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Adding Machine (open access)

Adding Machine

Patent for a machine that adds numbers together using "key actuated accumulating wheels" to reach the desired sum, including illustrations.
Date: September 22, 1913
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Head Gate (open access)

Adjustable Head Gate

Patent for "an adjustable gate adapted to be used in connection with irrigation ditches" (lines 10-12).
Date: February 22, 1916
Creator: Bogard, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Seat for Automobiles. (open access)

Adjustable Seat for Automobiles.

Patent for the invention of adjustable seats for vehicles to provide a comfortable seating for travellers.
Date: August 22, 1916
Creator: Dedrick, John V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Vehicle-Headlight (open access)

Adjustable Vehicle-Headlight

Patent for a headlight for a vehicle that is able to direct the light towards both sides of the road rather than only straight ahead.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: Kitching, David C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine. (open access)

Advertising-Machine.

Patent for an advertising machine that reverses the travel of the apron that is used to connect with, and where, the display sign is printed. It also easily and efficiently reverses the driving mechanism once the apron is completely unwound from one of the rollers. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Looney, Marma Duke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Blast Apparatus for Cotton Gins (open access)

Air Blast Apparatus for Cotton Gins

Patent for an air blast apparatus used for cleaning cotton gins. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: McDonald, Osmon W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap or Dip (open access)

Animal Trap or Dip

Patent for a trap for small animals. Illustrations included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Morris, Leopold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Burning Crude Oil (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Crude Oil

Patent for an apparatus for burning crude oil in stoves.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Kunkel, Albert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making and Laying Continuous Concrete Pipe (open access)

Apparatus for Making and Laying Continuous Concrete Pipe

Patent for a motorized construction vehicle which has a cement mixer and a trench digger on it that allows for the continuous laying of concrete pipes for irrigation.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Wiggins, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Removing Sand or Other Fine Particles From Cotton or Other Material (open access)

Apparatus for Removing Sand or Other Fine Particles From Cotton or Other Material

Patent for a device to remove foreign particles during the processing of cotton. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Cumpston, Frederick Bennard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobiles or Any Other Desired Vehicles. (open access)

Attachment for Automobiles or Any Other Desired Vehicles.

Patent for an attachment to automobiles to facilitate the attachment of luggage.
Date: August 22, 1916
Creator: Cypert, Jesse Bundy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air Controlling Device (open access)

Automatic Air Controlling Device

Patent for an air controlling device that supplies air at a constant and unvarying pressure.
Date: February 22, 1916
Creator: Crotto, Frank E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Dump (open access)

Automatic Car-Dump

Patent for automatic dumpers that can be readily and inexpensively fitted and adapted to most forms of dump car.
Date: April 22, 1913
Creator: Putnam, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway Switch. (open access)

Automatic Railway Switch.

Patent for providing the means for a switch to be actuated which will allow trains to enter or exit a siding of the track.
Date: January 22, 1918
Creator: Gullion, Robert, A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Separating Device. (open access)

Automatic Separating Device.

Patent for an automatic separating device. This device operates with a link that connects the float level at the top of the tank with a valve handle at the bottom of the tank to control discharge from the tank.
Date: January 22, 1918
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Slack-Take-Up and Cooling Device. (open access)

Automatic Slack-Take-Up and Cooling Device.

Patent for new and useful improvements to Automatic Slack-Take-Up and Cooling Devices for the manufacturing of flexible roofing and other similar flexible materials, including illustrations.
Date: May 22, 1917
Creator: Smith, Frederick C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Alarm. (open access)

Automobile-Alarm.

Patent for a device to prevent the theft of automobiles capable of producing audio and visual signals as warnings of unauthorized access.
Date: April 22, 1919
Creator: Smith, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Pump (open access)

Automobile-Pump

Patent for an automobile pump. This invention is designed for quick mounting and dismounting in order to lift an automobile to remove its tires. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Goeth, Richard Anton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Signal (open access)

Automobile Signal

Patent for an automobile signal which can be attatched to an automobile to signal the automobiles driving intent, stopping, turning etc.
Date: December 22, 1914
Creator: Brewster, Edward J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Signal (open access)

Automobile-Signal

Patent for a device to indicate the intention to make a turn in an automobile, with improvements made for nighttime usage, including illustrations.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Illingworth, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Crank-Shafts. (open access)

Bearing for Crank-Shafts.

Patent for an improvement for Bearings for Cranks Shafts. This invention provides a means for "tightening the bushings of the bearings easily and quickly when necessary" (lines 9-13).
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Blumberg, Hamilton G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvester (open access)

Beet-Harvester

Patent for a beet-harvester that improves the efficiency and lowers the cost of beet-gripping devices, including illustrations.
Date: December 22, 1914
Creator: Stone, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Washing-Machine (open access)

Boiler Washing-Machine

Patent for a washing machine for clothes that can also be adapted to stoves or gas jets as a boiler. Illustrations included.
Date: August 22, 1911
Creator: Morton, Milo A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator (open access)

Boll-Weevil Exterminator

Patent for a new design to capture and exterminate Boll-Weevils; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 22, 1916
Creator: Riewe, Fridrick
System: The Portal to Texas History