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Apparatus For Protecting And Preserving Poles And The Like (open access)

Apparatus For Protecting And Preserving Poles And The Like

Patent for add-on device to shield existing electric posts and poles from decay over time and weather damage.
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Lewis, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bee-Cage. (open access)

Bee-Cage.

Patent for a new and improved design of bee cages that facilitates the feeding of bees during transportation and provides "the proper ventilation of the air through the cage to prevent the bees from smothering" (lines 17-19), including illustrations.
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Ault, Eugene B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Landing Gear for Aeroplanes (open access)

Foldable Landing Gear for Aeroplanes

Patent for foldable landing gear for airplanes. This landing gear is designed to be folded into the body of the plane, by the pilot.
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: McCarroll, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guard. (open access)

Guard.

Patent for a guard for marine vessels against torpedoes.
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Muncy, David J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heater. (open access)

Heater.

Patent for an under-the-bathtub heater.
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Bowlus, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Support. (open access)

Mattress-Support.

Patent for a new device that will improve mattress support, including illustrations. It is "designed to take the place of the ordinary spring now in common use and it is formed of inflatable units arranged to be inflated by the use of air, hot or cold water or other similar fluids" (lines 11-15).
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Monks, Frederick I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Standing Valve (open access)

Standing Valve

Patent for a Standing Valve. This standing valve is designed to improve the way the fluids pump through oil and water wells. it also includes an improvement in the way the standing valve is secured to the wells. The new valve can also be easily replaced because of the materials it is composed of.
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Adams, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Underreamer for Reaming Out Producing-sands. (open access)

Underreamer for Reaming Out Producing-sands.

Patent for "underreaming tools or bits which can be adjusted from the top of the well and which can be set at the required angle..."
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Lambeth, Acey L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel

Patent for a tire with strong durability and efficient manufacturing.
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Allan, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a new and improved design of washing machines "which combines simplicity of construction with economy in operation" and helps "to minimize the opportunity for wear, breakage or derangement" (lines 30-35), including illustrations.
Date: September 21, 1920
Creator: Seifert, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adding and Subtracting Machine (open access)

Adding and Subtracting Machine

Patent for an improved adding and subtracting machine adapted to be attached to the end of a lead pencil. It is readily manufactured and simple in construction.
Date: September 21, 1918
Creator: Wittnebert, Duke.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver (open access)

Combined Door-Bell and Mail-Receiver

Patent for a combined door-bell and mail-receiver "devices for receiving and holding mail" (lines 9-10).
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: McDonald, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Cuff (open access)

Cultivator-Cuff

Patent for a cultivator cuff, which is directed to improvements in connections for cultivator beams, and has for its object to so construct a device of this character that the distance between the shovel standard and the beam may be regulated and adjusted, and held in position independently and without molesting the angle or fastenings which control the angle of the shovel standard.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Forrester, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Making Electrotype Embossing-Dies (open access)

Method of Making Electrotype Embossing-Dies

Patent for a new method of embossing woven materials (such as lace) onto paper using electrotyping.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Evins, Dossa D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester (open access)

Peanut-Harvester

Patent for a new kind of peanut harvesting machine that can be attached to a riding planter.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Boyd, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleeve-Protector (open access)

Sleeve-Protector

Patent for a device which protects the wearer's sleeve from becoming wet while washing his hands, brushing his teeth, etc.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Conine, F. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Header and Ensilage-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Header and Ensilage-Cutter.

Patent for harvesting machine that simply and efficiently cuts heads off stalks to save seeds and also cuts stalks close to ground for for use for ensilage or to be left as fertilizer. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Welch, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Stand (open access)

Switch-Stand

Patent for switch stands. The improvement is to provide a mechanism in connection with stands of the character specified for moving the points of a switch to deflect trains from the main track on to the switch, wherein locking mechanism is provided for locking the switch points in safety or main line position and connected to the operating mechanism for moving the points in such manner that when operating arm for the switch is moved into the inoperative position after returning the points to the normal position, the locking mechanism will be operated to lock the points against movement.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Philips, Smith F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expansible Boot Tree (open access)

Expansible Boot Tree

Patent for expansible boot tree. This device is designed for the ability to stretch boots and shoes. Illustration included.
Date: September 21, 1909
Creator: Malmberg, Anders G. & Olsen, Lawrence
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Deep-Sea Soundings (open access)

Gage for Deep-Sea Soundings

Patent for a liquid recorder for deep sea sounds. Illustrations included.
Date: September 21, 1909
Creator: Mel, John & Jones, Levin Thomas, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle

Patent for a non-refillable bottle. Illustrations included.
Date: September 21, 1909
Creator: Daniel, Patrick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston Rod Packing (open access)

Piston Rod Packing

Patent for piston rod packing. Illustration included.
Date: September 21, 1909
Creator: Rhodes, Hampton P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Jet for Conveyers (open access)

Pneumatic Jet for Conveyers

Patent for a pneumatic jet that uses steam jets to provide power for various tasks such as distributing seed cotton or elevating coal. Illustrations included.
Date: September 21, 1909
Creator: Rice, Earley W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-coupling. (open access)

Car-coupling.

Patent for a new and improved car coupling of the Janney type that increases "efficiency in service and enable[s] an operator at the side of the train to readily and with safety set the improved car-coupling to disconnect it from another of the same style" (lines 11-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 21, 1897
Creator: Smith, Thomas Henry.
System: The Portal to Texas History