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Clock Attachment.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in clock attachments.
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Schindler, Joseph
System:
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Arm for Telegraph - Poles.
Patent for a new and useful arm for telegraph poles.
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Anderson, Lee
System:
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Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a clothes pin, which holds clothes without stretching them and is easily taken on and off with one press of the clamp.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Kitts, William Caluway
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car - Coupling.
Patent for a new and useful car coupler.
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Parks, Thomas W.
System:
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Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Langford, Noah
System:
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Combined Shade and Current Bracket Support and Shade-Guide.
Patent for a combined shade and curtain bracket support and shade guide, which makes shades roll up straight rather than catching on edges and tearing.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Hoxworth, Edwin
System:
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Combined Plow and Planter.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in a combined plow and planter which "can be readily adapted for planting different kinds of seed, such as corn, cotton, cane, and the like" (line 21 - 23).
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Franklin, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for a car coupling. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Simecek, Vaclav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Use in Obtaining Petroleum Products
Patent for an apparatus for use in obtaining petroleum products. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Frasch, Herman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cistern.
Patent for a rain cistern, which can have oil put in it to prevent rust and sends out dirt from the cistern if it overflows.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Fischer, Christian
System:
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Apparatus for Manufacturing Door Plates or Signs
Patent for a molding and printing device for forming hollow backed signs and name plates.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Simmang, Charles Jr.
System:
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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "the combination, with a draw-bar, a sliding box, a movable eccentric secured therein, a coupling-rod, and a pivoted locking-jaw, of a locking-plate secured to said box and adapted to lock the jaw against movement" (lines 84-89).
Date:
March 8, 1887
Creator:
Zedler, Fridrick
System:
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Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists "in combination with the jaws . . . which are arranged to move laterally and simultaneously . . . each having two side hooks combined with the bar and springs . . . the levers, shaft, pulleys, and the chains which pass over the pulleys and connect the rollers with the jaws" (lines 86-96).
Date:
March 8, 1887
Creator:
Neal, Adam Sylvester
System:
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Adjustable Standard for Plows.
Patent for improvements to foot pieces that allow for easy adjustment of plowing depth. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 1, 1891
Creator:
Teague, Jasper K.
System:
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Apparatus for Elevating and Cleaning Seed-Cotton.
Patent for a steam-powered device for cleaning seed-cotton. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 10, 1891
Creator:
Robinson, Albert S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm
Patent for improvements in burglar alarms, with horns and sirens.
Date:
March 8, 1921
Creator:
Sefcik, Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blackboard.
Patent for a rotating blackboard that can be covered when not in use, as well as adjusted to different heights and locked into place so the writer can utilize every available space of the blackboard. The inventor designed the blackboard "for use in schools and brokerage offices."
Date:
March 8, 1921
Creator:
Grothaus, Julia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Valve-Cap and Tire-Deflator.
Patent for a device which serves both as a cap for a tire valve and a tool for letting air out of said tire valve.
Date:
March 8, 1921
Creator:
McComb, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber.
Patent for an improved design of shock absorbers that gives vehicles a smoother ride.
Date:
March 8, 1921
Creator:
Swindowsky, Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench, which has a pipe wrench on one end and a monkey wrench on the other end.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Paul, Zacharier M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boat.
Patent for boat with improvements towards easy movements by using a propeller and rudder. The boat is designed with the user to use their feet to manually move the boat. The boat is designed for hunting or fishing while keeping the hands free.
Date:
March 8, 1921
Creator:
Greer, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella and Sunshade
Patent for an umbrella and sunshade. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Gra, Hernando B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer. This invention is an inexpensive attachment with burners to burn insects between rows. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Smith, Needham
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella-Holder.
Patent for a new and useful simplicity umbrella holder for "use on sulky-cultivators of that class in which the seat-support is constructed to form a crotch" (line 9-12).
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Holcombe, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History