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Closer for Cans and the Like.
Patent for an efficient, easy-open-and-close top for various types of cans which are used frequently.
Date:
May 28, 1912
Creator:
Perkins, William Hunter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Former
Patent for a cotton bat former for use in cotton gins.
Date:
March 28, 1911
Creator:
Ball, Samuel M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn with vertically reciprocating dashers.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Decker, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Lifting-Jacks
Patent for an attachment for lifting jacks.
Date:
March 28, 1911
Creator:
Porter, Horton B.
System:
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Flexible Wire Mat.
Patent for a flexible wire mat that is portable, loosely woven to shake out dirt and mud, and which prevents the edges form curling up to trip people.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Shelton, John F.
System:
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Bed
Patent for a single bed that can be converted into a double bed. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 28, 1911
Creator:
Lockhart, Samuel R.
System:
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Combined Ruler and Paper-Cutter
Patent for a ruler that may also be used as a paper cutter. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Dibrell, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alarm Device
Patent for an alarm device that is mounted on a house to warn of approaching wind storms.
Date:
March 28, 1911
Creator:
Stamps, William P. & Phillips, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cement Plaster.
Patent for a cement plaster that is similiar to "Keene's" cement.
Date:
February 28, 1911
Creator:
Cady, Jephtha Daniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Center-Piece for Buggy Neck-Yokes
Patent for a center-piece for buggy neck-yokes that strengthens the connection between the yoke and the tongue.
Date:
May 28, 1912
Creator:
Stimson, Henry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device
Patent for an amusement device. This invention uses a ballast and simulates the appearance and motion of a floating ship under way. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 28, 1911
Creator:
Corneliussen, Ivar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arc-Lamp
Patent for an arc lamp which does not spark for use in headlights for trains and automobiles and in street lights.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Anderson, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Ruler and Blotter
Patent for a combined ruler and blotter (used for writing with ink). Proposed improvement of basic design by being more compact, cheaper to make, and includes a way to tear paper along the ruler's edge.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Schmidt, Edward
System:
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Biplane
Patent for a biplane design that has improved lift, steering, stability, and landing, including illustrations.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Herrmann, Ernst W. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way.
Patent for a device to automatically take photographs of persons as they walk over a pressure sensor. The inventor suggests the device be used for ticket fare enforcement.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Cannon, Burrell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt Attachment for Trousers.
Patent for a new invention of belt loops for trousers that are located inside the waistband with "the loop in the middle of the back being located lower than the others, and a belt confined entirely within the trousers and secured to the trousers at the front only and at a point lower than the adjacent loops." (lines 71-77).
Date:
September 28, 1915
Creator:
Woodruff, William Douglas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Turner
Patent for "a machine which will perform the whole act of turning a sack" (lines 11-12), including illustrations.
Date:
September 28, 1915
Creator:
Hirschfeld, Ike
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for baling presses that press for balling hay that simplify the construction of presses of this type and produce a press readily movable from one place to another.
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Redding, Robert B. & Barnett, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baking-Pan
Patent for a Baking Pan for bread and similar foods, noted for its unique construction, such "that the heat given off from the fuel burner will be confined so as to completely surround the pan, in which the articles to be cooked, are located" (lines 13-17).
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Boger, Daniel W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bur-Extractor for Cotton-Feeders
Patent for bur extractor for cotton feeders. This device is unique in that it raises and distributes "systems for cotton gins...[and] provide[s] means whereby all burs or hulls will be effectually extracted from the cotton before the cotton passes to the gin feeders or gins" (lines 11-15).
Date:
July 28, 1914
Creator:
Lamb, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Bath-Tubs.
Patent for a removable and adjustable wash cloth attachment "in such a position within the tub that a person bathing may readily move the back and shoulders over the wash cloth or other cleaning element to effect a thorough cleansing thereof" (lines 14-18) including illustrations.
Date:
December 28, 1915
Creator:
Seib, Lee R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cabinets.
Patent for Attachment for Cabinets. An adjustable bracket that attaches to various pieces of cabinetry or furniture for supporting water basins for easy reach.
Date:
October 28, 1913
Creator:
Austin, W. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beet Puller and Topper.
Patent for a new machine to pull beets from the ground as moving chains cut off the leaves and deposit the beets into a bend.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Olson, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for improving the fuselage for aeroplanes by "securing double strength throughout the body and [...] be light and durable" (lines 12-14). Provides rudder, landing gear, telescopic joint, and sprocket gear improvements, including illustrations.
Date:
March 28, 1916
Creator:
Smith, Glen B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History