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Aerocompass.
Patent for an aerocompass, which improves upon a compass combined with inclinometers or map-boards. It is intended for use on submarines, airplanes, or in an area when it would be difficult to use a regular compass.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Fischer, Fred Charlie.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship
Patent for an airshape. This invention is of a helicopter design. Illustration included.
Date:
January 21, 1913
Creator:
Darche, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap
Patent for an animal trap that can continue to trap more animals even after if traps one or more.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Dennis, Decatur D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap
Patent for an ant rap designed to catch ants and burrowing insects that are destructive to vegetation. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Fly, Nathaniel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Wheel
Patent for an automobile wheel. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 5, 1911
Creator:
Messerli, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Seeding Attachment for Planters
Patent for an attachment to existing hopper fed planters intended for larger format seeds (corn, cotton, etc.), to allow their use in distribution of smaller format seeds (cabbage, onions, etc.).
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Whitworth, John Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator.
Patent for a new and improved axle lubricator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the barrel or reservoir, its piston, and screw of the passage leading up from the top of the barrel-chamber, and the tube passing through the axle-collar and into a cavity of the axle arm" (lines 92-97).
Date:
October 7, 1884
Creator:
Keller, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery Connector
Patent for a battery connector that will bind the, "posts and nuts of batteries."
Date:
March 2, 1915
Creator:
Hale, Noah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Bee-Shipping Cage
Patent for transferring bees to a different hive without injury and preventing bees from escaping. The bee-cage offers different ways to transfer the bees.
Date:
August 16, 1921
Creator:
Ault, Eugene B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind Stop.
Patent for a new and improved blind-stop. This design consists "[i]n blind-stops, the rod, consisting of two parts connected by a thin piece of metal, in combination with a blind provided with a median open-slotted tapering screw and thumb-nut" (lines 49-53).
Date:
December 25, 1888
Creator:
Warren, Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blind Stops.
Patent for a new and improved stop for blinds. This design "is to provide a convenient means by which blind-slats may be swung on their pivots, so as to open or close to the extent desired" (lines 8-11).
Date:
June 5, 1883
Creator:
Vandervoort, Charles Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to provide a . . . car-coupling link which automatically uncouples cars in case one or more of the cars runs off the track" (lines 7-10).
Date:
February 27, 1883
Creator:
Keller, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caster Attachment for Plows.
Patent for "a simple and practical attachment for a sulky or other plow which will enable the operator to readily turn the plow at any point where this may be desired while the plow is in service, and furthermore, to furnish a device of the above-indicated character which will be especially well adapted to facilitate the turning movement of a disk plow and dispense with the use of a tongue to guide the plow." (Lines 14-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 26, 1896
Creator:
Waters, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chair for Sewing Machines and the Like.
Patent for a folding chair for a sewing machine or a similar machine, which can fit into a space between the supporting legs. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1914
Creator:
Hagner, Frederick Hayes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Writer.
Patent for an automatic bank check writer that will type out the name of the payee and other figures. Rotatable type cylinders, a foot presser, and additional adjustable character dials are included in the invention objects.
Date:
May 18, 1920
Creator:
Wendelken, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Writer.
Patent for a new check-writer machine capable of typewriting bank checks and similar documents with two sets of type, allowing for the printing of payee names, numerical amounts, and word amounts in a single movement.
Date:
June 28, 1921
Creator:
Wendelken, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate
Patent for a collapsible crate. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Orr, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Fish-Bucket.
Patent for a combination fish bucket, which has two compartments for holding bait, tackle, and food and a holder for a fishing rod, which may be carried on the body or by a handle.
Date:
July 5, 1910
Creator:
Fly, Nathaniel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Safety-Razor and Hair-Trimmer.
Patent for a tool used for shaving or hair trimming. This device has a reversible plate carrying a guard and comb teeth. The plate being reversible to permit the guard to be used in connection with a blade for shaving and to permit the teeth to be used in connection with a blade for hair trimming.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Brasier, William Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Steering Mechanism for Plows.
Patent for a combination steering mechanism for plows, which allows the plow to move independently (lateral movement only) of the plow frame.
Date:
March 30, 1920
Creator:
Rarig, Welden C. & Smith, Glen E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hat and Coat Rack.
Patent for a simple hat and coat rack "wherein a hat holder is supported by two garment hooks" and mounted on a wall (lines 11-12).
Date:
November 10, 1914
Creator:
Trice, Bacon S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Milk Pan and Curd or Cheese Mold.
Patent for a new and improved combined milk pan and curd or cheese mold. This design "consists in a dairy or kitchen utensil composed, mainly, of a pan with spout and stopper, and a detachable screen-cover to the pan constructed to also form a mold, and otherwise of peculiar construction" (lines 8-12).
Date:
August 11, 1885
Creator:
Noessel, Sarah J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shock-Absorber and Brace.
Patent for an improved connection between the shock absorber and brace to "reduce the strain on the front springs of a motor vehicle and to control the rebound incident to the front wheels [...] so that the machine may at all times be under proper control of the steering mechanism" (lines 34-41), including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
More, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History