Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved car coupler, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1899
Creator: Smith, Thomas Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter. (open access)

Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn an cotton planters. This design is to " provide the same with a sweep or plow which travels in front of the seeder or planter mechanism to open a furrow" (line 13 - 16).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Wendeborn, Ernest Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planter. (open access)

Corn-Planter.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn planters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: Webb, Richard Haywood
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothing - Boiler (open access)

Clothing - Boiler

Patent for a new and improved clothing-boiler. This design is to "provide a device of this character in which there is practically no danger of the water or suds-boiling over to the exterior" (line 8 - 11).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Rylander, William Pitts
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brake for Street or Railway Cars. (open access)

Brake for Street or Railway Cars.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in brakes for street or railway cars.
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Hughes, Joel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Fastener. (open access)

Window-Fastener.

Patent for a new and useful window fastener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1899
Creator: James, Will S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire - Fence Machine. (open access)

Wire - Fence Machine.

Patent for a new and useful wire-fence machine. This design is to "provide a simple, compact, light, and comparatively inexpensive machine adapted to be transported with facility to enable a single operator to readily distribute" (line 10 - 13).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Allen, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck. (open access)

Truck.

Patent for a new and useful truck, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1899
Creator: Hooper, Johnson M., Sr. & Daniels, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lantern. (open access)

Lantern.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in lanterns, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: Cadwallader, Aldes H. & Carolan, Eugene P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Staple-Setting Implement. (open access)

Staple-Setting Implement.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in staple setting implements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1899
Creator: Schmidt, Charles Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy. (open access)

Toy.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in toys. This design is to " produce a top which will be capable of unusual momentum with the resultant prolonged action" (line 10 - 12).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Laube, Godfried
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow. (open access)

Sulky-Plow.

Patent for a new and useful sulky plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: Allen, Jefferson Davis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a new and useful washing machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: Smith, James Knox Polk
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filter. (open access)

Filter.

Patent for new and useful improvements in filters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: McLane, Albert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Wagon-Box Step (open access)

Folding Wagon-Box Step

Patent for a new and useful folding wagon-box steps. This design is to "provide a novel, simple, and safe device of the character indicated which is adapted for compact and convenient folding into a close package when not in use" (line 11-14).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Brown, Marvel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Holder And Fastener. (open access)

Sash Holder And Fastener.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in sash holders and fasteners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1899
Creator: Guynes, Allen Perry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeder. (open access)

Seeder.

Patent for a new and useful seeder attachment for plows, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1899
Creator: Dodds, Edward J. & Jackson, Tomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint Fastening. (open access)

Rail-Joint Fastening.

Patent for a new and useful rail joint fastening, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1899
Creator: Betka, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of And Apparatus for Tanning Hides. (open access)

Method of And Apparatus for Tanning Hides.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in methods of and apparatus for tanning hides, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1899
Creator: Rodriguez, Miguel Ramon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gage - Shears (open access)

Gage - Shears

Patent for a new and useful improvements in shears. This design "consists of the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts"(line 16-19).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Steen, Emma L. Nevada
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Nozzle (open access)

Hose-Nozzle

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in hose nozzles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 25, 1898
Creator: Schraubstadter, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas generators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1899
Creator: Bateman, Talbot O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Nut Cracker. (open access)

Design for a Nut Cracker.

Patent for a Nut-Cracker.
Date: May 25, 1897
Creator: Collins, Corties
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Clasp. (open access)

Antifriction Clasp.

Patent for a new and improved anti-friction clasp. This design "is to provide means whereby the wear due to the rubbing of inclosed rods or ropes against an inclosing casing may be reduced to a minimum and whereby the central alignment of the rods or ropes with respect to the inclosing casing may be accurately preserved" (lines 11-17). It consists in "a series of friction balls or rollers mounted therein and projecting from the periphery thereof and being divided into sections adapted to be clamped at any point around the rod or rope" (lines 97-101).
Date: October 25, 1892
Creator: Black, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History