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Press for Cotton, Wool, Hay, &c.
Patent for "a press which will compress the cotton or other material into bales of hexagon, cylindrical, or other shapes, the shape of the bale corresponding with the shape of the bale-receptacle used" (lines 11-15).
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
King, John Morris
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Operated Device
Patent for "combination with a pump-operating crank-shaft and a walking-beam operatively connected with the pump-rod, means for preventing sudden movements of the pump-rod at the ends of its strokes and for assisting in starting the rod in its reciprocations" (lines 10-15).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Crawford, Charles Buchanan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refuse-Crematory.
Patent for an improvement to "crematories or furnaces for burning garbage and other matter" (lines 11-12) that has a combined furnace and garbage chamber with walls of fire-brick or tile.
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
Risley, Ward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener
Patent for improving the design so that when it is closed it forms loops for holding the window's curtains, while also being inexpensive and strong.
Date:
May 7, 1901
Creator:
Durant, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separator
Patent for separating oil or grease, grit and water of condensation from steam, either live steam or exhausted-steam, as it passes to or from an engine or steam-pump (lines 10-14).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Hanson, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stew-Pan.
Patent for improvement in stew-pan by using a large size of stew-pan which having three separate compartments with different dimensions, to allow for large quantities of cooking materials to cook at one time without using separate cooking utensils. The heater designed to have fire-box in the front and at the rear, and the top portion of the heater being almost completely open. The elongated stew-pan placed on top of the open fire acted as a closure for the open top of the heater when food is being cooked. Illustration is included.
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Dowell, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for "a new and improved washing-machine arranged for use on any kind of tub and adapted to insure a perfect uniform washing of all the clothes in the tub by the use of yieldingly-mounted pounders, which intermittently change their position relatively to the clothes under treatment" (lines 9-16).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Staggs, Henry F. & Staggs, Robert H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for "a mill equipped with an automatic governor for regulating the speed of the windmill and for preventing injury to the apparatus by throwing the blades of the wheel into or out of the wind in a manner to secure the most effective operation of the device at all times" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
Stein, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fastening Clip.
Patent for improvement in wire-fastening clips by constructing the clip using “a collar, a finger carried by the collar and extending above and below the collar, and a set-screw to engage with the finger below the collar.” (P. 2, lines 8-11.) This clip can be “adjustably secured to the fence-post in such manner that it may be readily raised and lowered, whereby the wires may be spaced as desired without necessitating boring of the post.” (Lines 17-21.) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 21, 1901
Creator:
Dunk, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightener
Patent for "a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to enable the slack of a wire to be readily taken up at a point between the posts and capable of enabling a wire to be readily stretched to the desired tension" (lines 12-17).
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
May, Robert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History