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Trap-Gun.
Patent for a trap gun, which is placed in a trap and fires when bait is disturbed which will only go off when the bait is tampered with and can turn to follow an animals movements in the trap.
Date:
March 24, 1908
Creator:
Lovelace, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marker.
Patent for improvement in markers "used in filing and card index cabinets" (lines 6-7).Meant to "provide a light, simply constructed V-shaped device" (lines 11-13), to mark the location of papers or files that have been temporarily moved from a filing system.
Date:
July 25, 1916
Creator:
Wells, Spencer A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Filter.
Patent for a pump filter, designed for double acting air pumps, that prevents the passage of foreign matter (oil, dust, dirt) from the pump outlet.
Date:
November 25, 1913
Creator:
Miles, Ross E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Prod Pole
Patent for electric prodding pole used for corraling animals.
Date:
December 26, 1916
Creator:
Smith, William A.
System:
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Pump-Jack.
Patent for an improved version of "operating pumps and similar apparatus" (lines 8-9).
Date:
January 30, 1906
Creator:
York, Francis M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment.
Patent for a plow attachment, which holds the plow wheel in place.
Date:
October 11, 1910
Creator:
Dowdy, Ewell Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pocket-Knife.
Patent for a pocket knife that includes a wet stone built into its detachable handle. The handle may be taken off in order for the user to sharpen retractable blades attached to the pocket knife. This improvement upon the pocket knife design may be employed to the handle portion of any knife such as butcher knives or hunting knives.
Date:
December 19, 1911
Creator:
Irick, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Rod-Operating Device for Windmills.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in pump rod operating devices for windmills, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 9, 1899
Creator:
Vernon, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tank-Valve.
Patent for tank-valves in which “a valve may be readily detached for renewal or repairs and adaptable without material change of structure to any of the various forms and structures of tanks manufactured.” (Lines 18-22.) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 3, 1905
Creator:
Burchett, Edward Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Inflating Pump.
Patent for tire inflating pump. Its purpose is meant to be used to inflate automobile tires.
Date:
November 12, 1918
Creator:
Lovelace, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tag.
Patent for an inexpensive and simple tag to label bolts of cloth that is "a convenient means for fastening the [tag] in such position upon a bolt of goods as to prevent it from becoming twisted or turned, and so that the tag will always be held or supported so as to exhibit the markings thereon" (lines 12-16).
Date:
March 19, 1895
Creator:
Winkler, Charles
System:
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Gearing
Patent for improvements in gearing, "especially adapted for use in connection with wind mills and other devices" (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Wiggins, Hundley
System:
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Hoisting Device.
Patent for an inexpensive device that is meant to hoist, lift, or extract stumps, stones, or other heavy objects. It also stretches wire and can act as a vehicle jack.
Date:
December 19, 1893
Creator:
Hagelstein, Henry
System:
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Hasp-Fastener
Patent for a hasp fastener for doors.
Date:
April 16, 1912
Creator:
Matthews, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor
Patent for Governor that improves upon a speed controlling mechanism, specifically for controlling a reciprocating element like an engine piston, including illustration and instructions. This application is a division of an earlier application (Serial Number: 843, 812 submitted June 08, 1914).
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Burrow, Edgar A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Equalizing Device for Pump-Rods.
Patent for an improved equalizing device for pump-rods used in hand or windmill pumps that increases the operating efficiency and decreases the manufacture cost of the device.
Date:
April 10, 1906
Creator:
Shipman, John Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Freezing-Plug.
Patent for freezing plug. This device prevents pipes from bursting when frozen.
Date:
November 2, 1915
Creator:
Howell, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Embroidery Attachment.
Patent for an embroidery attachment for sewing machines.
Date:
May 31, 1910
Creator:
Shockley, Richard Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine.
Patent for new steam engine design with illustrations
Date:
June 29, 1915
Creator:
Burrow, Edgar A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Operated Door.
Patent for am electrically-operated door. This device has mechanisms that are when stepped on automatically open and close the door.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Cain, Ira L.
System:
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Ice-Tray
Patent describing a "combined water-cooler and ice tray [...for] the cooling of water by ice without the ice coming in contact with the water" (lines 9-12).
Date:
May 6, 1902
Creator:
Henning, Thomas W.
System:
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Ice-Cream Freezer
Patent for an ice cream freezer that may also be used as an egg beater or a churn. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 15, 1909
Creator:
Moon, Richard Davis
System:
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Self-Registering Target
Patent for "new and useful improvements in self-registering targets, whereby the shots are plainly indicated, the parts are readily returned to their normal position after the shot is fired, and the whole combining simplicity, cheapness, and durability" (lines 13-18).
Date:
April 17, 1888
Creator:
Wright, Walter K. & Brown, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter
Patent for a seed planter. Illustration included.
Date:
January 10, 1911
Creator:
Dowdy, Ewell Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History