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Store Furniture.
Patent for a ribbon or tape cabinet with rotating stand which allows access to all compartments through a single cabinet opening.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Koniakowsky, Louis F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Support
Patent for hose support with pivoted standard having a part which is adapted to support the nozzle of the hose, with illustrations.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Praeger, Ewald
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Indicator.
Patent for a speed indicator to allow individuals not in an automobile to determine its speed, including illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Price-Tag.
Patent for an improved price tag that includes not only the price information, but also "at a glance a stock record and a cost record and provides space for making notations and writing other information" (lines 13-16) for the use of a store clerk's reference.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Bedinger, Singleton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Stock-Watering Pool
Patent for stock-watering pool.
Date:
January 20, 1903
Creator:
Hudson, Benjamin F. & Cook, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Mechanism for Signaling Track Conditions
Patent for a mechanism that would be placed on a bridge or trestle trains pass over that automatically indicates dangerous track conditions.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Matsler, James M. & Matsler, Benjamin T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Subsoil Irrigating Implement
Patent for a farming irrigation cart which places the water beneath the soil using a plow.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
La Rue, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suction-Fan or Blower.
Patent for a suction fan or blower to partially clean material that passes through, including illustrations
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Dickerson, Eustice E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting Stalks
Patent for machines that cuts rows of stalks, severing them into smaller pieces that will fall to the ground.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Smith, Cullen R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Foot Rest for School Desks
Patent for foot rest that will elevate the feet of a studying student while they are at the desk.
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Pratt, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Explosion Hatch for Oil Containers
Patent for improved explosion hatch for oil containers.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Scott, Clarence N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe or Rod Grips
Patent for Pipe or Rod Grip
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Champie, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Shoe.
Patent for a device that fits "pneumatic tires for automobiles" (lines 8-9) in order to "prevent the slipping of a pneumatic tired wheel in snow, ice, mud, sand, or the like." (lines 10-12).
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
McCall, Jacob Capshaw
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Miter and Framing Square.
Patent for a new and improved miter and framing square. This design "consists in the improved arrangement and construction of graduated scales, whereby I attain superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, inexpensiveness, and general efficiency" (lines 11-15).
Date:
November 20, 1883
Creator:
Bolles, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Power.
Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "relates to a combined room-ventilator and fly-hand; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be simple in its construction and thoroughly efficient and effective in its operation. With these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts" (lines 9-17).
Date:
May 20, 1884
Creator:
Ellis, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Top Prop.
Patent for a new and improved top-props for carriages. This design consists "[i]n combination with an arm having perforations and slot, plate provided with arm, pin, and bolt, and arms . . . secured, respectively, to the arm and the carriage-top" (lines 76-80).
Date:
May 20, 1890
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
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Nut and Candy Depositor
Patent for a nut and candy depositor for sending the nuts and candy into a dipping machine.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Brunka, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for improvements in pumps especially adapted for deep wells by using different approaches to construct and arrange the strainer, the working barrel, the conical valve seat and other parts to pump the water upward. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 20, 1891
Creator:
Branham, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Refining Cotton Seed Oil.
Patent for improving the refining and purifying cotton-seed oil through a series of refining tanks. A quantity of crude cotton-seed oil is first run into the refining tanks and the oil is heated and thoroughly agitated by means of rotary blades. After a period of settling, the oil is drawn through a purifying tank.
Date:
October 20, 1891
Creator:
Grant. W. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History