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Toy
Patent for improvements in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts used in building articulated toy snakes that mimic the animal's movement. The patent and illustrations describe the shapes of the toy's sections and the manner of their hinged connection to one another.
Date:
September 19, 1922
Creator:
Davis, William Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sample Taking Device.
Patent for a device that takes samples of the strata or formation through which a well is being drilled without mixing the soil with water within the reservoir.
Date:
September 19, 1919
Creator:
Rembert, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Structure for Oil-Wells.
Patent for Valve Oil-Wells. This improved Valve Oil Well will increase efficiency and durability of device.
Date:
September 19, 1919
Creator:
McEvoy, John Philip
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Work-Holder
Patent for a work holder used to hold securely hold a bolt, rivet or the like against movement. The work holder is used in combination with a work bench, and contains perforations to receive a variety of sizes of bolt and rivet.
Date:
September 19, 1918
Creator:
Peters, Edwards Mathias
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Refrigerator
Patent for a refrigerator that can house lunches and bottles inside a compact, small space. Will safely store materials without fear of the items inside being damaged or jostled during the movement of the automobile.
Date:
September 19, 1916
Creator:
Rilling, Charles G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid Vending Machine
Patent for machine designed to vend fluids such as gasoline once a coin is inserted into the designated slot. Offers adjustment of amount of dispensed liquid, in accordance with the fluxuations in price.
Date:
September 19, 1916
Creator:
Chandler, Jason M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Device
Patent for measurement device, specifically for the measurement of the hem of a garment. Includes two small affixments that act as placemarkers of the measured number, allowing for the measurement of the hem, as well as the distance from the floor.
Date:
September 19, 1916
Creator:
Davis, Margaret L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Means for Producing Moving Pictures
Patent for the fixture in whichs cells or images could be placed to make the showinf of a film easier, with supplemental drawings that give suggestion for storage and any additional usages.
Date:
September 19, 1916
Creator:
Sudmann, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Moving Pictures From Plastic Materials
Patent for process of producing moving pictures from plastic materials
Date:
September 19, 1916
Creator:
Sudmann, Charles L. & Hopkins, Willie D.
System:
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Saw Filing Machine
Patent for a device that will create uniform shape to all the teeth on a saw blade, and can be quickly adjusted.
Date:
September 19, 1916
Creator:
Wilkinson, Henry R.
System:
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Scraper
Patent for Scraper
Date:
September 19, 1916
Creator:
Spears, Wiliiam I.
System:
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Telephone Attachment
Patent for device that eliminates the waste of current from batteries by eliminating batteries entirely, as well as preventing interference with other telephones.
Date:
September 19, 1916
Creator:
Rainwater, Wiley W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie Mold
Patent is for new molds to hold in place railway ties inexpesively.
Date:
September 19, 1916
Creator:
Shearer, F. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grave-Cover
Patent for a device to provide a temporary cover to open graves made of non-rusting materials with adjustable length.
Date:
September 19, 1912
Creator:
Rankin, Daniel H. & Cox, William, E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for an aeroplane with a propeller, which is "pivotally mounted and adjustable into different positions relative to the planes in order to produce either a rising movement or thereof or a driving movement in a horizontal or other plane" (lines 26-30).
Date:
September 19, 1911
Creator:
Andrae, Ernest H.; Andrae, E. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Wrench
Patent for improvements to the type of "buggy wrench" used for removing lug nuts.
Date:
September 19, 1911
Creator:
Winckler, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Muffler.
Patent for improvements to engine muffler, including noise reduction without accompanying "back-pressure".
Date:
September 19, 1911
Creator:
Smoot, Lonnie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown Crate
Patent for material improvements to a knockdown crate, including an insertable locking board.
Date:
September 19, 1911
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
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Safety-Catch for Breastpins, &c.
Patent for a safety catch for breast pins, brooches, and other jewelry, that, while easy to easy to use, will not come lose during normal wear. It uses a rigid guard and spring to hold the tongue of the pin in place until released with a lever.
Date:
September 19, 1911
Creator:
Ferruggiari, Cesar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Banana-Display Case.
Patent for sanitary banana display case for retail purposes, which displays bananas as well as keeping them away from insects and being touched.The display case is made of glass or other transparent material and provides both the fruit, hung from hooks within the case, and the case itself to be rotated.
Date:
September 19, 1911
Creator:
Haden, Wesley W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lamp for Vehicles.
Patent for a signal lamp for a vehicle. The signal lamp is constructed in a way only so that only one light is required to illuminate rear and sign signals, and the sign or number.
Date:
September 19, 1911
Creator:
Puckett, Almor M.
System:
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Apparatus for Treating Ankylosis of the Knee
Patent for an apparatus for treating knee ankylosis that is ready to use at a moments notice "without unnecessary or nervous shock to the invalid to apply the requisite heat, extension, and flexion to an afflicted part to render it supple and restore to its natural functions". (lines 11-15).
Date:
September 19, 1905
Creator:
Norwood, Robert R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway Switch
Patent for an automatic railway switch. Illustration included.
Date:
September 19, 1905
Creator:
Ditmars, Frederick R. S. & Hendrix, A. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for "an invention for tilting gates to materially simplify the erection of a gate for farm and other users and also render the gate sensitive and reliable in opening and closing movement by employing minimized operating mechanism." (lines 7-11).
Date:
September 19, 1905
Creator:
Connolly, Peter H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History