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Ant Trap (open access)

Ant Trap

Patent for an ant trap designed as a ring-shaped trough and which allows for the drainage of rainwater through a pipe fitted with a porous plug. Both walls of the trough are capped with inward and downward curved flanges.
Date: August 1, 1922
Creator: Scrivner, Jefferson Davis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Cycle. (open access)

Air Cycle.

Patent for a pedal power "aeroplane" (line 9) with improvements to driving pedals and controlling the flight path.
Date: August 1, 1922
Creator: Kinnard, Laban B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cigarette-Paper-Holding Attachment For Tobacco-Boxes. (open access)

Cigarette-Paper-Holding Attachment For Tobacco-Boxes.

Patent for a cigarette paper attachment to be placed within the tobacco box for easier access to the tobacco paper.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Rose, Bertram A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gate Latch. (open access)

Automatic Gate Latch.

Patent for invention of a gate latch which is very simple, durable and is comparatively inexpensive. This has a swinging latch attached to the gate.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Schultze, August J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Filler and Packer for Baling-Presses (open access)

Combined Filler and Packer for Baling-Presses

Patent for a combined filler and packer for association with a cotton press or baling apparatus and operating to receive lint cotton from a suitable source. The primary objective is to facilitate an automatic direct feed of lint cotton from the cotton separator into the baling apparatus.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type Writing Machine (open access)

Type Writing Machine

Patent for type-writing machine used to center heading on a document in typewriting machines. With the success of the invention, the carriage-spacing key is depressed once for each letter in the word being centered.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Barker, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Box. (open access)

Ice-Box.

Patent for an invention of simple and efficiently designed ice boxes.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Bauer, Frederick H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Huller-Gin. (open access)

Huller-Gin.

Patent for a Huller-Gin. This device has an improvement that reduces the cotton being wasted by getting clogged in the hulling chamber.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
String-Fastener. (open access)

String-Fastener.

Patent for string fastener of a simple construction to fasten a string after it has been arranged around a box, including illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Hine, Frank B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Operated Door. (open access)

Electrically-Operated Door.

Patent for am electrically-operated door. This device has mechanisms that are when stepped on automatically open and close the door.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Cain, Ira L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mason's Jointer (open access)

Mason's Jointer

Patent for jointers used by stone masons and brick masons which can be used to cut out mortar to a predetermined depth between courses of bricks and smooth the mortar surface for a neat and attractive joint.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Downs, Anthony Wayne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Prod-Pole. (open access)

Electric Prod-Pole.

Patent for a simple, strong, and durable prod-pole which is also cheap and effective.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Martin, Budolph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sewing Machine. (open access)

Sewing Machine.

Patent for sewing machine having an embroidering or darning spring presser foot attachment.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Moses, Edward Isac & Kellar, William Edmond
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Bath. (open access)

Electric Bath.

Patent for an improved electric bath apparatus. Electrodes are immersed into the water which allows for passage of current throughout the body of water. Improvements provide shielding to the electrodes and clamps capable of attaching to bath tubs with irregular structure.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Howard, Mentor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for improvement of the pipe-wrench by simplification in structural details.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Stone, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine (open access)

Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine

The Patent is for a Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine. The purpose of this invention is "to provide a simple and efficient apparatus for forming sand models" (Kimball, lines 11-12 of patent).
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Kimball, Herbert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Tying Device. (open access)

Cord-Tying Device.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cord tying devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Postley, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Couch (open access)

Combination Couch

Patent for bed that transforms to a settee or a wardrobe. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Brandt, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a crude oil burner for furnaces and ranges. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Reed, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new and useful car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Adams, William Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerating Churn (open access)

Aerating Churn

Patent for aerating churn. This design of churn is designed to aerate milk as it churns. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Yardstick Calculator. (open access)

Yardstick Calculator.

Patent for a new and useful yard stick calculator for linear measurement. Yard stick is use in connection with dry goods and or business where items are sold by linear measurement including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Praeger, Ewald
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wall Construction (open access)

Wall Construction

Patent for a wall construction with metallic column casings and reinforced rods. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Harry, Owen K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum Storage And Preserving Can (open access)

Vacuum Storage And Preserving Can

Patent for vacuum storage and preserving can. This invention is intended for the use of preserving eggs. Illustration included.
Date: August 1, 1905
Creator: Stukes, John Marion & Lane, Barton George
System: The Portal to Texas History