Canning Apparatus. (open access)

Canning Apparatus.

Patent for Canning Apparatus used to preserve fruits and vegetables in sealed cans. Apparatus also consist of a boiling platform to boil the contents of the can before sealing it.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Garner, John Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake. (open access)

Car-Brake.

Patent for Car brake. Improvements in street car brake system which is based on the concept of physical force applied on the fender or apron which in turn forces the shoe on the rim.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Brown, Frank O. & Moore, Edward T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
COMBINATION RAKE AND FORK. (open access)

COMBINATION RAKE AND FORK.

Patent for a new invention of a farm implement hand-tool which is a combination of a rake and a fork, functioning either as a rake or a fork with a single adjustment, including description and illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Zwicker, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Device for Steam-Boilers (open access)

Safety Device for Steam-Boilers

Patent for a safety device designed to cut off steam in the even of an accident.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Foskett, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Rake. (open access)

Stalk-Rake.

Patent for new stalk rake design, “especially applicable as a rake for gathering corn or cotton stalks from the ground preparatory to plowing the same or otherwise fitting it for use”, (lines 13-17) including illustrations.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Clark, Joesph Lauson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Generator (open access)

Steam Generator

Patent for an invention that "relates to a novel generator designed with special reference to the requirements of motor-vehicles, but capable of use in any connection where a completely automatic generator of light compact form is desirable" (lines 14-21). Illustrations are included.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Walker, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for wire stretcher which draw fence-wire and hold the stack. This device is used mainly while working with fence-wires and supplemental tie-wires.
Date: July 15, 1902
Creator: Halpain, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History