Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for an acetylene gas generator, which is chiefly operated by the fall of a gas-bell.
Date: July 29, 1902
Creator: Ray, Samuel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke. (open access)

Animal-Poke.

Patent for improvements in animal-poke by providing a device which is arranged for convenient application to an animal, so as not to interfere with the grazing and drinking thereof, and will effectually prevent the animal from destroying fences and also from pushing and fighting other stock. (Lines 9-15) Illustration is included.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Barnes, John I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Alarm (open access)

Automatic Fire-Alarm

Patent for an electronic automatic fire alarm.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Fred, Mason Kennedy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator (open access)

Axle Lubricator

Patent for an axle lubricator, designed to allow lubricating axles without removal of wheels.
Date: July 8, 1902
Creator: Gowan, Richard H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for improvements in bale-ties is to produce a “buckle-plate having a middle portion with an opening therein, arms at each end separated from the middle portion by spaces open at one side, a longitudinal entering-passage connecting the opening with one of said spaces, and a hoop the free ends of which are looped down through said opening and up through the spaces, resting upon the arms under the standing part of the hoop.” (Lines 74-83) Illustration is included.
Date: July 8, 1902
Creator: Johnson, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Body-Brace (open access)

Body-Brace

Patent for a body brace made of wire and padding. One pad rests against the chest and the other rests against the front of the legs. There is a coil mechanism in the center that helps the wearer stand upright.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Russell, Manning W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Cold-Tire-Shrinking-Machine (open access)

Cold-Tire-Shrinking-Machine

Patent for a device that accomplishes cold-tire shrinking, in order to assure a snug tire fit onto any size cart wheel.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: House, Samuel N.
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
Conveyer. (open access)

Conveyer.

Patent for a new conveyer design “which is particularly adapted to load or unload railroad-car wheels or other heavy material on and of cars” (Lines 13-15) including illustrations.
Date: July 22, 1902
Creator: St. James, Henry Livingston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a combined cotton-chopper and cultivator.
Date: July 29, 1902
Creator: Forister, John H. & McAda, James N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling for Connecting Handles to Tools (open access)

Coupling for Connecting Handles to Tools

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Couplings for Connecting Handles to Tools" (lines 5-7) with description and illustration.
Date: July 29, 1902
Creator: Suttle, Willis A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Wheel (open access)

Current Wheel

Patent for "a new and Improved Current-Wheel" (line 6) including description and illustration.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Wells, James Ashley & Sumrall, Jessie Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engraving-machine. (open access)

Engraving-machine.

Patent for improvements to an engraving machine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Crane, Walter E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for "enabling a gate to be operated at a distance from either side of it by a person on horseback or in a vehicle" (lines 14-16), with details and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1902
Creator: Millican, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grate (open access)

Grate

Patent for a grate utilizing a conical shape.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Walton, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness (open access)

Harness

Patent for "a new and Improved Harness" (line 6) with illustrations and description.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Hawkins, Augustus Longstreet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for Hydrocarbon burner for heating oil along with the steam. This burner will also improve the process of atomizing discharge.
Date: July 22, 1902
Creator: Higgins, James Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ledger. (open access)

Ledger.

Patent for improvements in ledgers by giving each column in a ledger sheet a “label” such as customer’s name, daily entry, daily balance, monthly balance and etc… to record daily and monthly transactions of an individual customer's account. Illustration is included.
Date: July 8, 1902
Creator: Winn, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Making Cotton-Bales (open access)

Method of Making Cotton-Bales

Patent for "a new and useful Method of Making Cotton-Bales" (lines 5-6) including illustrations and description of process.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Rembert, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for a locking nut that holds the bolt in place, prevent it from loosening.
Date: July 1, 1902
Creator: Robinson, James F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for improvements in nut-locks by using a locking attachment; “the attachment comprises, essentially, a shouldered pin adapted to underlie the lower surface of the nut, adjacent one of the corners thereof, and project into suitably-formed receiving-apertures in the surface of the member to be clamped or in a washer designed to be employed between said member and the nut.” (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
Date: July 8, 1902
Creator: Popplewell, Felix King
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pessary (open access)

Pessary

Patent for an improved uterine dilator for the application of medicine to the uterus, with illustrations.
Date: July 22, 1902
Creator: Overton, Benjamin Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History