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Battery-Connector
Patent for a battery connector for providing electricity in homes without being connected to a power plant.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Hall, James Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beam and Shank Attachment
Patent for a beam and shank attachment for attaching harrows to cultivators.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Trousdale, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Hook
Patent for a wire clothes hook that attaches to walls.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Denny, Roscoe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collector's Receipting-Recording
Patent for a device for keeping a record of the money received in commercial transactions. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Hayes, Arthur Ward & Stevens, Clarence D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for a baling press that packs the bales more effectively than other models.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Slover, Marion F. & Harter, James R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Culinary Implement
Patent for a culinary implement for slicing food. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Wyatt, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spike Holder
Patent for an improvement in railroad spike holders to affordably reduce abrasion of the rail and to hold spikes into position, including illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1914
Creator:
Kelly, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Hollow-Tube Sucker-Rod for Deep Wells
Patent for a "simple and inexpensive means for coupling the tubular sections of the sucker rod together and guiding said rod with little or no friction into the well casing or tube" (lines13-17). This object is to be used in "pumping water, oil, and other liquids from deep wells"(lines 11-12).
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Black, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cork-Puller
Patent for a cork-puller which eases the removal of a cork from a bottle, without damaging either cork or bottle, with illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Moser, Jacob W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line.
Patent for Clothes-Line that is to supply an endless amount of clothesline in order to facilitate easy placement and/or removal of clothing from the line.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Anderson, Chester A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Jack.
Patent for an automobile jack designed to be attached to a beam embedded in a garage's concrete floor, with an added safety mechanism to prevent collapse. Including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Black, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter Attachment for Sulky-Plows
Patent for a stalk cutter attachment for sulky plows. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Huber, Frederick Konrad
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Call Recorder
Patent for a telephone call recorder that allows the number of who is calling to be recorded when the phone is not answered and tell a person already on the phone who is trying to call them.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Warwick, Harold L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spittoon
Patent for a spittoon for hospital use. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Grisham, Mattie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mine-Sweeper and Ship-Shield
Patent for protecting a ship from mines with a net that serves as a "mine sweeper and ship shield" (lines 9-10). It is also for collecting underwater weapons and improving the net.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Coin, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Waver
Patent for a hair waver. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
McIlveene, Mineola
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel
Patent for improved spring wheels where the pneumatic tire is replaced with a non-puncturable tire meant to increase strength and resilience of the tire while still being economical.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Spiridakis, Astasios
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal
Patent for an automobile to signal the direction the car will go. The signal tool functions as a hand on each side of the car and can withstand the weather.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Hibbert, Lammers R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephonometer
Patent for measuring and recording the length of time when a telephone has been in use. It is simple and inexpensive.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Gray, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heat-Producing Process.
Patent for Improvements in Heat-Producing Processes by way of "process of producing heat and conserving heat..." for use in various types of furnaces (lines 9-10).
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Bone, David R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Clamping Plate-Fastener
Patent for a rail clamp for clamping the rail to the rail tie or joining two rails together. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Willoughby, Alford Pervis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner
Patent for an oil burner that can be used with stoves. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Davis, William R. & Wright, Rohen U.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Making Well-Curbing
Patent for a mold for making well curbing. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Savoy, Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for improving disc cultivators by attaching a tool (plow, hoe) to pulverize the soil and cut a trench before the machine drops seeds; then the tool runs behind the disc to throw dirt over the seeds. It Is reliable, easy to construct, and cheap.
Date:
October 15, 1918
Creator:
Meadows, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History