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Bottle. (open access)

Bottle.

Patent for non-refillable bottles which can be filled and emptied easily with inexpensive construction. Instead of a stopper, a bottleneck pattern can be used which is efficient and safer.
Date: August 5, 1902
Creator: Holland, Willie Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal-Foil Fabric. (open access)

Metal-Foil Fabric.

Patent for
Date: August 5, 1902
Creator: Parker, Harry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preserving and Storing Building. (open access)

Preserving and Storing Building.

Patent for a preservation and storing building which uses ventilation and air purification to preserve perishable items. Includes a description of the building design and illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1902
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spoke-Tightener. (open access)

Spoke-Tightener.

Patent for "a new and useful Spoke-Tightener" (lines 5-6) and adjuster, including illustration.
Date: August 5, 1902
Creator: La Bauve, Valcoure J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Storage System. (open access)

Storage System.

Patent for storage system to store goods without using ice or any other material for lowering temperature. This design uses strategic air circulation to achieve the desired low temperature.
Date: August 5, 1902
Creator: Rector, John Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for washing machine. Objective is to make the machine inexpensive and capable of washing clothes with rapid cycles without any harm to the fabric.
Date: August 5, 1902
Creator: Sparkman, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator for cotton farming meant to be strong and durable as well as light and inexpensive to construct; to make it convenient to adjust the shovel beams for different distances between rows; and to support the shovel-beams in an elevated position so that they do not contact the ground and to allow them to be lowered as needed.
Date: August 12, 1902
Creator: Comstock, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game-Cards. (open access)

Game-Cards.

Patent for game cards. Provide attractive cards with detailed instructions on how to play card games.
Date: August 12, 1902
Creator: Sharp, Bird H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stack Former and Protector. (open access)

Stack Former and Protector.

Patent for an invention "to provide a device of this character by means of which a hay, straw, or other kind of a stack may be formed and while being formed may be protected from rains" (lines 13-17). Illustrations included.
Date: August 12, 1902
Creator: Stipp, Edwin M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk Cooler (open access)

Milk Cooler

Patent for improvements to milk coolers; to reduce the temperature inside the cooler by "evaporation of moisture from an enclosing canopy of fabric cloth" (lines 16-17)
Date: August 13, 1902
Creator: Daniel, W. S. & Shackelford, W, O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can Opener (open access)

Can Opener

Patent for can-opener which uses a fulcrum point that pierces the center of the can's lid and a circular blade to cut an opening around the circumference.
Date: August 19, 1902
Creator: Pierce, Jesse Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin. (open access)

Cotton-Gin.

Patent for a cotton gin that has a large ginning capacity (similar to saw types of gins) and also preserves the fiber (similar to roller types of gins).
Date: August 19, 1902
Creator: Fuller, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grave Filler. (open access)

Grave Filler.

Patent for a grave-filling machine, which transports dirt into the hole of the grave.
Date: August 19, 1902
Creator: Deering, Uriah H.
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Tank (open access)

Stock Tank

Patent for an improved water tank for livestock, connecting an elevated reservoir to a trough at ground level.
Date: August 19, 1902
Creator: Wright, Wayne C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a washing machine with altered construction for quick removal and insertion of clothing, while still working safely and quickly with a variety of fabrics. It uses a rotary table and a pounder.
Date: August 19, 1902
Creator: Lawrence, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for "a new and Improved Baling-Press" (lines 7-8) with description and illustrations.
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Goodwyn, Thadeus A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ballast Spreading Car (open access)

Ballast Spreading Car

Patent for improvements on the ballast spreading car, including plows placed underneath for more efficient spreading of ballast material.
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Scott, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compress (open access)

Cotton Compress

Patent for "an improved cotton-compress adapted to be used in connection with a cotton-baling press for increasing the density and reducing the size of the bales formed in the press."
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Denton, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel Compound. (open access)

Fuel Compound.

Patent for "Ricker's Crude-Oil Brick Fuel," a petroleum compound meant to replace coal.
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Ricker, James Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Heater, Strainer, and Separator (open access)

Oil Heater, Strainer, and Separator

Patent for purifying oil by removing all impurities. It is meant to prepare the oil for fuel burning purposes.
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Burrow, Edgar A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Cutting Attachment for Plows. (open access)

Weed-Cutting Attachment for Plows.

Patent is for "weed cutting devices for plows, and has for its object to provide the shovel of a plow or cultivator with blades or knives, which are adapted to enter the soil a slight distance and cut down or uproot all weeds or grass and at the same time to smooth or pulverize the soil" (lines 12-18).
Date: August 26, 1902
Creator: Robinson, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History