Attachment For Sawmill-Dogs (open access)

Attachment For Sawmill-Dogs

Patent for new and useful improvements in attachments for Sawmill-Dogs. This invention relates to sawmill dogs, and has for its primary object to provide a simple and efficient device for retaining the actuating lever of a lever mechanism in adjusted position.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Lynch, C. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock. (open access)

Lock.

Patent for a keyed lock with "an improved mounting and arrangement of the locking tumblers whereby the same are properly held against displacement within the body of the lock so that they will properly engage with the locking bolt."
Date: July 13, 1915
Creator: Dunaway, Harrison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track-Cleaner. (open access)

Track-Cleaner.

Patent for a track cleaner "particularly adapted for use in saw mills, planing mills and the like, where it is necessary to keep tracks clear of shavings, saw dust and the like" (lines 15-18), includes illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1915
Creator: Lynch, Charley W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Shirt. (open access)

Sleeping-Shirt.

Patent for a sleeping shirt designed to secure infants to the bed by removable shoulder flaps.
Date: September 9, 1913
Creator: Johnson, Ira A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop. (open access)

Folding Coop.

Patent for a folding poultry coop "which may be quickly and readily knocked down and folded after the poultry have been removed therefrom" (lines 13-15).
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: Caldwell, Robert Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sewing-Machine Attatchment (open access)

Sewing-Machine Attatchment

Patent for an attachment for sewing machines. Illustrations included.
Date: June 7, 1910
Creator: Griffin, Patrick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Privy Seat. (open access)

Privy Seat.

Patent for a privy or toilet seat that is cheaper to manufacture and can be applied without extra tools.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: Smith, Bertram C. & Stevenson, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator. (open access)

Refrigerator.

Patent for a refrigerator, which is cooled by ice water that has melted out of the ice chamber going around all the refrigeration areas.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Baker, Jesse J.
System: The Portal to Texas History