Box for Presses (open access)

Box for Presses

Patent for a box used to house heated metal presses to extract fluid from cotton seeds.
Date: July 31, 1900
Creator: Galbraith, Oscar B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie (open access)

Bale-Tie

Patent for a bale-tie fastener including illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1900
Creator: Cypher, David A. & Dayton, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Regulator (open access)

Windmill-Regulator

Patent for a new windmill attachment that will regulate the amount of water in the watering trough, Including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1900
Creator: Schultz, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post. (open access)

Fence-Post.

Patent for improvements to fence post design in which a base is added to hold the post upright while keeping it above ground to prevent deterioration from soil with illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1900
Creator: Hammer, Willie Alice
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flash-Light System. (open access)

Flash-Light System.

Patent for new and useful flash light system where the "plurality of lights or series of lights are alternately cut into and then out of the lighting-circuit, so there are a series of flashes " (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1900
Creator: Wright, Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw. (open access)

Saw.

Patent for a saw with a blade that can efficiently cut through wood and metal materials. Illustration included.
Date: July 31, 1900
Creator: Caruthers, John I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for "improvement in acetylene-gas generators, and has for one object to provide an exceedingly- simple apparatus of this description in which the pipes and connections are closed , and thus protected from freezing by the effects of atmospheric changes; and a further object of my invention is to remove the possibility of an explosion taking place during the manipulation of the machine." (lines 9-17) including illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1900
Creator: Hartman, Gus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calcining-Furnance. (open access)

Calcining-Furnance.

Patent for updates to "calcining-furnaces", specifically several original and new parts, including illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1900
Creator: Hughes, Godfrey
System: The Portal to Texas History