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Aerial Vehicle (open access)

Aerial Vehicle

Patent for an aerial vehicle. Illustrations included.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Rex, Cleveland A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antiseptic Shaving Outfit. (open access)

Antiseptic Shaving Outfit.

Patent for a more compact and improved version of an antiseptic shaving outfit, including illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Braunstein, Aron
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for improving the baling press in which a rectangular bale of hay is formed. Compared to the traditional press the lever movement is circular and continuous.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: White, Edgar Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Slat Holding Means (open access)

Bed Slat Holding Means

Patent for an invention that "relates to bed-slat-holding means; and the object of the same is to provide simple and effective devices for holding the end of a bed-slat, which is in part carried by the latter and the ledge of the side rail and operating to prevent loose assemblage of the slats with bed-rails and obviate a tendency to easy disengagement and also to maintain the opposite bed-rails in parallel relation and obstruct warping or lateral expansion" (lines 8-21). Illustrations are included.
Date: January 2, 1902
Creator: Cooper, Alexander, R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Closure (open access)

Bottle-Closure

Patent for closure of bottles used for liquors and medicines which will prevent an attempt to refill the bottle after its contents have been removed. Therefore, preventing the reuse of the bottle for fraudulent purposes.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Herrington, Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bread Slicer (open access)

Bread Slicer

Patent for machine that can slice bread, cake, or the like.
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: McLaughlin, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cable Clip or Hanger (open access)

Cable Clip or Hanger

Patent for invention of improvements of cable clips or hangers.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Davidson, Charles G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can-Filling Machine. (open access)

Can-Filling Machine.

Patent for a new and useful machine for filling bottles and analogous receptacles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1900
Creator: Gebhardt, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Door Fastener (open access)

Car Door Fastener

Patent for fastener for sliding on rail cars
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Campbell, David W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Measuring Machine.

Patent for a new and useful cloth measuring machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1900
Creator: Williams, Ellia Pinkney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee-Pot. (open access)

Coffee-Pot.

Patent for coffee pot attachment to prevent coffee grounds from getting into the coffee pot's spout.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Voyles, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Implement for Sealing Packages and Railroad Cars. (open access)

Combination Implement for Sealing Packages and Railroad Cars.

Patent for a new and improved implement for the sealing of railroad cars and packages. This design "consists of an implement combining all the tools necessary for rapidly and easily sealing railroad-cars and packages with the ordinary wire or tin seals, and of the [novel] particular construction" (lines 9-13).
Date: January 2, 1883
Creator: Miller, Theodore E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound for the manufacture of artificial stone. (open access)

Compound for the manufacture of artificial stone.

Patent for "Compounds for the Manufacture of Artificial Stone...and it consists in composition formed by mixing certain materials in solution and treating them in further solutions" (lines 5-15).
Date: January 2, 1883
Creator: Greer, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for Cotton Chopper
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Wills, Saladin H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvesting Machine (open access)

Cotton-Harvesting Machine

Patent for cotton harvesting machines.
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Lightfoot, Exta
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cushion Tire. (open access)

Cushion Tire.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in cushion tires for vehicle wheels" (Lines 12-13), including illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Gunn, Daniel G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill Bit for Wells (open access)

Drill Bit for Wells

Patent for drill bit for drilling wells.
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Martin, Robert D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment. (open access)

Fan Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved fan attachment. This design "consists of an attachment for rocking-chairs, cradles, &c., and having an oscillatory arm adapted to hold a fan" (lines 9-11).
Date: January 2, 1883
Creator: Cohen, Moses
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer and Seed Distributer. (open access)

Fertilizer and Seed Distributer.

Patent for a fertilizer and seed distributor that is operated by hand.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Melton, Henry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin (open access)

Gin

Patent for cotton gin
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Henry, Nelson B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Gumming Machine. (open access)

Gin Saw Gumming Machine.

Patent for an improved variation of a gin saw gumming machine with "an adjustable means for clamping the machine to varying diameters of space blocks on gin saws of varying diameters." (Lines 11-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Taylor, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gun Attachment (open access)

Gun Attachment

Patent for improvement of a gun handle attachment to rifles and shotguns. It is intended to be applied to the barrels end for support and so the user has use of the elbow joint.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Wight, Alfred T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness-Collar. (open access)

Harness-Collar.

Patent for harness collars for horses and mules. This harness collar "is to provide a collar having adjustable fastening mean which preferably are also adjustable as between themselves whereby a better adjustment of the collar is made possible" (lines 22-27)
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Mahone, Edwin W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press Power. (open access)

Hay-Press Power.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Baling-Presses" (lines 1-5) including illustrations and explanations.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Bryant, Warren S.
System: The Portal to Texas History