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Circulating-Fan
Patent for a circulating fan for cooling rooms. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 11, 1911
Creator:
Jalonick, Hartwell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Utilizing Hot Slag for Heating Purposes
Patent for an apparatus which holds molten slag in the exterior chambers of the receptacle such that the interior chambers can receive water to be heated, producing steam and hot air.
Date:
September 11, 1900
Creator:
Wells, James L.
System:
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Aparejo
Patent for more efficient and durable pack-saddle (aparejo) used by United States Army. Casing involves hollow boot-sticks and rubber-encased steel, with better fitting to prevent fatigue of animal.
Date:
February 11, 1902
Creator:
Keller, John & Titsworth, Richard
System:
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Crate for Shipping Bananas.
Patent for a crate for shipping bananas that does not hurt the fruit during shipping. The crate separates the bunches so the bananas do not get crushed, and the crate is ventilated to prevent decay.
Date:
August 11, 1896
Creator:
Andrews, Otis
System:
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Combined Shade and Curtain-Pole Bracket.
Patent for combined shade and curtain pole brackets to "be attached to the upper sash of the window" (lines 14), removable, and adjustable, with illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Levingston, Thomas C. & Van Epps, Nettie M.
System:
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Blast Device for Shoe-Polishing Machines.
Patent for blast device for shoe-polishing machine which is so constructed as to apply polish to a shoe and then dry the same and afterward polish the shoe, thus dispensing with the necessity of the employment of the ordinary brushes and other paraphernalia now in the use for the purpose.
Date:
September 11, 1917
Creator:
De Los Monteros, Gustavo Espinosa
System:
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Window Screen or Awning Holder
Patent for a window screen or awning holder. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 11, 1904
Creator:
Wolf, Wilhelm Y.
System:
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Windmill
Patent for a windmill that rotates on a vertical and horizontal axis. The blades are mounted to stop in order to prevent damage to the windmill should pressure occur.
Date:
November 11, 1919
Creator:
Brown, Archie Edwards
System:
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Lifting-Jack.
Patent for a simple, strong, and inexpensive lifting-jack used in railroads, mills, and similar things that is "capable of manipulation by a single operator and adapted to elevate loads to various heights according to the size of the structure and support the same at the desired elevation" (lines 12-16).
Date:
September 11, 1894
Creator:
Foix, Louis
System:
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Threshold
Patent for an improved threshold to fit the bottom of a door more properly to "prevent the entrance of dust, wind, and rain" (lines 16-17).
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Krause, Ernest
System:
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Threshold.
Patent for an improvement for thresholds to consist of a single metal plate with an arched central portion and laterally-projected flanges that is cheaper and easier to make. The threshold will create a tight joint with the bottom of a door to prevent water and dust from entering through the bottom of the door.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Krause, Ernest
System:
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Starter for Electric Motors
Patent for an electric motor starter. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 11, 1907
Creator:
Mayo, William C.
System:
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Pump Working Barrel.
Patent for a pump working barrel, construction of glass pump cylinder
Date:
November 11, 1913
Creator:
Kilburn, John Franklin
System:
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Thickener (Sewage Type).
Patent for sewage thickener that relies on sewage solids to sink to the bottom of the sewer and fall into the thickener, in which the thickener will press the solid sewage into a pulp. The pulp will be pressed at a predetermined density, and then the pressed pulp will float to the top of the sewage to be removed. The separation of liquid and solid sewage was predicted to prevent overflow.
Date:
March 11, 1920
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
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Sanitary Cover-Pad for Mattresses.
Patent for an improvement in sanitary pad covers for mattresses that is washable and contains pocket flaps underneath that can hold a sheet of waterproof material to protect the mattress beneath.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Callahan, John William & Callahan, Maud B.
System:
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Skirt-Marker
Patent for a skirt marker. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 11, 1911
Creator:
Zelman, Joseph
System:
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Setting-Basin Separating Device
Patent for Settling Basin-Separating Devices. This device improves the issue of unwanted discharge shown in prior devices
Date:
May 11, 1990
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scale.
Patent for a new and useful scale, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 11, 1899
Creator:
Bell, Chester L.
System:
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Implement for Cutting and Handling Prickly-Pear
Patent for an implement for cutting and handling prickly pear for use in clearing land.
Date:
February 11, 1913
Creator:
Brown, Royal H.
System:
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Gate.
Patent for a gate "in which the one hinge point is adapted to be shifted to cause the gate to swing in one direction or the other... [by] providing means for shifting the hinge point of the gate from a carriage or a wagon on the roadway without leaving the latter" (lines 11-13, 15-17); including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 11, 1913
Creator:
Craig, Sam A.
System:
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Dust and Cinder Fender.
Patent for a fender for railroad car windows that prevents the intrusion of dust and cinders into an open window while allowing window to remain open for light and ventilation. The device can be attached to either side of the car.
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Bell, Chester L.
System:
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Differential
Patent for improvements in motor vehicle differentials by connecting axle sections to a worm gear.
Date:
February 11, 1919
Creator:
Brown, Charles Henry
System:
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Device for Closing Spouts of Cans.
Patent for spout closing device that is made of parts that are simple and economical to manufacture.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Coffin, Albert T.
System:
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Cover for Culinary Utensils.
Patent for improvements in covers for culinary vessels in which “the cover will confine the odors arise from the vessel and at the same time the steam may be allowed to escape at any time without removing the cover from the vessel.” (Lines 16-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 11, 1910
Creator:
Reeves, Bell N.
System:
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