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Coin Operating Vending Machine
Patent for a coin operated vending machine. Illustration included.
Date:
December 6, 1904
Creator:
Davis, Alvah B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker for Forming Mattress-Bats.
Patent for improvements in cotton-pickers for forming mattress-bats is to prepare the cotton to be light and elastic when the cotton is compressed into mattress-bats. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Morgan, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Compositor's Stick and Type Chase
Patent for combined compositor's stick and type chase. Illustration included.
Date:
November 24, 1903
Creator:
Weeks, Frank W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cooling Device for Lard-Compounding Machines
Patent for a machine that spreads melted lard into thin sheets and freezes it. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Wright, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead
Patent for a bedstead. Illustration included.
Date:
October 31, 1905
Creator:
Davis, Augustus H.; Hummel, George F. & Gray, J. W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit Attachment
Patent for "improved means for stopping runaway horses and to arrange for mounting the same upon a harness-bit so as to be under the control of the driver for convenient and effective operation when required" (lines 8-13).
Date:
April 30, 1901
Creator:
Riley, Peter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BLIND-STOP
Patent for an improvement in Blind-Stops. "My invention relates to improvements in blind-stops, and has for its object to provide a simple, strong, and cheap device of this kind." (lines 15-18) and illustration.
Date:
August 18, 1903
Creator:
Koenig, Charles Louis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cuff-Holder
"This invention is an improvement in cuff-holders for detachably attaching cuffs to garments; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple device whereby the cuff can be readily attached to or detached from the garment without annoyance" (lines 10-15).
Date:
July 2, 1901
Creator:
Hughes, Russell M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Street Car Sign
Patent for an advertisement sign located on the top of street cars. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
King, Alphonse
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candy and Process of Making Same
Patent for a "fruit or nut taffy, comprising two distinct kinds of candy, which are separately manufactured and afterward combined in a single article or piece of confectionery" (lines 11-14), including ingredients and process.
Date:
June 18, 1901
Creator:
Webb, Jesse B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Torch
Patent for a acetylene gas torch. Illustration included.
Date:
March 15, 1904
Creator:
Marsh, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool
Patent for improvements in combination-tools especially adapted for repairing rubber tires.
Date:
January 1, 1901
Creator:
Green, Samuel Milton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bung and Air Connection for Beer-Kegs, &c.
Patent for improvements in bungs and air connections for beer-kegs by using a metallic bung which has an opening (a bung-hole), “and provided atone side with a passage, the passage being interiorly threaded at its outer end, an air-tube provided with a valve and having a swiveled member exteriorly threaded and engaging the threaded portion of the passage, and the cork or stopper arranged within the inner portion of the bung-hole and closing the inner end of the passage.” (Lines 116-123, p. 3) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 1, 1901
Creator:
Morawetz, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Sash-Lock
Patent for an improvement on sash locks or fasteners for a window frame to allow two sashes to be controlled by one sash.
Date:
June 16, 1903
Creator:
Miller, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Bicycle-Rest.
Patent for a new and useful adjustable bicycle-rest, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Wise, Harry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Honey
Patent for an apparatus for extracting honey. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Avant, Leonidas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome
Patent for an aerodrome which is a heavier than air flying machine powered by motorized propellers
Date:
August 24, 1909
Creator:
Sinclair, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Operated Vending Machine
Patent for a coin operated vending machine that is meant to be inexpensive and adapted to protect the items being vended, and to allow adjustment for coins of different denominations.
Date:
September 2, 1902
Creator:
Fender, John Brown
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Generator
Patent for an acetylene generator. Illustration included.
Date:
December 12, 1905
Creator:
Sinclair, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Barrel Swing for Store Counters
Patent for a barrel swing that allows the barrel to swing out from under the counter. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Gimbal, Charles C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Controlled Vending Machine
Patent for coin controlled vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 26, 1904
Creator:
Kreter, Otto
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway Switch
Patent for a automatic railway switch. Illustration included.
Date:
December 20, 1904
Creator:
Lee, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-brake
Patent for a car-brake that improves the ability of a train to stop its forward motion.
Date:
December 29, 1900
Creator:
Wise, Harry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Switch
Patent for an automatic switch for street railways.
Date:
November 30, 1909
Creator:
Godoy, Jose Ma
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History