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Aeroplane-Kite.
Patent for a new aeroplane-kite which can be "readily dismantled and folded for shipping and easily assembled and placed in position for flying without the use of numerous fastenings and detachable parts, thereby making for simplicity and practicability" (lines 12-17). Also includes wind tunnels and a fuselage frame which is so easily assembled that a child can do it.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
McLaughlin, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pump.
Patent for a new and improved air pump capable of releasing air from the cylindrical casing in one motion. The updated design will also eliminate any lubricating oil from leaking into a tire.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Lawley, Ira
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Catcher.
Patent for agricultural devices and more particularly to a device to be attached to a cultivator for catching boll weevil or the like, during the cultivation of cotton.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Stanalan, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Coating Composition
Patent for improved non-flammable paint and multi-purpose byproduct of paint production process.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
McKay, Arthur N. & Willis, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Machinemm
Patent for a machine can dispense potable liquids to several customers at the same time.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Ogden, Clayton N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Apparatus
Patent for "new and useful improvements in well boring apparatus. The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the character described embodying a rotary table and a novel means for connecting the same to the string of pipe, which extends down into the well and which is rotated by said table and in turn rotates the boring tool carried by the lower end of said spring of pipe" (lines 9-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Blocking Machine
Patent for an inexpensive attachment to a cotton cultivator/checking machine to improve the intake capacity of the cultivator itself. The blocking machine would be used to replace the manual labor task of chopping cotton before insertion into the cultivator for processing.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Ford, Barnie S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train Signaling And Stopping Device.
Patent for Train Signaling And Stopping Device improvements intended to be of low cost, simple, durable, and run on electricity.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
McGregor, Charles Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Machine
Patent for a machine that treats surfaces. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Machine.
Patent for a surface treating machine that improves support, where the surface treating member is "driven by intermediate means from a motor displaced from the member, together with means of effecting adjustments of the surface treating member with relation to the work" (lines 13-15), with illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Clarke, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surface-Treating Device.
Patent for a surface cleaning device that provides a continuously moving surface treating member which is bodily adjustable in a suitable support.
Date:
October 19, 1920
Creator:
Clark, Alex A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter.
Patent for a carburetor that automatically regulates oil based on how much air enters the carburetor.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Cerny, Alois
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined envelop, shipping-tag, and index-card
An identifying tag to be placed on containers meant to be returned to the sender after delivery of goods.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Simpson, Ray R., of Dallas, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter
Patent for a "carbureter adapted for use in connection with internal combustion engines, and being of novel construction whereby the air is drawn through the gasolene or liquid fuel to vaporize the fuel and thereby provide a thorough and proper mixture of the air and fuel" (lines 10-16), including illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Nichols, Theodore J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for wrench related device "for locking the gripping element after it is applied to the pipe or other pipe (lines 14-15)" including instructions and illustration.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Black, Lee J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk and Straw Chopper.
Patent for "improvements to stalk, straw and weed choppers for attachment to plows" (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Gray, Wallace W. & Witzsche, Frank P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steering Mechanism for Automobiles.
Patent for an attachment for steering wheels that allows for more stable steering and shock absorption.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Law, James P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Stand.
Patent for a switch stand that automatically switches to danger when unlocked and has independently rotating switch operating spindles and target spindles.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Praetorius, Richard P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing
Patent for improved manual washing machine gearing.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
McNeil, H. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Metal Tank
Patent for a sheet metal tank supported by outside beams made of metal studs or sheets. The design also provides means by which the tank can be sheathed and secured by concrete.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process and Machine for Making Bricks.
Patent for improvements to brick making machines that will produce bricks with a textile finish.
Date:
October 19, 1915
Creator:
Rodgers, Edward H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Letter of proposal from Warner E. Smith to the United Patent Office to put forth his invention on cultivator to improve the existing one. His invention on cultivator is for cleaning beds where the plants planted down deep in the ground. It is ideal for reeding the surface of the ground from weeds. With his proposal, Smith provided the diagram or drawing to give detail on how it is done.
Date:
October 19, 1912
Creator:
Smith, Warner E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Phonographs, &c.
Patent for an attachment for phonographs to be used to have records play on a loop. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 19, 1909
Creator:
Perrenot, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Chair and Ironing Board
Patent for a chair that can fold and act as an ironing board. Illustration included.
Date:
October 19, 1909
Creator:
Hufft, Rose; Harrell, Cullen Carr & Hufft, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History