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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
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
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
Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer
Patent for
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
John S. Doak & Alexander G. Farrington
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
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
DRAFT-EQUALIZER
Patent for a device to equalize the draft among 1-6 horses when attached to a plow.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
INGRAM, JOSEPH D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for improvements in wire-stretchers by using a combination of winding-drum, a ratchet upon the drum and wire clutches for engagement with a wire to be stretched. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Walls, Joseph A. & Boyter, Robert L.
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
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
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
Vacuum-Pan
Patent for "vacuum-pan having improved heating-sections and an improved form of discharge-chamber" [lines 9-11].
Date:
April 8, 1902
Creator:
Ribaud, George Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement.
Patent for improvements in mechanical movements by using cranks and wrist pins to “converting rotary motion, like that of a wheel or pulley, into reciprocating motion.” (Lines 12-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 8, 1902
Creator:
McKean, Frank
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
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
Tongue-Scraper.
Patent for improvements in tongue-scrapers in which it will “not only used for scraping the coating from the tongue, but also for removing the small particles from the papillae which remain after the scraping operation.” (Lines 13-16) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 8, 1902
Creator:
Hagerty, Ida
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Proportionate Scale.
Patent for improvements in scales which would quickly and accurately determine the proportion of the lint contained in seed-cotton. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 8, 1902
Creator:
Brown, George Raymond
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
Stump-Extractor.
Patent for improvements in stump-extractor by utilize the hoisting or power machine to perform extraction on stump or for other weights. (Lines 12-14) This machine will be portable for “easily moved from point to point, and comprising means for the development of great power with a minimum exertion on the part of the animal or animals used to operate the machine and also within a comparatively small compass.” (Lines 20-25) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Redman, Charley R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Lister
Patent for improved version of sulky-lister, with more effective spring between planter and lister-plow. Improvements include ability for covering disks to move downward and function at required drill depth.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Engelmann, Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Cracker.
Patent for improvements in nut-cracker by using “a pair of bent handle-limbs pivoted together near the bends of the limbs, a hammer-block rigidly secured on the opposite end of each handle-limb; each hammer-block having a cavity, these cavities being formed in opposed ends of the hammer-blocks; a handhold in each handle-limb, and a guide-piece having parallel members affixed by their ends on one of the handle-limbs, and loosely embracing the other handle-limbs.” (P. 2, lines 42-51.) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Dickey, William V.
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
Fire-Escape.
Patent for improvements in fire-escapes by enabling the fire-escapes, “when not in use, to be compactly folded and arranged within a house or other building and capable of being quickly placed in position for use and of enabling persons and goods to be rapidly lowered to the ground with perfect safety.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 8, 1902
Creator:
Boettcher, Hermann
System:
The Portal to Texas History