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Windmill
Patent for Windmill that is adapted to be held in various positions. This Windmill device will be strong, durable, and easy to construct.
Date:
June 10, 1913
Creator:
Houston, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weather-Strip.
Patent for "an improved construction of metallic weather strip which may be readily applied to the lower edge of a door and will effectually exclude rain, snow, sand or dirt, and prevent the same from entering between the lower edge of the door and the threshold" (lines 11-17) including illustrations.
Date:
August 10, 1915
Creator:
Faires, Elisha J. & Dulaney, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leveling Device for Traction Engines
Patent for a leveling device for traction engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 10, 1911
Creator:
Brown, Daniel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Photographic Backgrounds.
Patent for a new way of "holding and manipulating photographers' backgrounds" (line 19) including illustrations.
Date:
June 10, 1879
Creator:
Moberly, Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reamer-Drill for Well-Boring
Patent for reamer drills for boring wells. The invention relates to the construction and arrangement of the drill. The drill expands as it leaves the casing to form a drill and reamer, which limits the expansion of the forks.
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Walker, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger.
Patent for a device that drills into the ground and lifts the contents into a metal container. The hand-operated device also has wings that expand to let the user know when to empty the contents.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Phillips, Dave T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History