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Fan and Motoro Therefor.
Patent for a motor-propelled fan that can attach to any support, especially beds steads and other furniture. The motor is simple and can be easily manipulated.
Date:
May 9, 1893
Creator:
Sneckner, George A. & Roth, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pyrotechnic Device.
Patent for a firework called a crazy cracker, which prevents accidental ignition from friction by covering the firework in a wood pulp covering.
Date:
November 3, 1908
Creator:
Graber, Charles F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Needle for Graphophones and the Like.
Patent for a gramophone needle that produces better sound due to allowing for vibrations and can be used longer by producing a a sharpened point on one side while playing that can be used the next time by turning over the needle.
Date:
April 9, 1907
Creator:
Petmecky, Fred
System:
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Mold for Typographical Casting-Machines.
Patent for a mold for typographical casting machines which may be altered to produce slugs of different sizes.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Diaz, Pascual M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Burning Finely-Divided Fuel.
Patent for a combustion apparatus used in-conjunction with a fuel-burning furnace. The apparatus is a rotating device that rotates in a one-directional whirling motion, which imparts finely-divided fuel evenly to ensure a uniform mixture with air for a continuous combustion.
Date:
February 10, 1914
Creator:
Irish, David J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Opera-Chair.
Patent for opera chairs that can be used in audience halls. It is mentioned as seats that are rotatable with foldable arms providing enough space for the exit.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Wilkinson, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Discharge Mechanism for Harvesters
Patent for the binder-deck of harvesters "and it consists, broadly, of a flexible deck having its lateral edges fixed and its middle portion hinged at one edge and free at the other, and means for automatically lowering the latter when the bundle of grain is to be discharged in order that the discharge may be facilitated" (lines 11-17).
Date:
October 25, 1892
Creator:
Stroud, Wiley N. & Corey, Rufus H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seeding-Machine
Patent for improvements to the hoe of the seeding machine "and attendant parts, and particularly to the means for guiding and adjusting the hoe and for guiding and adjusting the following-wheel" (lines 17-19).
Date:
November 8, 1892
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, George W. & Ralston, James B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Desulfurizing Lima or Analogous Petroleum and Related Oils
Patent for an oil distillate to desulfurize petroleum found in Lima, Ohio. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 26, 1909
Creator:
Robinson, Clarence I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bookbinding
This is a letter patent for the bookbinding invention as a means for holding books, pamphlets, catalogs, and other similar paper materials together. The purpose of this invention is to make it possible to place additional material inside the same covers, and with the original contents of a book without breaking or tearing the binding.
Date:
June 22, 1911
Creator:
Robinson, Edward K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Core Holding and Dropping Device for Cotton Presses.
Patent for Core Holding and Dropping Device For Cotton Presses.
Date:
February 4, 1897
Creator:
Griffin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Operated Electrical Weighing Scale.
Patent for a new and improved coin-operated electric weighing-scale. This design consists in "the combination of the chute-section adapted to receive a coin or similar metallic piece, and having insulated electrical conductors, a weighing machine having its indicator disconnected from the main portion of the weighing mechanism, a stop on said main portion to limit the movement of the indicator when released, a latch for securing said indicator at the zero-point, and electrical connections between said chute-section and latch" (lines 114-123).
Date:
June 21, 1887
Creator:
Smith, William R.
System:
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Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine
Patent for a pencil vending machine that is coin-operated, with illustrations.
Date:
September 5, 1911
Creator:
Mathes, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine
Patent for a coin-operated vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 6, 1911
Creator:
Boucher, Horace E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adhesive and Method of Making the Same
Patent for starch used for paper that can act as an adhesive coating. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1913
Creator:
Dunham, Andrew A. & Dunham, Henry V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead
Patent for a bedstead. Illustration included.
Date:
October 31, 1905
Creator:
Davis, Augustus H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History