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Bicycle-Support. (open access)

Bicycle-Support.

Patent for a bicycle support which holds "bicycles in upright position when not in use" (lines 8-9).
Date: April 17, 1900
Creator: Taylor, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Table. (open access)

Convertible Table.

Patent for a supporting device for folding tables or benches that is made up of slide-able pieces that can be folded up into a small area and then locked in place when set up.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Richter, Franz Albin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bur-Cotton Thresher, Cleaner and Storage Unloader (open access)

Bur-Cotton Thresher, Cleaner and Storage Unloader

Patent for a pneumatic cotton thresher, cleaner, and storage unloader for use in cotton gins.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Lamb, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Operator (open access)

Churn Operator

Patent for a Churn Operator. This device contains specifications for operating churn-dashers, as well as improvements for the established churn operator.
Date: April 13, 1905
Creator: Ham, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressor. (open access)

Compressor.

Patent for a refrigerating machine compressor, which compresses more gas, cools the compressor with the incoming gas, and uses excess heat to dry the gas coming in.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Mayhew, John Daugherty
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Ice-Boxes. (open access)

Attachment for Ice-Boxes.

Patent for an attachment for ice-boxes which is "a vessel for the reception of ice and having a surrounding series of compartments for the reception of the matter to be refrigerated" (lines 11-14).
Date: April 3, 1900
Creator: Moyes, Aceph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Armor for Pneumatic Tires. (open access)

Armor for Pneumatic Tires.

Patent for a new and useful armor for pneumatic tires.
Date: April 12, 1898
Creator: Hansell, Robert Clark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn with a better support device than previous churns.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Hyland, George Tolifaro
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for an improved cattle-guard by using a guard that has a plurality of spurs, should an animal step thereon its foot will be directed against one or more of these spurs, thus causing the animal to withdraw its foot and not attempt to pass over the rail. This will prevent the animal from crossing railway-tracks, but the spurs will not interfere with the free passage of trains. (Lines 10-20) Illustration is included.
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Steinmann, Herman Werner
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher (open access)

Churn-Dasher

Patent for distributing air through cream while "thoroughly" agitating said cream, with brief instruction and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1904
Creator: Vestal, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Removing Boiler-Scale (open access)

Composition for Removing Boiler-Scale

Patent for "an extract of the plant know to botanists by the name 'Larrea Mexican,' to be used in removing boiler-scale and in preventing the reformation of the same" (lines 9-13).
Date: April 16, 1901
Creator: Pena, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed and Cylinder Printing-Machine. (open access)

Bed and Cylinder Printing-Machine.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in bed and cylinder printing machines for "operating and controlling the motion of the bed-plate thereof" (line 11 - 13).
Date: April 12, 1898
Creator: Murray, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Couch (open access)

Couch

Patent for a couch. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Hartshorn, Guy C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Window-Awning And Fire-Protector. (open access)

Combined Window-Awning And Fire-Protector.

Patent for a collapsible window awning.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Guy, Webb W. & Richards, Oliver L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check Book. (open access)

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
Cement Kiln (open access)

Cement Kiln

Patent for a new and improved cement kiln for drying gypsum and other materials employed in the manufacture of cement and plaster.
Date: April 28, 1902
Creator: Malone, Samuel R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Cleaning System (open access)

Air-Cleaning System

Patent for an air cleaning system to be used in homes. Illustrations included.
Date: April 20, 1909
Creator: Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifreezing Valve and Closet-Cistern (open access)

Antifreezing Valve and Closet-Cistern

Patent for "valves which will allow all the water to flow out of the popes to a position below freezing-point after each application of water, whether the water is used in a closet-cistern or drawn out of a hudrant or other application is made, and to arrange the valves so that the supply-valves will be automatically closed by water-pressure in connection with the operation of a siphon in a closet-cistern and the waste-valve will be closed by the pressure of water, siphonic action, or both, when the supply-valves are opened." (lines 18-28).
Date: April 23, 1901
Creator: Wilkes, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Bleaching Seed-Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Bleaching Seed-Cotton

Patent for a machine for bleaching seed cotton before it ginned.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Brennan, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Arch and Beam-Balance for Cultivator-Frames (open access)

Adjustable Arch and Beam-Balance for Cultivator-Frames

Patent for an adjustable arch and beam balance for cultivator frames which allows the draft tongue to be lifted up and down.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Buckhannon, Edward M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Receptacle for Vehicles. (open access)

Collapsible Receptacle for Vehicles.

Patent for an invention to improve collapsible receptacles for use in vehicles, more specifically wagons. Item is designed to be used on the spring seats of wagons for the purpose of storing items under the seat of wagons. Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1900
Creator: Williams, Anderson D. & Walsh, Charles D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Vehicle Brake (open access)

Automatic Vehicle Brake

Patent for automatic vehicle brake. The invention "provides a spring controlled rack cooperating with a gear or pinion or a vehicle wheel." (line 18-20). Illustrations included.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Uhl, Edgar G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Railway-Rail (open access)

Compound Railway-Rail

Patent for a compound railway-rail. This invention is a solid open jointed rail whereby two longitudinal section may be brought together without creating open joints. Illustration included.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Stephens, George B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a new churn design to "increase the efficiency of devices of this character" (lines 9-10). Illustrations included.
Date: April 16, 1907
Creator: Dazey, Nathan P.
System: The Portal to Texas History