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Headlight.
Patent for Locomotive-headlights, "and has for its principal object to so construct the lamp and its casing as to permit of the lighting or adjusting the lamp-blaze from the back of the headlight box…” (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date:
December 2, 1902
Creator:
Stanton, James Robertson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for an improved cattle-guard by using a guard that has a plurality of spurs, should an animal step thereon its foot will be directed against one or more of these spurs, thus causing the animal to withdraw its foot and not attempt to pass over the rail. This will prevent the animal from crossing railway-tracks, but the spurs will not interfere with the free passage of trains. (Lines 10-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Steinmann, Herman Werner
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arc-Lamp Headlight
Patent for an electric arc headlight for trains, cars, or boats which produces a steady light and lasts long enough to allow travel over long distances.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Lacy, Benjamin B.
System:
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Advertising Clock
Patent for an advertising clock. This invention is designed to display advertisement at regular intervals. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Barnett, John Beverly & Turner, W. N.
System:
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Ant-Trap
Patent for "a simple device of this kind which will excel the former traps in depositing the ants within the annular pan and in efficiency for convenient discharge of the trapped insects" (lines 18-22).
Date:
April 2, 1901
Creator:
Inman, Joseph
System:
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Valve or Cut-Off for Tanks
Patent for Valve or Cut-off for Tanks. Improved valve or cut-off for tanks especially discharge valves. Few parts, easy to assemble, easy to operate, intended for extended use.
Date:
July 2, 1903
Creator:
Leithauser, Peter Jerome; Leithauser, Peter J. & Leithauser, P. J.
System:
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Apparatus for Testing Errors of Refraction
Patent for an eye testing device that has a movable lens, a measuring device for correction, and two different cards with test type on them which are fed into the machine during testing for astigmatism and myopia, presbyopia, and hyperopia to determine the level of correction needed in glasses.
Date:
July 2, 1907
Creator:
Bahn, Gustavus Adolphus
System:
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Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle guard for railroad tracks, which is activated by the pressure of a cow stepping on its platform and raises bars to block the the cow from crossing the track. It goes back down automatically when the pressure is removed off the platform.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Crouch, Jim L.
System:
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Wrench
Patent for a wrench. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 2, 1908
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E. & Hall, Samuel N.
System:
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Wire Stretcher
Patent for wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date:
October 2, 1906
Creator:
Neel, Randolph D.
System:
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Writing Instrument.
Patent for a writing instrument for writing on stacks of carbon paper, which need heavy pressure to show on all the pages.
Date:
November 2, 1909
Creator:
Dyches, John W.
System:
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Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wire stretchers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 2, 1900
Creator:
Curtis, Zenas Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Conveyor
Patent for a wood-conveyor that will "provide a practical device for hauling or conveying wood from a sawing or splitting machine to a convenient place of stacking the wood" (lines 9-12).
Date:
January 2, 1906
Creator:
Hughs, George G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a pipe wrench that is is strong but does not crush the pipe and eliminates the need for other specialized tools to perform work on pipes.
Date:
April 2, 1907
Creator:
Lavier, Thomas H.
System:
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Wire-Stretcher
Patent for "Improvements in Wire-Stretchers" (line 6) relating to "a combined wire stretching, tying, and splicing machine" (lines 15-16).
Date:
January 2, 1906
Creator:
Curtis, Zenas Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 2, 1908
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E. & Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 2, 1908
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E. & Hall, Samuel N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Machine
Patent for well drilling machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 2, 1906
Creator:
Boaz, Ernest O. & Kenehan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Fastener
Patent for a "combined automatic window fastener and lock by means of which a sliding window-sash may be securely held and fastened at any desired point of elevation and locked against movement in either direction."
Date:
September 2, 1902
Creator:
Parks, Leonard D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for a windmill. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 2, 1908
Creator:
Tucker, Holland G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Gathering Cotton Squares
Patent for a machine for gathering cotton squares. This invention is designed to gather boll weevil invested cotton and roll the cotton between rollers to kill eggs. Illustration included.
Date:
June 2, 1908
Creator:
Bunting, Karl Saxton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for a windmill. It turns creating rotary motion, caused by the wind, which is used as a pumping power source.
Date:
November 2, 1905
Creator:
Doty, David
System:
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Loading Apparatus
Patent for a loading apparatus that uses flexing sections that open and closes. Illustration included.
Date:
June 2, 1908
Creator:
Lipscomb, William C.
System:
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Kitchen Cabinet
Patent for a kitchen cabinet. This invention is equipped with compartments and bins that distribute granular substances via cut-off valves. Illustration included.
Date:
June 2, 1908
Creator:
Curtice, William H. & Rosser, Virgil O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History