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Surgical Instrument. (open access)

Surgical Instrument.

Patent for a medical instrument used to perform circumcisions "without pain and bloodlessly" (lines 10-11) and illustration.
Date: May 23, 1922
Creator: Couch, Albert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Cap (open access)

Bottle-Cap

Patent for Louis Skala's improvement on the bottle cap. This design features a clampable bottlecap design for better functionality and a better seal
Date: March 9, 1918
Creator: Skala, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Brace (open access)

Rail Brace

Patent for a rail brace system.
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Sencetta, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Hulling Machine. (open access)

Grain-Hulling Machine.

Patent for improvements in grain-hulling machines for further effectiveness and convenience at a lesser cost.
Date: August 26, 1916
Creator: Couch, Albert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Hobble. (open access)

Cultivator Hobble.

Patent for regarding setting devices for cultivator beams which are to provide simple devices for making the positioning easily and quickly accomplished and under the immediate control of the operator.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Fleischhauer, Kurt A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Gearing. (open access)

Transmission Gearing.

Patent for transmission gearing which is the gearing inside of the transmission.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Halze,Edwin J
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk and Straw Chopper. (open access)

Stalk and Straw Chopper.

Patent for "improvements to stalk, straw and weed choppers for attachment to plows" (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Gray, Wallace W. & Witzsche, Frank P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for "an improved stalk cutter and has for its primary object to provide a very simple, durable, and serviceable device of this character which may be advantageously employed for cleaning a field of corn stalks as the same is plowed." (lines 9-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Carnes, Dudley Don
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System. (open access)

Telephone System.

Patent for a new telephone system to split party lines connected to a main line to keep private or personal discussions between some of the parties, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 23, 1914
Creator: Tucker, Albert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for improvements to wrenches and monkey wrenches in particular, "improved construction and arrangement of adjustable jaw and improved means for locking the latter in its adjusted position and quickly releasing the same for readjustment" (lines 16-19) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: September 2, 1913
Creator: Waters, Richard Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Board (open access)

Ironing-Board

Patent for a folding ironing board that has an attached clothes rack.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Cottle, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap. (open access)

Fly-Trap.

Patent for an improved fly trap.
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Jordan, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaporator Cooler. (open access)

Evaporator Cooler.

Patent for an evaporator cooler.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Tyson, William David & Tyson, Thomas Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a sliding gate that closes automatically when the opening and closing mechanism is released.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Otto, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Lift. (open access)

Vehicle-Lift.

Patent for a vehicle lift, which is stable when in use.
Date: July 12, 1910
Creator: Lockerd, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dish-Washer. (open access)

Dish-Washer.

Patent for a dish washer with a dish rack and outer tub connected to water pump, which sprays hot water on the dishes to clean them.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Weaver, Mary Jane
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler. (open access)

Milk-Cooler.

Patent for a milk cooler, which has a water tank above the jugs of milk that slowly drips cold water onto porous cloths covering the milk jugs.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Dickson, Tomas Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stalk-Cutter and Plow. (open access)

Combined Stalk-Cutter and Plow.

Patent for a combined stalk cutter and plow, which has a stalk cutter on the front and a plow on the back.
Date: August 3, 1909
Creator: Peeples, Rufus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow which may also be used to adjust a cultivator shovel. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Wigley, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk cutter, which has a better width than previous stalk cutters.
Date: December 8, 1908
Creator: Stillwell, Frank R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator (open access)

Boll-Weevil Exterminator

Patent for a boll weevil exterminator, which rids cotton plants and bolls of insects and exterminates them. Illustrations included.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Watkins, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow Attachment (open access)

Plow Attachment

Patent for a plow attachment designed for shovels. Illustrations included.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Polk, Calvin Lucious
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for stalk cutters.Invention can be horse drawn to fell stalks. Illustrations included.
Date: December 4, 1906
Creator: Durham, Thomas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Embroidering Attachment for Sewing-Machines (open access)

Embroidering Attachment for Sewing-Machines

Patent for embroidering arm attachment to be mounted on the needle-bar of a sewing machine with the embossing material passed through the needle eye so that it does not need to go through the presser-foot.
Date: June 12, 1906
Creator: Rodman, Rollin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History