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Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap with a new kind of trigger fir closing the door to the trap.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Hatchell, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door.
Patent for a door for railroad boxcars, which locks tightly and does not swell.
Date:
September 13, 1910
Creator:
Ward, Frank & Hollingsworth, Joseph C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Blocking Attachment.
Patent for a cotton blocking attachment for cultivators.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Horner, John P.
System:
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Automatic Gate.
Patent for an automatic gate that can be unlatched and opened by a vehicle approaching; and then, closed and latched again after passage of the vehicle. The automatic gate is reliable, not easily deranged, and simple in construction.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Laas, Louis August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coupling-Frame for Planters.
Patent for a coupling frame for planters for attaching two planters together.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Barkley, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device
Patent for an amusement device. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 13, 1912
Creator:
Dougherty, James P. & Beeman, Mark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Switch Socket and Plug
Patent for a combined switch socket and plug for lamps and light bulbs. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
McNeel, William Pinkney
System:
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Automatic Funnel.
Patent for a funnel which automatically seals when liquid in a receptacle reaches a certain level. The spout of the funnel also contains a stopper which can be lifted to permit liquid to pass into the receptacle at the desired time.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Evans, Jesse M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Tube
Patent for an improved boiler tube which is more durable and easier to install and remove than other boiler tubes.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Burkett, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Change-Speed Gearing
Patent for "power transmission for automobiles... provides a driving shaft and a driven shaft arranged in alignment, and a countershaft which parallels the driving and driven shafts and carries a set of gears that continuously mesh."
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Relle, William A. So
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Lock.
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in automobile locks", including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Needham, Edmund T.
System:
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Ant-Trap
Patent for a trap for ants and other burrowing insects which works at the site of the ant-hill or burrow.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Cox, Samuel L.
System:
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Attachment for Wagon-Bodies.
Patent for a device that augments a wagon body with additional customizable bars for storing and transporting animals or supplies, including illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1913
Creator:
Richbourg, Ben G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxilary Transmission-Case Hanger.
Patent for auxiliary hanger for automobile transmission case. This particular device was designed for use with Ford automobiles, but can be used with other automobiles.
Date:
February 13, 1917
Creator:
Windsor, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for bale-tie buckle improvement for tightly securing single length wire prior to pressure release around a cotton bale. Further bale-tie buckle improvements include sharper bends using flat or oval wire to further decrease slipping of wire.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Frantz, Erza A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Skid.
Patent for a device that will protect cotton pick-sacks against wear and tear when being dragged on the ground.
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Ullmann, Fannie M.
System:
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Plate Retaining Device
Patent for a license plate holder for automobiles.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Stafford, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
Patent for improvements to a device for exterminating insects, in particular corn weevils, including illustrations.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
Geeslin, Robert Worn
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clasp.
Patent for a new clasp, or fastening device, that is less expensive to construct and easier to use, with illustration. The clasp is to be used for the varied purposes of "hair dressing, millinery, drapery, and dress-wear" (lines 78-79).
Date:
June 13, 1916
Creator:
Fridolph, Anna S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer
Patent for improved replacers for derailed railroad cars, complete with illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Duval, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Protector.
Patent for check-protectors that prevent unauthorized tampering with perforating rollers with springs and jaws.
Date:
March 13, 1917
Creator:
McCombs, Charles Cleveland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle.
Patent for a buckle that secures ends of bale ties so that they are not exposed nor endanger the hands of farm workers.
Date:
May 13, 1913
Creator:
McFarland, Frank Hays
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Water Cut-Off
Patent for improvements to automatic water cut-offs adapted to be useful "in the event of the falling of temperature to freezing or any other predetermined degree of automatically cutting off the flow of the water." (Lines 18-22).
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Goodridge Wilson B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake.
Patent for a new brake design that forms part of the driving mechanism of a sewing machine. The design has been adapted to include a plurality of small rollers that exert different amounts of friction on brake wheels.
Date:
July 13, 1913
Creator:
Gaines, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History