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Bracket
Patent for a shelf bracket which can support a shelf with only one bracket.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Cockrum, George R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy-Suspending Attachment for Bedsteads.
Patent for a canopy-suspending attachment for bedsteads, which is adjustable to different size beds and folds up when not in use.
Date:
July 27, 1909
Creator:
Skinner, Miles T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Door
Patent is for car door and support. It goes on to explain that the car door and support were created to serve as a means of forming an efficient rain-proof closure when the door is moved into closed position. Another object is to provide sufficient means for slide-able support for the door and locking mechanisms.
Date:
March 27, 1915
Creator:
Minton, S. F. & McClellen, R. E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for tools used for construction, plumbing, machinery, home renovations, and many more.
Date:
February 27, 1923
Creator:
Edwards, Charles R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Signal
Patent for a signal of the nature indicated including a signal arm controlled in novel manner and movable from one position to another, the signal arm being inoperative in one position, and when moved to the other position being visible to other vehicles and pedestrians both in front and in rear, to warn them of the intention of the operator driver to turn.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Deats, Oliver George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Comfort and the Like.
Patent for a loosely woven material that covers household furnishings so it can be easily cleaned and then reattached.
Date:
July 27, 1920
Creator:
McNatt, Lucie R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cross-Roller Drill-Bit
Patent for an improvement upon a prior patent for a rolling drill cutter. The drill bit is designed with several rotating saw like structures which assist in the drilling process.
Date:
December 27, 1919
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Holder.
Patent for an ink bottle holder that allows for sturdy tilting and prevents ink from spilling.
Date:
April 27, 1920
Creator:
Smith, Edwin Ruthven
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burner.
Patent for "the improvement of burners. The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of burners and to provide a simple, practical an comparatively inexpensive burner of strong and durable construction"
Date:
June 27, 1916
Creator:
Messerli, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Projecting Motion-Pictures.
Patent for an improvement to motion picture projectors that lowers the operating speed, thus reducing the amount of film needed for movies, and eliminates flickers in the projection. This patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion.
Patent for improved apparatus for separating liquids in emulsion (relates to improved apparatus for separating one liquid from another) when found in emulsion and has especial reference to means for rapidly and effectually dehydrating petroleum oil emulsion.
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton-Planter, Cultivator, and Double-Shovel, Single-Shovel, Turning Plow.
Patent for the novel design for combination plow-beams or shovel-stocks which allows parts to be attached and detached.
Date:
June 27, 1882
Creator:
Le Roy, Charles Jerome
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Band-Brake for Railway-Cars
Patent for "a brake of simple and inexpensive construction, that may be readily attached to steam or tramway cars, that is automatic in its working, and to do away with the brake-beams now employed, which through their breaking down are two-thirds of the causes of car derailments" (lines 19-26).
Date:
January 27, 1891
Creator:
Inglis, Thomas & Schiermann, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling press made up of a vertically movable core that moves up as it gets wrapped up in the internet, supporting drums, a feed apron that presses the material to the core, a pivoted swinging frame with a compression roller, a bale support, a mechanism that lifts the frame when the bale is finished, and a rack-and-pinion mechanism that raises the compression roller that moves up to let the bale get bigger, and a mechanism that rotates the rack-and-pinion.
Date:
November 27, 1894
Creator:
Smith, Hamilton E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Machine.
Patent for a cotton-baling machine that compresses cotton between two pressure-rolls and rolls it around a core. This invention improves "the mode of applying pressure to the pressure rolls, and [improves] the manner of mounting the core-roll in position within the compress, and for facilitating the removal of said core-roll; and the elevation therefrom of the compress-roll" (lines 15-21).
Date:
November 27, 1894
Creator:
Bessonette, Charles Lewis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lid or Plate LIfter
Patent for a device that removes lids from vessels, or moves the vessels themselves.
Date:
October 27, 1900
Creator:
Maddux, Charles D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire Alarm
Patent for an automatic fire alarm. Illustration included.
Date:
August 10, 1905
Creator:
Suttle, Willis A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History