Bit Attachment (open access)

Bit Attachment

Patent for "improved means for stopping runaway horses and to arrange for mounting the same upon a harness-bit so as to be under the control of the driver for convenient and effective operation when required" (lines 8-13).
Date: April 30, 1901
Creator: Riley, Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for an improved cattle-guard by using a guard that has a plurality of spurs, should an animal step thereon its foot will be directed against one or more of these spurs, thus causing the animal to withdraw its foot and not attempt to pass over the rail. This will prevent the animal from crossing railway-tracks, but the spurs will not interfere with the free passage of trains. (Lines 10-20) Illustration is included.
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Steinmann, Herman Werner
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Removing Boiler-Scale (open access)

Composition for Removing Boiler-Scale

Patent for "an extract of the plant know to botanists by the name 'Larrea Mexican,' to be used in removing boiler-scale and in preventing the reformation of the same" (lines 9-13).
Date: April 16, 1901
Creator: Pena, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifreezing Valve and Closet-Cistern (open access)

Antifreezing Valve and Closet-Cistern

Patent for "valves which will allow all the water to flow out of the popes to a position below freezing-point after each application of water, whether the water is used in a closet-cistern or drawn out of a hudrant or other application is made, and to arrange the valves so that the supply-valves will be automatically closed by water-pressure in connection with the operation of a siphon in a closet-cistern and the waste-valve will be closed by the pressure of water, siphonic action, or both, when the supply-valves are opened." (lines 18-28).
Date: April 23, 1901
Creator: Wilkes, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Crude-Oil Burners" (lines 4-5), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 22, 1901
Creator: Wilson, H.T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap (open access)

Ant-Trap

Patent for "a simple device of this kind which will excel the former traps in depositing the ants within the annular pan and in efficiency for convenient discharge of the trapped insects" (lines 18-22).
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Inman, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet-Cistern and Valve Therefor (open access)

Closet-Cistern and Valve Therefor

Patent for "a cistern which needs no valve to start the siphon to work and to construct a valve which can be operated by a rod which runs up through the supply-pipe, thus doing away with the stuffing-box for a rod for operating the valve" (lines 11-16).
Date: April 23, 1901
Creator: Wilkes, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for invention relating "to improvements in automatic car-couplings" (lines 9-10) for railroad cars.
Date: April 16, 1901
Creator: Priddy, Miles C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Faucet and Bottle-Washer (open access)

Combined Faucet and Bottle-Washer

Patent for "a faucet which can be used merely as a faucet or which can be used for washing bottles, as may be desired" (lines 14-16).
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Horsley, John Shelton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Turning-Tool for Bale-Band Fasteners. (open access)

Turning-Tool for Bale-Band Fasteners.

Patent for a new and useful turning-tool for bale-band fasteners “which can be readily applied to and removed from the fastener, while at the same time providing positive means for exerting a powerful leverage upon the turning or winding element of the fastener to insure the taking up of a maximum amount of slack in a bale-band with a minimum movement.” (Lines 15-22.) Illustration is included
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table (open access)

Ironing-Table

Patent for ironing table with capability of adjustable height and folding features, including illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Witt, Silas Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Index and Trial-Balance. (open access)

Index and Trial-Balance.

Patent for improvement in indexes and trial-balances by using removable spring-strips to hold all the papers together in one place and can be easily remove when needed. Illustration is included.
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Templeton, Allison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table (open access)

Ironing-Table

Patent for "an ironing-table of this class which may be used independently of household furniture and like means of support and at the same time provide a construction whereby the board may be used independently of its supporting-stand" (lines 16-21).
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Perry, Charles Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trade-Book. (open access)

Trade-Book.

Patent for a Trade Book intended to document discount credentials, expense accounts, daily reminders, and a diary for a number of business types including hotels, retailers, and advertisers.
Date: April 30, 1901
Creator: Glisson, Amos A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Generator (open access)

Steam-Generator

Patent for improvements in the construction and design of steam engines.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Thompson, Samuel F. & Barnes, Robert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Fastener (open access)

Trace-Fastener

Patent for a trace fastener for whippletrees. This is a device that "provide[s] a simple, efficient, reliable fastener which will when in use, at all times and under all circumstances, hold the trace in connection with the end of the whiffletree [sic] and which will prevent undue wear on the cockeye or hole in the end of the trace." (Lines 9-16)
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Nichols, Charlie M. & Burnett, Charles M.
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
Medicated Salt Rock (open access)

Medicated Salt Rock

Patent for "improved medicated salt rock to be used for keeping cattle, horses, and other live stock in good condition, to serve as a tonic and blood-purifier, also to expel worms from the stomach and intestines, and to eradicate ticks and vermin" (lines 10-15).
Date: April 23, 1901
Creator: Green, Charles O; Wickline, William P. & Eaton, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for a new and improved design and construction for washing machines.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Davis, John Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Fastener. (open access)

Hat-Fastener.

Patent for an adjustable hat holder using a band and fasteners, with illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Huppertz, Lina
System: The Portal to Texas History
Glazing-Bar (open access)

Glazing-Bar

Patent for device to securely hold a pane of glass on roofs, skylights, etc. without the use of putty.
Date: April 16, 1901
Creator: Folse, Louis D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Stamp. (open access)

Hand-Stamp.

Patent for improvements in hand-stamps which “comprises a flexible bed of perculiar formation, removable type, means for securing the type in place against accidental displacement, and a bar connecting the ends of the bed when bowed and serving as a handle.” (Lines 17-22) Illustration is included.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Johnson, John Calvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for "a light-running high-speed rotary engine which does not have any dead-center and to avoid back pressure from the exhaust" (lines 15-17).
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Schleicher, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Sharpener (open access)

Pencil-Sharpener

Patent for "a convenient device for sharpening lead-pencils that can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost and placed on the market as an advertising medium or convenient for use in the school-room" (lines 14-18).
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Darden, Newton J.
System: The Portal to Texas History