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Guano-Distributer. (open access)

Guano-Distributer.

Patent for a guano fertilizer distributor, which prevents spillage of the guano from the device.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: Akins, Lee J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Planter, Chopper, And Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Planter, Chopper, And Cultivator.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in "combined cotton planters, choppers, and cultivators" (line 9-11).
Date: December 6, 1898
Creator: Albreekt, Niklaus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barrel-Cover (open access)

Barrel-Cover

Patent for a barrel cover. Illustrations included.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: Andrews, James R. & Waldrum, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine. (open access)

Washing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design utilizes a plunger to create a partial vacuum in the corresponding tub, whereupon water, when rushing to fill the partial vacuum, saturates the clothes, cleaning them.
Date: December 6, 1881
Creator: Appelt, August E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road Building Machine (open access)

Road Building Machine

Patent for a road building machine comprised of multiple mechanisms including a blast furnace, mixing chambers, and chemical tanks.
Date: December 6, 1921
Creator: Austin, Stephen F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Stay. (open access)

Bed Stay.

Patent for a new and improved bed stay. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a bed-stay, of wires connected to the corners of the bed-stead, blocks on the wires, loops connected to the blocks, a lever hung to the loop, and a latch device locking the free end of the lever to the loop" (lines 10-15).
Date: December 6, 1887
Creator: Bethea, Cade
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Hoist. (open access)

Vehicle-Hoist.

Patent for vehicle hoist that "will be operated automatically by the momentum of the vehicle" (lines 17-19). The hoist is intended to be accessible to all users, professional and layperson, due to its simple design and lower price.
Date: December 6, 1921
Creator: Boutte, John G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Tool (open access)

Fishing Tool

Patent for invention that improves fishing. Not only is the tool used for fishing, it can find and remove objects from the water.
Date: December 6, 1921
Creator: Brown, Charles Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers. (open access)

Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.

Patent for a device to destroy "winged insects which are destructive to the cotton plants and other vegetation" (lines 19-21) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1870
Creator: Byrne, Thomas; Strunk, Diedrich & Schott, J. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack. (open access)

Jack.

Patent for a vehicle jack that has a support leg built into it.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: Chatwell, Edward I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash. (open access)

Window-Sash.

Patent for a window sash, which does not require the use of putty to secure window panes and can be used on various size windows.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: Crump, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin Operating Vending Machine (open access)

Coin Operating Vending Machine

Patent for a coin operated vending machine. Illustration included.
Date: December 6, 1904
Creator: Davis, Alvah B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake System (open access)

Air-Brake System

Patent for an air brake system for trains which does not require waiting between uses for the brakes to recharge with air.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: Dillander, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck-Lifter. (open access)

Truck-Lifter.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in truck lifters, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1898
Creator: Donaldson, William John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seal-Press (open access)

Seal-Press

Patent for "invented a new and useful Seal-Press" (lines 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1892
Creator: Douthit, Albert Gilbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy Wagon (open access)

Toy Wagon

Patent for "invented a new and useful Toy Wagon" (lines 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1892
Creator: Douthit, Albert Gilbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carton (open access)

Carton

Patent for improvements made to a carton such as an inclusion of a wrapper and retaining strip to protect and hold valuable objects such as glass along with various other improvements to the overall construction of the carton.
Date: December 6, 1918
Creator: Elder, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Molasses from Sugar. (open access)

Apparatus for Separating Molasses from Sugar.

Patent for " invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Molasses from Sugar" (lines 5-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1892
Creator: Ellis, Emmett A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint (open access)

Rail-Joint

Patent for an improvement in rail joints, including illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1887
Creator: Ferguson, George Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match-Box. (open access)

Match-Box.

Patent for a match box with an improved delivery mechanism for matches.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: Fleming, Henry C. & Royster, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Apparatus. (open access)

Gas Apparatus.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in apparatus for manufacturing gas from air and hydrocarbon, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1898
Creator: Gearing, Charles M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burning Furnace. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burning Furnace.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in hydrocarbon burning furnaces, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1898
Creator: Gearing, Charles M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire for Vehicle-Wheels. (open access)

Tire for Vehicle-Wheels.

Patent for a tire for vehicle wheels with springs.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: Guthrie, Nehemiah & Johnson, Callender L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener (open access)

Wire Tightener

Patent for wire tightener. Illustration included.
Date: December 6, 1904
Creator: Henry, Bush
System: The Portal to Texas History