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Combined Rule and Square.
Patent for new and useful Improvements in Combined Rules and Squares which makes it "possible to form a rigid straight rule or one or more rigid squares" (lines 24-25), including illustration and instructions.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Grossman, Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Binder Attachment for Hay Presses
Patent for automatic binder attachment for hay presses with accompanying illustrations of the patent.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Trigg, John B & Hill, William E
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Lime.
Patent for improvements in apparatus for burning lime. To provide reliable and efficient means to extract all the heat units from fuel to be used by providing an increase draft and long blaze.
Date:
July 18, 1916
Creator:
Walsh, Patrick A. & Walsh, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjusting and Locking Device for Skid Chains.
Patent for anti-skid chains for use on automobile wheels and tires which may be locked to prevent slipping.
Date:
February 26, 1918
Creator:
Boyd, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Attachment
Patent for an automobile attachment designed to utilize the power produced by motorized engines for various farming implements.
Date:
September 23, 1919
Creator:
Klima, J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waterproof Car-Door.
Patent for a freight car door of "strong, durable, and inexpensive construction which will be water and air tight, and which will be practically indestructible in case of a wreck" (lines 17-20) including illustrations.
Date:
January 1, 1918
Creator:
Atkinson, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Watering-Trough.
Patent for a valve that controls the flow of drinking water from a reservoir or tank into a trough. It can be operated by domestic animals and automatically shuts off when they are finished drinking.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Atkinson, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Crushing Cotton-Bolls
Patent for a tool to improve cotton processing machines.
Date:
February 8, 1916
Creator:
Reynolds, Richard J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Work Clamp.
Patent for an improved work clamp. The inventor claimed that the clamp was meant to be universal, allowing for several clamped pieces of material to be secured simultaneously for welding or other joining methods. The tool was meant to facilitate complex construction in a variety of machinery repair facilities and markets.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Treuthardt, Arnold Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Spring.
Patent for a vehicle spring with telescoping casings.
Date:
June 7, 1910
Creator:
Pochyla, Adolph Arnold & King, Henry Allen
System:
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Starting Device for Engines
Patent for a starting device for automobile engines. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 3, 1912
Creator:
Roberts, James O. & Nunn, John W.
System:
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Punch.
Patent for a punch tool used for cutting metal or other objects. The tool’s construction includes pivoted handles and an anvil block for efficient punching with “minimum application of pressure” (lines 13-14).
Date:
December 30, 1913
Creator:
Cuba, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine
Patent for internal combustion engine.
Date:
January 16, 1917
Creator:
Box, Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land Marker
Patent for land markers that can be used as guides such as for planting.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Bland, Royal H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter Shoe
Patent for a planter shoe. Illustration included.
Date:
August 16, 1910
Creator:
Pogue, Steward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Heater
Patent for tool heaters "adapted to heat a soldering iron by gas" (lines 9-10) to increase the heat applied to the tool, including illustrations.
Date:
October 21, 1919
Creator:
Juergens, Ernest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine
Patent for internal combustion engine.
Date:
November 7, 1916
Creator:
Box, Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Supplementary Vehicle-Seat.
Patent for a supplementary vehicle seat for buggies, which is easy to attach and remove and is durable.
Date:
June 14, 1910
Creator:
Brehan, Frederick F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stop-Cock.
Patent for a stop-cock adapted to be used with water service pipes. It features a key operable lock stop-cock whose parts must be manipulated at specific times in order to open the passageway.
Date:
January 23, 1912
Creator:
Suess, Walter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grave-Filler.
Patent for a grave-filler device that holds dirt from the grave and can be shifted longitudinally from the grave and be titled vertically to refill the grave.
Date:
April 25, 1916
Creator:
Imhoff, Louis P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly Catcher
Patent for the fly catcher. This invention comprehends the provision of a fly trap embodying a chute through which livestock may pass and have flies that circulate around them being scared or brushed off of them and causing them to enter a trap. Illustrations are provided.
Date:
March 12, 1918
Creator:
Girvin, Fitzhugh B. & Brady, Charles P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Handle.
Patent for a razor handle that has a safety guard for the blade.
Date:
April 4, 1911
Creator:
Wiederkehr, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plumb Level
Patent for a plumb level. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Brooks, Robert L.
System:
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Horse-Detacher
Patent for a horse detacher that easily connects and unconnects to the swingletree.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Nowotny, Charles
System:
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