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Electric Fly-Trap.
Patent for improvement to fly traps. The improved fly trap electrocutes flies and other flying insects as they enter the trap. In the trap, there is a lamp that attracts flying insects.
Date:
November 20, 1917
Creator:
Bass, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for an oil burner designed to increase air flow to the flame and towards the furnace, including illustration.
Date:
October 9, 1917
Creator:
Hamilton, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Time-Controlling Mechanism.
Patent for new and useful Improvements in Time-Controlling Mechanism "designed more particularly for the automatic operation of electric switches, circuit closers, and the like" (lines 13-15), including illustrations and instructions. A main object of the invention is to provide a time controlling mechanism for alarm clocks to "intermittently operate the electric switch or other movable member at pre-determined intervals" (lines 19-21).
Date:
August 28, 1917
Creator:
Gerdes, Herman Henry.
System:
The Portal to Texas History