Air-Brake Mechanism. (open access)

Air-Brake Mechanism.

Patent for "a new and useful air-brake mechanisms in relation to a pressure controller and distributer designed to perform the several independent and joint functions of a triple valve, a pressure-retaining valve, and a pressure relief or reducing valve."
Date: May 29, 1900
Creator: Dillander, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for a car-coupling that "will greatly simplify the construction and facilitate the operation thereof by providing levers upon the end of the car" (lines 14-17); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 29, 1900
Creator: Asher, A. J. & Gautt, W. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for "a new and useful car-couplers to enhance the operation of coupling." (line 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 29, 1900
Creator: Rhodes, Asa Alonzo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch (open access)

Gate-Latch

Patent for the invention relates to improvements in gate-latches. The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of gate-latches and to provide an automatic one adapted to lock the gate when the latter closes and capable of automatically setting itself in proper position for engaging and locking the gate should it be closed instead of open or in position to receive the gate.
Date: May 29, 1900
Creator: Jones, Albert Sidney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Music (open access)

Sheet-Music

Patent for invention in sheet-music that "overcomes" the defects of market's sheet music (lines 21-30); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 29, 1900
Creator: Martin, T. P., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle (open access)

Vehicle-Axle

Patent for vehicle-axle "with removable spindles which when they become worn may be easily and quickly removed and replaced by new ones." (lines 13-15); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 29, 1900
Creator: Andrews, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary engine (open access)

Rotary engine

Patent for fluid-presure rotary engines in which the pressure of the fluid will react against the piston, which will in turn rotate the shaft. Reversibility and speed-regulation are further enhancements to this type of engine.
Date: May 24, 1900
Creator: Obuch, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle Running - Gear (open access)

Attachment for Vehicle Running - Gear

Patent for
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Bassett, Lawrence Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism. (open access)

Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism.

Patent for improvements to Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism, "particularly adapted to advance the saw into alinement with a setting-punch by reciprocatory movement of a part of the mechanism" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Haltom, Samuel & Nadel, Abraham G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press. (open access)

Baling Press.

Patent for several improvements in baling presses for making cylindrical bales, the machine being able to be set up in both the horizontal and upright positions.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Byars, Edgar.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Box And Stock Car (open access)

Combination Box And Stock Car

Patent for "a new and improved box and stock car which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to permit of readily transforming the car to carry either box-freight or live stock." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Russell, Charles Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Grinder (open access)

Corn-Grinder

Patent for a grinder of ordinary corn
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Zimmerman, Frank W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment for Umbrellas or Parasols. (open access)

Fan Attachment for Umbrellas or Parasols.

Patent for a fan attachment for umbrellas or parasols, including illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Beseler, Otto
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape (open access)

Fire-Escape

Patent for a fire-escape for "people irrespective of age, sex, or condition may be safely carried from any landing or floor of a building to the sidewalk or street" (lines 25-28); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Thompson, B. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gymnastic Apparatus (open access)

Gymnastic Apparatus

Patent for "improvement in aerial revolving ladders for gymnastic purposes for use in theaters, circus-tents, etc." (lines 13-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Delmore, George E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Index (open access)

Index

Patent for "a simple and compact index in which the available space will be utilized as perfectly as possible". (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Hausinger, Henry August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle. (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle.

Patent for a non-refillable bottle. The invention "relates to bottles in general, and more particularly to that class known as "non-refillable" bottles, and has for its object to provide a cheap and simple device of this nature that when once emptied cannot be refilled either by floating, by exhausting the air therefrom, or by pouring thereinto" (lines 11-17). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Bogue, Robert J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potato Digger. (open access)

Potato Digger.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in potato-diggers, designed to cut away the vines and to throw them out of the way of the plow-points." (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Winfrey, Zachary T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Bed-Hoisting Apparatus (open access)

Wagon-Bed-Hoisting Apparatus

Patent for Wagon-Bed-Hoisting Apparatus which "consists in the provision of a rack adapted to be connected to the bed of the wagon" (lines 17-19); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Southern, Wills
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for "a new windmill design to improve the construction of windmills and to provide a simple, durable, and efficient one" (lines 11-12)
Date: May 22, 1900
Creator: Benson, Arthur Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick-Machine. (open access)

Brick-Machine.

Patent for a brick machine that is "effective, yet simple and durable, machine especially adapted to receive bricks from a stiff-mud mill and re-press them and also to provide a means whereby the machine will be automatic in its action." (Lines 7-12) Illustrations included.
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Anthony, Russell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cistern (open access)

Cistern

Patent for the "class of cisterns used to catch rain-water from the roofs of houses or other places" (lines 9-11); including illustration and instructions
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Harry, H. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
File-Wrapper and Package Fastener. (open access)

File-Wrapper and Package Fastener.

Patent for securing expansible envelopes and file wrappers with a flexible cord.
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Davis, Frederick Clarke
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Bar Adjusting Mechanism. (open access)

Tongue Bar Adjusting Mechanism.

Patent for "a new and useful tongue-bar-adjusting mechanism for piano" (line 2) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 15, 1900
Creator: Moyer, Jesse Hechler
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History