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Drafting Implement
Patent for drafting implement, for laying out or plotting curves of different degrees and combining the functions of a plurality of implements into a single implement.
Date:
January 3, 1922
Creator:
Tanner, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock for Automobiles
Patent for a new inexpensive, secure, and convenient to use lock for automobiles to be secured against theft, or use, while the lock is attached.
Date:
May 3, 1921
Creator:
Godbey, Walter H., Jr.
System:
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Removable Pass-Book.
Patent for a book with a removable cover that lies flat when open and fits within a pocket. Particularly suited for bank books, also known as passbooks.
Date:
May 3, 1921
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
System:
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Folding Landing-Gear for Aircraft.
Patent for improvement in folding landing-gears for an aircraft. Once the aircraft is at the sustention in the air, the wheels and attendant parts will fold up into the aircraft.
Date:
February 3, 1920
Creator:
McCarroll, Frank
System:
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Fluid Dispensing Apparatus
Patent for a fluid dispensing apparatus meant to improve the dispensation of oil and similar liquids from appropriate faucets.
Date:
June 3, 1919
Creator:
Kincaid, C. W.
System:
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Disintegrating-Machine.
Patent for "bodily revolving a mass of fibrous material over a disintegrating member whereby a shearing action is had and the material disintegrated." (lines 13-16)
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
System:
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Automobile Projectile.
Patent for self-propelled vehicle with means for reducing a barrier such as a wire entanglement.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Elrod, Henry E.
System:
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Front-Wheel Drive
Patent for an invention that relates to front wheel driving mechanism. This invention is to provide simple and reliable driving mechanism between the engine and each of the front wheels of a motor vehicle.
Date:
July 3, 1917
Creator:
Smith, George W.
System:
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Grating Machine
Patent for Grating Machine
Date:
October 3, 1916
Creator:
Butera, John
System:
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Knee-Pad
Patent for knee-pads that are used for berry or cotton pickers.
Date:
May 3, 1915
Creator:
Holsey, Walter R.
System:
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Blow-Out Guard
Patent for a blow-out guard for double tube tires. It is meant to a barrier "interposed between the inner and outer tubes of a pneumatic tire, to reinforce an apertured or weakened place...preventing the inner tube from 'blowing out' at such a point." (Line 11-16)
Date:
November 3, 1914
Creator:
Holloman, Alfred A.
System:
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Churn
Patent for an improvement to churns; this invention provides a churn in which milk is thoroughly agitated via the opposite rotation of two dashers, and will simultaneously allow for observation of the churning operation via a glass vessel.
Date:
November 3, 1914
Creator:
Samuel C.M. Anderson
System:
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Cotton-Gin.
Patent for improvements to Cotton-Gins' brush cylinders that includes "a longitudinal tubular member having a brush cylinder cooperating therewith and which serves as a conduit for the passage of the lint cotton from the gin and also as a connecting means for the legs of the gin frame and as an end outlet for the gin, and leaving the rear of the latter unobstructed and freely accessible" (lines 13-21), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
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Counting-Machine.
Patent for "a counting machine, and it more particularly relates to an attachment for typewriters (lines 12-14).
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Davis, Oscar C.
System:
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Press-Head-Operating Apparatus.
Patent for improvements in press-head-operating apparatus “to provide means for rotating the connecting member and also means for retaining the parts in their relative positions.” (Lines [20]-[23].) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Pool, Charles R. P.
System:
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Disinfecting Device.
Patent for improvements made in the design of disinfecting devices in order to create "a simple and inexpensive apparatus ... effective in evaporating and distributing disinfectants, liquid perfumes or other fluids" (lines 10-13), including illustrations and a description. The device is designed to "discharge a regular supply" (line 14) of fluids, be of "strong, durable, simple" (lines 25-26) construction, and make visible the amount of disinfectant remaining in the device.
Date:
June 3, 1913
Creator:
Hitchcock, Olga M.
System:
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Sound Record Tablet
Patent for a sound record tablet. This device is designed to allow "sound grooves may be in the form of a volute and in which space for a label is provided" (line 11-13). Illustration included.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Moses, Jacob B.
System:
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Lantern.
Patent for an improved lantern that allows for lighting and extinguishing flame, and refilling oil, without having to lift the glass chimney. Includes illustrations.
Date:
October 3, 1911
Creator:
Ebrite, Lewis C.
System:
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Combined Railway-Tie and Rail-Clamp.
Patent for a combined railway tie and rail clamp, which is made of metal rather than wood.
Date:
January 3, 1911
Creator:
Finley, Jefferson L.
System:
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Copy Holder
Patent for a copy holder for use while typewriting. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 3, 1911
Creator:
Ireland, Ward S.
System:
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Cotton-Harvester
Patent for a cotton harvester. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 3, 1911
Creator:
Byron, Hagar B.
System:
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Reel and Reel Mounting
Patent for a reel and reel mounting. Illustration included.
Date:
January 3, 1911
Creator:
Ireland, Ward S.
System:
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Type Writing Machine
Patent for a type writing machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 3, 1911
Creator:
Ireland, Ward S.
System:
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Type Writing Machine
Patent for a type writing machines. Illustration included.
Date:
January 3, 1911
Creator:
Ireland, Ward S.
System:
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