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Check-Book.
Patent for improvements to check-books for easier access to the check stubs.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Schwander, Peter W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book-Stub Holder.
Patent for a check book stub holder. This device holds back used check stubs in a check book.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Container.
Patent for a collapsible container that is easily assembled without the "employment of nails or fastening devices" (line 10).
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Dunn, Lewis C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Popper
Patent for corn-popper improvement by connecting to the cover of the popper a rotating agitating blade which would prevent the corn within from burning.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Zschiesche, William H. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger.
Patent for a device that drills into the ground and lifts the contents into a metal container. The hand-operated device also has wings that expand to let the user know when to empty the contents.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Phillips, Dave T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat for Dolls and Other Purposes
Patent for toy hats for dolls. It is a low-cost doll's hat which can also be used to carry candy for children, including illustrations.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Keller, Carrie, M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Guard
Patent for a device that can be attached to furniture and which traps insects.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Kreiter, Richard F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Trimmer
Patent for improved lawn trimmer "whereby the margins of a lawn adjacent side walks or curbing may be trimmed." (lines 12-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Rial, John & Hodde, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Planter.
Patent for improvements to peanut-planters in order to plant peanuts without removing or crushing the hulls.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Little, Thomas Dewitt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Grader.
Patent for a machine which uses blasts of air to separate batches of commingled seeds or to sort one type of seed into groups according to size. Designed to be easily cleaned and repaired.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Leach, Grover C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separator.
Patent for separator to be used with a plow in removing undesirable materials from dirt.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Crowson, Jonas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector.
Patent for a protective fabric covering for automobile and other similar tires which is secured through detachable plugs. This protects the tire from wear, puncturing, and skidding over surfaces.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Washing Machine
Patent for an invention of new useful improvement in steam washing machine. The object of the invention is to provide a washing machine of the class referred to, embodying, in connection with a suitable steam drum or boiler and means for producing a circulation of steam and hot water. The detail of such invention is explained further in the document and the drawing that illustrate how the object looks.
Date:
April 10, 1913
Creator:
Dickerson, J. R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-neck
Patent for "an improved neck for bottles and jars; and it consists, essentially, of a notch formed on each side of the cork to enable the fingers of the operator to obtain a firm grip thereon in order to extract same." (lines 8-12)
Date:
April 10, 1906
Creator:
Huffer, Tilghman A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Equalizing Device for Pump-Rods.
Patent for an improved equalizing device for pump-rods used in hand or windmill pumps that increases the operating efficiency and decreases the manufacture cost of the device.
Date:
April 10, 1906
Creator:
Shipman, John Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint Chair.
Patent for improvements to rail joint chairs, which claims to provide "an integral-joint chair and means for clamping the chair upon the joint and without the use of any form of fastening which may or can become loosened by use." (lines 16-19)
Date:
April 10, 1906
Creator:
Crawford, Hezekiah H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway Gate
Patent for improved railway gate which functions as cattle-guard and prevents foot traffic on railroad bridges, and opens and closes automatically for trains.
Date:
April 10, 1906
Creator:
Lowe, William Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench with an adjustable handle for multiple uses, with illustrations.
Date:
April 10, 1906
Creator:
Land, Henry Clay
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check Book.
Patent for an improvement to check books and covers.
Date:
April 10, 1900
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Setting and Cooling Machine.
Patent for a tire setting and cooling machine.
Date:
April 10, 1900
Creator:
Horn, Joseph H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Machine.
Patent for an improvement in well drilling.
Date:
April 10, 1900
Creator:
Wiedner, Friedrich R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Tightener.
Patent for "a simple, cheap, and effective construction of implement, whereby the operation of stretching and tightening a wire may be conveniently and expeditiously performed, and to adapt the device for use also as a wire-cutter" (lines 16-20).
Date:
April 10, 1900
Creator:
Gold, Philip E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for improvements in baling presses: "This invention relates to baling presses provided with runners, (instead of the usual wheels,) to be removed about the field; and my objects are, to construct such a press in such a manner that it can be readily started down with but few stakes, second; to provide a rigid but removable side brace to prevent the press from canting, and third; to prevent the operating lever from canting or swinging upward or downward when in operation; and to promote simplicity" (lines 17-27).
Date:
April 10, 1894
Creator:
Schubert, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breast for Cotton-Gins.
Patent for improvements in breasts for cotton gins: " My invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of gin breasts for cotton gins and consists in providing in conjunction with a gin breast an adjustable "up-per circle" to facilitate the formation of the roll, to prevent the seed cotton from overflowing from the gin breast as the roll rotates, and preserve the proper degree of contact between the gin saws and the roll" (lines 12-20).
Date:
April 10, 1894
Creator:
Schulze, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History