Burner. (open access)

Burner.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in burners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Dickerson, Ernest Clifton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ballast-Scraper. (open access)

Ballast-Scraper.

Patent for new and useful improvements in ballast scrapers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: McElvaney, Charles T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Tire. (open access)

Bicycle-Tire.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in tires for "use with bicycles" (line 10).
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Lewis, George Harris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Garbage, &c. (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Garbage, &c.

Patent for an improved apparatus for burning refuse and consists of a roasting chamber, a garbage grate, grates that slope and carry the product away after combustion, flues that open above the grates, and the wall partly closes on one end to let the products away after combustion.
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Garretson, William H. & Tainter, Silas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Mop and Window-Cleaner. (open access)

Combined Mop and Window-Cleaner.

Patent for an improved mop and rubber holder meant to clean windows, walls, and similar surfaces. It is adjustable, and the operator can put the mop or the rubber on the end of the handle.
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Wiebush, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tumbler-Washer. (open access)

Tumbler-Washer.

Patent for a device that is meant to thoroughly clean the inside and outside of glasses, mugs, and similar articles. The operator need not get their hands wet, and the brushes that clean the glasses are adjustable for different sized glasses.
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Zauner, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valved Coupling for Train-Pipes. (open access)

Valved Coupling for Train-Pipes.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in valved couplings for train pipes, including instructions and illustrations..
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Williams, Win D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truss. (open access)

Truss.

Patent for a new and improved truss for relieving or supporting hernia, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Oliver, Zebulon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Boiler Feed-Water System. (open access)

Steam-Boiler Feed-Water System.

Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in steam boiler feed water systems, including instructions and illustrations..
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Clousnitzer, Ernest Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Handle And Tool. (open access)

Tool-Handle And Tool.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in tool handles and tools, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Lantz, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener. (open access)

Hame-Fastener.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in hame fasteners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Rankin, Frank N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Follower For Barrels. (open access)

Follower For Barrels.

Patent for a new and useful follower for barrels, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Shanks, David Willis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Cutter. (open access)

Feed-Cutter.

Patent for a feed cutter that has a casing that makes up tilted side walls with transverse openings, a reciprocating knife that sits between the casing walls, a link that connects the knife to the casing, a feed trough, and a staple that engages the trough.
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Butler, Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flooring or Ceiling Jack. (open access)

Flooring or Ceiling Jack.

Patent for a flooring or ceiling jack that is meant to "provide a device, whereby the laying of the flooring, and the fitting of siding and ceiling strips are greatly facilitated, and enables one carpenter to do the work that ordinarily requires two" (lines 14-18).
Date: August 22, 1893
Creator: Holiman, William Moses
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame. (open access)

Quilting-Frame.

Patent for a new and useful quilting frame, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Crawford, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor. (open access)

Motor.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in motors, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 22, 1899
Creator: Garvey, Edgar Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History