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Fly-Trap
Patent for Fly Trap
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Krueger, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game.
Patent for a four-player checker game and a hinged gameboard to play it on which provides storage for the checkers when folded.
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Mason, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine.
Patent for improvements to the class of explosive engine for a motor vehicle and internal gas combustion engine, including illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Murray, Harry A.; Dorman, William T. & Pollard, Claude
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Line support
Patent for an adjustable support for clothes lines.
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Lott, Truman R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trimmer and filer for saws.
Patent for trimmer and filer for saws. It is particularly designed for gin saws.
Date:
March 27, 1917
Creator:
Norman, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Door
Patent is for car door and support. It goes on to explain that the car door and support were created to serve as a means of forming an efficient rain-proof closure when the door is moved into closed position. Another object is to provide sufficient means for slide-able support for the door and locking mechanisms.
Date:
March 27, 1915
Creator:
Minton, S. F. & McClellen, R. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Lifting-Jack and Shaft-Support
Patent for a "combined lifting-jack and thill-support for vehicles," (lines 8-9) with the objective being "to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character." (lines 10-11)
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Morgan, Rovena G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Minnow Bucket and Trap.
Patent for a combined minnow bucket and trap that overcomes past disadvantages, is simple in constructions, inexpensive to manufacture and reliable.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Petmecky, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Exhaust-Controlling Valve.
Patent for new exhaust-controlling valve mechanisms in steam or air engines, including illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Inman, Wesley J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Escape.
Patent for a fire escape, which makes improvements to cable-based building fire escapes to allow braking of the cable to permit detachment of each person before the full descent of the next person above.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Moore, Sargant Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof Window.
Patent for the Fireproof Window that reduces the construction cost and provide means for automatically closing the lower sash based on the predetermined temperature.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Miller, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Stock.
Patent for an improved wooden stock for firearms which combines maximum lightness and strength, may be produced at reduced cost, and is adapted for convenient and advantageous manipulation for defensive purposes.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Cole, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Playing-Cards.
Patent for a card game that aims to teach players the workings of the electoral college. There are 208 cards, divided into four types: "eagle," "star," "banner," "flag," and gathering one of each type gives the player an electoral vote. The cards feature presidential candidates of the mid-1800s.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Noonan, James Harrison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind-Motor
Patent for improvements in wind-motors. A simple construction that will effectively serve its intended purpose as a pumping-motor, but also constructed so that substitutions of certain parts can change it into a power-motor if desired. In connection with the motor there is an improved braking mechanism for the wind-wheel.
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Ziegler, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Construction.
Patent for window construction improvements to allow for construction of fireproof windows with fireproof sashes which are easily removable for repair or replacement. Improvements include method of securing glass in sashes without using putty, and sashes which will close automatically when subjected to "an unusually high temperature" (line 29).
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Miller, William Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a pipe wrench. "One object of the invention is to provide an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient" (lines 12-14) pipe wrench. "Another object of the invention is to obviate the use of link connections and yet obtain a positive binding action off the jaws upon the pipe, bolt, or other object to which the device may be applied." (lines 15-19)
Date:
March 27, 1906
Creator:
Coffman, Seburn E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Robe For Invalids.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in bed robes for invalids, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Sims, Mary E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and useful churn, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Parker, Joseph Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holder.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in copy holders, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Scarborough, George Moore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a new and useful cotton chopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Brooks, John Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting-Nippers.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cutting nippers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Love, Robert Hamilton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Filling Machine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combined extensible and multiple machine for making mattresses and the like, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
White, Charles Willis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Picking And Cleaning Machine.
Patent for a new and improved picking and cleaning machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
White, Charles Willis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Baling Press.
Patent for improvements to a roller baling-press.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Bates, Edmond Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History