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Coin-Controlled Apparatus.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable coin-controlled apparatus that is "designed to indicate by the varying positions occupied by the spheres, the nature of a dream, the apparatus being designed primarily as a dream-revealer" (lines 17-20). The operator pulls a lever which forces the dice inside the glass container to move into holes. The operator reads a key on the outside of the device that indicates what he will dream.
Date:
July 18, 1893
Creator:
Taylor, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Break
Patent for improvements in wagon-breaks, with the object of providing simple, effective, and durable means by which the breaks may be applied by either foot or hand power (lines 8-12). Additionally, provides "improved means for altering the power of the breaks" (lines 18-19).
Date:
September 18, 1888
Creator:
Baker, Owen T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock Hopple.
Patent for a new and improved lock-hopple. This design consists in "the combination of the semi-circular section provided at its free end with the latch-hook and concave edge, and the semi-circular section provided with the perforated projection for the attachment of the lap-ring, and with the lock" (lines 95-100). It further consists in "the partition, the cap-piece having the central key-opening, the journaled latch-hook having the end of its journal formed to fit in the recess in the end of the key, the curved double-arm spring, the lid, and the lid-stem having upon it a block provided with the shoulders" (lines 1-8).
Date:
December 18, 1888
Creator:
White, Elisha Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Water-Elevators.
Patent for improvements to water-elevators using water-vessels which are suspended from a chain or cord, also known as endless carriers.
Date:
August 18, 1877
Creator:
Wright, Martin Van Buten
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Magneto-Electric Telegraphy.
Patent for a machine that telegraphs messages between distant points by means of induced currents that produce magnets without the use of battery current, including illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1885
Creator:
Brown, Fred H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Dentistry.
Patent for new and improved mechanical dentistry. This design consists in "[a] dental plate provided with a series of holes or perforations and a continuous groove upon the upper surface of the plate communicating with the holes or perforations therein" (lines 62-65).
Date:
May 18, 1886
Creator:
Mayfield, William Dudley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun
Patent for an automatic gun which automatically sends the next cartridge to the gun barrel after firing.
Date:
May 18, 1909
Creator:
Lovelace, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collector's Bill-Book.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in collectors' bill - books, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 18, 1899
Creator:
Ward, George Cooper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine
Patent for an advertising machine for displaying various advertising cards in a motorized machine that displays all the different cards as it goes around in a circle.
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Helm, Virgil L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Cane Cultivator
Patent for Cotton and Cane Cultivator. Laterally-movable hoe that can be thrown in and out of action.
Date:
October 18, 1902
Creator:
Dodd, John A. & Dodd, J. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scraper and Fender Attachment
Patent for a scraper and fender attachment for plows. Illustrations included
Date:
April 18, 1911
Creator:
Buttrill, David B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy Holder
Patent for a copy holder. This invention is designed to hold a manuscript so as allow for ease of reading. Illustration included.
Date:
December 18, 1906
Creator:
Sharp, Joshua H. & Haberzettle, Fred S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner.
Patent for a liquid fuel burner for use in stoves that completely burns the fuel.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
Hawkins, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mixing-Machine
Patent for a mixing machine for confectioners. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 18, 1910
Creator:
Vlahoyanes, Nickolas P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Striking Mechanism for Clocks
Patent for a striking mechanism for clocks which strikes a bell a number of times to indicate the hour of the day. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1913
Creator:
Friedman, Bernhard Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screen-Door Hinge
Patent for a screen door hinge for both half or full length screens. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1913
Creator:
McFarland, Frank H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame
Patent for a new type of quilting frame. The improved Quilting-Frame can be used with a standard sewing machine. The device allows a sewing machine to in seams.
Date:
February 18, 1913
Creator:
Cribbs, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Pedal.
Patent for a piano pedal made of one piece of cast metal to avoid the problem of loose connections between parts over time and which goes in a smaller hole in the bottom of the piano to prevent mice or dust from entering inside the piano.
Date:
June 18, 1907
Creator:
Norcross, Levi Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Generating Apparatus.
Patent for a gas generating apparatus that produces combustible gas.
Date:
July 18, 1911
Creator:
O'Neall, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Headlight-Adjuster for Automobiles.
Patent for a headlight adjuster for automobiles, which causes the headlights to turn when the car turns.
Date:
May 18, 1909
Creator:
Leach, Leonard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements in cotton choppers by providing a means for it to be “mechanically performs the work of “blocking out” the cotton, or to reduce a cotton-row to a series of equidistant hills.” (Lines 12-14) Further, to provide “means whereby the hoes may be adjusted vertically, and also having suitable means to discontinue the operation of the hoes.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 18, 1910
Creator:
Howell, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator Door and Catch.
Patent for elevator doors and catches by creating a device which can make the elevator door opened and closed automatically. Illustration is included.
Date:
June 18, 1901
Creator:
McNaught, Ira S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Picker
Patent for a fruit picker. Illustration included.
Date:
October 18, 1910
Creator:
Mosier, Harry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Stock and Freight Car.
Patent for stock cars and means for converting a stock car in part or as whole into a freight car.
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Bertsch, John Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History