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Cooking-Stove
Patent for a cooking stove that can be easily replaced with a new one if it breaks.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Earnest, Mettie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Athletic Shoe
Patent for improvements to athletic shoes for men, women, and children that improve the comfort of the shoe, support the anatomy of the foot, and prevent “falling arches and other foot ailments” (p. 1, lines 22-23).
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Rokahr, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedclothes Clamp
Patent for a bedclothes clamp to hold covers on a bed.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Giordano, Anthony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Holder.
Patent for a bottle holder, to hold ink bottles to a surface such as a desk or table. It is designed to be both a permanent or detachable fixture.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Kayser, Mary Louise
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for "an improved apparatus for generating acetylene gas" (lines 12-13). The apparatus includes a carbid receptacle with a conical bottom and a cylindrical valve for better control of the carbid, as well as a gas tank with a gasometer-bell which operates the system.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Lay, Claud
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling.
Patent for a coupling invention that consists of a detachable key member and locking key member for a valve plug. It is meant to improve couplings for detachable handles of drain-cocks.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Copeland, Joe S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box Hanger
Patent for a mail box hanger for mailboxes that allows the mailman to easily deliver mail to them.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Bell, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument
Patent for a surgical instrument for increasing dilation of the uterine cavity and for taking medical tampons in and out.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
McMordie, William Emmett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Supporting Structure
Patent for portable support stand for suspension weights. Made foldable for ease of use in outdoor farm work. Including illustration.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Neblett, Cyrus W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Towing Device for Vehicles.
Patent for "an attachment for self-propelled vehicles" (lines 9-10) and "a means for connecting two or more of the same together to tow a disabled vehicle." (lines 11-13)
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Loyer, Alfred A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for a gate. This invention allows a movable gate to hang on ball bearing hangers without sagging. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Wade, William & Peterson, Mack C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sound Record Tablet
Patent for a sound record tablet. This device is designed to allow "sound grooves may be in the form of a volute and in which space for a label is provided" (line 11-13). Illustration included.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Moses, Jacob B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hole-Straightener
Patent for a hole straightener for use in drilling oil wells.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Header and Loader
Patent for grain header and loader with improved structure and adjustable height, designed to be fitted onto and powered by a moving wagon for the efficient harvesting of crops, including illustrations.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Sullins, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for a rotary steam engine with an improved steam cylinder.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Lawrenson, Judge Peck
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motion-Picture Machine.
Patent for "improvements in motion picture machines and more particularly to means for automatically shutting the lights off the head or film operating part of the machine" (lines 9-13) "in case of accident, as when the film breaks." (lines 15-16)
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Dodd, David P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plumb-Level
Patent for a plumb level that can have its stock changed.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Niedergang, Antoine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game Apparatus
Patent for a folding game table apparatus for playing bowling type games.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Warren, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for "a simple, inexpensive and efficient implement by which roots of weeds and obnoxious grasses may be removed from the ground and destroyed," while also leaving the ground plowed (lines 9-12). The object also provides a simple way to remove accumulation of roots that generally clog implements of this type.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Garrett, Jefferson D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disintegrating-Machine.
Patent for "bodily revolving a mass of fibrous material over a disintegrating member whereby a shearing action is had and the material disintegrated." (lines 13-16)
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for a cultivator "particularly adapted for cutting stalks in rows" (lines 110-111) and is designed to travel in a straight line with less side movement.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Mills, Samuel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Pole Remover
Patent for a curtain pole remover that allows the user to remove or put in place curtain poles without climbing on anything.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Adair, Lulu N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin or Linting-Machine
Patent for machine to "provide means for removing lint cotton from the gin saw teeth" (lines 11-12) and "provide efficient means for taking care of the cotton after it leaves the saw teeth." (lines 14-19)
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Hodo, Wesley A. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History