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Bicycle Attachment. (open access)

Bicycle Attachment.

Patent for "a new and improved bicycle attachment arranged to serve as a foot-rest for the feet of the rider while coasting and adapted to be lowered to support the bicycle in a vertical position when not in use and to securely lock the wheel and support together to prevent the machine from being stolen" (lines 7-14), including illustrations.
Date: May 11, 1897
Creator: Zintgraff, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conduit Electric Railway. (open access)

Conduit Electric Railway.

Patent for a surface trolley for electric railways that operates "upon the surface of the pavement or ground between the tracks of the road, for connecting the car with the motor power, in place of the trolley and over head wires now suspended upon the unsightly poles in the center or at the sides of the street, which are found to be very objectionable on account of their obstructing the passageway in the streets and upon the side walks, and the wires preventing the free movement of fire companies in extending their ladders in gaining access to buildings, and also because of the great danger attending persons and animals moving about in the street, on account of the charged or live wires frequently being thrown down upon the ground, and coming in contact with and destroying the life of persons, and also on account of the frequent fatal accidents to persons having charge of the repair of the wires and other apparatus in connection with them, often coming in contact with live wires while elevated on the poles and engaged in repairing them" (lines 16-38).
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: Voe, William R. de
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a new and improved churn. This design "relates to improvements in churn-powers in which suitable gearing and frame-work operate in conjunction with a vertically-reciprocating dasher; and the objects of [the] improvements are, first, to provide for the quick and convenient detaching of the churn from the driving mechanism; and, second, to afford facilities for the proper adjustment of the device to the different sizes of churns" (lines 7-16).
Date: November 11, 1884
Creator: Turner, Hiram O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clasp (open access)

Clasp

Patent for a new and improved clasp. This design "compris[es] a base and a reversely bent or inclined retaining or clamping arm formed of a single continuous wire with an eye at one end thereof and a bend or enlargement at the other end thereof, the frame or base being substantially rectangular, and the upward bent arm extending through the eye at one end of the base and having the bend or enlargement at the other end arranged near or against the end bar at the opposite end of the frame" (lines 66-76).
Date: November 11, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Windlass. (open access)

Automobile Windlass.

Patent for improved Automobile Windlasses. It is a combination of horizontally disposed tubular sections on the right and left hand, an improvement in the windlass attaching mechanism.
Date: October 11, 1921
Creator: Davis, Marion A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustrations included.
Date: December 11, 1906
Creator: Chisholm, Walter P. & Ladd, J. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack (open access)

Jack

Patent for a new Jack's that can use in motor cars and other vehicles, It is folded into a compact condition, for storage, within the tool chest of the machine, including illustrations.
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Abernathy, George J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Heater and Feeder for Steam-Boilers. (open access)

Improvement in Heater and Feeder for Steam-Boilers.

Patent for "a new and valuable improvement in supplying feed-water to steam-boilers" (lines 15-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 11, 1877
Creator: Hyde, James Boyd
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for a washing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 11, 1911
Creator: Denton. John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Mixing Ingredients (open access)

Process of Mixing Ingredients

Patent for a process of mixing ingredients. This invention is designed to mix dry state materials to a level moisture to be used for making shale brick. Illustration included.
Date: September 11, 1906
Creator: Nash, Alexander Q.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer (open access)

Ice-Cream Freezer

Patent for an ice-cream freezer. Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Milburn, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match-Box. (open access)

Match-Box.

Patent for improvements in match-boxes by constructing the match box “wherein matches will be picked up and delivered no matter at what angle they may be with relation to the delivering device.” (Lines 18-20) Illustration is included.
Date: January 11, 1910
Creator: Fleming, Henry C. & Royster, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Planters.

Patent for a "new and valuable improvement in cotton-planters" (lines 3-4), for planting cotton seeds, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 11, 1877
Creator: Bronaugh, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Crate (open access)

Poultry-Crate

Patent for a poultry-crate with new and useful specifications for a "light but very durable constriction that can be very readily washed out when desired" (lines 27-29).
Date: May 11, 1915
Creator: White, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History