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Belt-Stretcher
Patent for an improvement in belt stretchers that are cheaper to make and easier to operate.
Date:
May 22, 1920
Creator:
Cherry, Warren L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Machine
Patent for an icebox that can be combined with a refrigerator. The icebox will spray the ammonia compressor coil with water, as well as inducing a forced circulation of water in the icebox's freezing tank.
Date:
May 22, 1920
Creator:
Grant, Willburn C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for a drill that provides an improvement to connecting the drill bit to the shank so they do not become detached or break.
Date:
May 22, 1919
Creator:
Weathersby, Fred Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Slack-Take-Up and Cooling Device.
Patent for new and useful improvements to Automatic Slack-Take-Up and Cooling Devices for the manufacturing of flexible roofing and other similar flexible materials, including illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Smith, Frederick C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain Release for Logging Cars.
Patent for new and useful improvements for a chain release for logging cars, including illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Dodd, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Darby.
Patent for a darby with detachable extensions for use versatility and easier transport.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Plank, Samuel K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filling-Machine.
Patent for an improved filling machine that automatically transfers predetermined quantities of liquids from one container to multiple other containers such as oils into cans.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Smith, Frederick C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Film-Winder for Cameras.
Patent for a film-winder for cameras. This particular film-winder is designed so that the exact required amount of film is placed upon the lens of the camera.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Mansfield, Clarence H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicating Device for Vehicle
Patent for a indicating device for vehicles are for providing a device of the character described designed particularly to be attached to automobiles and other similar vehicles.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Nicholson, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Roof.
Patent for new and useful improvements to the design of portable metallic roofs, including illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Draper, David F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newspaper Holder
Patent for a newspaper holder which may be eligible to hold other things, may be easily moved, and is cost-effective.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Richter, Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for a modification of a conventional rail joint, adding a solid abutment that allows for the use of conventional splice bars that "does not involve any appreciable increase in cost over the conventional rail joint" (lines 29-30). Includes Illustration.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Baker, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Spring
Patent for a vehicle spring that is elliptical, "whereby the upper section... may move longitudinally independent of the lower section of the spring" (lines 18-21).
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Plank, Samuel K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench that allows adjustment to two locked positions with a slot and stud mechanism.
Date:
May 22, 1917
Creator:
Bledsoe, Yancy M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Auger
Patent for an improved post-hole digger/auger with multiple blades that cut in a spiral pattern and has the blades adjust and lock on the base. The blade shanks form a cage and keeps dirt from clogging the blades.
Date:
May 22, 1915
Creator:
Hoover, Orville M. & Ardery, Sarah, J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet
Patent for a cabinet which acts as a receptacle for money. Dollars and coins may be sorted using the tray mounted within the cabinet.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Ferris, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool
Patent for a combination-tool which includes a putty-knife and hammer and claw. The idea is that when one tool is in use, the other portion can be closed away.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Carlton, Thomas R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Killing Grass
Patent for an improved chemical designed to kill grass, weeds and other undesirable plants. It can sprayed or sprinkled on the plants and within twenty minutes the grass or weeds will start to die even within the roots themselvs.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Hulsey, Charley Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CONVERTIBLE CAR.
Patent for improved convertible cars pertaining to railroad rolling-stock, that can be converted from freight-car into a box-car or cattle-car. This invention is tighter in corners when serving as a box-car, to prevent leakage of transports.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Cothern, John K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shade and Curtain Fixture
Patent for a fixture that holds a variety of curtain rod sizes, preventing the need to mount a new fixture every time a rod is mounted.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Staten, Claude S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telephone System.
Patent for telephone system, which allows for locking the receiver hooks at all substations between two connected stations. It also allows for lines to be subdivided for the purpose of using more than one message at the same time.
Date:
May 22, 1906
Creator:
Gorden, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Vehicle Running - Gear
Patent for
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Bassett, Lawrence Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism.
Patent for improvements to Automatic Feed for Saw-Setting Mechanism, "particularly adapted to advance the saw into alinement with a setting-punch by reciprocatory movement of a part of the mechanism" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Haltom, Samuel & Nadel, Abraham G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for several improvements in baling presses for making cylindrical bales, the machine being able to be set up in both the horizontal and upright positions.
Date:
May 22, 1900
Creator:
Byars, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History