Combined Cultivator and Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Combined Cultivator and Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a combined cultivator and cotton-chopper, to "provide an improved cotton-chopping mechanism which is adapted to be combined with and operated in connection with a sulky-cultivator, whereby a growing crop of cotton may be plowed and chopped or hoed simultaneously" (lines 15-20).
Date: March 13, 1900
Creator: Blaschke, Frank J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Stalk Knocker. (open access)

Cotton-Stalk Knocker.

Patent for improvements in cotton-stalk knockers. This invention "relates to cotton-knockers, and more particularly to a device of this class which may be readily attached to or combined with a wheeled cultivator of usual form" (lines 11-14). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1900
Creator: Chitty, Robert Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner and Feeder (open access)

Cotton Cleaner and Feeder

Patent for improvements to cotton cleaners and feeders, including illustrations
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Seifert, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for an improved acetylene-gas generator "which is kept in a relatively-cool condition by a surrounding bath of water and which generator is removable at will from the floatable bell of the tank. A further object is to prevent the waste carbid from dropping into the water of the expansible tank and to provide for the free discharge of gas from the generator [...] while [...] permitting the expeditious removal of said generator for the purpose of cleaning and recharging" (lines 13-24).
Date: January 25, 1900
Creator: Lindholm, Charlie M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Fixture (open access)

Curtain-Fixture

Patent for
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Thompson, Christopher Columbus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Separator, Distributer, and Feeder (open access)

Cotton Separator, Distributer, and Feeder

Patent for a pneumatic suction that draws cotton in to be separated, suctioned down a trough to be distributed and fed into a gin.
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Bateman, Eugene E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shears And Knife (open access)

Combined Shears And Knife

Patent for a knife attached to shears.
Date: June 26, 1900
Creator: Fulks, Fredrick F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bake-Oven (open access)

Bake-Oven

Patent for "an oven through which a current of cool or heated air may be passed to maintain the same at a desired temperature for either purposes of baking, evaporating, drying or roasting substances therein, as may be found desirable" (lines 10-15).
Date: June 12, 1900
Creator: Turner, Robert W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Friction-Clutch (open access)

Friction-Clutch

Patent for "a clutch wherein the members composing the clutch are adapted to transmit motion from one to the other by frictional engagement thereof " (lines 12-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Ford, James Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a new cotton chopper with improvements that have the ability to raise or lower the height of the blades and keep them nearly horizontal to the ground, including illustrations.
Date: June 12, 1900
Creator: Smith, Gilbert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bucksaw. (open access)

Bucksaw.

Patent for "a new and useful improvements in bucksaws to provide a simple construction to secure the saw-blade detachably in position and to tighten the same to any degree of operation." (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 12, 1900
Creator: Henry, Hugh
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revision of American Voles of the Genus Microtus (open access)

Revision of American Voles of the Genus Microtus

From introduction: "Synopsis of American voles based on a study of between 5,000 and 6,000 specimens from more than 800 localities."
Date: June 6, 1900
Creator: Bailey, Vernon
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lubricating Apparatus (open access)

Lubricating Apparatus

Patent for "lubricating the bearings of locomotives while moving or standing still." (lines 8-10)
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Dangler, Hank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Trap (open access)

Steam-Trap

Patent for " a improved steam-separating trap or steam-eliminator for obtaining a supply of dry steam to an engine or like machinery" (lines 7-10 including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1900
Creator: Guild, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Device for Rolled Goods. (open access)

Measuring Device for Rolled Goods.

Patent for an improved "means for measuring rolled goods while the materials is being unrolled and also to indicate the amount of material remaining in the roll" (lines 10-13).
Date: February 10, 1900
Creator: Sauls, Henry & Cook, George S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mantel (open access)

Mantel

Patent for an invention that can be applied to a mantel, consisting "essentially, of a flexible screen, guard, or shield adapted to wind upon a roller, the latter being housed in the space formed between the shelf off the mantel and the headboard" (lines 22-25). It is intended to prevent fire from getting into the from from the fire, control heat radiation, and provide a closure for the fireplace when it is not in use.
Date: September 30, 1899
Creator: Cox, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mantel. (open access)

Mantel.

Patent for fireplace guards that connect to mantels, which can be folded out of sight, or rolled out to prevent sparks or closing off the fireplace when not in use.
Date: March 7, 1899
Creator: Cox, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail pouch (open access)

Mail pouch

Patent for new and improved mail pouch, with particular emphasis on the top locking mechanism.
Date: June 9, 1900
Creator: Tabler, Jasper Newton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace - Fastener (open access)

Trace - Fastener

Patent for improved spring activated trace fastener.
Date: June 26, 1900
Creator: Woods, Washington Green Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Hook. (open access)

Hame-Hook.

Patent for "a new and useful invention of hame-hook that can be easily and quickly applied to harness-hame." (line 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1900
Creator: Plumhoff, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Attachment (open access)

Hame Attachment

Patent for improved Hame Attachment with "snap hame-hook" (line 11) "preventing accidental displacement." (line 13-14)
Date: June 26, 1900
Creator: Dobbs, William, Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Construction (open access)

Sash Construction

Patent for sash construction with grooves no need for putty or points.
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Holland, Willie Washington
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano. (open access)

Piano.

Patent for a new piano "in which the strings are vibrated through the medium of a bow, as in a violin, instead of being struck with hammers in accordance with the usual method" (lines 8-12), including illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1900
Creator: Holcombe, Edgar L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incandescent Hydrocarbon-Lamp. (open access)

Incandescent Hydrocarbon-Lamp.

Patent for "a new and useful incandescent hydrocarbon-lamp employing an easily-evaporated oil for fuel which transformed into gas before burning." (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 26, 1900
Creator: Yorty, Henry Harrison & Purdy, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History