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Bale Wiring Mechanism. (open access)

Bale Wiring Mechanism.

Patent for "improvements in a bale wiring mechanism, for baling presses, and also to an improved tie which can be made by simple mechanism" (lines 8-11) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tying Mechanism for Balers (open access)

Bale Tying Mechanism for Balers

Patent for a bale tying mechanism for balers. This invention is "a tying mechanism to unite the ends of a tie or wire after said wire has been passed around the bale" (line 8-11). Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Controller Attachment for Levers (open access)

Controller Attachment for Levers

Patent for improvements on controllers for levers
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Smith, David C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corset. (open access)

Corset.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corsets, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 6, 1900
Creator: Marple, Grace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cut-off for Rotary Engines (open access)

Automatic Cut-off for Rotary Engines

Patent for improvements "to the means for actuating the valves controlling the steam supply" (lines 10-12).
Date: March 6, 1890
Creator: Wallerich, Nicholas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brick Press. (open access)

Brick Press.

Patent for a new and improved press for bricks. This design "relates to certain improvements in that class of brick-presses in which the clay is molded into shape by hand-power; and the object of [the] improvement is to form a cheap, durable, and effective machine for accomplishing the work" (lines 10-15).
Date: September 6, 1881
Creator: Thomas, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Emergency and Transmission Brake Mechanism. (open access)

Combination Emergency and Transmission Brake Mechanism.

Patent for a combination of emergency and transmission brake mechanism on Ford automobiles that helps relieve the strain on the emergency brake mechanism.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Fitch, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Separator (open access)

Boll-Separator

Patent for a mechanism to remove cotton from bolls or hulls. The mechanism is designed to be integrated easily into the standard cotton picking and cleaning procedure and is meant to increase productivity while decreasing cost.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Candy, Cake, and Cracker Box. (open access)

Candy, Cake, and Cracker Box.

Patent for "a tin box for candy, cakes, or crackers" (lines 15-16) with a display glass panel on the front wall.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Rizzotto, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clock. (open access)

Clock.

Patent for self-winding secondary clocks that are "connected in series to be timed by a master clock and more particularly to tower clocks" (lines 10-12) with the objectives of keeping perfect time and winding periodically, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Friedman, Bernhard Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device (open access)

Advertising Device

Patent for an Advertising Device. This device provides "a series of hinged leaves so mounted that those exposed to view have the experience of being part of a book." (lines 14-17). "A further object is to provide means which will conceal the operating mechanism, and mystify the observer" (lines 23-25), with a "supporting structure and a dummy provided with a movable hand...for turning said movable shaft as the leaves are turned" (lines 3-13).
Date: April 6, 1912
Creator: Friedman, Bernard Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Inside Door-Lock. (open access)

Detachable Inside Door-Lock.

Patent for a detachable inside door-lock. This is a simple locking device that can be applied and removed from any type of door. The purpose is to make a room private and burglar proof.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Arledge, Elbert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher (open access)

Wire-Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher for barbed wire or woven wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1909
Creator: Graham, Bruno
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake. (open access)

Wagon-Brake.

Patent for "a brake which is quickly applicable to any form of wagon and which is attached to the wagon-gear only and has no connection with the body of the wagon, thus allowing the wagon-body to be entirely removed from the bolsters without interfering with the action and operation of the brake mechanism." (Lines 10-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1897
Creator: Baker, Owen T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer. (open access)

Type-Writer.

Patent for "attachments for returning the carriages of type-writers to the place of starting and for automatic spacing; and the object is to construct a device that will accomplish these results without in any way interfering with the working of a type-writer and by which the type-writer carriage can be sent back to the first position from any point without the necessity of going to the end of its beat" (lines 7-16).
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Fry, Fred H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stay Wire Applying Tool (open access)

Stay Wire Applying Tool

Patent for a stay wire applying tool. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Shelton, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Dredging-Machine. (open access)

Hydraulic Dredging-Machine.

Patent for "an improved device for the excavation of material from the bottoms and sides of channels or other water ways; and has for its object to provide a novel machine of the type indicated, which will afford means to rapidly loosen earth or gravel below the surface of a water course, mix it with water, and subsequently transfer and discharge the débris upon the shore of the stream or within a floating receptacle, as may be desired" (lines 8-18).
Date: June 6, 1893
Creator: Robbins, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Filtering Gas Burner (open access)

Air Filtering Gas Burner

Patent for device that helps prevent air from choking burners when used in cooking.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Parks, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hotel Key Tag (open access)

Hotel Key Tag

Patent for key tag.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Rosenfield, Clarence
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound. (open access)

Medical Compound.

Patent for an improvement in medicinal preparations by combining Mexican sarsaparilla, broom-sage, alcohol and sugar to treat yellow fever, chills and fever, diphtheria, and other diseases; exact amount of the ingredients and instructions on how to mix them are detailed in the patent. No illustration.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: White, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspensory-Drawers (open access)

Suspensory-Drawers

Patent for suspension drawers for men. Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Evans, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hook For Wagon-Covers. (open access)

Hook For Wagon-Covers.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in hooks for wagon covers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1900
Creator: Wright, Robert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Heated Instrument. (open access)

Electrically-Heated Instrument.

Patent for an electrically-heated instrument. This scissor-like instrument has an electrically-heated edge that can be used to simultaneously sever and cauterize.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Chapman, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freight And Grain Car (open access)

Freight And Grain Car

Patent for "freight-car which shall be simple, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive in construction, and which shall, by virtue of its attachments, be capable of instant transformation from a car for transporting grain, cereals, and similar loose substances in bulk toa car for transporting miscellaneous dead freight" (lines 17-24).
Date: September 6, 1892
Creator: Butz, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History