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Combined Shade and Curtain-Pole Bracket.
Patent for combined shade and curtain pole brackets to "be attached to the upper sash of the window" (lines 14), removable, and adjustable, with illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Levingston, Thomas C. & Van Epps, Nettie M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Threshold.
Patent for an improvement for thresholds to consist of a single metal plate with an arched central portion and laterally-projected flanges that is cheaper and easier to make. The threshold will create a tight joint with the bottom of a door to prevent water and dust from entering through the bottom of the door.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Krause, Ernest
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Journal Lubricating Machine.
Patent for employed who related to car journal lubricating machine and oiling all classes of railroad cars and streetcars. Also, its benefits to improve the construction and increase the efficiency of machines of this character.
Date:
April 4, 1916
Creator:
Fleischer, Lewis Bernard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Preventing Overflow of Tanks.
Patent for preventing the "repeated discharge of the contents of a flush tank" (lines 10-11) and enhance overall utility that require a flush tank. Information and illustration provided.
Date:
April 4, 1916
Creator:
Logan, Paul H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Necktie
Patent for a pre-made necktie. This is a pre-made four in hand necktie that is designed to be adjustable to various neck sizes and made to not tear a shirt collar.
Date:
April 27, 1915
Creator:
Allen, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starting Device
Patent for engine starting device to prevent back-fires when cranking, complete with illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Kneezell, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Producer.
Patent for an improvement to a gas producing apparatus which makes gas continuously from "combustible material mixed with air and the subsequent combination of gases formed by the decomposition" (lines 13-15) of resulting gases, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 28, 1914
Creator:
Hirt, Jules H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ticket-Holder.
Patent for device to hold car tickets, and to administer these tickets one at a time.
Date:
April 14, 1914
Creator:
Wohl, Charles J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pulverizing or Grinding Machine
Patent for an improved, efficient pulverizing or grinding machine. Primarily used for pulverizing or grinding limestone and used is assistance with manufacturing cement, this improved machine focuses on a larger output through improvements in the cycling of surplus air.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Steckle, Edward J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Dump
Patent for automatic dumpers that can be readily and inexpensively fitted and adapted to most forms of dump car.
Date:
April 22, 1913
Creator:
Putnam, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Controlling System for Motor-Traction Cars.
Patent for controlling systems for motor traction cars. These controlling systems provide automatic control outside the volition of the motorman.
Date:
April 2, 1912
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Briggs, George E. & Houlehan, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Regulator
Patent for a device, used in connection with crushing and/or storage machinery, to assist in the distribution of dry, powdered, or fine feeding materials.
Date:
April 25, 1911
Creator:
Searle, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Skirt-Marker
Patent for a skirt marker. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 11, 1911
Creator:
Zelman, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Billiard Cue
Patent for a billiard cue. This invention is designed with removable tips. Illustration included.
Date:
April 4, 1911
Creator:
Borroughs, John Vertie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Explosive-Engines.
Patent for a governor for explosive engines for use in trains, which will increase the fuel efficiency of the engines.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seal-Lock.
Patent for a seal lock for railroad cars, which will show whether an unauthorized entry has been made by requiring the seal ton be broken before the lock opens.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Christian, Edward L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Cleaning System
Patent for an air cleaning system to be used in homes. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 20, 1909
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Gun
Patent for a toy gun. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 13, 1909
Creator:
Griffith, Jesse B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pianissimo Device.
Patent for a pianissimo device for upright pianos, which "takes up the lost motion when the soft pedal is used by automatic means" (lines 14-16).
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Decker, Herman L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle.
Patent for a wooden cube puzzle made up of many irregular shaped pieces, which can be manufactured to be hard or easy.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Critchett, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing-Scoop.
Patent for a scoop for use in stores when measuring flour or related items that weighs the substance in the scoop, and has a light in the handle that can be turned on in dark areas.
Date:
April 30, 1907
Creator:
Howe, Frank C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing-Scoop.
Patent for a weighing scoop for use in stores that can weigh many different products that have a wide range of prices per pound.
Date:
April 30, 1907
Creator:
Howe, Frank C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester.
Patent for a steam train locomotive spark arrester consisting of curved pipe smoke stack that holds solid particles of exhaust on the edges of the pipe, which are expelled by the force of exhaust gases coming through, into the fire box thereby preventing their escape outside the engine reducing danger from stray sparks. This system also uses less fuel than previous systems.
Date:
April 23, 1907
Creator:
Chalfant, Cotter Strawn
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco-Pipe.
Patent for a tobacco pipe with supplemental ducts in the sides of the pipe bowl to make the smoke travel farther and become cool and sweet and prevent saliva from going into the fire bowl. It also has a place for a nicotine filter if desired.
Date:
April 16, 1907
Creator:
Kneezell, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History