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Impression Cake
Patent for a new type of impression cake meant for the creation of dental and other kinds of molds.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Downie, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Head and Face Protector.
Patent for a wearable protective hood for the head and face to protect against weather.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
Mincher, Jerry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Resin Boxes and Coolers.
Patent for improvement in receptacle for oils, molasses, or thick liquid that permit liquid to be surrounded by steam or water and changeable temperature.
Date:
May 13, 1873
Creator:
Lee, Archibald K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Railroad-Gates
Patent for a new and improved Railroad-Fence Gate that prevents cattle from escaping from farm areas, including illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1879
Creator:
Hahn, Henry & Gaston, Anderson Lewers
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Distant Control Switch Socket For Electric Lights
Patent for an improved electric light control switch design meant to decrease the rate of energy consumption.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Davis, James Mattison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Printing Blue-Prints
Patent for a new type of printing press for the printing of large blue-prints. It is to be a more effective method of printing large objects with a curved plate to provide a more continuous and effective result.
Date:
January 30, 1919
Creator:
Cooper, Christopher Columbus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Cutting Implement.
Patent for a fruit cutting implement with increased safety measures to help users avoid "the usual and dangerous practice of cutting the lemons with a knife" (lines 23 - 24), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1918
Creator:
Davis, Mack H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Differential Mechanism.
Patent for differential mechanism using worm and beveled gears to control the rear wheels of a vehicle.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
Coleman, Arthur
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be cheap and simple in its construction and thoroughly effective in its operation. The invention consists in the improved construction and combinations of parts" (lines 10-15).
Date:
May 13, 1884
Creator:
Smoot, John Devers
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for an invention for train cars which "relates to car couplings, and especially to that class of the same which effect an automatic coupling by means of a gravity-hook," (lines 12-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1884
Creator:
Washburn, Andrew Lynch & Journeay, Abram L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "relates to improvements in cotton-chopping machines in which revolving hoes are attached to plows; and the object of [the] improvement is to afford facilities for chopping out cotton by means of horse-power instead of by hand" (lines 8-13).
Date:
May 13, 1890
Creator:
Green, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Book and Pencil Holder.
Patent for a book and pencil holder that mounts a pencil or pen and attaches to a book. The combined book and pencil holder uses a clamp so the pen or pencil attached to the book inside a pocket is maintained in a pocket and does not fall out.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
Colbert, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Heating and Cooking Stove.
Patent for new and improved combined heating and cooking stove which may be "operated by using a light chaffy form of fuel..." (line 15).
Date:
May 13, 1902
Creator:
Van Hook, John Lloyd
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Spring Clamp
Patent for an improved adjustable spring clamp design.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Hillin, Harry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Construction of the Hulls of Concrete Ships" (lines 5-6). The improvements enable concrete hulls to be made efficiently, comparatively lightweight, and durable with a new form of rib reinforcement providing strength to withstand all strains of ocean travel.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing Point or Strainer.
Patent for casing point or strainer "particularly adapted for use in oil and Artesian wells... which will permit free circulation of the liquid around the lower portion of the casing and free and easy entrance of the same into the casing, and yet will prevent entrance of sand and gravel into the casing" (Lines 12-22).
Date:
May 13, 1902
Creator:
Carlson, Andrew Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History