Cartridge for Guns. (open access)

Cartridge for Guns.

Patent for "a projectile having an elliptical cross-section and slight longitadinal twist for use in guns provided with a corresponding bore." (lines 8-11), including description and illustrations.
Date: September 24, 1901
Creator: Cole, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition Fuel (open access)

Composition Fuel

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in composition fuel, the object being to produce fuel in compact form which will burn quickly, rapidly generating an intense heat, and leaving but a small quantity of a residue or ash" (lines 10-15).
Date: January 15, 1901
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Body (open access)

Wagon-Body

Patent for wagon body which fits on many different types of running bodies, including illustrations.
Date: October 1, 1901
Creator: Winans, Myron L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vapor Bath Apparatus (open access)

Vapor Bath Apparatus

Patent for a vapor-bath which improves upon the breathing apparatus.
Date: October 15, 1901
Creator: Garrett, Palmyra O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Projectile (open access)

Projectile

Patent for "an improved projectile for guns and ordnance of various classes and bores" (lines 7-9).
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Cole, William Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Conveyer (open access)

Pneumatic Conveyer

Patent for an invention that "relates to a pneumatic conveyer, and is particularly adapted for use in connection with cotton-seed and other material for the purpose of elevating and conveying the material to a room or compartment where it may be deposited and for transferring the contents of one of said compartments to another whenever desired" (lines 10-17). Illustrations are included.
Date: July 6, 1901
Creator: Seifert, John, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press for Cotton, Wool, Hay, &c. (open access)

Press for Cotton, Wool, Hay, &c.

Patent for "a press which will compress the cotton or other material into bales of hexagon, cylindrical, or other shapes, the shape of the bale corresponding with the shape of the bale-receptacle used" (lines 11-15).
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: King, John Morris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine (open access)

Mattress-Making Machine

Patent for a machine designed to improve the creation of mattresses, with the intent of making them of uniform length, width, depth, and amount of stuffing.
Date: March 11, 1901
Creator: White, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Distributer. (open access)

Cotton Cleaner and Distributer.

Patent for improvements on cotton cleaners and distributors, specifically means for pneumatically raising cotton, cleaning the dirt from said cotton, and releasing quantities of cotton collected in the distributor.
Date: September 17, 1901
Creator: Seifert, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History