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Convertible Package - Carrying Bicycle. (open access)

Convertible Package - Carrying Bicycle.

Patent for a convertible package carrying bicycle.
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Sanders, Ira B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate (open access)

Crate

Patent for a banana crate which is long lasting and does not damage the bananas.
Date: November 2, 1909
Creator: Richmond, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn - Motor. (open access)

Churn - Motor.

Patent for a new and useful Churn-Motor to "provide a simple and efficient from a wind-motor adapted for use in connection with churns, the wind-wheel blades being so constructed as to adapt them to expose the necessary surface for efficient operation under the conditions" (line 9- 14).
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Staples, John & Spake, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check - Book (open access)

Check - Book

Patent for a new and useful improvements in check-book for " customer's use, such as are employed by banks for free distribution" (line 11 - 13).
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn and Cotton Planter. (open access)

Combined Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "consists . . . in pivoting the plow-beam, provided with a shovel for making a furrow into which the seed is dropped, in between the front ends of the beams of the two covering-shovels, the seed-covering-shovel beams being secured to the handles of the machine, whereby the pivoted beam is controlled entirely by the handles; second, in pivoting the seed-box to the rear end of the beam, provided with shovel for forming a furrow for the seed to drop in, by means of the loose link or connection, so that the beam can be moved independently" (lines 14-27).
Date: November 2, 1880
Creator: Carter, Hiram H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Forming Press. (open access)

Bale-Forming Press.

Patent for a new and improved hay bale forming press that compresses hay or other similar material into a bale and secures it with wire or chords that are tied around the bale, including illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Dudley, Andrew T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Circuit Maker and Breaker (open access)

Automatic Circuit Maker and Breaker

Patent for automatic circuit maker and breaker that automatically cuts off the circuit to electric lights. Also for automatically completing circuits to said lights at the proper time
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Scholl, Max
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvement of automatic car coupling and uncoupling devices.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Ferguson, George Jones
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top. (open access)

Carriage Top.

Patent for an adjustable carriage top for protection from the weather. Accompanied by illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broom. (open access)

Broom.

Patent for a broom which allows the user to easily replace the broom straw or fiber with new straw or fiber when it is worn out. The intention is to decrease the cost of brooms while still producing "a strong and relatively durable broom structure" (lines 18-19).
Date: November 2, 1920
Creator: Taylor, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for an animal trap that allows an animal, most suitably animals of the rodent species, to enter a rectangular box from any of its four sides through a gate formed of downwardly inclined wires pivoted above each of said openings inside of the box. When an animal enters the trap, they are unable to leave because of the downwardly bent ends of transverse bars secured to the said inclined wires.
Date: November 2, 1920
Creator: Smith, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ash-Sieve. (open access)

Ash-Sieve.

Patent for a new ash sieve for a home oven.
Date: November 2, 1918
Creator: Steindorf, Michael C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Writing Instrument. (open access)

Writing Instrument.

Patent for a writing instrument for writing on stacks of carbon paper, which need heavy pressure to show on all the pages.
Date: November 2, 1909
Creator: Dyches, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Container and Holder Therefor. (open access)

Liquid-Container and Holder Therefor.

Patent for a liquid container that can be securely fastened on the running board of a vehicle and used for transporting liquids while keeping contents cool, including illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Welsch, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for a windmill. It turns creating rotary motion, caused by the wind, which is used as a pumping power source.
Date: November 2, 1905
Creator: Doty, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing - Machine (open access)

Ironing - Machine

Patent for a new and useful improvements in ironing machines for household use to"produce a simple, effective, and inexpensive ironing-machine especially adapted for household or family use" (line 27 - 29).
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Walter, George P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for improvement in cultivators in which the plows can be adjusted by width, height and laterally to regulate the depth and angle of inclination. The plows, which can be operated by a foot device, may be simultaneously thrown from the ground. (Lines 73-76) Illustration is included.
Date: November 2, 1869
Creator: Baker, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor-Wheel. (open access)

Tractor-Wheel.

Patent for a new and improved design that provides adaptability for tractor wheels, including illustrations. It allows tractor wheels that are designed to be used on sandy or soft land to also be used on hard soil.
Date: November 2, 1920
Creator: Furche, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hub. (open access)

Hub.

Patent for a new and improved hub. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a hub having a seat on its periphery, the adjustable sections fitted on the seat of the hub and adapted to receive the spokes, the threaded studs affixed to the hub, and the adjustable nuts fitted on the studs and bearing against the adjustable sections" (lines 57-62).
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Jones, George W. & Green, Furney F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post-Hole Auger (open access)

Post-Hole Auger

New and useful improvement in Post-Hole Augers. With this construction the auger will its way easily and rapidly into any kind of soil.
Date: November 2, 1880
Creator: Hubby, Mead M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Guide for Printing-Presses. (open access)

Paper-Guide for Printing-Presses.

Patent for improved paper guides for printing presses (particularly stop cylinder printing presses).
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Garlick, Mark J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toothbrush. (open access)

Toothbrush.

Patent for a new and improved toothbrush that has a rotary brush which turns while the user brushes it back and forth over their teeth and a hollow stem that sends water to the brush while it is in use.
Date: November 2, 1920
Creator: Simon, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Regulating the Load on Rotary Drills. (open access)

Method of Regulating the Load on Rotary Drills.

Patent for regulating the load on rotary drills, specifically those used in the oil and gas industry.
Date: November 2, 1920
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stenographer's Note - Book (open access)

Stenographer's Note - Book

Patent for a new and useful Stenographer's Blank Book to "provide a connection for the covers whereby they may be automatically secured at the desired relative inclination without fastening the tape, cord, or ribbon forming the connection" (line 20 -24).
Date: November 2, 1897
Creator: Stuart, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History