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Candy Pulling Machine (open access)

Candy Pulling Machine

Patent for candy pulling machine. Illustration included.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Jenner, Edward J. & Hildreth, Herbert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and useful churn, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 14, 1899
Creator: Neuendorff, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbid Feeding Device (open access)

Carbid Feeding Device

Patent for carbid feeding device. Illustration included.
Date: March 14, 1905
Creator: Sinclair, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists, "with a draw-head and a pin held to slide vertically therein, of a lever pivotally connected with the said link and fulcrumed on the draw-head, a chain connected with the said lever, an eye through which passes said chain, an arm connected with the inner end of the said chain, and a transversely-extending shaft mounted to turn in suitable bearings in the car-body and carrying the said arm" (lines 15-24).
Date: October 14, 1890
Creator: Onzon, François P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pole Tip and Neck Yoke Clamp. (open access)

Combined Pole Tip and Neck Yoke Clamp.

Patent for a new combination wagon-pole tip and neck-yoke clamp. This design "provide[s] a combined wagon-pole tip or socket and neck-yoke clamp of novel construction, which can be easily attached to and detached from the pole or neck-yoke, and which, when in use, will be self-adjusting to the movements of the neck-yoke due to the motion of the team" (lines 9-15).
Date: November 14, 1882
Creator: Sibert, Francis William & Hurd, Stephen Porter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boot-Tree Former. (open access)

Boot-Tree Former.

Patent for a boot-tree former, which is used in boot manufacturing to form and stretch the shape of a boot.
Date: March 14, 1914
Creator: Lucchese, Michele
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight (open access)

Automobile-Headlight

Patent for movable automobile headlight which reflect downward on the road surface and utilizes the at-hand mounting hardware for static automobile headlights.
Date: July 14, 1914
Creator: Allan, William N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Skimmer. (open access)

Boiler-Skimmer.

Patent for a boiler-skimmer that improves the hinge joint so that water or scum will have free access there and in all positions of the skimmer.
Date: October 14, 1919
Creator: Phillips, Eugene N. & Dick, Harvey H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can Opener (open access)

Can Opener

Patent for a can opener which cuts cleanly and rapidly around the outside wall of the can, so as to avoid jagged edges.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Minor, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Apparatus. (open access)

Safety Apparatus.

Patent for vehicle to safely have the right of way when reaching a crossing first.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Duran, Arturo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Lift. (open access)

Water-Lift.

Patent for a water lift for wells, which can be easily removed from the well for cleaning.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive-Headlight. (open access)

Locomotive-Headlight.

Patent for a three-way locomotive-headlight with easily removable screens of different colors in order to send signals. The screens are easily fitted to other locomotive headlights. This invention is meant to prevent accidents that happen without proper signaling.
Date: January 14, 1896
Creator: Davis, Moses J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Tire (open access)

Vehicle Tire

Patent for a vehicle tire. Illustration included.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Banks, Theodore E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Sweeper. (open access)

Lawn-Sweeper.

Patent for a light weight lawn sweeper that doubles as a shovel for lawn debris. Illustrations included.
Date: August 14, 1900
Creator: Caruthers, John Irving
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Piano-Pedal Attachments. (open access)

Improvement in Piano-Pedal Attachments.

Patent for improved piano-pedal attachments which would help "children who are not able to reach the regular pedals; by hooking the stool to the regular pedal-support and setting the connecting-rods in the little sockets in the piano-pedals." (Lines [9-14]) Illustration is included.
Date: March 14, 1876
Creator: Cheesman, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dining-Tables. (open access)

Improvement in Dining-Tables.

Patent for an improved dining table with a rotating food service, a water reservoir and fountain, and an elevated wine bucket. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 14, 1876
Creator: Cassiano, I. Ygnacio
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medicinal Extracts. (open access)

Improvement in Medicinal Extracts.

Patent for the extract of Dasylirion graminifolium. This describes the method of acquiring the extract as well as illnesses the extra is purported to treat.
Date: July 14, 1874
Creator: Bihl, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Time-Strike for Watch and Clock Movements. (open access)

Time-Strike for Watch and Clock Movements.

Patent for time striking mechanism for watches and clocks that strikes different amounts of time for the quarters of an hour so that the approximate time may be known when there is no light available to see the clock face.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Stricker, Carl H. J. & Meyer, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Universal Lever (open access)

Universal Lever

Patent for a new universal lever “for the purpose of the transmission of power from any suitable source to a rod or bar, for reciprocating the rod or bar in a perfectly straight line at all times” (lines 15-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Blackaller, Miguel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy Dish. (open access)

Toy Dish.

Patent for a toy dish that is lightweight, attractive, durable, and cheap to manufacture. The design utilizes celluloid coverings.
Date: October 14, 1919
Creator: Luthy, Joseph O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Cut-Out. (open access)

Trolley Cut-Out.

Patent for "a new and improved cut-out designed for use on trolley-wires, electric light and power wires, and telegraph wires, the cut-out being arranged to reduce the danger from such wires incident to the breaking of the live wires." (Lines 7-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 14, 1896
Creator: Fletcher, Theodore
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wire Hanger. (open access)

Trolley Wire Hanger.

Patent for new and improved trolley wire hangers to "provide a clamp for trolley-wires which may be easily and quickly adjusted by one not particularly skilled in the art" (lines 24-27), including instructions and illustrations. This clamp is also designed to keep broken insulator bolts from damaging the trolley and span wires.
Date: September 14, 1897
Creator: Faulkner, John F. & Campbell, Royer
System: The Portal to Texas History
Follower for Packing Saur-Kraut, &c (open access)

Follower for Packing Saur-Kraut, &c

Patent for a follower for packing sauer-kraut.
Date: April 14, 1903
Creator: Saenger, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Lock (open access)

Sash-Lock

Patent for sash-lock.
Date: April 14, 1903
Creator: Miller, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History