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Electric Fly-Trap. (open access)

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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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