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Window-Shade Holder
Patent for a window shade holder that makes the shade go up and down with the window opening and closing.
Date:
December 31, 1912
Creator:
Harris, Albert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vibrator
Patent for a vibrator to be used for treating diseases and massage treatment.
Date:
December 31, 1907
Creator:
Swindell, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post.
Patent for improvements to fence post design in which a base is added to hold the post upright while keeping it above ground to prevent deterioration from soil with illustrations.
Date:
July 31, 1900
Creator:
Hammer, Willie Alice
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Pot.
Patent for improvements to coffee pot design including a bagged apparatus to hold grounds that are then steamed through a jet venting apparatus to brew the drink with accompanying illustrations.
Date:
December 31, 1889
Creator:
Stidham, James Simeon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fluid Pressure Brake
Patent for a fluid pressure brake designed primarily for the railroad. This device is designed so the brakes will not engage prematurely before the fluid reservoir is recharged.
Date:
December 31, 1901
Creator:
McComas, Mark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Planter Combined.
Patent for a new and improved planter and cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the frame and the axle journaled in boxes on said frame and in bearings on the tongue, of the tongue journaled on the axle, the cross-bar connecting the side bar of the frame and passed through the tongue, and the screw-threaded rod passed through the side bars of the frame and through the rear end of the tongue and provided with adjusting-nut" (lines 53-61).
Date:
December 31, 1889
Creator:
Green, William R. & Green, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History