Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for an automatic butter churn with illustrations.
Date: January 28, 1902
Creator: Fitzhugh, James, S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Touch-Regulating and Mute Attachment for Pianos (open access)

Combined Touch-Regulating and Mute Attachment for Pianos

Patent for combined touch regulating and mute attachment for pianos.
Date: December 16, 1902
Creator: Harriss, Langdon & Kendall, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trousers-Guard (open access)

Trousers-Guard

Patent for a metal guard worn around the ankle. The guard maintains the shape of the trousers when worn and keeps the material from coming in contact with the wearer's legs.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Hardy, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Machine. (open access)

Ironing Machine.

Patent for a new and useful ironing-machine. "Invention is to improve the construction of ironing-machines and to provide a simple, efficient, and comparatively inexpensive one, designed for use both in laundries and elsewhere and capable of advantageously operating on all kinds of garment" (line 10-15).
Date: January 28, 1902
Creator: Dunn, William H. & McCurdy, Delo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Transplanting Machine. (open access)

Vegetable-Transplanting Machine.

Patent for Vegetable transplanting machine, it describes about new technique of planting a crops with effective irrigation technique
Date: February 10, 1902
Creator: Carroll, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Generator (open access)

Steam Generator

Patent for an invention that "relates to a novel generator designed with special reference to the requirements of motor-vehicles, but capable of use in any connection where a completely automatic generator of light compact form is desirable" (lines 14-21). Illustrations are included.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Walker, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for a locking nut that holds the bolt in place, prevent it from loosening.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Robinson, James F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorandum Clip Board. (open access)

Memorandum Clip Board.

Patent for an improved clipboard, which provides different clasps to support checks and other sized items at specific points.
Date: January 7, 1902
Creator: Dickey, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Barrel. (open access)

Gun-Barrel.

Patent for improvement in small firearms. The gun combines a cylindrical breech and with an elliptical bore in order to increase the projectile’s impact and stabilize its trajectory. The invention uses an ordinary ball cartridge, improving upon an earlier patent by the inventor. Detailed explanation and illustrations included.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Cole, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Firearm (open access)

Firearm

Patent for "a projectile adapted for use in guns having an elliptical and twisted bore" with an illustration.
Date: June 3, 1902
Creator: Cole, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan. (open access)

Fan.

Patent for a fan designed for use on a table or desk.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Fitzhugh, Cameron S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Sharpening Machine. (open access)

Saw-Sharpening Machine.

Patent for improvements in "that class of saw-sharpening machines in which straight-edge-filing devices reciprocally movable are provided and in which ratchet mechanism for feeding the saw is also included" (lines 8-12) including illustrations.
Date: February 18, 1902
Creator: Phelps, Ruben P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor. (open access)

Motor.

Patent for improving the “’multiple cylinder rotary engine’“ (lines 9-10) through "controlling devices" (line 24) that are both automatic and manual and help engine pistons function more effectively. This patent builds upon earlier patents regarding motor design by the inventor, and will connect to a generator concurrently patented by the inventor. Detailed explanations and illustrations included.
Date: April 1, 1902
Creator: Walker, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin Feeder and Cleaner (open access)

Cotton-Gin Feeder and Cleaner

Patent for cotton gin feeder and cleaner in which cotton passes over the screening surface by means of a picker-roller.
Date: December 9, 1902
Creator: Seifert, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History