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Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for Clothes Pin made of galvanized wire that will remain normally on the line. It will also prevent the adjacent pins from becoming tangled together. It's twisted portions adapted for riding content with the line to hold the pin in operative position.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Perry, Cornelius Doctor & Wosnig, Walter, E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Converter and Smelter. (open access)

Converter and Smelter.

Patent for an improved converter and smelter mechanism that processes crushed ore, including illustrations.
Date: August 26, 1919
Creator: Miller, Theodore
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Actuating Mechanism (open access)

Churn-Actuating Mechanism

Patent for a churn actuated mechanism that is operated by means of a rocking chair.
Date: October 9, 1914
Creator: Jones, Erastus T. & Stanton, Charles H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Cooling System (open access)

Automobile-Cooling System

Patent for an improvement to the cooling system of the internal combustion engine of an automobile. "The object of the invention being to provide an improved cooling system of this kind which embodies means for cooling the circulatory water in the radiator by forcing air therethrough and also embodies means for directly cooling the engine by subjecting the same to the action of a blast of air."
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutter-Bar Adjusting and Locking Means (open access)

Cutter-Bar Adjusting and Locking Means

Patent for "adjusting and locking the cutter bars of lawn mowers" (lines 9-11), and improve the movement of lawn mowers by adding a screw through the frame and cutter bar.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Hollon, George F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Object-Finders. (open access)

Attachment for Object-Finders.

Patent for a "new and useful attachment for the object finder of a camera" (lines 9-10) with adjustable configuration, including illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1915
Creator: Lawson, Harry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Cutter (open access)

Pipe-Cutter

Patent for pipe cutter. This is an improvement to the pipe cutter which already exists. A portion of the pipe "is removed. . . instead of the material being displaced and wedged apart without removing as is the case with the commonly used cutter." (Johnson)
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Johnson, Willie H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension Obstetrical Instrument (open access)

Extension Obstetrical Instrument

Patent for an extension obstetrical instrument used for surgery. Illustrations included.
Date: June 28, 1910
Creator: Goshorn, Leonard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun Firing Mechanism. (open access)

Automatic Gun Firing Mechanism.

Patent for an automatic gun firing mechanism intended to protect gardens, orchards, and fields by scaring off birds and other animals that destroy crops through automatic discharge of a firearm at predetermined intervals.
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Steinocher, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock Mortiser (open access)

Lock Mortiser

Patent for a lock mortiser. The object of this invention "is to provide a light, portable machine arranged to be clamped to the work piece, so that the lock mortise as well as the key hole and the bolt opening may be conveniently cut with one adjustable of the machine" (lines 11-15). Illustrations included.
Date: September 13, 1910
Creator: New, Luke Mosely
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter Attachment. (open access)

Carbureter Attachment.

Patent for a carbureter attachment.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: McDonald, James A. & Harris, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History