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Burner
Patent for a hydrocarbon oil burner. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 3, 1910
Creator:
Butler, Albert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Operating Mechanism
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Gate-Operating Mechanisms" (lines 4-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 12, 1911
Creator:
Wilson, Simeon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Structure
Patent for a window structure. This invention includes upper and lower sash frames. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 11, 1913
Creator:
Hatzfield, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine
Patent for a coin and check operated vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 28, 1913
Creator:
Vandagriff, James V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie
Patent for a metallic casing for a railroad tie. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Bzsan, Stefan
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Liquid-Cooling Tank.
Patent for a portable tank for transporting liquids, which has a compartment for ice to keep the liquids cool including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1911
Creator:
Ingram, Jonathan D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Rod for the Rails of a Track
Patent for a tying rod for railroad tracks. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 12, 1911
Creator:
Bzsan, Stephen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper Clip
Patent for a paper clip. Illustration included.
Date:
May 10, 1910
Creator:
Galbraith, David G. & Galbraith, Nannie L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fireproof and Waterproof Paint.
Patent for a fireproof and waterproof paint composed of English resin, pulverized alum, graphite, mineral red, hydrocarbon, gloss oil, and coal tar.
Date:
July 26, 1910
Creator:
Barnes, James John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oven
Patent for an oven that cooks evenly and at a higher heat than other ovens with the same amount of fuel.
Date:
October 8, 1912
Creator:
Seale, Jefferson W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Tying and Untying Packages.
Patent for a device to easily secure and release cords used to bind packages, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 25, 1913
Creator:
Galbraith, David G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Hanging Wall-Paper.
Patent for a device for hanging wall paper that includes a paper holder and paper brush/roller.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
Randle, Millard F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser.
Patent for a condenser for converting exhaust steam from motors into potable water for ice making.
Date:
November 15, 1910
Creator:
Galbraith, David G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Boiler.
Patent for a clothes boiler where the water circulates throughout the clothes.
Date:
September 27, 1910
Creator:
Smith, Victor A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Body.
Patent for a churn body with a temperature regulator for the cream.
Date:
December 13, 1910
Creator:
Liles, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher.
Patent for a churn dasher, which churns cream better and faster.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Liles, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a churn with an automatic turning mechanism.
Date:
December 27, 1910
Creator:
Liles, William Wallace
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Repairer.
Patent for a new wire stretcher and repairer that stretches and repairs broken telephone, telegraph, or other types of wires and also takes up slack in the line when stringing wires.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Butler, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved wrench, which is especially useful for machinists. The improvement to existing wrench technology is present in positions where a thin jaw wrench is necessary and in removing parts upon which an ordinary nut wrench, even thin jawed, would act.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Seale, Jefferson, W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Table Cloth Clasp.
Patent for table cloth clasp, "which may be readily detachably connected with the table top, will securely hold the table cloth in place thereon, and will be entirely concealed by the table cloth" (lines 14-17).
Date:
February 14, 1913
Creator:
Hatzfeld, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washer.
Patent for improvements in washers by providing a washer with “two pivoted members, which can be swung open to insert the washer without removing the bolt or spoke upon when the washer needed to be replaced.” (Lines 10-13, p. 1) Illustration is included.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Bulter, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Operating Mechanism.
Patent for a gate-operating mechanism for quickly opening and closing a gate, including farm gates, from either side without the use of springs, including a description of the design and illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Butler, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Well Drill
Patent for an Oil-Well Drill with the "...object of the invention being to provide means to prevent the drill from becoming unscrewed from the drill rod and dropping into the bottom of the well" (lines 12-16).
Date:
December 29, 1916
Creator:
Parker, Roy B. & Spurlock, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Lock.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in permutation-locks." (Lines 6-7) This lock is specifically designed to protect delivered milk bottles from theft.
Date:
November 13, 1917
Creator:
Kirkpatrick, Otey R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History