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Automobile-Indicator
Patent for an automobile indicator which shows the license number of the car and the state in which the license was issued. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Hoaker, John & Banks, William I.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun or Rifle.
Patent for a gun or rifle with a magazine, which quickly and automatically ejects spent cartridges and reloads.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Solidifying Cotton-Batting Preparatory for Pressing and Baling
Patent for an apparatus for forming cotton batting into dense rolls to prepare them for bailing and pressing. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Banister, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for a pipe and nut wrench. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Wood, Hezekiah M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine
Patent for a vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Marshall, Harry Everett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolly Wheel and Harp.
Patent for trolley wheels, where "the transmission of the current through the wheel to the harp is maintained at the maximum and the necessary wear of the relatively movable parts reduced to a minimum" (lines 11-15).
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Neighbour, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Doors for Railroad-Cars.
Patent for the grain doors that will improve better access through the use of double doors.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Loe, James T. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Holder for Writing-Pads
Patent for a foldable cover for writing pads. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Kennedy, Oliver Jefferson & Kennedy, Kenneth Ben
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plant-Blocker
Patent for a plant blocker. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Weisenborn, George P. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Heater for Liquids.
Patent for a portable, electric heater that may be plugged into an electrical outlet and immersed in a liquid. The electrodes will be placed in such a way that the circuit may not be closed.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Lawson, James R. & Yoakum, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Doll.
Patent for a doll that will be durable and attractive by constructing a rigid form of the human bust and shoulders which serves to make these parts more durable, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Baker, Marie K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Currycomb and Brush
Patent for a curry comb and brush. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 7, 1912
Creator:
Endsley, Horace F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cistern-Cleaner
Patent for a device to be used for cleaning mud and sediment from cisterns while preventing contamination of the water within the cistern.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Davis, Lewis F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Valve and Cap Tool
Patent for a combination valve cap and stem used to ease the process of deflating pneumatic tires by eliminating the need to keep track of a separate cap piece when removing the valve core, including illustrations and instructions for use.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
McComb, William Perry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cane Stripping Machine.
Patent for a new cane stripping machine, specifically for use in harvesting sugar cane grown particularly in Lousiana and Texas.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Piatt, Charles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Machine.
Patent for Boring-Machine. Particularly a boring-machine for boring brush blanks, and can bore all of the necessary openings, both straight and at an angle, at a single operation.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Miller, Emma T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caterpillar-Tractor.
Patent for 1) a mechanism preventing the Caterpillar tractor's driving element from becoming clogged with mud; 2) a mechanism to regulate the force put on the wheels in relation to the weight of the tractor's load; 3) a mechanism to allow this regulation of force in relation the weight of the tractor's load to be manually adjustable; 4) a construction improvement to allow the tractor to be turned in a relatively short radius, including illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Rountree, Joseph G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Stopper.
Patent for a bottle stopper made to be an alternative to cork plugs, including illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1919
Creator:
Patronel, John.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trousers-Stretcher.
Patent for a trousers stretcher that removes wrinkles and creases from trousers by stretching them. The stretching tension may be increased or decreased as desired.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Johnston, Renord C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap.
Patent for a new and improved insect trap with a flanged pan, the mouth of which has an inclined surface. The insect trap is designed to be arranged directly over a burrow of ants, so that ants are directed to a bait pan.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Mosby, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Standing-Valve Structure.
Patent for a standing valve structure "which serves as a coupling between the working barrel (of a pump) and strainer member, to effectively exclude foreign matter" (lines 16-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Ewing, Samuel D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Water-Heater.
Patent for a new electric water heater that forces water to travel around heated wires in tubes, including illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Valdes, Salvador M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Replanter.
Patent for Replanter. "This invention relates to replanters and it has for its object to produce a simple and improved device capable of being readily attached to and used in combination with an ordinary cultivator for the purpose of planting seeds where the seeds previously planted have failed to sprout as will appear at the time when the plants are first cultivated." (line 2)
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Cantrell, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shank-Stiffener and Heel-Plate for Shoes.
Patent for "shank stiffener and heel securing plate for use in the manufacture of shoes or in the repair work" (lines 25-27) to prevent or repair buckling, loosening, and breaking of heels due to shanks of soles being made from "leather, compressed paper, or steel" (lines 18-19) which historically have not been able to support the heel of the shoe.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Cobler, Lee Ora
System:
The Portal to Texas History