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Saw-Filing Machine
Patent for a Saw-Filing Machine. "This invention relates to saw-filing machines; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective device of this character which is adapted to sharpen with accuracy and rapidity the teeth of different kinds of saws." (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Smith, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BLIND-STOP
Patent for an improvement in Blind-Stops. "My invention relates to improvements in blind-stops, and has for its object to provide a simple, strong, and cheap device of this kind." (lines 15-18) and illustration.
Date:
August 18, 1903
Creator:
Koenig, Charles Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Electroplating Small Metallic Articles.
Patent for "apparatus for electroplating small metallic articles, and more particularly certain small clamps used in building fences" (lines 8-11), including illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Shelton, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAR-COUPLING
Patent for a Car-Coupling. "This invention relates to car-couplings of the Janney type..." (lines 9-10) including illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Yeiser, John Clarke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Device for Sucker-Rods.
Patent for a rod sleeve to protect the rod joints from damage or bending. The design also includes rollers to keep the rods centered in the casing to eliminate rubbing.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Black, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
PRINTER'S QUOIN
Patent for Printer's Quoin. "The invention relates to printers' lock-ups; and its object is to provide a new and improved printer's quoin..." (lines 8-10) and illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Decker, William Scott
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Makes gas generators more automatic making them less dangerous and less likely to cause an explosion.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Summerfield, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Machine
Patent for centrifugal machine. This invention is specific to centrifugal machines used as sugar-driers to separate the molasses from crystallized sugar.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Kennon, James Daniel; Dobbins, G.W. & Shields, L.T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
GATE
Patent for a Gate. "My invention is an improved gate adapted for use as a farm-gate and for other uses." (lines 11-12) and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
BRUCE, ROBERT A
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater
Water-heaters that can be more manufactured for a lower cost while heating water more quickly and work as a room heater for the bathroom.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Summerfield, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater.
Patent for a water heater for use in small spaces. This water heater heats water rapidly and is less costly as well as smaller than a standard boiler.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Damm, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Stem Packing
Patent for "valve-stem packing for locomotives and steam engines." (lines 8,9) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
McComas, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Metallic Railway Tie
Patent for improvements in metallic railway-ties. Invention designed to allow for cheap production of a adequate tie that can secure a road-bed.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Thweatt, Robert Whitley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vapor-Burner.
Patent for a vapor burner that improves upon existing vapor burners by using steam to heat oil and mix with vapor. This invention consists of novel features within the vapor burner's arrangement and construction.
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Pritchard, Edward Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Steam Engine
Patent for improvements in steam-engines. The goal of this invention to provide a simple construction that can be equally adapted for locomotives and high speed engines.
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Dickson, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic-Drill
Patent for an improved hydraulic drill to penetrate and bore holes into earth, clay and similar materials, including illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Higgins, Pattillo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marine-Engine Governor.
Patent for marine engine governor "designed to maintain uniformity of speed of the engine when the resistance to the propeller or propellers is varied" (lines 11-13), including illustrations and description of construction.
Date:
August 18, 1903
Creator:
Corneliussen, Ivar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spirometer
Patent for "an improved spirometer, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device of this character adapted for use by invalids, convalescents, and other persons for exercising the lungs and measuring and indicating the cubic capacity or volume of air expelled from the chest." (lines 8-15)
Date:
August 4, 1903
Creator:
Lyttleton, Henry Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Apparatus.
Patent for pumping apparatus. This invention provides a means to elevate liquids by use of compressed air. It is specifically intended for deep oil-wells.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Cain, Francis Charles & Herrenkind, Oscar Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley.
Patent for a trolley-wheel mechanism for electric trolley cars connected to wires. The trolley-wheel is designed to allow a degree of movement while maintaining stability.
Date:
August 18, 1903
Creator:
Seastrunk, Thomas P. & Archer, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Triple Valve For Air-Brakes
Allows the "auxiliary reservoir to be recharged without releasing the brakes" (lines 11-13) improving the triple valve in air-brake systems.
Date:
August 25, 1903
Creator:
Robinson, David M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Attachment to Desks.
Patent for "a stand, shelf, or holder for attachment to desks...for the purpose of supporting a type-writer [or] reference-book... the object in view being to provide a support of this character with means for attaching the same to a desk and means for swinging or revolving said support so that the... article may be readily and conveniently brought around to the front of the desk for use... and then swung back out of the way upon the side of the desk." (lines 12-24)
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Bell, William Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neck Yoke Counter Stop for Artillery Carriages
Patent for a neck yoke counter stop for artillery carriages. This invention is an improvement for counter-stop adapted for the limber-pole of artillery field-carriages.
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Wenke, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch
Patent for a railway switch. Illustration included.
Date:
August 18, 1903
Creator:
Aley, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History