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Charcoal-Burning Apparatus.
Patent for a durable, more efficient charcoal-burning device which yields higher quality product and in greater quantity than those existing at the time.
Date:
August 9, 1921
Creator:
McGee, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Attachment.
Patent for a weather strip attachment for doors which would automatically extend from the bottom of the door to the floor when the door is in the closed position and retract to the bottom edge of the door when the door is opened.
Date:
August 2, 1921
Creator:
Swenson, Frank O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Hydrogenating Fats, Oils, Waxes, and the Like.
Patent for the Process of and Apparatus for Hydrogenating Fats, Oils, Waxes, and the like. The invention is related to the improvement of the effective the hydrogenation process of fats, oils, waxes, and similar materials.
Date:
August 20, 1918
Creator:
Walker, Thomas Bailey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exhibitor
Patent for device which would allow motorists to display road maps in their vehicle while driving. Would also include a light so maps could be visible at night.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Atkinson, Jackson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Minnow Trap
Patent for Minnow Trap
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Bonner, John Sturgis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Sorter.
Patent for a coin sorter that sorts coins according to their dimensions and places in a receptacle with removable bottom cover to collect the sorted coins.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Haynie, Brooks & Parmele, James J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Skirt-Rack
Patent for a skirt rack for holding skirts for display in stores and protecting them from wear and dust.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Douglas, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Diffusion-Block for Subsoil Irrigation.
Patent for a diffusion block for subsoil irrigation, which prevents roots from growing into the pipe that is providing water to the soil.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
Ziller, Bessie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Porous Pipe and Method of Manufacturing the Same.
Patent for a porous pipe and a method of manufacturing it for use in subsoil irrigation.
Date:
August 23, 1910
Creator:
Ziller, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Firing Mechanism for Guns.
Patent for a firing mechanism for double barrel shotguns, which allows the barrels to be shot in any order by pulling the trigger twice in succession.
Date:
August 11, 1908
Creator:
Blocker, John Rufus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date:
August 4, 1908
Creator:
Messer, Jeremiah Clark & Deen, Irwin Johnson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAR-COUPLING
Patent for a Car-Coupling. "This invention relates to car-couplings of the Janney type..." (lines 9-10) including illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Yeiser, John Clarke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Ammonium Ichthyol Sulfonate.
Patent for "improvment in the process of making ichthyol sulfonate" (lines 10-13).
Date:
August 27, 1901
Creator:
McLaughlin, Andrew Cyrus
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold.
Patent for a mold for viscous materials that are meant to be hardened in the mold or afterward. It is designed to be easily removed from the cast without damaging it.
Date:
August 13, 1901
Creator:
Parker, William Sink
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Flue-Cleaning Device.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in boiler flue cleaning devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 8, 1899
Creator:
Kitchen, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cord-Tying Device.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cord tying devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 1, 1899
Creator:
Postley, Charles A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Covering and Protecting Contents of Drawers.
Patent for an improved device designed to cover and protect the contents of drawers, this result being attained through a flexible cover wound upon a suitable roller, the latter being operated to wind or unwind the cover by opening or closing the drawer." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Burt, Horace Roscoe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for an automatic windmill "which will be capable of obtaining a large amount of power from a comparatively light wind." (Lines 14-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 24, 1897
Creator:
Hardaway, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn that can be easily disassembled and cleaned easily. The churn is a circular chamber with a tube in its center. The tube has a fan around it at the top of the chamber, and the air goes through the fan, is sucked into the tube, and is released at the bottom of the chamber in order to agitate the cream.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Walker, Ben, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Hardening Bitminuous Substances.
Patent for "a process for hardening or partly solidifying to any required degree substances such as liquid or viscid bitumens, tars, or asphaltums, either natural or artificial" (lines 8-12). It hardens bitumens without evaporating oils and leaves them solid when cooled.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Dumble, Edwin Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Steam Condenser.
Patent for an exhaust-steam condenser meant for steam-engines in places where water needs to be conserved. It also "prevents the use of water for cooling the surfaces of the condenser" (lines 14-16).
Date:
August 20, 1895
Creator:
Bachman, Joseph A. & Goeth, Adolf C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental or Surgical Chair.
Patent for a dental or surgical chair that is adjustable, light and portable. The chair can be adjusted "without the employment of a raising device using fluid or any sub-basal mechanism" (lines 57-59), and can be adjusted with little effort. The chair's decent can be monitored. It can be easily assembled and disassembled for transport.
Date:
August 28, 1894
Creator:
Stiles, Edmund Pease
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Siphon-Pump for Oil-Cans.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive siphon meant to transfer oil from a container to another container without spilling the liquid. It can transfer a liquid from a reservoir to a receptacle and back again without spilling.
Date:
August 15, 1893
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill.
Patent for a windmill that qualifies as "a substantial and strong machine capable of withstanding the high winds of the Western prairies, which will be at the same time inexpensive and simple in construction, and which will automatically regulate itself in such a manner as to run with a uniform speed in all kinds of winds" (lines 16-22)
Date:
August 30, 1892
Creator:
Campbell, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History