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Animal-Trap.
Patent for a "self-setting" (line 16) trap with a "tilting platform" (line 17) including an illustration. The trap is designed to retain the animal and is made for easy removal of the animal.
Date:
September 9, 1913
Creator:
Trull, Harvey L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Forming Gun Barrels.
Patent for an apparatus for forming gun barrels that twists a sheet of metal into a tube for the gun barrel at a slight angle, while slightly flattening the tube into an oval shape. This method is supposed to create ribs within the gun barrel.
Date:
September 10, 1917
Creator:
Cole, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Watering Plants
Patent for improvements in plant-watering apparatuses by inventor Elton F. Reid.
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Reid, Elton F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Cooling System
Patent for an improvement to the cooling system of the internal combustion engine of an automobile. "The object of the invention being to provide an improved cooling system of this kind which embodies means for cooling the circulatory water in the radiator by forcing air therethrough and also embodies means for directly cooling the engine by subjecting the same to the action of a blast of air."
Date:
September 3, 1918
Creator:
Goodwin, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock Mortiser
Patent for a lock mortiser. The object of this invention "is to provide a light, portable machine arranged to be clamped to the work piece, so that the lock mortise as well as the key hole and the bolt opening may be conveniently cut with one adjustable of the machine" (lines 11-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
New, Luke Mosely
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Making Electrotype Embossing-Dies
Patent for a new method of embossing woven materials (such as lace) onto paper using electrotyping.
Date:
September 21, 1915
Creator:
Evins, Dossa D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Irrigating Plants
Patent for irrigating plants, trees, shrubs, or others alike by pinpointing where the root has the most moisture to be readily taken up.
Date:
September 10, 1918
Creator:
Reid, F. Elton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Explosive-Engine
Patent for an explosive engine that has a reduced risk of backfiring.
Date:
September 3, 1912
Creator:
Schaffer, William Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Fastener
Patent for latches for swinging gates. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 17, 1912
Creator:
Pochyla, Adolph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hobble
Patent for an improved cultivator hobble, including illustrations.
Date:
September 25, 1917
Creator:
Hackfeld, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Releaser
Patent for a horse releaser that allows the quick removal of horses from a vehicle in case of an emergency.
Date:
September 10, 1912
Creator:
Burleson, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
September 6, 1910
Creator:
Weber, Charles Wile
System:
The Portal to Texas History