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Type-Writer Line-Shift.
Patent for line shifter attachment for typewriter which makes it possible for the typewriter to print characters above or below the standard line of print. This attachment makes the typewriter useful for taking stenographic notes.
Date:
May 30, 1916
Creator:
Byrne, Henry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Cotton Cleaner
Patent for a cleaner for seed cotton, in preparation for supplying the cotton to gins.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Cass, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Use in Killing Trees and Other Vegetable Growths
Patent for a composition or recipe for tree and plant killer
Date:
February 22, 1916
Creator:
Eason, John F. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint
Patent for rail joints which "requires no extra plates or parts like the usual joint; that is stronger and more durable; that it is more readily assembled and that the parts are efficiently united; that only one bolt is required..." (lines 9-14).
Date:
September 5, 1916
Creator:
Gilmore, Aaron W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truss.
Patent for improvements to trusses, which uses "a pair of spring hangers each carrying a pad of particular construction and arrangement" (lines 9-11). Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 14, 1916
Creator:
Gilmore, Aaron W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows
Patent for "improvements in attachments for plows for the purpose of cutting roots, sods, and the like, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed attachment which not only provides a suitable cutting implement but likewise includes a removable landslide." (9-15)
Date:
January 25, 1916
Creator:
Reeves, Wesley L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Excavator
Patent for excavator.
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
Story, Ela D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for improvements in wrenches, particularly relating to the type generally known as the spanner wrench. The object of this invention is to provide an improved spanner wrench including means for reliably retaining the wrench head in proper position with relation to the object being rotated.
Date:
January 4, 1916
Creator:
Wright, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History