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Ointment.
Patent for a general external application ointment made of chloride of zinc, powdered metallic cobalt, blood root, and glycerine.
Date:
April 4, 1922
Creator:
Mullins, Ervin L. & Collier, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for aeroplane construction to include improvements to air motor protection to minimize resistance and the use of air cups to direct the full force of air to the motor shaft, including illustrations.
Date:
November 15, 1921
Creator:
Smith, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry-Crate.
Patent for an improved version of the Poultry-Crate, including illustrations. This version was designed with efficiency in mind, devised to be an inexpensive and highly portable invention.
Date:
August 30, 1921
Creator:
Tucker, William
System:
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Broom.
Patent for a broom that has replaceable straw sections.
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Blasingame, Frank P.
System:
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Slot Angle Bar
Patent for a new slot angle bar design.
Date:
May 13, 1919
Creator:
Rice, E. B.
System:
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Railway Gate
Patent for gate for rail and train tracks.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Burress, John R.
System:
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Hen's Nest.
Patent for an automatic gate or door for a hen's nest enclosure that will swing shut to keep out intruders when a hen enters and open when the hen leaves.
Date:
January 18, 1916
Creator:
Buie, Daniel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for wrench improvement. Allows for "instantaneous initial or preliminary adjustment to fit any size object within its capacity, and a final adjustment to engage the object firmly and securely and to provide a simple, practical, and efficient wrench of strong and durable construction, and equipped with ratchet mechanism for affording a quick adjustment of a sliding jaw and a threaded connection . . . " (13-21)
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Cunningham, Ira
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan-Actuating Mechanism
Patent for a fan actuating mechanism. Attempts to improve upon fans by using a spring to provide maximum speed at minimum cost.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Everitt, James H.
System:
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Combined Andirons and Grate
Patent for a combined andiron and grate that can be used with or without the grate attachment. The grate is adjustable to maintain variable fire depths and has "a swinging bracket for heating and cooking."
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Wilderspin, Alfred K.
System:
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Paper-File
Patent for new improvements in Paper-Files, particularly to that class of paper files which are formed of wire that will allow for the removal of any one paper from the file without the necessitating the removal of any other papers from the file.
Date:
September 1, 1914
Creator:
Buie, Daniel C.
System:
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Safety-Pin.
Patent for an improved fastening device which incorporates a sliding shield.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Pyron, John M.
System:
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Tag-Fastener
Patent for "improvements in tag-fasteners...which can be applied to [a] package with great rapidity and which will not easily become detached" (lines 6-19) including illustrations.
Date:
July 14, 1914
Creator:
Walshe, Denny Edmund
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bagging Strecher.
Patent for a bagging stretcher that provides a device to be "associated with the baling press for drawing taut the bagging which is used to cover a bale".
Date:
July 7, 1914
Creator:
Davis, William R.
System:
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Wrench.
Patent for a "simple, efficient, and comparatively inexpensive wrench of strong and durable construction" (lines 12-14) with a sliding jaw.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Cunningham, Ira & Flowers, Haywood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Cutter and Juice-Extractor.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements Fruit-Cutters and Juice-Extractors" (Lines 6-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Cooper, James A.
System:
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Rail Brace for Railway Tracks.
Patent for rail brace for railway tracks. The brace "acts as a chair for the rail preventing sagging ; as a brace for the base of the rail, and also bracing the head, and prevents both rails from spreading though not in any way secured to the tie" (lines 100-105).
Date:
July 8, 1913
Creator:
Barfield, Alfred M.
System:
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Washing-Machine
Patent for a fabric engaging element under the top of the washing machine.
Date:
July 1, 1913
Creator:
Kincaid, Willis Menefee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Head and Face Protector.
Patent for a wearable protective hood for the head and face to protect against weather.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
Mincher, Jerry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper that attaches to a cultivator.
Date:
November 26, 1912
Creator:
Parsley, Samuel E.
System:
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Cotton-Thinning Machine
Patent for a cotton thinning machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 12, 1912
Creator:
Brawner, William Jefferson
System:
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Rotary Hand-Stamp.
Patent for a rotary hand stamp that has an interchangeable printing surface that is simple, convenient, and is especially created for rapid operation.
Date:
March 19, 1912
Creator:
Walshe, Denny Edmund
System:
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Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that is cheap to manufacture.
Date:
June 20, 1911
Creator:
Furrh, Elijah
System:
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Washing Machine
Patent for a washing machine. Illustration included.
Date:
March 28, 1911
Creator:
Vines, James W.
System:
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