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Ant Trap
Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
Date:
December 28, 1909
Creator:
Mercer, John W.; Hasha, W. C. & Estes, W. N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry House
Patent for poultry housing unit that is easier to clean than previous poultry houses.
Date:
November 28, 1916
Creator:
Siddall, Willie D. & Hassell, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Gear.
Patent for a new and improved steering-gear. A simplistic and inexpensive design that will prevent the transfer of shocks to the steering wheel when traveling in a straight line.
Date:
October 28, 1919
Creator:
Scheble, Eugene Stiles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Time-Controlling Mechanism.
Patent for new and useful Improvements in Time-Controlling Mechanism "designed more particularly for the automatic operation of electric switches, circuit closers, and the like" (lines 13-15), including illustrations and instructions. A main object of the invention is to provide a time controlling mechanism for alarm clocks to "intermittently operate the electric switch or other movable member at pre-determined intervals" (lines 19-21).
Date:
August 28, 1917
Creator:
Gerdes, Herman Henry.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Jack.
Patent for a new and improved wagon jack. This design "relates to wagon-jacks, the object being to provide a jack of simple and economical construction which will be applicable alike to light and heavy vehicles. The invention consists in [an] improved construction" (lines 9-14).
Date:
March 28, 1882
Creator:
Clark, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a practical, simple, and efficient washing machine that cleans soiled fabrics with the minimum amount of labor in a small amount of time, without wearing out the fabrics.
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Snider, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wing Sweep Attachement for Plows
Patent for "an attachment for plows, cultivators or the like whereby the implement may readily be provided with wing sweeps without disarrangement or reconstruction of the old parts of implement, and in such connection it relates more particularly to the form, constuction and arrangement of the attachment" (lines 9-16).
Date:
August 28, 1916
Creator:
Skinner, M. T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History