Brick-Machine. (open access)

Brick-Machine.

Patent for a brick machine that is "effective, yet simple and durable, machine especially adapted to receive bricks from a stiff-mud mill and re-press them and also to provide a means whereby the machine will be automatic in its action." (Lines 7-12) Illustrations included.
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Anthony, Russell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cistern (open access)

Cistern

Patent for the "class of cisterns used to catch rain-water from the roofs of houses or other places" (lines 9-11); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Harry, H. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vechicle-Top Support. (open access)

Vechicle-Top Support.

Patent for "supports for the bows of folding vehicle-tops, and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character for application to one end of the shifting rail of the top, so as to receive the bows and cushion them against injury in folding and when the vehicle is passing over a rough roadway." (Lines 8-15) Illustration included.
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Buchanan, Sanford McElroy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Two-Way Faucet. (open access)

Two-Way Faucet.

Patent for "a two-way faucet adapted for attachment to a hydrant or other source of supply and also for connection with a hose, whereby water my be obtained for general or household purposes without the necessity of the water passing through the rubber hose, which would render the water unfit for domestic use or for culinary purposes." (Lines 13-20) Illustration included.
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Barrett, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Bar Adjusting Mechanism. (open access)

Tongue Bar Adjusting Mechanism.

Patent for "a new and useful tongue-bar-adjusting mechanism for piano" (line 2) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Moyer, Jesse Hechler
System: The Portal to Texas History
File-Wrapper and Package Fastener. (open access)

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