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Apparatus for Use in Dry Out-Houses
Patent for the construction of an improved odorless apparatus for dry out-houses, including explications and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tightener.
Patent for a tire tightener that allows anyone, not just a mechanic to expand and contract the felly depending on the weather.
Date:
March 23, 1897
Creator:
Dobrowolski, William & Wise, Harry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telltale Switch
Patent for switch that indicates when a vacuum fails. Used for systems in "which it is desired to keep a ... uniform vacuum such as in fruit dryers, creosoting plants, surgace and jet condensing for steam plants and the like" (lines 21-25).
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Howland, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Cracking Machine.
Patent for an improved nut-cracking machine receiving-hopper and feeding-chute especially for pecans, but effective for any type of nut, "whereby the nuts are caused to assume a certain position to feed one by one in succession to the cracking mechanism and to then enter the cracking mechanisms in the appropriate positions. (p. 1, lines 26 -30). The improved machine also automatically adjusts for different sized nuts, including illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1915
Creator:
Gebhardt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Tilting Machine.
Patent for new and improved automobile jack that facilitates secured access to repair the underside of the automobile, including illustrations. Jack consists of a large frame, part of which is curved for tilting, water adjustable weight counterbalance, and wheel locking channels.
Date:
March 23, 1920
Creator:
Weimar, Fritz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Chain
Patent for improved tire chains which can withstand greater strain.
Date:
March 23, 1920
Creator:
Fields, James A. & Witte, Jessie J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History