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Combined Seed Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved combined seed planter and cultivator. This design "is to provide combined seed-planters and cultivators constructed in such a manner that the seed-planting mechanism can be readily detached when not required for use, and also in such a manner that each plow can be adjusted independently of the others when desired" (lines 18-24).
Date:
August 15, 1882
Creator:
Gifford, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coolers for Railroad-Car Journals.
Patent relating to "an apparatus for cooling the journals and boxes of railroad-cars and other vehicles" (lines 27-29). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 15, 1879
Creator:
Morris, Robert C.
System:
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Nut Lock.
Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists in "[a] lock . . . for a nut having a non-circular recess in its rear face, consisting of a washer having a non-circular opening whereby it may be keyed upon a bolt and fitted to enter the non-circular recess of a nut, and a securing-plate having an opening fitted to receive the locking-washer" (lines 81-87).
Date:
June 15, 1886
Creator:
Unger, Louis
System:
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Fire-Escape
Patent for "a fire-escape and observation-tower, which may be raised or extended at any point, or be lowered and compactly folded for transportation" (lines 7-10).
Date:
January 15, 1889
Creator:
Rüllmann, John D.
System:
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Acetylene Gas Torch
Patent for a acetylene gas torch. Illustration included.
Date:
March 15, 1904
Creator:
Marsh, William H.
System:
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Cartridge-Loading Machine.
Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in shell-loading machines.
Date:
March 15, 1898
Creator:
Handshy, Henry M.
System:
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Bottle - Stopper.
Patent for a new and useful bottle-stopper. This design is to "improve the construction of bottle-stoppers and to enable a metallic sealing-cap to be readily removed from the neck of a bottle without the use of an instrument" (line 11 - 14).
Date:
February 15, 1898
Creator:
Neuendorff, John B.
System:
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Collector's Receipting-Recording
Patent for a device for keeping a record of the money received in commercial transactions. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Hayes, Arthur Ward & Stevens, Clarence D.
System:
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Apparatus for Molding Concrete Walls
Patent for an apparatus for molding concrete walls which is easy to assemble and move around and can be used for different size and shape walls.
Date:
March 15, 1910
Creator:
Cross, George F.
System:
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Lock.
Patent for a new and useful combination lock designed for safe.
Date:
February 15, 1898
Creator:
Wise, Harry
System:
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Tool.
Patent for a new and improved tool for "various uses, being especially adapted as a clamp, vise, brace or drill-stock, or wrench" (line 9 -10).
Date:
February 15, 1898
Creator:
Poor, Morrill Hart
System:
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Torpedo Receptacle
Patent for a torpedo receptacle. This invention is an improvement for use with railroad lanterns. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1903
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
System:
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Electric Signaling System for Railways
Patent for an electric signaling system for railways which allows the engineer to see whether there is any danger or obstruction ahead on the track, and send and receive signals to and from a distant point. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 15, 1909
Creator:
Lacroix, Fred
System:
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Safety Device for Steam-Boilers
Patent for a safety device designed to cut off steam in the even of an accident.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Foskett, Fred
System:
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Elastic Bulletin Board
Patent for a general utility bulletin-board. This device applies to various function whereby exists a need for posting bulletins and announcements. The bulletin board is made of elastic material to increase efficiency and serviceability. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 15, 1907
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
System:
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Curtain Stretcher
Patent for curtain stretcher or frames
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Buckreis, Valentine
System:
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Attachment For Mowers
Patent for an improving to attachments for mowers that can be attached to shoe of the sickle bar. This attachment helps to raise the grain or growth being cut and bring it into the path of the sickle bar. It also works to ensure the cut grain will fall away from the standing grain.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
Muller, Hermann W.
System:
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Automobile-Fender
Patent for automobile fenders to provide a fender that can be used in conjunction with various types of motor vehicles and "prevent a person from being run over by the vehicle equipped with the fender" (lines 13-14).
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Uribe, Marcelino
System:
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Automatic Cake-Rack
Patent for a display device of desert type foods.
Date:
February 15, 1916
Creator:
Jones, Seaborn W. & Postlethwaite, Alonzo W.
System:
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Automobile Wheel.
Patent for improvements and a cushion to steering wheels of automobiles to provide better grip and comfort, including illustrations.
Date:
May 15, 1917
Creator:
Dominguez, Salvador
System:
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Plate for Secondary Batteries.
Patent filed by Joseph O. Luthy, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, residing in the city of San Antonio, concerning new and useful improvements in placates for secondary batteries. Figures page 1. Description of patent begins page 2.
Date:
June 15, 1915
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
System:
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Motor-Vehicle.
Patent for a motorcycle with a rigid and cushioned frame.
Date:
December 15, 1914
Creator:
White, Edward Young
System:
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Spring-Wheel.
Patent for an improved spring wheel "which may replace the inelastic wheels commonly used in connection with automobiles, and which are usually made of wood" (lines 10-13) including illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1915
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
System:
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Camera.
Patent for "means for accurately focusing the main or photographic lens without relying upon the scale; to provide means for determining the full extent of the view to be photographed; and to provide for seeing the image upon a ground glass up to the moment of exposure." (lines 10-16)
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Overman, Charles Joseph
System:
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