering corn or cotton stalks from the ground preparatory to plowing the same or otherwise fitting it for use”, (lines 13-17) including illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Clark, Joesph Lauson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Evener
Patent for invention that "relates to four-horse draft equalizers, and is well adapted for use on plows-- gang-plows, sulky-plows, and grain-plows-- and may be used also on wagons and other vehicles drawn by horse-power" (lines 8-12). Illustrations are included
Date:
March 15, 1902
Creator:
Sleight, Milton W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Cover.
Patent for an improvement in churn covers "which will embody a closed dead-air space above the body of the churn, a guide-tube for the dasher-rod, and the special construction at the outer edge of the base of the cover by which to provide a channel to fit upon the upper edge of the churn-body" (lines 10-15).
Date:
May 27, 1902
Creator:
Van Hoozer, Thomas H. B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Embossing-Machine.
Patent for improvements to embossing machines. specifically machines for embossing saddle leather, including an illustration.
Date:
September 16, 1902
Creator:
Russell, Frank Keach
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History