Broaching-Press (open access)

Broaching-Press

Patent for a device used with metal-working machines that provides more efficient finishing.
Date: December 25, 1900
Creator: Baker, Jason A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a hand-lever baling press.
Date: December 25, 1900
Creator: Williamson, Charles Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle-Bit. (open access)

Bridle-Bit.

Patent for new and improved bridle-bits, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Lee, Joseph Loverel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate-Fastening (open access)

Crate-Fastening

Patent for crate fastening to secure the top firmly but also allow it to be easily removed. It was designed for an egg crate but is applicable to crates in general, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Damon, Sylvester Will
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Regulator (open access)

Windmill-Regulator

Patent for a windmill regulator, specifically windmill breaks "to be used in connection with a windmill placed upon a tower in the usual manner and having the controlling-wire depending therefrom to be drawn upon for stopping the pumping mechanism and to be released for allowing it to resume its operation" (lines 22-28), including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Rohlf, Claus H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Low-Pressure Alarm and Indicator for Air-Brakes. (open access)

Low-Pressure Alarm and Indicator for Air-Brakes.

Patent for "air-brake mechanisms in general, and more particularly to the alarms for giving warning when the pressure in the train-pipe drops to a predetermined point and for giving a visual signal when such condition exists" (p. 1, lines 8-13).
Date: October 25, 1900
Creator: Parsons, Avery H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Carrier (open access)

Trace-Carrier

Patent for trace carrier for a plow "especially designed to support the trace adjustably in a vertical direction, so as to vary the line of the draft upon the plow and also provide a guide and support for the reins" (lines 9-13), including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Smith, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speculum (open access)

Speculum

Patent for an improved version of the speculum, a gynecological instrument, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Morrow, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment. (open access)

Plow Attachment.

Patent for an adjustable plow attachment that is placed onto a plow blade and sweeps aside earth while "forming a load-bearing surface." (p. 1)
Date: December 25, 1900
Creator: Bracewell, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper bag (open access)

Paper bag

Patent for improvements in paper bags, especially designed to prevent waste in the construction of the bag.
Date: August 25, 1900
Creator: Tyson, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for a nut lock, to hold a nut in place or act in place of a washer, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Dowell, Jeff Davis & Galliher, Lawrence M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvements in plows by employing moldboards on both left and right side of the plow; with a shoe or land slide fixed to the plow-beam extension. Then use a V-clamp to secure the plow-handles and a bracket to secure the moldboards and plow-point. This construction will allow free movement of the plow-point and moldboard up and down or vertically without lifting the shoe from the furrow. Illustration is included.
Date: December 25, 1900
Creator: Morrison, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Frog. (open access)

Railway-Frog.

Patent for "a frog for crossing rails at switches or railway-crossings" (lines 8-9).
Date: December 25, 1900
Creator: Barry, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pyrometer. (open access)

Pyrometer.

Patent for improvement in pyrometers for more accurate and reliable use in cooking stoves.
Date: December 25, 1900
Creator: Von Koehring, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History