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Automatic Electric Alarm. (open access)

Automatic Electric Alarm.

Patent for an automatic electric alarm meant to be hooked up to an automatic dry-pipe sprinkler system, and protects against fire. The alarm goes off when the air in the sprinkler pipes falls below a predetermined level. This invention also signals an alert when there is a leak in the pipes, and is an improvement on the circuit-wires for similar alarms.
Date: January 7, 1896
Creator: Williams, George Bayley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inlet Control Valve for Flush Tanks (open access)

Inlet Control Valve for Flush Tanks

Patent for inlet control valve for flush tanks. Invention is indented to be an improvement on inlet control valves in flush tanks by decreasing noise levels.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Wright, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Saturating (open access)

Process of Saturating

Patent for a process saturating wood with preservatives. Illustration included.
Date: November 7, 1905
Creator: Jones, William C.; Stratford, William R. J.; Byrnes, Frank B. & Nixon, Edward J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Table (open access)

Folding Table

Patent for a folding table. Illustration included.
Date: February 7, 1905
Creator: Moore, William Bryant
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Stuffing Machine (open access)

Mattress-Stuffing Machine

Patent for Mattress Stuffing Machine which “consists of a bed and cover to hold the stuffing material and give it proper shape, rods to keep the stuffing material in shape while it is being inserted into the ticking, a follow-block for pushing the stuffing and rods into the ticking." (lines 9-14), including illustrations.
Date: August 7, 1900
Creator: Rehkopf, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drier. (open access)

Drier.

Patent for a new and improved drier. This design "relates to improvements in driers for lumber . . . and the objects of [the] improvement are to provide, with stackless arches having a closed top and openings in the side, a series of spark-arresting plates located opposite said openings, to deflect downward all the sparks that may escape through said openings, and thereby secure perfect safety in the use of that class of driers" (lines 9-22).
Date: August 7, 1888
Creator: McPherson, Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Currycomb and Brush (open access)

Currycomb and Brush

Patent for a curry comb and brush. Illustrations included.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Endsley, Horace F.
System: The Portal to Texas History