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Combined Tire Carrier and Rim Spreader and Constrictor. (open access)

Combined Tire Carrier and Rim Spreader and Constrictor.

Patent for a combination of tire-carrier and rim spreader with constrictor. This will allow device to carry spare tire and rim as well as spread and constrict of removing and applying the tire.
Date: October 11, 1921
Creator: Schlenker, Oscar Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Theft-Preventing Device (open access)

Automobile-Theft-Preventing Device

Patent for an automobile theft preventing device which prevents the operation of the automobile by an unauthorized person and prevents the theft of thereof and can be controlled by the owner/authorized person permitting the operation of the automobile.
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Welliver, Percy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shovel-Digger. (open access)

Shovel-Digger.

Patent for an improved shovel design.
Date: March 15, 1921
Creator: Landrum, Livy P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roasting-Pan. (open access)

Roasting-Pan.

Patent for a self basting roasting pan. The pan includes an impaling tube upon which the roast is impaled and includes tubing to allow juices of the meat being cooked to be transferred upwardly and flow down over the meat.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Holloway, Sarah Ann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Catch (open access)

Door Catch

Patent for a new door catch design with an improvement to its locking system for the purpose of reducing injuries caused by the slamming of doors.
Date: April 29, 1919
Creator: Hughes, S. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condiment-Holder. (open access)

Condiment-Holder.

Patent for a condiment holder that contains both salt and pepper within the receptacle, seperated so that the user need only one condiment holder for either salt or pepper. Illustrations and instructions for design within.
Date: May 23, 1916
Creator: McClung, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Actuating Device for Circuit Closers (open access)

Actuating Device for Circuit Closers

Patent for an actuating device for circuit closers. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Young, George D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Off (open access)

Cut-Off

Patent for a shut off for water supply tanks for cutting off the supply of water and preventing freezing. Illustrations included,
Date: March 26, 1912
Creator: Wood, William Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for windmill "utilizing a horizontally movable wheel" (line 10) that keeps a steady rotation and will have a wing tripping element that can either lock the wings or shift wings at proper time, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Lindsey, James Owen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Truck for Corn-Binders. (open access)

Tongue-Truck for Corn-Binders.

Patent for an improved tongue truck for Corn binders.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Curtis, Fred W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Molding-Machine (open access)

Molding-Machine

Patent for a molding machine. Illustrations included.
Date: August 22, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Jacob L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing. (open access)

Gearing.

Patent for a gearing for a jeweler's lathe.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Ray, William Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Division Block for Bailing Presses (open access)

Division Block for Bailing Presses

Patent for a division block for baling presses. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Sprouls, Charles Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a vehicle wheel for automobiles that is constructed to prevent the rim from moving out of line with the hub without being bulky. It is simple in construction and resilient enough to be a substitute for a wheel equipped with a pneumatic tire that has springs shaped so that they will not snap off when subjected to sudden jolts.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Tucker, Holling G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for a windmill. Illustrations included.
Date: March 29, 1910
Creator: De Guire, Frank C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for a windmill. Illustrations included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Tucker, Holland G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for pump that allows for ease of maneuvering, via balanced operating mechanism; as well as ease of access and repacking, via a simpler valve.
Date: July 17, 1906
Creator: Terry, Hiram
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Or Door Fastener (open access)

Window Or Door Fastener

Patent for fastener used on doors or windows. Illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1905
Creator: Lovelace, Charles D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oven for Oil-Burners (open access)

Oven for Oil-Burners

Patent for "an oven especially suitable to be used in connection with what is known as 'crude oil' burners." (lines 10-12)
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Tucker, Holling G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for a gate. This invention is "especially directed to gates which are adapted to swing downward form a vertical to a horizontal position and lie flush with the surface of the ground." (line 7-11) It is designed to allow the wheels of vehicles to move the gate. Illustrations included.
Date: July 14, 1903
Creator: Terry, Hiram
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for an invention that is "an improved crude-oil burner" (lines 8-9). Illustrations are included.
Date: January 31, 1902
Creator: Tucker, Holling G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to hook-and-catch couplers for railroad cars; and it consists in making one which will automatically drop by turning in the quadrant of a circle as soon as the draw-heads of two cars strike together" (lines 15-19).
Date: January 21, 1890
Creator: Shelburn, Cephas C.
System: The Portal to Texas History