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Closet-Flushing Mechanism. (open access)

Closet-Flushing Mechanism.

Patent for a water closet flushing mechanism, which prevents the water from standing in the toilet bowl where it is liable to freeze in cold weather.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Parker, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Engine. (open access)

Compound Engine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in compound engines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1899
Creator: Johnson, Willie H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Coupling (open access)

Air-Brake Coupling

Patent for an air brake coupling for use on trains that opens the air valves when the coupling is attached.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Winton, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Table and Chair (open access)

Combined Table and Chair

Patent for combined table and chair that is very durable and simple in construction. This will allow organization and support for either a chair use or table use.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Macon, Alexander W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench that is cheap to manufacture.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Furrh, Elijah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Body Suspension. (open access)

Vehicle Body Suspension.

Patent for swing suspension for trucks to absorb shocks sustained by the chassis.
Date: June 20, 1919
Creator: Harper, William David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Fuel Burner (open access)

Liquid Fuel Burner

Patent for fuel burner that can be dismantled and easily moved around the kitchen.
Date: June 20, 1920
Creator: Tucker, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for connecting pipe-sections (open access)

Machine for connecting pipe-sections

Patent for embodying an improved construction whereby the ends of relatively heavy and large pipe sections be screwed together with minimum amount of manual labor.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Simms, Joe M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Mechanism. (open access)

Well-Drilling Mechanism.

Patent for the invention of an efficient well-controlled drilling mechanism to provide that can be operated automatically.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: May, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Velocipedes (open access)

Improvements in Velocipedes

Patent for improvements to a single-wheel velocipede.
Date: June 20, 1869
Creator: Dillaha, J. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Household Utensil. (open access)

Household Utensil.

Patent for a new attachment for buckets. This design is for a metal cup with hooks by which to hang from the rim of the bucket and a groove to receive the handle of the dipper or ladle. This allows for the dipper to be stored near the bucket without resting on the floor.
Date: June 20, 1882
Creator: Sims, Thomas W. & Fischer, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Starting Meachanism for Explosive Engines (open access)

Starting Meachanism for Explosive Engines

Patent for a mechanism for starting internal combustion engines, and particularly that form of starting devices in which a torsion spring is used.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Appleman, Boyd K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plunger-Rod Puller. (open access)

Plunger-Rod Puller.

Patent for a new invention of a Plunger-rod puller, its descriptions and usage is clearly explained.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Lowrance, William J. & Bryant, Ivens H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stirrup. (open access)

Stirrup.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in stirrups, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1899
Creator: Dickerman, Daniel Frederick.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire and Reliner. (open access)

Tire and Reliner.

Patent for a long-lasting, low-cost tire that is durable and resistant to punctures and blowouts.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Morse, Edwin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Hook (open access)

Meat-Hook

Patent for a meat hook that allows for ease of handling meats without needing to dirty the hands of the user.
Date: June 20, 1905
Creator: Tally, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent to improve the construction of the mold-board of the plow described in Letters Patent No. 163,352, "to make it more effective in preventing the black lands of Texas and other sticky and waxy soils from adhering to it, and to enable a proper furrow to be turned, however sticky and waxy the soil may be." (Lines 17-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1876
Creator: Bell, Francis R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Stove. (open access)

Portable Stove.

Patent for a portable stove, mainly for use on farms, that can be moved easily.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Neel, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow. (open access)

Sulky-Plow.

Patent for an improved, simple, and durable sulky-plow that "may be shifted laterally by the driver during the act of plowing whenever such action is deemed advisable, thereby changing the cut whenever occasion may demand" (lines 10-14). The plow can attach to any type of wheeled plow.
Date: June 20, 1893
Creator: Willmann, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor. (open access)

Governor.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in governors, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1899
Creator: Hunter, Victor Emmet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for a gate. Illustration included.
Date: June 20, 1905
Creator: Connolly, Peter H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tester for Pipe Systems. (open access)

Tester for Pipe Systems.

Patent for a mechanism to test the tightness of pipe systems.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Nicholls, Paul E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harvester (open access)

Harvester

Patent for a harvester. Illustration included.
Date: June 20, 1905
Creator: Lampton, Flavius J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor cleaner. (open access)

Floor cleaner.

Patent for a floor cleaner that cleans better.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Crawford, Hezikiah H.
System: The Portal to Texas History