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Awning-Lock
Patent for a novel locking attachment for awning locks. Device locks so that is it inaccessible from the outside, therefore providing security from intruders.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Hatchl, Harold C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Lock for Cotton Gins
Patent for an automatic lock for cotton gins. It provides an automatic latch having a constant tendency toward the latching position, but yieldable to the opening of breast of the cotton gin. This is to prevent accidents involving the removing of obstruction in the gin happening to those removing the obstruction. Illustrations are provided.
Date:
February 5, 1918
Creator:
Henson, W.M.
System:
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Advertising-Machine.
Patent for a machine that displays advertisements in a rotation.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
System:
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Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle-guard "for preventing cattle from passing along a certain point of a railroad track from an inclosure (sic)" (lines 10-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Bullard, James H.
System:
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Attachment for Bale-Forming Presses.
Patent for an attachment for bale-forming presses consisting of needles, wire storage spools, and a "yieldable mechanism" allowing the wire to pass (line 17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Freeman, Lawrence K.
System:
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Adjusting and Locking Device for Skid Chains.
Patent for anti-skid chains for use on automobile wheels and tires which may be locked to prevent slipping.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Boyd, James S.
System:
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Anticreeper for Railway Rails.
Patent for an anti-creeper with improved strength and serviceability "in the location and construction of the tie abutting portion" (lines 28-29).
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Weston, William S.
System:
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Cotton-Chopper
Patent for
Date:
February 28, 1919
Creator:
Cogburn, Robert H. of McKinney, TX
System:
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Window Structure
Patent for a window structure. This invention includes upper and lower sash frames. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 11, 1913
Creator:
Hatzfield, Charles
System:
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Window-Shadde Adjuster
Patent for improvements for the window shade adjuster. The window shade adjuster limits the amount of light from entering through a window by providing a slidable bar that can be moved.
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Fechner, Albert H. & Fechner, William
System:
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Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire stretcher that is safer to use than other wire stretchers.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Stewart, James Andrew
System:
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Window Ventilation.
Patent for a window ventilator for use in damp or cold weather that blocks the rain or cold, while allowing fresh air to enter the house.
Date:
February 8, 1910
Creator:
Best, Julius J.
System:
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Wrench
Patent for a wrench designed for right and left-handed users, makes for simpler use of tool by having fewer components than other more standards wrenches.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Wulff, William F. & Wulff, M.
System:
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Wrench
Patent for a wrench that can also be used as a pipe. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Green, Eugene
System:
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Inside Trimming Machine for Trimming Wooden Handles for Tools and the Like.
Patent for a machine to trim wooden handles for tools. The "invention relates to trimming machines and more particularly to machines for trimming the inside portions of wooden tools or handles, such as handles for spades, shovels, and like articles." (Lines 10-14)
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Kimerer, Joseph C.
System:
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Kitchen-Cabinet
Patent for a built-in organization system for kitchen cabinets, including illustrations.
Date:
February 24, 1914
Creator:
Rosser, Virgil O.
System:
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Improvement to Oil-Burners
Patent for the improvement of oil-burners in which it is “extremely cheap and simple, which may be readily installed, and which is adapted to burn oil practically without smoke” (lines 12-14). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Hope, William H.
System:
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Improvement to Tire-Patch for Inner Tubes
Patent for an improvement to tire-patches for inner tubes by making use of "a simple devise for jacketing that part of an inner tube which may be adjacent to a puncture or weak place in the outer casing to prevent blow outs" (lines 11-14). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Major, William W.
System:
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Improvement to Bridle-Rods
Patent for the improvement of Bridle-Rods “of means whereby the device may be adjusted to accommodate itself to rails of different sizes” (lines 18-20). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Simpson, Charles M.
System:
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Improvement to Elevator Signal Systems
Patent for an improvement to an elevator in which “to provide an elevator signal system that will permit a party at any landing to indicate his desire to go up or down to the elevator operator by pressing one of two buttons” (lines 10-15). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Johnson, Charles S.
System:
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Indicator
Patent for a vehicle indicator that indicates speed using a sound and light. "The driver may be warned when a certain speed is reached and so officers of the law and others may readily tell by glancing at the vehicle whether or not it is exceeding the speed limit."
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Hartman, Arthur R.
System:
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Improvement to Fire-Box for Boilers
Patent for the improvement of fire-boxes for broilers by reducing the draft and “causing a more complete mixture of the fuel and air and consequently a more thorough combustion of the fuel” (lines 13-16). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 9, 1915
Creator:
Shaw, Carl C.
System:
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Storage Battery.
Illustration of a storage battery for patent.
Date:
February 22, 1916
Creator:
East, James W.
System:
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Linotype and Intertype
Patent for automatic stopping of matrices.
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Sundstrom, Herman T.
System:
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