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Trap. (open access)

Trap.

Patent for a fishing trap box that holds the bait securely and can be used for catching fish or crustaceans.
Date: July 4, 1911
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Expressing the Fluids Out of Paraffin Compositions and Separating the Scale Therefrom (open access)

Apparatus for Expressing the Fluids Out of Paraffin Compositions and Separating the Scale Therefrom

Patent for an apparatus for expressing the fluids out of paraffin compositions and separating the scale therefrom. Illustrations included.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Hansen, Julius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Propelled Truck. (open access)

Self-Propelled Truck.

Patent for a self-propelled truck that has free-turning movement, independent of the truck frame, and has a body that "may be low down and straight from end to end" (lines 29-30). This patent includes illustrations.
Date: August 4, 1914
Creator: Hoag, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History