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Automatic Circuit-Control Apparatus
Patent for an automatic circuit control that uses electro-magnetics. The invention is primarily used for making or breaking circuits.
Date:
November 29, 1913
Creator:
Barron, Melvil
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane
Patent for an airplane with improved steering capabilities and adjustments for atmospheric conditions.
Date:
September 29, 1914
Creator:
Canion, William G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy
Patent for a toy particularly adapted for the amusement of small children.
Date:
May 29, 1914
Creator:
Boyle, Frank J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing Scale
Patent for moving a pole along a beam that efficiently measures weight as a scale.
Date:
June 29, 1918
Creator:
Foster Jr., Samuel T.
System:
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Combined Marking-Pot and Brush.
Patent for a combined marking-pot and brush where the marking-pot "will effectually support a brush and prevent the handle thereof from dropping down in to the ink or paint contained therein" (lines 13-16). The marking-pot also provides a detachable cover to prevent spilling.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
McCombs, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Rail Support and Coupling.
Patent for improved combined railway rail supports and joints that increases the efficiency and utility of such devices. Eliminates the need of employing additional bolts or other fastening means.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Acker, Charles C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Intestine-Protector.
Patent for an intestine protector that protects the intestines from needles (or other sharp instruments) after surgical procedures have concluded.
Date:
April 29, 1913
Creator:
Miller, Robert E. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for a mechanical device improvements to lift heavy loads or to apply great forces.
Date:
April 29, 1913
Creator:
Graves, James M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Plow-Foot.
Patent for an improved plow foot that allows for the easy installation or removal of the plow foot, secured connection of the plow foot, and improved regulation of the angle of the plow foot.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Dugger, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile -Tire.
Patent for a wire-wrapped casing for car tires.
Date:
November 29, 1919
Creator:
MIchero, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Intake Device.
Patent for an air intake device for automobiles and other internal combustion engines. Provides novel and improved heated air supply for carburetors during cold weather. Adjustable to admit unheated air in various proportions according to the air temperature and weather.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Hornburg, C.A.
System:
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Blackboard-Cleaner.
Patent for a blackboard cleaner that incorporates a "water reservoir having manually controlled means for communicating the water of the reservoir to the rubbing element of the cleaner" (lines 13-17) including an illustration. The rubbing element was also made to be easily removed for replacement or cleaning.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Satrum, Gilbert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Cover Holder
Patent for bed cover holder, particularly the clamping mechanism that holds the covers to the bed and allows the clamps to grasp "covers of different thicknesses" (lines 25-26) without requiring clamp adjustment.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Hillman, Emmie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Activated-Sludge Treatment.
Patent for a method that dehydrates sewage for easier removal.
Date:
January 29, 1918
Creator:
Moor, William C.
System:
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Brace Attachment For Seats
Patent for diver stability and control of heavy machinery like cultivators, mowers, etc. Is designed to attach to all machine seats and adjust to a driver's leg or thigh; it also functions as a foot rest.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Hart, Henry, C., Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake for Automobiles
Patent for air-brakes in automobiles. It is a system that replaces fluid braking systems with an air-based braking system.
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
Daniel, Wiley Eugene
System:
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Check-Valve
Patent for improved check values in relation to a boiler of locomotives, to better secure priming and increase forcing power of its injector.
Date:
July 29, 1919
Creator:
Deinert, Hans Gustav Joachim
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chicken-Brooder
Patent for an improved Chicken-Brooder that provide an improved brooder especially for outdoor use or independently of poultry house.
Date:
April 29, 1919
Creator:
Murray, Richard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Baling-Presses.
Patent for a bearing for cotton presses which allows for greater force and less friction.
Date:
December 29, 1916
Creator:
Taft, John A.
System:
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Track Gage
Patent for a track laying appliance which gages the distance between the rails of a track so that the rails may be disposed at the proper gages at all times. (Lines 10-13)
Date:
October 29, 1918
Creator:
McGuire, Johnie A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a wrench. The invention consists of a locking device to prevent the jaw from sliding. Illustration included.
Date:
October 29, 1912
Creator:
Fernandez, Pedro
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for "an improved wire stretcher especially adapted for use in localities where trees or other stationary objects from which to pull are scarce" (lines 11-15).
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Carnes, John P.
System:
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Wrench.
Patent for a new sliding jaw type wrench which enables objects to be clamped in the jaws of the wrench securely while leverage is used to rotate the head of a nut.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
McGill, Wisdom
System:
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Wrench
Patent for improved construction and function of wrenches. Improvements include a more simple, durable, and inexpensive method of construction and arrangement of the adjustable jaw as to allow a single hand to hold and adjust the wrench simultaneously.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Ashliman, Adolph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History