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Bridle and Bit.
Patent for improvements to Bridles and Bits, specifically what are known as stranglers, used to easily gain control over an animal by exerting pressure on its nose, operated by a slight pull on the auxiliary reins. This patent also provides for a device which activates the strangler when the driver releases it and the animal steps on it.
Date:
April 7, 1914
Creator:
Hentschel, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colter.
Patent for the instructions on of how to construct a Colter including illustrations.
Date:
April 25, 1916
Creator:
James Zedrick Elder
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shock-Absorber and Brace.
Patent for an improved connection between the shock absorber and brace to "reduce the strain on the front springs of a motor vehicle and to control the rebound incident to the front wheels [...] so that the machine may at all times be under proper control of the steering mechanism" (lines 34-41), including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
More, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Collapsible Box.
Patent for collapsible box which uses hinges to strengthen the box and to allow the box to be collapsed easily for easy storage.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Smith, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock.
Patent for an improved alarm clock with two different alarms that sound at desired time set and when the clock is unwound, including illustrations.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Buttigieg, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Shade Hanger
Patent for a window shade hanger device which allows for the shade to be placed at multiple stations by sliding and covering any portion of the window desired instead of a stationary shade mount.
Date:
April 6, 1915
Creator:
Hillman, Annie M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic drain-valve.
Patent for an improved automatic drain valve used in air braking systems.
Date:
April 21, 1914
Creator:
Huddleston, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bandage
Patent for a new bandage or dressing clamp that will hold a bandage in place. It includes two circular, notched jaws held together by an adjustable tube. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 21, 1914
Creator:
Lupton, Minnie May
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Container.
Patent for a collapsible container that is easily assembled without the "employment of nails or fastening devices" (line 10).
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Dunn, Lewis C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beet Harvesting Machine
Patent for a machine that will harvest beets with only two operatives and not made of "heavy construction." Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 13, 1914
Creator:
Stone, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book-Stub Holder.
Patent for a check book stub holder. This device holds back used check stubs in a check book.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant.
Patent for getting knowledge on how to collect the cotton and make it usable.
Date:
April 18, 1916
Creator:
James C. Garner, of Dallas, Texas & Charles S. Reynolds, of Houston, Texas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Patent for Farming Implement
Patent for Farming Implement
Date:
April 3, 1917
Creator:
Miller, Marion R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer
Patent for improved replacers for derailed railroad cars, complete with illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1915
Creator:
Duval, Allen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book.
Patent for improvements to check-books for easier access to the check stubs.
Date:
April 10, 1917
Creator:
Schwander, Peter W.
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
Automobile Body.
Patent for an automobile body that is designed for people who enjoy doing outdoor activities. Compares this design to the current design of what is called "touring cars."
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Saxon, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressor.
Patent for a more efficient air compressor with high and low pressure chambers formed of mating sections that can be detached to make repairs to the piston as necessary.
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Murphy, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter.
Patent for "a new and useful edge drop feeder or seeder". (line 14)
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
C. W. Loe; Loe, C. W & Mitchell, T. L.; T. L. Mitchell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tile
Patent for a bale tie for cotton bales.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Frantz, Ezra A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump
Patent for an air pump for the delivery of air to the tire of a wheel.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Scott, Charles Mack
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for Clothes Pin made of galvanized wire that will remain normally on the line. It will also prevent the adjacent pins from becoming tangled together. It's twisted portions adapted for riding content with the line to hold the pin in operative position.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Perry, Cornelius Doctor & Wosnig, Walter, E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaker and Cleaner
Patent for new and improved Boll Breakers and Cleaners "for handling and cleaning seed cotton prior to it delivery to the ginning mechanism..." (lines 9-10).
Date:
April 26, 1915
Creator:
Kinne, Tempel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History