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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
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
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.
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
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
Patent for key tag.
Date:
February 6, 1917
Creator:
Rosenfield, Clarence
System:
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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
Rotary Refrigerating Apparatus.
Patent for new rotary refrigeration apparatus with illustrations
Date:
July 6, 1915
Creator:
Bertsch, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Operating Mechanism for Window Sash and Screens
Patent for improvements for window sash and screens, specifically improving opening, adjusting and closing mechanisms.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Agee, Howard L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Hinge.
Patent for new modification in a door hinge, its construction and working details.
Date:
June 6, 1916
Creator:
Cunningham, Melville Boyd
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
Cotton-Picking Spindle
Patent for a cotton-picking spindle that does not damage the cotton fibers.
Date:
November 6, 1917
Creator:
Lightfoot, Exta
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
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
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
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
Patent for a stay wire applying tool. Illustration included.
Date:
April 6, 1909
Creator:
Shelton, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
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
Sash-Fastener.
Patent for new and improved sash-fastener so as to "lock the sash when elevated as well as closed" (line 15 & 16), including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1902
Creator:
Neher, John F. & Neher, Noah N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Car Seat and Berth.
Patent for a sleeping car berth, which has pneumatic elevators for raising and lowering the top bunk, and folds the bunks and sheets between the car seats during the day.
Date:
August 6, 1907
Creator:
Butz, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in mattress making machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 6, 1900
Creator:
Stewart, Isaac N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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