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Pinless Clothes-Line. (open access)

Pinless Clothes-Line.

Patent for "a simple device constructed of connected links and provided with means for engaging articles to be suspended therefrom, such means being so constructed as to prevent displacement when subjected to severe strains." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1896
Creator: Cooper, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a new type of baling press, including illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Choat, Isom Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for attachment for cultivators that consist of new improvements that allow for cultivator-beams to spread apart and draw together with the attachment. This attachment can be affixed while the cultivator is in use.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Faubion, Rufus O.; Workman, Calvin W. & Workman, Cave G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Lock. (open access)

Sash-Lock.

Patent for sash-lock. This device is designed for locking a window sash at any given position. It may be applied to a window frame without damaging the frame or sash.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Clements, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Pin. (open access)

Safety-Pin.

Patent for an improved fastening device which incorporates a sliding shield.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Pyron, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter. (open access)

Seed Planter.

Patent for a "seed planting machine mounted upon a wheeled frame adapted to form a furrow and drop a predetermined quantity of seed at predetermined intervals" (lines 14-19), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Cantrell, Isaac D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shirt (open access)

Shirt

Patent for a mans shirt which is held in place by a strap going between the legs so that the garment does not move throughout the day and which helps hold up drawers.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Pollak, Julius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Chute Valve Mechanism (open access)

Seed Chute Valve Mechanism

Patent for a new seed chute valve mechanism with illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Cantrell, Isaac D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headlight. (open access)

Headlight.

Patent for a train engine headlight, which shines light around a curve.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Bell, Robert A. & McKiel, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder-Cock (open access)

Cylinder-Cock

Allows the cylinder cocks on a steam engine to be opened or closed using a coiled spring instead of steam or air pressure to ensure it is opened only when the engineer wants.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Galey, John Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for an improve to a Gas-Generator by controlling the liquid for decomposing the carbid in acetylene, by doing this the generation of gas is monitored and the waste of gas will not occur. This is an improvement to the Gas-Generator, this construct will have an automatic cut-off for the liquid-supply.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Summerfield, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dress-Chart. (open access)

Dress-Chart.

Patent for dress-chart, with illustrations. The purpose of this dress-chart relating to "pattern charts for cutting any and all garments" regardless of man, woman, or child (lines 9-11).
Date: August 25, 1885
Creator: Northen, Mary Eva
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil. (open access)

Cooking Utensil.

Patent for a steam cooker with steam tight joints.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Daniels, Laura E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Door and Gate Stop. (open access)

Combined Door and Gate Stop.

Patent for an improved stop for doors and gates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Ford, John Owen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Makes gas generators more automatic making them less dangerous and less likely to cause an explosion.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Summerfield, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casing Spear (open access)

Casing Spear

Patent for casing spears. This invention is designed for pulling well tubes or casings that have broken off out of the well. Illustration included.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Carroll, Monroe W. & Johnston, H. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History