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Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements in baling-presses by using a “duplex baling-press wherein the power is alternately applied by novel mechanism to the two baling-plungers in such manner that only one plunger at a given time is operating to compress the bale, and at the completion of the stroke thereof the other plunger is operated to compress its bale, the arrangement being such that the plungers are alternately engaged and released by the power mechanism and are automatically returned to operative position after they have been released.” (Lines 9-21.) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 18, 1900
Creator:
Watkins, William D. & Pruit, Trose P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Acting Pump
Patent for new and useful improvement in double-acting pumps for those "deep-well double-acting pumps in which as single cylinder and piston are used" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
Date:
September 18, 1900
Creator:
Stuckes, John M. & Smith, Earnest K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence
Patent for fence improvements, "especially to a wire fence made, preferably, of plain strands of wire horizontally disposed and drawn toward one another by means of short pieces of wire which are twisted about the horizontal wires line" (lines 15 – 20) illustrations included.
Date:
September 18, 1900
Creator:
Bateman, Eugene E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screw-Gearing
Patent for screw-gearing for motors, particularly motors for fans or similar objects, including illustrations.
Date:
September 18, 1900
Creator:
Paker, Oren A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Germ-Destroyer for Telephone-Mouthpieces.
Patent for destroying disease causing germs in the mouth-piece of a telephone.
Date:
December 18, 1900
Creator:
Lacey, Lewis Lorenzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press.
Patent for hay presses with "a construction operable by horse-power in which the plunger will be operated as the sweep is moved in both directions and in which, furthermore, there will be an efficiency of operation and an economy of power" (lines 11-16).
Date:
December 18, 1900
Creator:
Bryant, Edward R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for improved construction of lifting jacks with a "vertically-movable screw and capable of enabling the jack to be readily connected with an object at the base of it, whereby the range of the lifting-jack will be materially increased" (lines 14-18).
Date:
December 18, 1900
Creator:
Sanders, John Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well casing
Patent for a well-casing for a strainer.
Date:
December 18, 1900
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making Cotton-Bales.
Patent for improvement in apparatus for making cotton-bales from continuous sheets or bats by “employing only a single press and which permits the ginning and bat-forming devices to be operated continuously which accumulated the cotton in light and fleecy condition during the covering and removal of the bales, which feeds the cotton from the accumulator to the baling apparatus whenever this is desired.” (Lines 68-75) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 18, 1901
Creator:
Anderson, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvements in car-couplers "wherein the link is automatically engaged with the draw-head of a second car and the link can be quickly disengaged when it needed uncoupling." (Lines 10-11) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 18, 1901
Creator:
Ponton, Henry H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy and Process of Making Same
Patent for a "fruit or nut taffy, comprising two distinct kinds of candy, which are separately manufactured and afterward combined in a single article or piece of confectionery" (lines 11-14), including ingredients and process.
Date:
June 18, 1901
Creator:
Webb, Jesse B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer.
Patent for improvement in draft-equalizer “to drive a plurality of animals abreast, and is arranged so that neither of the animals need travel upon ploughed ground. It is also designed to obviate the usual unnecessary looseness of the draft connections and to provide for an adjustable tension upon the connection between the opposite equalizing-bars.” (Lines 12-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 18, 1901
Creator:
Shipman, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator Door and Catch.
Patent for elevator doors and catches by creating a device which can make the elevator door opened and closed automatically. Illustration is included.
Date:
June 18, 1901
Creator:
McNaught, Ira S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Embroidery Attachment for Sewing-Machines
Patent for pressing device of sewing machine that will be in operative engagement with the needle to enable efficient stitching and embroidery work.
Date:
June 18, 1901
Creator:
Moore, Franklin O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Branding-Chute
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Branding Chutes" (Lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Honeycutt, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain Jack.
Patent for new and useful improvements in chain-jacks. "This invention aims to provide a chain-jack for lifting the boxes of axles, so that the bearings or brasses therefor can be readily replaced, and is designed especially for use in cases of hot boxes on railway-cars" (line 11-15).
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Phillips, Henry S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter.
Patent for improvements to the construction of corn and cotton planters that are ridden by the user, illustrated.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Boyd, Joseph Lonzo & Gillis, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Enlarging Negatives.
Patent for a new or improved device to enlarge negatives; that is simple, portable, and ready to use, including illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Hutchings, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Egg Preserving Apparatus.
Patent for a new and useful egg container for packing, storing, and preserving eggs.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Glacken Hugh
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Locks." (Lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Johnson, William W.
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock
Patent for "a simple and inexpensive article which will securely hold a nut in place upon a bolt and form a yielding support beneath the same" (lines 13-16).
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Price, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Holder for Enlarging-Cameras.
Patent for an improvement in holders attached to enlarging-cameras to hold the paper being exposed: "The object of the invention is to provide a simple and convenient form of paper-holder in which the paper may be readily inserted and removed and from which the light will be effectually excluded" (lines 15-19).
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Hutchings, George B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Sharpening Machine.
Patent for improvements in "that class of saw-sharpening machines in which straight-edge-filing devices reciprocally movable are provided and in which ratchet mechanism for feeding the saw is also included" (lines 8-12) including illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Phelps, Ruben P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History