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Coin Operated Vending Machine
Patent for a coin operated vending machine that is meant to be inexpensive and adapted to protect the items being vended, and to allow adjustment for coins of different denominations.
Date:
September 2, 1902
Creator:
Fender, John Brown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boltless Fish and Bed Plate for Railway Rails
Patent for "fish-plates and bed-plates so constructed that rails can be secured in place without the necessity of making holes in the ends of the rails [...]; and the object is to simplify rail-joints and make the ends of the abutting rails stronger and to repair broken rails" (lines 10-17).
Date:
October 6, 1902
Creator:
Crawford, William, R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Press for Hay
Patent for a portable press for hay. "My invention relates to portable hay and other presses, and has for its objects, first, an improved power-transmission and lever device for pressing or forcing the hay or other material into th box or frame of the press" (line 8-13). Illustration included.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
McKean, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Skid.
Patent for a portable skid for loading and unloading, especially cotton bales.
Date:
January 13, 1903
Creator:
Williams, Jeff & Butler, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oiler
Patent for an oiler. This invention is designed to be attached to a broom for the distribution.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Allen, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compositor's Stick
Patent for a compositor's stick. This invention is for the improvement of the mechanism for setting type and printing.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment Fastening
Patent for a garment fastening.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Peffley, Emery A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for a gate. This inventions is designed to be open without having to dismount from horseback or from a vehicle.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Dansboe, Harry Rasmusson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine
Patent for a washing machine. "This invention relates to washing-machines in the nature of a combined boiler and washing machine" (8-10). Illustration included.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Pollard, Louis Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cheese Cutter
Patent for a cheese cutter.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Niggli, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farming Implement.
Patent for a multi-functional farming implement that has various interchangeable tools.
Date:
January 13, 1903
Creator:
Smith, William Birton.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Nailing Brick
Patent for a fireproof nailing brick. This invention replaces wooden plugs used for the purposes of enabling interior woodwork by using a fireproof brick or block of a porous nature.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Taylor, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rein-Guide
Patent for rein guides to support a harness and guide horses. The device yields little space during storage and transportation.
Date:
January 13, 1903
Creator:
Johnston, Nathan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sand-Screen for Wells.
Patent for a sand-screen for wells "to provide a simple and efficient device adapted for use on ordinary well-tubing, the same being capable of construction and repair at small cost, being readily attachable to and removable from the tubing, and having means for effectually excluding sand from the inlet end of the tubing, while permitting the free inflow of water therethrough" (lines 9-17).
Date:
April 26, 1902
Creator:
Jackson, Stokeley & Thompson, Neals
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Construction
Patent for a fan construction. This invention uses a spring motor to provided hours of fan use.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Burnes, Worley Walden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Penholder.
Patent for a wooden holder for pen-points. The holder is designed to be constructed cheaply and permit the neat and clean insertion and removal of pen-points.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Estes, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History