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Spring-Gun
Patent for "a cheap and simple device of this nature wherein the projectile will be held in such manner as not to interfere with sighting the catapult and wherein derived will be held in place in such manner as will prevent their accidental displacement and will yet permit of ready removal when desired" (lines 9-17).
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Wilkins, Willie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark Arrester
Patent for a spark arrester. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Bender, Rudolf A. & Schomburg, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spirit Level.
Patent for a spirit-level by Allan T. Gibson. Meant for helping users obtain level and perpendicular lines with more ease and accuracy, as well as for determining any intermediate angle.
Date:
June 26, 1906
Creator:
GIbson, Allen T.
System:
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Pneumatic Knee Pad
Patent for a pneumatic knee pad. Illustration included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Gibbs, Paalgo P.
System:
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Pumping Apparatus.
Patent for a "pumping, or water-elevating apparatus," (line 9) including illustrations.
Date:
June 17, 1902
Creator:
Simmons, Jesse W.
System:
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Plow.
Patent for improvement in plows by first connecting a furrow-shoe to the moldboard, and second, by provide means for operating the plow-point to make a deep or shallow furrow and for raising and lowering covering-plows simultaneously when the plow is in operation. (Lines 13-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Morrison, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post-Card Stand.
Patent for a post card stand, which turns by a crank mechanism to show all the postcards on the rack.
Date:
June 8, 1909
Creator:
Bishop, Marvin E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Preserving Apparatus
Patent for a preserving apparatus. This invention is designed to impregnate articles of food with preservatives or saccharine substance for the use of making catsups, nut syrups, fruit candy, and other like items. Illustration included.
Date:
June 18, 1907
Creator:
Holden, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment
Patent for "a shovel or point attachment for plow-stocks for operation in turf, stubble, or grubby or rocky soil deep or shallow, the attachment being particularly adapted for turning stalks, weeds, grass, and stubble" (lines 11-17).
Date:
June 25, 1901
Creator:
Buster, Walter L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulfuric-Acid Process of Extracting Precious Metals From Solutions
Patent for "new and useful Imporivements in Processes of Recovering Precious Metals from Their Solutions, and which I designate as the 'Sulfuric-Acid Process;' [...] to separate the precious metals from their cyanid solutions in a rapid and thorough matter and to recover the precious metals from solutions thereof." (lines 5-8 & 22-26)
Date:
June 23, 1903
Creator:
Bahn, Gustavus A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Syrup-Pitcher
Patent for an improvement on a pitcher for syrup that prevents drips off of the edge of the pitcher.
Date:
June 19, 1906
Creator:
Bradford, McDuffie
System:
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Telephone Transmitter
Patent for a telephone transmitter. Illustration included.
Date:
June 6, 1905
Creator:
Fletcher, Milton J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Step Ladder
Patent for a step ladder. Illustration included.
Date:
June 6, 1905
Creator:
Soergel, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music Leaf Turner
Patent for a music leaf turner.
Date:
June 16, 1903
Creator:
Hutchinson, Searcy T. & McNeir, Forest W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stump-Puller
Patent "to improve the construction of stump-pullers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one which will possess great strength and durability and which ma be readily operated with a minimum amount of power" (lines 10-15).
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
Bethel, Ion Maywood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telegraph Instrument
Patent for a telegraph instrument. It is designed to simplify and improved telegraph-transmitter for use by individuals with no knowledge of Morse code.
Date:
June 16, 1903
Creator:
Armstrong, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1905
Creator:
Mills, Thomas M. & McKinnon, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Can
Patent for an oil can that prevents flames from going beyond the spout of the can and blocks gases from coming out of the can while still allowing the oil to be easily poured out.
Date:
June 18, 1907
Creator:
Harmon, William Ellis & Goodpasture, Thomas Boisarth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mud or Sand Band for Vehicles.
Patent for a protective flap to attach to an axle to prevent mud and sand from the wheels from dirtying and interfering with the operation of the wheel-hub and axle.
Date:
June 3, 1902
Creator:
Horger, Simeon D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut-lock "to be used in connection with a vertical bolt" connecting the axles and wheels of a vehicle or a railroad car with the other parts of the vehicle or railroad car (lines 8-12). It also has "many other purposes" that are not detailed (line 13).
Date:
June 3, 1902
Creator:
Bolen, Brantle W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Broadfoot, Jacob O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Bicycle
Patent for "a frame in which the motor shall be firmly supported without undue strain on any part of the machine and in which the weight of the motor shall be as low as may be and to connect the motor to the driving-axle in such way that a pedal shall also be utilized for driving the machine with little interference from the motor and with a proper balance of friction and to improve certain details and combinations of the driving-gear" (lines 10-20).
Date:
June 4, 1901
Creator:
White, Edward Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press
Patent for a hay press. "This invention has relation to presses having a rebounding and intermittently-operated plunger, and aims to provide a novel and positive actuating means for utilizing the power applied to the sweep in any accustomed manner (line 9-15) illustrations included.
Date:
June 16, 1903
Creator:
Ziller, August & Bouchard, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hinge For Gates
Patent for hinge for gates. Illustration included.
Date:
June 13, 1905
Creator:
Shelton, John F. & Texas Anchor Fence Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History