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Method of Enhancing Quality Factors in Cotton (open access)

Method of Enhancing Quality Factors in Cotton

Patent relating to a method of enhancing quality factors in cotton.
Date: June 9, 2006
Creator: Hake, Kater Davis; Chapman, Kent D.; Kerby, Thomas Arthur & Speed, Thomas Rainey
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automobile Block. (open access)

Automobile Block.

Patent for improvements to automobile blocks, specifically employed for pulling automobiles from muddy or other places where the power of the car cannot be utilized. The patent is for a small, portable device that can be conveniently carried in the vehicle.
Date: January 17, 1922
Creator: Schaudies, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Violin Piano (open access)

Violin Piano

Patent for an apparatus to play a violin via piano keyboard input. Designed with the notion that it would be an effective method of playing the violin with those already familiar with the piano
Date: January 17, 1917
Creator: Strawn, Jesse C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airship (open access)

Airship

Patent for a dirigible airship for aerial navigation, "to provide the balloon or gas bag with aeroplanes which serve to steady the balloon during the flight of the ship, and to increase the lifting power of the balloon when the ship is under motion, the arrangement being such as to enable said aeroplanes to be converted into a parachute, should the balloon or gas bag become deflated" (lines 20-28).
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Keller, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobiles (open access)

Attachment for Automobiles

Patent for a spring motor attachment for automobiles.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Carroll, Houston M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Oiler (open access)

Automatic Oiler

Patent for an automatic oiler for railroad cars.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Adams, Richard Field
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press that uses the minimum amount of power to accomplish the baling process.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Gill, Fleet & Graham, Daniel O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cage or Support for Well-Tubing (open access)

Cage or Support for Well-Tubing

Patent for a well tubing cage which provides support for well tubes so that a second pipe is not required. Illustrations included.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Harpham, Harry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus. (open access)

Canning Apparatus.

Patent for an improved boiling apparatus for canning.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Still, Cuthbert A. Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Disk Journal. (open access)

Cultivator-Disk Journal.

Patent for a cultivator disk journal, which is more efficient than previous models.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Doyle, Edward Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Derailing Device. (open access)

Derailing Device.

Patent for a "portable derailing device" (line 13) including illustrations.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Martin, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Case. (open access)

Display-Case.

Patent for a display case for food, which has an improved frame.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Folsom, Andrew W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace-Forming Die (open access)

Furnace-Forming Die

Patent for a die for fashioning a furnace for cooking and ironing. Illustrations included.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Williams, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling. (open access)

Hose-Coupling.

Patent for a hose coupling that is more durable than other models.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Lockhart, Samuel R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator. (open access)

Refrigerator.

Patent for a refrigerator, which is cooled by ice water that has melted out of the ice chamber going around all the refrigeration areas.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Baker, Jesse J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shipping-Crate. (open access)

Shipping-Crate.

Patent for a crate to transport bottled beverages, which is protected by slidably mounted, sealed enclosures with guide strips, guide rods, and terminal hooks. Bottles are held upside down within protective neck encasements. Accidental opening of the crate is reduced since the opening side cannot be slid open until the seals are broken.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Wyman, Lewis Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Square. (open access)

Square.

Patent for a a carpenters square, which has tables printed on it for calculating the length and angle that rafter boards should be cut to.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: McCormick, Terrill William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool. (open access)

Tool.

Patent for a hammer with a saw blade folded into the handle.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Montgomery, Henry T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeder (open access)

Seeder

Patent for an attachment or stand-alone seeding device which is "inexpensive...durable, and easy and effective in operation." (lines 16 & 17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 17, 1906
Creator: Mouser, Robert H., Jr
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling (open access)

Car Coupling

Patent for train car coupling. Illustration included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Jones, Evan S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire Box (open access)

Fire Box

Patent for a fire box. Illustration included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Butcher, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch (open access)

Gate Latch

Patent for a gate latch. Illustration included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Crawford, Jim; Cherry, Benjamin F. & Rentz, Joe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness Attachment (open access)

Harness Attachment

Patent for a harness attachment. Illustrations included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Anderson, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher (open access)

Horse Detacher

Patent for horse detacher. Illustration included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Anderson, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History