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Miter-Box.
Patent for a new and improved miter box that quickly adjusts "to guide a saw at any desired angle" (line 12), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Shotwell, Marcus Aretar Kossuth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map
Letter Patent of "a map, drawing or similar device provided with an index" (lines 72-74); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Bentley, H. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support for Vehicles.
Patent for a tongue-support for the tongues of vehicles that "provide an exceedingly simple and effective catch or holder for holding the support up against the under side of the tongue" (lines 18-21), including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Ashby, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch
Patent for the invention relates to improvements in gate-latches. The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of gate-latches and to provide an automatic one adapted to lock the gate when the latter closes and capable of automatically setting itself in proper position for engaging and locking the gate should it be closed instead of open or in position to receive the gate.
Date:
May 29, 1900
Creator:
Jones, Albert Sidney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gymnastic Apparatus
Patent for "improvement in aerial revolving ladders for gymnastic purposes for use in theaters, circus-tents, etc." (lines 13-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Delmore, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for a hay bailing machine. "The invention relates to bailing-presses, and more particularly to that class adapted for bailing hay, straw, &c.; and it has for one object to provide a simple and efficient construction in which a continuous rotation of the bailing-lever will act in conjunction with a retractile spring to reciprocate the plunger" (lines 7-13). "A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient construction of detent for holding the gate after the hay or other material has been compressed and while the piston is retracted" (lines 14-18). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Garrett, Irvin H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard-Rail.
Patent for guard rails for use in connection with frogs or switches, including illustrations.
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Murphy, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop.
Patent for an envelop adapted "as a cover or wrapper for valuable papers, money, and the like." (Lines 10-13) Illustrations included.
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Dennis, Millard Jefferson & Davis, William Clarence
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape
Patent for a fire-escape for "people irrespective of age, sex, or condition may be safely carried from any landing or floor of a building to the sidewalk or street" (lines 25-28); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Thompson, B. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment for Umbrellas or Parasols.
Patent for a fan attachment for umbrellas or parasols, including illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Beseler, Otto
System:
The Portal to Texas History
File-Wrapper and Package Fastener.
Patent for securing expansible envelopes and file wrappers with a flexible cord.
Date:
May 15, 1900
Creator:
Davis, Frederick Clarke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Truck.
Patent for a roller truck that is comprised of "plurality of rollers, a suitable framework upon which said rollers operate, and an improved means of retaining them in position in said framework." (lines 14-17); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Sotey, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Music
Patent for invention in sheet-music that "overcomes" the defects of market's sheet music (lines 21-30); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 29, 1900
Creator:
Martin, T. P., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Reciprocating Engine.
Patent for a rotary reciprocating engine that is smaller, has more horse-power, and has less friction than previous models.
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Williams, Win D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato Digger.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in potato-diggers, designed to cut away the vines and to throw them out of the way of the plow-points." (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Winfrey, Zachary T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for a non-refillable bottle. The invention "relates to bottles in general, and more particularly to that class known as "non-refillable" bottles, and has for its object to provide a cheap and simple device of this nature that when once emptied cannot be refilled either by floating, by exhausting the air therefrom, or by pouring thereinto" (lines 11-17). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Bogue, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano.
Patent for an upright piano. This piano's construction provides a "case in which warping of the sides and fingerboard support will be prevented, in which convenient racks for holding music in use may be provided, in which the music may be continuously arranged, so as to be readily accessible, and in which the sounding board and string-carrying frame by me readily inserted and removed and may be held firmly in place." (Lines 13-21) Illustrations included.
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Norcross, Levi Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Holder.
Patent for a new pencil-holder that is "a light, efficient and convenient pencil-holder capable of reliably securing the pencil to which it is attached within the pocket, thereby holding the same in readiness for use." (Lines 14-17) Illustration included.
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Hogg, George, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for several improvements in baling presses for making cylindrical bales, the machine being able to be set up in both the horizontal and upright positions.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Byars, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Feeder
Patent for a new "Cotton-Gin Feeder, Drier, and Cleaner" (line 6.) for the purpose of disintegrating "dry, and clean damp and dirty seed-cotton" (lines 10-11).
Date:
May 12, 1900
Creator:
Brown, Charles William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Setting and Feeding Device.
Patent for a new and "useful Improvements in Saw Setting and Feeding Devices" (lines 5-7) including illustrations.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Haltom, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary engine
Patent for fluid-presure rotary engines in which the pressure of the fluid will react against the piston, which will in turn rotate the shaft. Reversibility and speed-regulation are further enhancements to this type of engine.
Date:
May 24, 1900
Creator:
Obuch, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for "a new and useful car-couplers to enhance the operation of coupling." (line 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 29, 1900
Creator:
Rhodes, Asa Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for a car-coupling that "will greatly simplify the construction and facilitate the operation thereof by providing levers upon the end of the car" (lines 14-17); including illustration and instructions
Date:
May 29, 1900
Creator:
Asher, Albert J. & Gautt, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History