APPARATUS FOR PUMPING WATER, SAND, &c. (open access)

APPARATUS FOR PUMPING WATER, SAND, &c.

Patent for "an apparatus for emptying sandboxes of locomotives" (lines 13-14) "operated by compressed air to elevate and discharge sand, water, &c." (lines 10-11).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Butler, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
WRENCH. (open access)

WRENCH.

Patent for an improved wrench "which can be very quickly adjusted for its work" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Phenix, William Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Step. (open access)

Vehicle-Step.

Patent for a new and useful vehicle step, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1900
Creator: Erikson, Eduard August Olef
System: The Portal to Texas History
Key-Bar. (open access)

Key-Bar.

Patent for key-bars for use on type-writers and cash-registers.
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Irish, Gilbert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap. (open access)

Insect-Trap.

Patent for new and useful improvements in insect-traps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1900
Creator: Boyd, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Trimmer. (open access)

Lawn-Trimmer.

Patent for a new and useful lawn trimmer, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1900
Creator: Luke, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hotel-Register And Advertising-Card Cabinet. (open access)

Hotel-Register And Advertising-Card Cabinet.

Patent for a new and useful hotel register and advertising card cabinet, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1900
Creator: Duncan, Selden
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Mounting Pictures. (open access)

Process of Mounting Pictures.

Patent for the process of producing and mounting pictures at the highest quality and the lowest cost to provide "the appearance of the highest art" (lines 16-17).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Cowan, Mark L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch-Locking Device. (open access)

Railway-Switch-Locking Device.

Patent for "a switch-locking device comprising a lock contained within the switch-lever of the switch-stand, by the use of which the switch may be more quickly and positively manipulated and finally locked in position" (lines 3-7).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Sulfer, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Attachment For Cotton Or Corn Planters. (open access)

Roller Attachment For Cotton Or Corn Planters.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in roller attachments for cotton or corn planters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1900
Creator: Beck, Emerziah B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Compress (open access)

Roller Compress

Patent for roller compress. This is an "improved roller-compress,especially adapted for forming cylindrical bales from cotton-bat by winding the same in successive layers upon itself" (p. 1, lines 8-11), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1900
Creator: Carter, E. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Brush for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Metallic Brush for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for brush-cylinders in cotton gins, with the purpose of simplifying and cheapening construction while increasing efficiency.
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Jenkins, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter and Cultivator. (open access)

Planter and Cultivator.

Patent for "an Improvement in a Combined Planter (cotton and corn) and Cultivator" (lines 5-6).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Svensen, Svend G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher. (open access)

Horse-Detacher.

Patent for a new and useful horse detacher, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1900
Creator: Powers, Homer
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Lace Fastener. (open access)

Shoe-Lace Fastener.

Patent for a barbed metal clasp designed to hold a shoelace knot together.
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Kroeninger, Augusta E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for certain new an useful improvements in acetylene gas apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 30, 1900
Creator: Ruthenberg, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame-Lifting Device for Disk Plows or Similar Implements. (open access)

Frame-Lifting Device for Disk Plows or Similar Implements.

Patent for "improvements in disk plows and similar implements, and especially to means employed for raising and lowering the frames of said plows in order to regulate the depth of the furrow" (lines 9-13).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Hendon, Walter Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick-Kiln. (open access)

Brick-Kiln.

Patent for brick-kilns to "provide means for burning bricks in a much shorter time and more effectively than is possible with usual constructions, and, further, to protect the kiln-walls against the injurious effects of heat" (lines 9-13).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Aber, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History