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Can-Opener.
Patent for new and useful improvements for can openers. The principal purpose is to provide means for opening round cans of different sizes and also square cans.
Date:
November 16, 1920
Creator:
Adels, Rebecca Valencia.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Fender
Patent for cultivator fenders, which will assist in tilling the earth for proper planting methods. This invention will allow for the removal of weeds close to plants without burying the plants in soil.
Date:
November 16, 1917
Creator:
William M. Peel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chair and Counter.
Patent for improvements in chairs and counters. This patent has to do with "mounting a chair with relation to a counter, table or the like, so that the chair can be slid to a position beneath the counter when not in use" (lines 9-13). This patent also has to do with moveable back and seat of the chair so that it can be folded when not in use.
Date:
November 16, 1920
Creator:
Wright, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Loading Device
Patent for a device used in the loading of train cars with reduced manual effort.
Date:
November 16, 1914
Creator:
Davison, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Moving Picture Machine.
Patent for motion picture machine with interchangeable heads, allowing for change of one reel while the other continues to play undisturbed from same machine.
Date:
November 16, 1920
Creator:
Hansard, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engineer's Safety-Throttle for Locomotive Dry Pipes
Patent for improved safety mechanism for the dry pipe of a steam-powered locomotive engine.
Date:
November 16, 1920
Creator:
Hartman, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Fishing Tool.
Patent for a tool to remove pipe from a well, especially oil and gas.
Date:
November 16, 1920
Creator:
Wilkinson, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Finger-Shield.
Patent for a new finger protection device which may be utilized in needlework.
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Morris, Homer B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine.
Patent for a new and improved device within internal combustion engines "whereby water is converted into steam, and then delivered into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine" (lines 13-16). Includes illustrations.
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Harwood, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Stuffing-Box.
Patent for improvements on well stuffing boxes, particularly in packing the vertically reciprocating pump rod and keeping it packed over time, so that the stuffing box doesn't need to be dismantled for manual adjustments.
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Church, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for "stalk cutter which may be readily attached to any standard from of plow, without requiring any changes or alterations in the construction thereof "(lines 17-20), including instructions and illustration.
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Rumbaugh, Charlie Marvin & Jones, Melvin Commodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck-Gear for Vehicles.
Patent for a durable, efficient, simple, and inexpensive turning gear that enables trucks to turn from the top of the vehicle.
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Moore, Charles P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Joint
Patent for a flexible joint provides "an improved and simplified device that is simple, durable and reliable in construction and effective and efficient in operation" (lines 10-13).
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Mooney, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Mounting
Patent for window mountings that allows the window to open both vertically and horizontally.
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Bast, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker.
Patent for improvements on cotton pickers that allow the cotton to be collected separately from the bolls.
Date:
November 16, 1915
Creator:
Phel, Walter Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Dumping-Elevator
Patent for an automatic dumping elevator for supplies which can stop at different heights and dump the contents of the elevator.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Richmond, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Valve for Locomotive-Boilers and the Like.
Patent for "an improvement in check valves particularly adapted for use on locomotive boilers" (lines 9-11) with illustrations.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Fondren, Theodore Robert ; T. R. Fondren
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton - Chopper.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton choppers machine as the attachment to cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 16, 1897
Creator:
Richter, Frank L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Counting Apparatus
Patent for an automatic counting apparatus for counting packages coming down a chute into a vehicle.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Richmond, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for a new and useful improvements in Car couples. This invention "relates to automatic car couples, and more particularly to that class known as " swing-pin" couples" (line 11 - 13).
Date:
November 16, 1897
Creator:
Gillespie, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Sprayer Attachment for Washing-Machines.
Design patent for a sprayer attachment for washing machines that includes a conical base-plate with a circular spout projection at its apex.
Date:
November 16, 1897
Creator:
Bessonette, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Magazine-Firearm.
Patent for a magazine firearm, whose breech bolt is operated with the left hand to leave the right free for pulling the trigger.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Rebman, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake.
Patent for an automatic wagon brake, which engages when the vehicle is stopped to prevent it from rolling downhill and disengages when the wagon starts moving again.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Hewitt, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Escutcheon.
Patent for a lock escutcheon, which can be attached to the door on either side and which does not require carpentry expertise to install.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Magruder, Paul K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History