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Automobile-Signal (open access)

Automobile-Signal

Patent for a device to indicate the intention to make a turn in an automobile, with improvements made for nighttime usage, including illustrations.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Illingworth, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Device (open access)

Clutch and Transmission Device

Patent for new and useful improvements in the development of clutch and transmission devices.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Hubbard, Adra M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Military or Other Insignia (open access)

Military or Other Insignia

Patent for improved military or other insignia pin. It is an attempt to improve the pin design with stronger materials and different construction methods.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Semans, Clare L & Heiligman, Edward C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for the Feed Mechanism of Planters (open access)

Gearing for the Feed Mechanism of Planters

Patent for gearing mechanisms in feed planters that are more efficient, faster, and less costly.
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Heylman, Edward M. & William, Roberts R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevated Carrier (open access)

Elevated Carrier

Patent for an elevated carrier, primarily used to travel merchandise and such from one point to another.
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Smiley, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Bit. (open access)

Drill-Bit.

Patent for improvements in drill bit constructions that allows the drill bit to be switched out and the new bit locked in so it is secure.
Date: June 22, 1920
Creator: Midgett, Penelton G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen Fastener (open access)

Screen Fastener

Patent for the attachment method for wire screens to a frame to prevent the detachment of the wire screen from the frame.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: McCaffrey, Horace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Cattle-guard. (open access)

Railroad Cattle-guard.

Patent for an improved cattle-guard to keep livestock from crossing onto a railroad track or into railway property. This protects livestock and decreases railroad liability for loos of property. The invention includes a pivotal gate which runs parallel to the track that will go across the track to block animals if they try to cross the opening.
Date: January 22, 1918
Creator: Gidcumb, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shelving (open access)

Shelving

Patent for a shelving unit designed to display books for sale in a storefront, including illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1920
Creator: Wieman, Herman A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air Controlling Device (open access)

Automatic Air Controlling Device

Patent for an air controlling device that supplies air at a constant and unvarying pressure.
Date: February 22, 1916
Creator: Crotto, Frank E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adding Machine (open access)

Adding Machine

Patent for a machine that adds numbers together using "key actuated accumulating wheels" to reach the desired sum, including illustrations.
Date: September 22, 1913
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Full for Locks (open access)

Spring-Full for Locks

Patent for a spring-full for locks that is "automatically spring actuated" (lines 12-13) by a button including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Ewing, Harry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moving Picture Machine. (open access)

Moving Picture Machine.

Patent for an improved moving picture machine, or film projector, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: Momyer, Harry H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Collar. (open access)

Horse-Collar.

Patent for a horse collar that prevents "grinning", i.e., "a slight enlarging of the apertures or slits provided in the outer edge of the lining of a horse collar to receive the thong lacing commonly employed to connect said edge to the corresponding edge of the front of the collar."
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Schenkenberg, Frederick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Means for Vehicle Axle Suspension. (open access)

Resilient Means for Vehicle Axle Suspension.

Patent for a more resilient vehicle axle suspension and created specifically for motor vehicles.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Guthrie, Nehemiah & Johnson, Callender L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stamp-vending Machine (open access)

Stamp-vending Machine

Patent for Stamp-vending Machine
Date: August 22, 1916
Creator: Woodward, Charles H
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cooking by Superheated Steam. (open access)

Apparatus for Cooking by Superheated Steam.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for cooking by using superheated steam. “A boiler which is supported by a fire-box. An oven is mounted on the boiler and provide with a plurality of compartments and ventilators. A drip-pipe, and a pipe connected to the boiler and circulated through the fire-box and extended up to the oven, and provided with a plurality of valves for supplying the compartments of the oven with superheated steam.” (Page 2, line 25-34) Illustration is included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Harrington, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Urn (open access)

Coffee Urn

Patent for a coffee urn. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1904
Creator: Peterman, Bert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Removing Sand or Other Fine Particles From Cotton or Other Material (open access)

Apparatus for Removing Sand or Other Fine Particles From Cotton or Other Material

Patent for a device to remove foreign particles during the processing of cotton. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Cumpston, Frederick Bennard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making and Laying Continuous Concrete Pipe (open access)

Apparatus for Making and Laying Continuous Concrete Pipe

Patent for a motorized construction vehicle which has a cement mixer and a trench digger on it that allows for the continuous laying of concrete pipes for irrigation.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Wiggins, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for destroying cotton-boll weaver. (open access)

Machine for destroying cotton-boll weaver.

Patent for a machine that aids in pest control of cotton boll weevil and other insects including including illustration.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Dannelly, Frank M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Hoisting Apparatus (open access)

Water Hoisting Apparatus

Patent for water hoisting apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1904
Creator: Moody, Winfield H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Forming Continuous Pipe. (open access)

Machine for Forming Continuous Pipe.

Patent for a machine for forming continuous concrete pipe with perforations at set intervals for water to escape from for irrigation purposes.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Wiggins, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine. (open access)

Type-Writing Machine.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in type writing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 22, 1898
Creator: Wendelken, Frederick S.
System: The Portal to Texas History