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Auger.
Patent for a new auger designed "to provide a construction in which the parts may be adjusted to cut angular holes entirely through a body, and also to cut angular countersinks concentric with cylindrical openings, such as are made for the reception of the square heads of bolts lag screws, &c.," (lines 10-16), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Bundy, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker for Forming Mattress-Bats.
Patent for improvements in cotton-pickers for forming mattress-bats is to prepare the cotton to be light and elastic when the cotton is compressed into mattress-bats. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Morgan, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jeweler's Tool.
Patent for improvements in jeweler’s tools by “comprising a tubular handle, a reciprocatory punch-stem extending through the handle and beyond both ends thereof, a retracting spring seated within the handle and engaging with the stem, a punch-needle having a socket member detachably engaging one end of the punch-stem, and a cap detachably fitting one end of the handle over the end of the stem opposite the punch-needle.” (Page 2, lines 5-[13]) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Nilson, Albert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Loco-Exterminator.
Patent for a tool that removes Locoweed and other plants.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Knight, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Baling Cotton.
Patent for improvement in process of baling cotton is to “heat the cotton-bat at a point between the gin-condenser and the pressing-rollers, exposing the heated bat while incompact to the action of dry air, then compress the cotton-bat into bale form.” (Page 2, lines 39-43) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Reagan, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Press.
Patent for roller-presses that form cylindrical bales from cotton-bat delivered from the gin-condenser to the press. The invention is meant to make the structure more compact and lighter, with greater strength and capacity; to relieve friction; to automatically change pressure as the bale increases; to form the bale without a core; and to improve various aspects of completing the bales.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Reagan, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cement Kiln
Patent for a new and improved cement kiln for drying gypsum and other materials employed in the manufacture of cement and plaster.
Date:
April 28, 1902
Creator:
Malone, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for baling-presses to prevent the inward-drawing or centripetal movement of the fiber in a press of the roller type (lines 96-97) by “disposed intermediate of the rollers and within the plane of the baling-cylinder for opposing resistance to the inward movement of the fiber and overcoming to a greater or less extent the tendency of the upper layer of cotton to form waves or billows in advance of the rollers.” (Page 1, lines 101-102, page 2, lines 1-6.) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Atkinson, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for an improved bailing-press.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Atkinson, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit for Well-Drilling Apparatus.
Patent for a rotary expansion bit for use with well-drilling apparatuses. The bit can be adjusted without removing the well tubing, and can drill a hole large than the tubing in order to insert casing sections.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Sloan, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Line Buckle.
Patent for "...a novel means for connecting a check-line to the main line..." (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Snell, David C. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cigar-Cutter and Match-Safe.
Patent for a match-safe and cigar-cutter “receptacle for holding matches from which only one match can be taken at one time and to means for shifting the matches and at the same time cutting a cigar-tip.” (Lines 7-11) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Taylor, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Acting Cylinder-Pump.
Patent for improvements in double-acting cylinder-pumps by making “the cages and check-valves detachable from the piston-cylinder without removing or disturbing either the casing or piston-cylinder and can be replaced in the same manner.” (Lines 18-22) Illustration in included.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Arnold, Henry B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroying Machine.
Patent for improvements in insect-destroying machines to remove and destroy the boll-weevil of cotton plants by “gathering the branches of the plant into position to be effectively operated upon by a revolving brush which sweeps the weevils from the plant into a box carried by the machine without injury to the cotton plants.” (Lines 25 -30)
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing
Patent for a railway crossing which will not sink in mud and will not be as loud as previously.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Cooper, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shovel-Plow.
Patent for improvements in shovel-plows “by enabling the stock and shoe securely mounted and yet adjusted from one position to another, according to the work to be performed.” (Lines 9-12) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Michalka, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Scale.
Patent for improvements in spring-scales by providing novel means for measuring and indicating the quality of liquid left in or drawn from a container. (Lines 9-10) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Smith, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Wheel.
Patent for "new and useful Invention in Wind-Wheels" (lines 5-6), including illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for improvements in swinging gates which “can be opened in either direction and capable of being operated at a distance from either side of it by a person on horseback or in a vehicle.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Plaster, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Baler and Rake
Patent for a hay baler that can bale as fast as it can rake.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Symank, Johan H. & Kitzler, Rudolph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paddle-Wheel.
Patent for improvements in paddle-wheels by transferring the combined power of the outer paddle-wheel and the inner drum to the shaft thus increased the driving power of the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Glardon, Henri
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle or Tank.
Patent for receptacle or tank for underground storage purpose is to use metal to construct a tank for strength to resist the pressure upon its walls. To protect the tank from the corrosive action of the earth by lining the surface of a tank “with a protective coating composed of alternate layers of asphaltum and tarred-felt paper, a fabric layer imposed upon the outer layer of asphaltum, and a final layer of asphaltum covering the fabric.” (Page 2, lines 109-113.) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Stewart, Robert P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sprayer.
Patent for improvements in insecticide sprayers by enabling the sprayer to "continuous stream of liquid and that it may be placed in a vehicle and operated by means of the running-gear or carried by hand." (Lines 18-21) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Chandler, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for improvements “in axle-nut wrenches in which the wrench comprising an angular socket portion adapted to extend partially within the wheel-hub to engage the nut,” (lines 81-83) so that the nut may be unscrewed by rotating the wheel. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 15, 1902
Creator:
Haines, Samuel Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History