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Hat-Fastener.
Patent for an adjustable hat holder using a band and fasteners, with illustrations.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Huppertz, Lina
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table
Patent for ironing table with capability of adjustable height and folding features, including illustrations.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Witt, Silas Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Generator
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of steam engines.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Thompson, Samuel F. & Barnes, Robert H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for a new and improved design and construction for washing machines.
Date:
April 9, 1901
Creator:
Davis, John Lafayette
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cushion-Tire for Vehicles.
Patent for a sectional metal tire cushion that is applied over a preexisting wheel.
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Millen, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for improvements in drills by providing “a frame which may be readily attached to any suitable support and wherein the drill-spindle may be engaged for operation by a common form of chest-brace.” (Lines 9-13) The frame would enable the stock-rest to adjust in proper positions to receive different thicknesses of stock.” (Lines 15-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Willmann, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Cleaner.
Patent for a cleaner for cotton-gin saws for "an improved construction of cleaner adapted to be used in connection with saw-cylinders on different kinds of gins" (lines 10-13) and "which may be easily fitted and held securely in position in a detachable manner" (lines 18-19).
Date:
April 24, 1900
Creator:
Bolen, Walter M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a new design of rail joints in which headed bolts and wedge plate have keyhole slots, including with illustrations.
Date:
April 24, 1900
Creator:
Park, Henry J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for a new invention to improve tire-tighteners."Provides a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device capable of firmly engaging a felly and a spoke and adapted to be readily adjusted to tighten a tire" (lines 12-15) and includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
April 24, 1900
Creator:
Ferriott, Charley L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Support.
Patent for improvements to tongue supports. "One object of the present invention is to improve the construction of tongue-supports and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device designed to be connected with the ends of a doubletree and with the front axle and capable of supporting the front portion of the tongue or pole in an elevated position to relieve the neck of the draft- animals of the weight of the same" (lines 10-18). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
April 24, 1900
Creator:
Brewer, Samuel H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for vehicle-wheels that "automatically" expand and contract (lines 8-10); including illustration and instructions
Date:
April 24, 1900
Creator:
Mabry, D. L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Cleaning Machine.
Patent for a new well cleaning machine.
Date:
April 24, 1900
Creator:
Cowan, Elias H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blab or Muzzle for Weaning Calves or Colts, &c.
Patent for weaning young animals and or prevent cows or such from sucking or milking themselves.
Date:
April 19, 1900
Creator:
Seay, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Fastening.
Patent for connecting legs to side rails of beadsteads.
Date:
April 17, 1900
Creator:
Rape, Augustus D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle-Support.
Patent for a bicycle support which holds "bicycles in upright position when not in use" (lines 8-9).
Date:
April 17, 1900
Creator:
Taylor, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History