Compressed Air Elevator for Fluids (open access)

Compressed Air Elevator for Fluids

Patent for a compressed air elevator for fluids.
Date: May 12, 1903
Creator: Sloan, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ore-Roaster (open access)

Ore-Roaster

Patent for an ore roaster " to provide an apparatus for roasting ore in which the ore is suspended in a current of air moving in a rotary path and entirely surrounded by the same, whereby the fusing of the more readily fusible constituents of the ore is prevented and much better results in the concentration secured." (lines 14-21)
Date: May 26, 1903
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Roasting Ores. (open access)

Process of Roasting Ores.

Patent for a process for roasting ores "wherein the ore is conveyed by an air-blast to and through a roasting-chamber" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date: May 26, 1903
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extermination of Boll-Weevil. (open access)

Apparatus for Extermination of Boll-Weevil.

Patent for Apparatus for Extermination of Boll Weevil. A vehicle which can carry a furnace to generate noxious fumes with insecticides and cool those fumes to produce a toxic atmosphere around effected plants.
Date: May 4, 1903
Creator: Taylor, James Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Bag Machine. (open access)

Paper-Bag Machine.

Patent for improvements in the paper-bag machine (related to author's previous Patent No. 689,441, December 24, 1901) for the purpose of improving the mechanism for forming the primary fold of the bag-bottom in the bag-folding process, including descriptions of the machinery, parts, and illustrations.
Date: May 5, 1903
Creator: Tyson, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Regulator for Steam Boilers (open access)

Water Regulator for Steam Boilers

Patent for a water regulator for steam boilers.
Date: May 5, 1903
Creator: Walker, Benjamin, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard (open access)

Cattle-Guard

Patent for a cattle-guard "for preventing cattle from straying from a wagon-road into the inclosures along railroad-tracks." (line 11-13)
Date: May 26, 1903
Creator: Welsh, George G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup Leather (open access)

Stirrup Leather

Patent for a leather stirrup designed as an improvement and "is the production of such devices with a minimum expenditure of material and labor." (12-14)
Date: May 19, 1903
Creator: Wroe, James P. & Lange, Henry F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for a car coupling "which greatly facilitate the connection of two car couplings having the improvements and adapt the knuckle of the car coupling to automatically swing open when free to do so." (line 12-16)
Date: May 26, 1903
Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner and "it has for its special object to provide a burner of this class which shall be especially adapted for the consumption of crude oil." (line 9-12)
Date: May 19, 1903
Creator: de Latimer, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History