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Can Cover
Patent for a can cover. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Pratt, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Couch-Bed.
Patent for a couch-bed, which can be folded out into a single or double bed or have a reclining back on the couch. It also has a shelf pullout for use as bedside table that is stored in the bottom of the couch.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Hunter, Emily
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hog-Catcher.
Patent for a hog catcher, which has a trigger operated spring loaded claw to catch the leg of a hog and lead it on a chain.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Reichert, Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Inking-Roller for Printing-Presses.
Patent for an inking roller for printing presses, which reduces ink waste by only putting ink on the type.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Munzesheimer, Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator
Patent for insect exterminator. This invention is used for the extermination of boll weevils. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Nanny, Wiley Farest
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land Boller
Patent for a land roller. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Digging Machine.
Patent for an improved oil well digging machine.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Clack, Judge H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Mechanism
Patent for a well mechanism. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Layne, Mahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brush
Patent for improved functions of bath-brushes, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1905
Creator:
Williams, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top Stop
Patent for "carriages or other vehicles, and more particularly to that portion of a vehicle which is known as the 'prop stump or stop,' which usually projects outward on each side of the vehicle-body at the rear end of the seat for support of the vehicle-hood props when the hood or top is lowered." (lines 9-16). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 1, 1905
Creator:
Smith, William Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Scraper and Cleaner
Patent for a boiler scraper and cleaner. This invention is designed to remove incrustation and sediment that collects on the bottom of boilers. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Miller, Hugh C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Banks, Theodore H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate
Patent for a collapsible crate. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Orr, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Expansible Pulley
Patent for an expansible pulley. This invention is constructed to expand and contract easily with great durability. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Peters, William Arthur & May, Reynolds
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastener
Patent for a fastener. This invention is an improved design for "securing the eyes to traces or tugs or fastening stirrup-leathers together" (line 9-11). Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Gardner, Eugene Silas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gage
Patent for a gage in use with locomotive driving wheels of the axles, bushings, brasses, crank-pins, and wheel parts. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Melvin, Josiah W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for gate-latches in which the gate will close automatically and may be opened by releasing the latch by hand or by the manipulation of the gate. (Lines 10-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
McRae, Daniel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener
Patent for a hame fastener. The function of this invention is to permit ready attachment to and the removal of. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Dodson, Roy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marker
Patent for a marker. This invention is for marking lines for planters, plows, and other farm implements. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Kocks, John Barney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Balancing Relays.
Patent for a new method for balancing relays to protect electrical circuits, an "electric-alarm circuit" (lines 13-14).
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Coerver, Michael
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Apparatus.
Patent for a "new and useful Washing Apparatus" (lines 6-7) that decreases the cost and increases the efficiency of current washing machines by automatically circulating hot water and steam through the clothes.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Huffman, Wiliam Anthony & Huffman, Oscar Moses
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater
Patent for a water heater. This invention relies on the heat of a smokestack of the oven to heat the water. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Allen, William Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Preston, Leonidas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History