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Coin-Controlled Slide
Patent for a coin-controlled slide used for operating mechanical musical instruments and vending machines. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Hammond, Robert P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Operated Vending Machine
Patent for a coin operated vending machine that is meant to be inexpensive and adapted to protect the items being vended, and to allow adjustment for coins of different denominations.
Date:
September 2, 1902
Creator:
Fender, John Brown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Blocking Attachment.
Patent for a cotton blocking attachment for cultivators.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Horner, John P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boltless Fish and Bed Plate for Railway Rails
Patent for "fish-plates and bed-plates so constructed that rails can be secured in place without the necessity of making holes in the ends of the rails [...]; and the object is to simplify rail-joints and make the ends of the abutting rails stronger and to repair broken rails" (lines 10-17).
Date:
October 6, 1902
Creator:
Crawford, William, R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar-Shaping Machine.
Patent for a collar shaping machine that produces fold-over collars for shirts.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Hamilton, Joseph B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet
Patent for a cabinet. Illustration included.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Dorsey, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clamp.
Patent for a new clamp to improve support functionality in household construction, including illustration.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Stevens, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caster.
Patent for a new and useful caster to be "applied to light and heavy furniture" (line 13-14).
Date:
September 13, 1898
Creator:
Gluck, Solomon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate Or Coop
Patent for a crate or coop. This invention is connected at the corners possessing a removable bottom along with a readily detachable cover. Illustration included.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
Sperling, Ellsworth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gate.
Patent for an automatic gate that can be unlatched and opened by a vehicle approaching; and then, closed and latched again after passage of the vehicle. The automatic gate is reliable, not easily deranged, and simple in construction.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Laas, Louis August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton-Chopper And Cultivator.
Patent for a new and useful combined cotton chopper and cultivator, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 13, 1899
Creator:
Parker, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 13, 1909
Creator:
Freeze, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle-guard mounted on cross-ties and braces with exposed wires to permit identification of damaged wires and to be readily repaired without disturbing the remaining wires, which lists the parts for construction and illustration.
Date:
May 13, 1902
Creator:
Meador, Edgar T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Attachment.
Patent for a new and useful buggy top attachment, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 13, 1899
Creator:
Peikert, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casing Point or Strainer.
Patent for casing point or strainer "particularly adapted for use in oil and Artesian wells... which will permit free circulation of the liquid around the lower portion of the casing and free and easy entrance of the same into the casing, and yet will prevent entrance of sand and gravel into the casing" (Lines 12-22).
Date:
May 13, 1902
Creator:
Carlson, Andrew Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling-Frame for Planters.
Patent for a coupling frame for planters for attaching two planters together.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Barkley, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Analgetic Bandage.
Patent for a new and useful "analgetic bandage for curing headaches and oher disorders of the nervous system" (line 5-7) including illustrations.
Date:
May 13, 1902
Creator:
Ray, Thomas L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device
Patent for an amusement device. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 13, 1912
Creator:
Dougherty, James P. & Beeman, Mark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton Press and Feeder
Patent for an automatic cotton press and feeder operated by fluid pressure. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 13, 1909
Creator:
Cumpston, Frederick Bernard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Machine for Forming Plastic Bodies
Patent for a machine which quickly and automatically forms plastic bodies and blocks when fed the material. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 13, 1909
Creator:
Burton, Luther L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Land Roller, Furrow Opener, And Marker
Patent for a device that combines the function of a land-roller, furrow opener, and marker. Illustration included.
Date:
March 13, 1906
Creator:
MacDonell, Allan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
COMBINED HEATING AND COOKING STOVE.
Patent for new and improved combined heating and cooking stove which may be "operated by using a light chaffy form of fuel..." (line 15).
Date:
May 13, 1902
Creator:
Van Hook, John Lloyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Coupling.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic car couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 13, 1898
Creator:
Pettes, Moses M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Switch Socket and Plug
Patent for a combined switch socket and plug for lamps and light bulbs. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
McNeel, William Pinkney
System:
The Portal to Texas History