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Salad Dressing (open access)

Salad Dressing

Patent for improving salad dressing. This salad dressing has high quality ingredients to go with any salad.
Date: November 20, 1923
Creator: Scholl, William H. & Scholl, Barney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bill-Posting Blanking Device. (open access)

Bill-Posting Blanking Device.

Patent for bill-posting blanking device for applying strips of paper to bill-boards.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Gallia, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clock-Actuated Display Apparatus. (open access)

Clock-Actuated Display Apparatus.

Patent for a clock actuated display apparatus comprising a casing, a spring-pressed rotatable reel, and display tape adapted to wind which will cause the drum to rotate.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Shure, Ralph Deane
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock Attachment for Automobiles. (open access)

Lock Attachment for Automobiles.

Patent for a lock attachment for automobiles in relation to the gear-shift levers to prevent unlicensed interference with or stealing of the car.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Dobler, Joseph G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coop (open access)

Folding Coop

Patent for folding coops for the shipment of meat products, such as poultry. This invention will ensure greater efficiency in shipment of products.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Randall, John G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Support for Line-Wires. (open access)

Support for Line-Wires.

Patent for support for line wires that can be quickly connected to the line wire and at the same time preventing the line wire from being bent to a large extent.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Head, Vernon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plate-Guard for Secondary Batteries. (open access)

Plate-Guard for Secondary Batteries.

Patent for a plate-guard for secondary batteries. The invention relates to guard sheaths or envelopes to provide light, rigid, and inexpensive frame of acid-proof material to be build around the plate to protect the exposed metal of the plate.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Luthy, Joseph O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ensilage-Cutting Machine. (open access)

Ensilage-Cutting Machine.

Patent for ensilage-cutting that will efficiently cut corn and other rough feed. It can be driven clockwise of anti-clockwise, can discharge the cut feed at different points, and has few parts. There are no cogs or gears to catch the operator's clothing.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Sinclair, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrolytic Cell (open access)

Electrolytic Cell

Patent for an improved electrolytic cell that automatically maintains its predetermined amount of liquid.
Date: November 20, 1920
Creator: Walker, Thomas Bailey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Fly-Trap. (open access)

Electric Fly-Trap.

Patent for improvement to fly traps. The improved fly trap electrocutes flies and other flying insects as they enter the trap. In the trap, there is a lamp that attracts flying insects.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Bass, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Form Holder and Wall Tie (open access)

Form Holder and Wall Tie

Patent for Form holder and wall tie
Date: November 20, 1916
Creator: Tenholder, Herman G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Linotype Machine (open access)

Linotype Machine

Patent for used producing lines of type, and it is the object of the invention to provide a comparatively simple, small, inexpensive and compact machine of that character generally resembling a type write in its construction and operation, and operable to produce lines of type.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: French, Morris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil. (open access)

Cooking Utensil.

Patent for an improved steam-cooker in which different kinds of food can be simultaneously cooked in separate containers. Individual cooking vessels are removable from the steam-cooker.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Daniels, Laura E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cotton Press And Feeder (open access)

Automatic Cotton Press And Feeder

Patent for automatic cotton press and feeder. Illustrations included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Cumpston, Frederick Bernard; Sewell, T. W.; Page, R. J. & Young, M. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Valve (open access)

Automatic Valve

Patent for an automatic valve that uses a lever to open and close quickly, with illustrations.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Pinkerton, Henry S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Treating The Butt-Ends Of Poles (open access)

Apparatus For Treating The Butt-Ends Of Poles

Patent for an apparatus for treating the butt ends of poles. Illustration included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Logan, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building Block Machine (open access)

Building Block Machine

Patent for a building block machine. This invention is used to form blocks out of plastic material into artificial stone, as well as molding concrete blocks. Illustrations included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Latimer, Samuel A.; Dunkin, James J.; Stacey, J. H.; Hall, A. L.; Porter, R. S.; Haynes, S. F. et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener (open access)

Wire Tightener

Patent for new and improved construction of wire tightener allows for post in place while wire is being fastened.
Date: July 28, 1900
Creator: Short, William Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Tire Machine (open access)

Wheel Tire Machine

Patent for a wheel tire machine. This invention if for taking off and putting on wheel tires. Illustration included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Meyers, Edna Lu
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for improvements of hay press to simplify construction and add locking device.
Date: August 29, 1900
Creator: Sherrer, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch Throwing Device (open access)

Electric Switch Throwing Device

Patent for an electric switch throwing device. The invention provides a method of operating the switches of the track so that the motorman can turn switches of the track without stopping the train car. Illustration included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Posey, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floating Body. (open access)

Floating Body.

Patent for improvements to balloons or floating bodies in order to provide for a floating body "consisting of a flexible air or gas receiver, made to imitate or resemble animate or inanimate objects, so as to assume when inflated the shape of a human head or bust, birds, statues, animals, or any other desired object" (lines 14-19), including illustrations.
Date: November 20, 1900
Creator: Bailey, Edward Gray
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding Attachment For One-Row Walking Grain and Seed Planters (open access)

Riding Attachment For One-Row Walking Grain and Seed Planters

Patent for a riding attachment. This invention is designed for a one-row walking planter. Illustration included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Fisk, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for improvement of construction of wire stretcher for both mending and cutting wire.
Date: November 20, 1900
Creator: Passmore, Benjamine, H.
System: The Portal to Texas History