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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
Aseptic Fountain Syringe or Irrigator (open access)

Aseptic Fountain Syringe or Irrigator

Patent for an aseptic fountain syringe or irrigator for use by doctors that is easily cleaned and portable.
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Leach, Shirley N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Photographic-Printing Device. (open access)

Photographic-Printing Device.

Patent for a new photographic-printing device featuring an improved apparatus, as well as new exposure and printing capabilities, including illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Brown, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Conductor (open access)

Electric Conductor

Patent for electric conductor with switch cord and plug especially designed for use with multiple electrical circuits, as with a telephone switchboard.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Weir, Welby D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard (open access)

Cattle-Guard

Patent for a cattle guard for use at railroad tracks incorporating a depressible platform connected to a closing mechanism which will impede movement of cattle across the track, but allow for unobstructed movement at other times.
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Richter, Fred Otto & Richter, Gustav Adolph
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-Cleaning System (open access)

Air-Cleaning System

Patent for an air cleaning system to be used in homes. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound for Curing and Coloring Meat (open access)

Compound for Curing and Coloring Meat

Patent for a compound to cure, preserve, and color meats, including ingredients and dosage.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Gains, Edward P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Automatically Applying Germicides (open access)

Apparatus for Automatically Applying Germicides

Patent for "a means for automatically applying an insecticide or germicide which will either kill or drive off the parasite, vermin, and other troublesome germ" (lines 16-19).
Date: August 20, 1901
Creator: Pendleton, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard (open access)

Cattle-Guard

Patent for a cattle-guard on railroad tracks.
Date: January 20, 1903
Creator: Richardson, Columbus John
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
Ant-Trap (open access)

Ant-Trap

Patent for an ant trap with a removable bottom which allows the trap to be emptied easily.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Miller, Charles R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap (open access)

Ant-Trap

Patent for an ant rap designed to catch ants and burrowing insects that are destructive to vegetation. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Fly, Nathaniel D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bandage. (open access)

Bandage.

Patent for bandage that prevents and/or reduces the occurrence of "double chin."
Date: March 20, 1906
Creator: Hardee, Virginia E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Tooth. (open access)

Saw-Tooth.

Patent for a new design for saw-teeth, with illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Fleming, Christopher C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Treating The Butt-Ends Of Poles (open access)

Apparatus For Treating The Butt-Ends Of Poles

Patent for an apparatus for treating the butt ends of poles. Illustration included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Logan, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights (open access)

Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights

Patent for a combined socket and switch for electric lights that allows different bulbs of a chandelier to be turned on separately.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Bailey, Douglas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for a small animal trap which consists of a cage suspended in the air on a spring system which drops when an animal disturbs the bait.
Date: July 20, 1909
Creator: Franks, Marion M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cooling Water. (open access)

Apparatus for Cooling Water.

Patent for a water-cooling apparatus composed chiefly of a subterranean cistern and a water-supply source.
Date: May 20, 1901
Creator: William J. Dossey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined or Covertible Tool. (open access)

Combined or Covertible Tool.

Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a screw-driver, its blade having a hole and a lug, and its handle having in its end a socket with a slotted reversible tool, pointed at one end and formed for a screw-driver at the other end adjustably held against one side of the screw-driver by means of a screw and nut and the lug, and adapted to fit in the socket when out of use" (lines 63-71).
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Barber, Edwin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Sand and Gravel Washer (open access)

Combined Sand and Gravel Washer

Patent for "a combined gravel and sand washing box which shall effectually serve as a means for practically removing all sand and dirt from gravel and stones and all mud and fine dirt from sand" (lines 30-34).
Date: November 20, 1888
Creator: Carrico, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Razor. (open access)

Safety-Razor.

Patent for new and improved safety razor, which will be similar to an ordinary razor, and "can be used either in its safety form or in the ordinary manner" (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Bradley, Richard Sherman.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke. (open access)

Animal-Poke.

Patent for "a light and effective head-frame for horned cattle, designed to prevent their going through or injuring wire fences or from goring persons or animals." (Lines 14-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Moore, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric motor. (open access)

Electric motor.

Patent for improved electric motor used in motor vehicles "which may be associated directly with the driving-wheel of a motor-vehicle" (lines 40-41), bypassing the need for other power-transmitting mechanisms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Perret, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History