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Compositor's Stick
Patent for a compositor's stick. This invention is for the improvement of the mechanism for setting type and printing.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sound Reproducing Machine
Patent for a sound reproducing machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1904
Creator:
Dubinski, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cheese Cutter
Patent for a cheese cutter.
Date:
October 13, 1903
Creator:
Niggli, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time Switch
Patent for a electric time-switch. Illustration included.
Date:
October 25, 1904
Creator:
Dubinski, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for an improved chute type fire escape which is used to allow people to safely descend several stories of a building to the ground. Improvements include easy and economical installation, prevention of congestion of persons entering the chute, prevention of persons falling out of the chute, and inclusion of a water sheet to prevent the chute from catching fire.
Date:
October 10, 1916
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan.
Patent for a fan, which attaches to rocking chairs and is powered by the rocking motion.
Date:
October 4, 1910
Creator:
Sweetser, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Tooth-Brush
Patent for a crank powered rotary toothbrush. Designed with the purpose of easily cleaning teeth with a simple automatic mechanism, with added projection via a shield around the brush for protecting gums and cheeks from being scraped by the brush.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Abel, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shutter - Fastener
Patent for an improvement in shutter and blind fasteners. The invention provides a way for someone to lock or fasten blinds so they cannot be opened from the outside.
Date:
October 10, 1905
Creator:
Niggli, Emil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie.
Patent for a compact railway tie with the least possible parts.
Date:
October 19, 1909
Creator:
Roberts, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Semaphore
Patent for a semaphore in the form of a rotatable tubular post for the purpose of signaling traffic conditions at an intersection. The semaphore communicates signals in the form of red or green plates, red or green colored lamplight, and pneumatic whistles, which are triggered by vehicles passing over platforms installed on the road surface near the intersection by means of underground tubes containing chains and pulleys. The actuation of the semaphore is detailed in "parent" application, serial no. 314065.
Date:
October 31, 1922
Creator:
Durán, Arturo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch-Locking Device.
Patent for "a switch-locking device comprising a lock contained within the switch-lever of the switch-stand, by the use of which the switch may be more quickly and positively manipulated and finally locked in position" (lines 3-7).
Date:
October 30, 1900
Creator:
Sulfer, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Press.
Patent for a roller cotton press, which compresses the inner layers of the bale more than the outer layers.
Date:
October 6, 1908
Creator:
Reagan, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch Mechanism and Train-Carrried Actuating Means Therefor.
Patent for a switch mechanism for railroads, which is triggered by the train.
Date:
October 6, 1908
Creator:
Haas, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Film-Mask for Cameras
Patent for adjustable (improved) mask plate for different film widths (sizes) for cameras.
Date:
October 8, 1918
Creator:
Burdette, Richard S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Floor-Clamp.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive floor-clamp that aids in laying floors so that the floor is laid uniformly and has a good joint. This prevents the floors from warping or curving.
Date:
October 18, 1892
Creator:
Zauner, Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cell Tester
Patent for a portable device that can test battery cells to determine if they are outputting the normal current, of if voltage has dropped.
Date:
October 24, 1916
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scoop
Patent for a self adjusting scoop, that can be used to measure quantities of items such as grain, and contains the component of a self leveler for accuracy.
Date:
October 24, 1916
Creator:
Read, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for hydro-carbon burner that has new and improved construction. It is a burner that is simple, durable, and compact in its construction, and it is also efficient and economical to use.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Strow, L. B. & McMillan, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process for Extracting Honey.
Patent for a beehive and extraction process for honey, which does not destroy the wax cells the honey is stored in.
Date:
October 6, 1908
Creator:
Avant, Leonidas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Controlled Electric Switch
Patent for an improved switch attachment that will allow a room, vault, or compartment to be kept lighted when door is open or closed, but may also be shut off when leaving the room.
Date:
October 17, 1916
Creator:
Kreter, Otto
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Retainer or Dog
Patent for improving a tool (dog) used in the operation of processing cotton bales. The (dog) tool does not require the replacement of other tools in cotton processing.
Date:
October 1, 1918
Creator:
Cameron, Theodore R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Lace Fastener.
Patent for a barbed metal clasp designed to hold a shoelace knot together.
Date:
October 30, 1900
Creator:
Kroeninger, Augusta E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Siphon.
Patent for a siphon attachment to be used on bottles of liquid.
Date:
October 7, 1902
Creator:
Müntzer, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Headlight
Patent for a headlight that has a dimming function.
Date:
October 26, 1920
Creator:
Pepple, John Pepple
System:
The Portal to Texas History