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Automatic air-brake for railway-cars.
Patent for an improved design of automatic air brakes for use in railway cars.
Date:
June 9, 1914
Creator:
Canion, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap.
Patent for an improved fly-trap that effectively ensnares flies while providing an efficient method of fly disposal and easier access to the trap for cleaning, including illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1915
Creator:
Crawford, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stop and Adviser for Locomotives.
Patent for an automatic stop and advisor for locomotives.
Date:
November 9, 1918
Creator:
Battaglino, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protector for Detonator-Caps.
Patent for a detonator cap that acts as a "protecting device...to seal the inner end of the cap into which the adjacent end of the fuse is projected in use." (lines 13-16)
Date:
October 9, 1917
Creator:
Dillard, George L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Telephones or the Like.
Patent for "improvements in adjustable supports for holding telephones or the like" (lines 10-11). Patent includes illustration and specifications.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Priest, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Priming Device.
Patent for a priming device, used on internal combustion engines, that can be used to assist an engine heat up. Through this device, users can accelerate this process and benefit from a more fuel-efficient vehicle.
Date:
July 9, 1918
Creator:
Brooks, Howard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Projectile
Patent for toy arrows and similar projectiles "which may be safely shot or projected by children without danger of the arrow injuring any object or hurting the child" (lines 12-15). Additionally it can be used to kill flies without smashing them.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Pewther, Judson C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Solar-Heating Apparatus.
Patent for solar heating apparatus, which presents an improvement on Marcos de la Garza's previous solar heating apparatus patent with adjustments to the lens, the frame carrying the lens, lens tube, and case for the apparatus, including illustrations.
Date:
December 9, 1913
Creator:
de la Garza, Marcos
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Floor-Cleaner.
Patent for an improved floor cleaner that allows for a belt or apron to be turned on to provide continuous motion in order to clean or scrub floors. The floor cleaner will also supply water to the belt, wring and catch dirty water from the belt, and tighten the belt.
Date:
May 9, 1916
Creator:
Crawford, Hezekiah H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Filing Block and Sawing Board
Patent for jewelrs combination wood filing block, and a sawing board.
Date:
January 9, 1917
Creator:
Stillians, Harry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galvanizing Process.
Patent for a galvanizing process which simplifies the galvanizing of small articles such as bolts, nails, or the like.
Date:
December 9, 1919
Creator:
Watrous, Edward L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Direction-Indicator
Patent for Direction Indicator for a motorized vehicle. This particular model is electrically operated and used to indicate to other vehicles and pedestrians, what the vehicle intends to do and aims to reduce accidents.
Date:
October 9, 1917
Creator:
Britton, Osa Leo
System:
The Portal to Texas History