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Mechanical Packer.
Patent for improvements towards the mechanical packing apparatus. The invention will connect the apparatus to power-operated presses, like that of the cotton press.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Cameron, Theodore R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Body Suspension
Patent for the invention of a new and improved vehicle body suspension.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Harper, William D.
System:
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Clothes Pin or Clamp
Patent for a more durable metal clothes pin.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Townley, Percy
System:
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Tire Construction
Patent for an improvement to rubber tires. The inner tube is enclosed within a thick detachable shoe to withstand shocks and jars, and also uses side guards to protect from dirt accumulation.
Date:
November 25, 1919
Creator:
Luck, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Coffee-Roasters.
Patent for an attachment to a coffee-roaster that assists in separating coffee beans from foreign matter.
Date:
December 25, 1917
Creator:
Liberto, Samuel
System:
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Insulator.
Patent for an insulator for water pipes that conducts away electric current to be utilized elsewhere.
Date:
December 25, 1917
Creator:
Stone, Oscar Otto
System:
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Switch Operating Mechanism for Electric Railways.
Patent for a switch-operating mechanism for electric railways that uses a movable display band to control movement through an electrically operated switch. The arrival of the railway car or street car at a point adjacent to the switch automatically throws the switch to automatically shunt the car from one line to another without a motorman or switchman's intervention.
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roof-Jack
Patent for a roof jack that will hold up scaffolding.
Date:
February 25, 1913
Creator:
Darnall, Benjamin P.
System:
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Door Operating Means
Patent for a mechanism to operate jail doors. The mechanism is "operated with a single movement of the hand to open and close a plurality of doors simultaneously" (14-19). Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1912
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Case and Account Register
Patent for revolving case and cash register. This device is designed as an account system and provides customers with and account book for keeping records. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1912
Creator:
Trenton, Albert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Shelling Nuts.
Patent for a machine for shelling pecans that keeps the nut meat intact.
Date:
April 25, 1911
Creator:
Roach, Walter Albert Joseph
System:
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Lineman's Chair
Patent for a chair which allows a lineman to connect cables and lines more easily. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Davis, John W.
System:
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Spark-Arrester
Patent for a spark arrester designed to extinguish the glowing cinders of smoke stacks. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Goodrich, Luman L., Jr.
System:
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Paper File and Binder.
Patent for a paper file and binder, which is expandable for varying amounts of pages and holds the papers firmly in the binder, but also allows easy removal.
Date:
January 25, 1910
Creator:
Springall, Walter A.
System:
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Portable Convict-Cage.
Patent for a portable convict cage for housing prisoners while out in work gangs, which is on wheels, is difficult to attack or leave, and provides numerous cots inside.
Date:
May 25, 1909
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail
Patent for a new railroad rail design. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
King, Alphonse
System:
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Tool for Truing and Dressing Commutators.
Patent for a tool "for truing and dressing the commutators of dynamo motors... especially designed for truing and dressing the commutators of motors employed for propelling cars" (lines 9-14).
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
Frick, Claus Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Time Switch
Patent for a electric time-switch. Illustration included.
Date:
October 25, 1904
Creator:
Dubinski, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sound Reproducing Machine
Patent for a sound reproducing machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1904
Creator:
Dubinski, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dumping-Cart
Patent for a dumping cart with a body that locks to the frame, but can be released quickly to dump materials via two toggle arms connected to a crank handle. Including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
February 25, 1903
Creator:
Davis, Frank C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hammock-Support.
Patent for hammock support which is securely fastened and can be readily removed.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interlocking-Bar Grating for Jails.
Patent for gratings used in jails. "In these structures as ordinarily made upright and horizontal bars are provided which are located at right angles to each other, these bars being necessarily secured together at their points of intersection to prevent their being spread apart" (lines 11-16).
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Youngblood, David Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lining for Cells, Vaults, or the Like
Patent for Lining for Cells, Vaults, or the Like. The Linings whether employed in Jail-Cells or other Similar Buildings , and the object thereof is to provide a structure made up of parts which may be placed within a room or enclosure and securely built therein without necessity of using patch-bolts or screws.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Youngblood, David F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Lister
Patent for an improved sulky-lister for planting listed corn, cotton, and other crops.
Date:
November 25, 1902
Creator:
Engelmann, Gustav
System:
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