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Auxiliary Piano Pedal
Patent for an auxiliary piano pedal. This invention is an improvement to the construction of an auxiliary pedal and foot-rest for children. Illustration included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Norcross, Levi Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stock and Freight Car
Patent for improved stock-car with provided attachments for conversion to freight-car.
Date:
June 19, 1906
Creator:
Wyatt, Everett
System:
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Apparatus for Manufacturing Heating and Illuminating Gas
Patent for an apparatus for manufacturing heating and illuminating gas. Illustration included.
Date:
July 19, 1910
Creator:
Wynne, Milton P. & Wagley, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle
Patent for a bale tie buckle made from one piece of wire.
Date:
December 19, 1911
Creator:
McFarland, Frank H.
System:
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Cotton-Chopping Attachment for Cultivators
Patent for a cotton chopping attachment for cultivators. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 19, 1912
Creator:
Walthall, John & Carter, Oliver C.
System:
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Bag-Holder
Patent for bag holder " an improved cabinet for holding paper bags and the like articles; and the object is to construct a useful, inexpensive cabinet which will be light and compact and practical and in which bags may be placed and taken out when needed without mutilating the bags" (lines 7-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 19, 1901
Creator:
Thompson, King D.
System:
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Aerial Ship
Patent for "a ship for navigating the air, which shall be almost or quite as easily governed and controlled as regards its course of travel, irrespective of the direction of the wind and in other respects, as a ship provided with propelling means, used to sail in or through the water" (lines 9-15).
Date:
April 19, 1892
Creator:
Riddle, William Nelson
System:
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Angle-Cock.
Patent for "a locking device for the train pipe valve or plug, and a connection separate from the train pipe and under the control of the engineer, to manipulate the said locking device and secure the valve or plug in position." (Lines 13-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 19, 1895
Creator:
Waldron, William J.
System:
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Automatic Fuse Plug
Patent for "improvements in automatic fuse plugs" (lines 12-12). These are "adapted to be successively engaged by a swinging contact arm" (lines 16-17).
Date:
May 19, 1914
Creator:
Bowman, Levi M.
System:
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Carbureter Attachment.
Patent for a carbureter attachment.
Date:
March 19, 1918
Creator:
McDonald, James A. & Harris, James H.
System:
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Derailing Block dated October 1, 1918
Patent for new and improved detailing rocks for railroads. What makes this unique is that the clamp can be quickly and effectively clamped to railroad tracks.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Samuel Harvey Garrett & Joseph Owen Staude
System:
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Advertising-Machine.
Patent for a machine that displays advertisements in a rotation.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Barnett, John B.
System:
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Box Bull and Calf Wheel Gudgeon.
Patent for protection and strengthening of box bull and calf wheel gudgeons. The purpose is to prevent various troubles with well drilling (oil, etc.).
Date:
July 19, 1921
Creator:
Taylor, James Thomas
System:
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Indicator for Pressure Gages
Patent for an indicator for pressure gages. Illustration included.
Date:
July 19, 1910
Creator:
Fields, Roberts E.
System:
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Improvement in Wagon-Brakes.
Patent for a foot operated wagon braking mechanism, including illustrations. Patent for a better alternative to lever brakes on buggies and wagons as the braking mechanism is "out of the way, and not noticeable or prominently visible from the sides of the vehicle".
Date:
June 19, 1877
Creator:
O'Neall, James M.
System:
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Process of Ginning, Cleaning, and Bleaching Cotton.
Patent for improvements to the processes of ginning, cleaning, and bleaching cotton, and "particularly to stripping the lint cotton from the seed and for treating cotton with an air treatment after it leaves the saws" (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date:
June 19, 1917
Creator:
Hodo, Wesley A. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut lock with a locking plate that can be used for multiple nuts, "particularly those used in securing the joints of railroad rails, frogs, switches, and crossings" (lines 10-12), with illustrations.
Date:
June 19, 1906
Creator:
Taylor, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie for Wire Fencing.
Patent for tie for woven fencing that holds the vertical and horizontal wires firmly together and uses less wire in the tie, thereby making the ties more cost effective.
Date:
February 19, 1907
Creator:
Collar, Charles T.
System:
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Washing Apparatus
Patent for a washing apparatus that cleans clothes with boiling soapy water. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 19, 1908
Creator:
Sheard, Harry Hitner
System:
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Motor Limbering Stand
Patent for a motor limbering stand. To provide an apparatus for starting and testing motors.
Date:
February 19, 1918
Creator:
Hill, James H.
System:
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Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine, which has rubbing devices that will not injure the clothes and attaches to any tub and braces it.
Date:
October 19, 1909
Creator:
Zachary, Archie A.
System:
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Electric Time-Signaling Apparatus.
Patent for an electric time-signaling apparatus meant for use in hotels or other places where employees need to be alerted. The invention rings a bell and turns on a light when the signals goes off. "If the current of an incandescent electric-light system was electrically connected with a time-circuit, it would destroy the whole mechanism of the time-circuit" (lines 26-29).
Date:
November 19, 1895
Creator:
Todd, James T. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street Car.
Patent for a new and improved street-car. This design "is an improvement in street-cars, and has for an object to provide a draft attachment by the use of which the necessity of turn-tables will be obviated, and the horses will not have to be unhitched from the car until they have finished their work" (lines 13-18).
Date:
May 19, 1885
Creator:
Mayfield, William Dudley
System:
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Folding Cot.
Patent for certain new and useful improvement in folding cots, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 19, 1899
Creator:
Martindale, James Henry
System:
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