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Transmission Mechanism (open access)

Transmission Mechanism

Patent is for power transmission in motor vehicles. It is housed in one case.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Stillians, Harry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap. (open access)

Trap.

Patent for animal trap that has a mechanism in connection with spring traps, which is controlled by the closing of the trap, with U-shaped jaws that are spaced slightly apart in order to avoid severing or crushing the animals leg when the jaws of the trap closes. It is meant to prevent the animal from escaping by leaving its leg in the trap.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Manning, James, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Apparatus. (open access)

Display Apparatus.

Patent for an apparatus that displays objects enclosed in containers and allows them to be retrieved without "changing the position of any other than the [container] to which access is desired" (lines 16-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Boudreaux, Carlos
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heater for Gaseous Fluids. (open access)

Heater for Gaseous Fluids.

Patent for "an attachment for use in connection with internal combustion engines whereby heavy oil...may be advantageously used as fuel" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Anderau, Joseph Engelbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truss (open access)

Truss

Patent for a truss for holding a pad in position during surgery.
Date: January 21, 1913
Creator: Haile, James Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fencing Tool (open access)

Wire-Fencing Tool

Patent for "a device. . .which is simple, cheap, and durable by which wire fences may be repaired quickly and thoroughly, the device being very light to enable one to carry it around easily" (lines 11-15).
Date: September 3, 1901
Creator: McCue, Roger
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly Trap. (open access)

Fly Trap.

Patent for improvements in flytraps that traps flies in cage. includes illustration.
Date: October 8, 1901
Creator: Manning, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game-Counter (open access)

Game-Counter

Patent for an apparatus designed to maintain a record of points earned and the number of rounds played in a game. Illustrations included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: McKinney, Ansel
System: The Portal to Texas History