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Electric Motor.
Patent for an electric motor that operates "with equal efficiency on either direct or alternating current" (lines 10-11).
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Adams, Homer E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filing-Cabinet.
Patent for a filing cabinet that allows for the easy removal of the contents and attaches to other filing cabinets to create a larger cabinet.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Atkinson, Joseph J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fender.
Patent for a device "to be secured to the prow of a ship or vessel and which projects forwardly therefrom for the purpose of protecting the vessel against injury from a collision" (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Barton, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for an oil burner, which produces more heat through the use of super-heated air to encourage better combustion.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Bissonnet, William Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garden Implement
Patent for new garden implement that is "a combination of a rake and scraper and which may also be used in the capacity of hoe or allied implement." (lines 11-13), including illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Bozarth, John Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner
Patent for an oil burner for refined oil which vaporizes all the oil put into the burner.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Breckenridge, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for an oil-burner, which can be turned on and off with a single switch.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Breckenridge, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Implement
Patent for a cutting tool which can be attached to the bottom of a shoe in order to chop cotton or other plants and pulverize ground. It is a sharp, flat, knife blade that affixes to the shoe with straps across the bridge and toe sections.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Brigance, Alice O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Magneto-Telephonic Apparatus
Patent for an invention to improve transmitting vocals and other sounds. It is a magneto telephonic system based on an magnetic field of high intensity.
Date:
May 4, 1886
Creator:
Brown, Fred. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy for Vehicles, & c.
Patent to "improve the construction of canopies and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one adapted to be readily mounted on all kinds of vehicles, plows, machines, &c., where shade or protection from weather is desirable" (lines 11-15) with instructions and illustration.
Date:
December 10, 1896
Creator:
Buchanan, Hugh A. & Tisdal, Jefferson M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator or Cooler.
Patent for a refrigerator that has an "arrangement of parts whereby the articles to be cooled are protected from moisture while the space in which said articles are arranged is inclosed by a film of moisture, which is designed to cool the inclosed atmosphere by evaporation" (lines 11-16). The covering is absorbent and the shelves inside are perforated.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Burt, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Tool
Patent for a series of dental cleaning tools to remove deposits from teeth and smooth rough surfaces. This design inflicts minimal damage to the gum tissue while both a guide and blade are in contact with the tooth.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Carr, Cassius M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle.
Patent for non-refillable bottles "which in order to obtain access to its contents will have to be sufficiently mutilated or altered in appearance so that it cannot be again used as an original package for the fraudulent sale of an imitation liquid." (Line 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Clinton, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Wheel
Patent for a spring wheel to "provide an improved resilient wheel wherein spring members are interposed between the hub and rim maintaining them in yielding rotation" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Corwin, Lawrence O. & Arnold, Wiley Moses
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Piston.
Patent for an improved pump piston used to pump oil from deep wells. The main improvement in this piston is that it is less susceptible to damage from sand or sediment by keeping sediment out of the piston valve, thus preventing it from accruing any long term damage that may render the piston irreparable. This design is also capable of fixing any wear due to sand or grit without removing the piston from the well.
Date:
May 4, 1920
Creator:
Coulson, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Flushing Means
Patent for a method of expelling debris and deposits in a foot valve, including illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1920
Creator:
Coulson, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Attachment.
Patent for a sash attachment that steadies the movement of the window sash within a window frame and prevent rattling.
Date:
May 4, 1920
Creator:
Dysart, Marby P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beauty-Pillow.
Patent for improvement in beauty pillow which is slanted to draw the skin back toward the scalp to prevent wrinkling. Illustration is included.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Fitze, Eloise
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extension-Step.
Patent for improvements in extension-steps which attach to vehicles and "do away with the boxes used to assist in getting up to the first or lower step" (lines 10-12). When not in use, the steps can be swiveled up. They are raised, lowered, and locked into position with a mechanism operated using a handle.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Hamilton, Samuel R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tank-Valve.
Patent for a tank valve, which prevents leakage and can be used as a tank or trough valve.
Date:
May 4, 1909
Creator:
Hampton, William M. & Shive, Caleb C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Cigar-Lighter.
Patent for a cigar lighter in which the cigar is lit on a glowing surface, improves on the ease of operating a cigar lighter, and provides space for an advertisement.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Handshy, Henry M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Section-Harrow.
Patent for "a section harrow that may be readily attached to an ordinary planter, cultivator or other farm implement, and which will include a considerable number of harrow sections, alined transversely of the direction of travel, so that the implement will be adapted to harrow a field in a comparatively short time" (lines 11-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Harlin, Harry W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery-Plate and Terminal Connection
Patent for improvements on a battery plate and terminal connections. Plate lugs and the terminal for the battery are a solid piece to fit more battery sizes and prevent the lugs from breaking off.
Date:
May 4, 1920
Creator:
Hawkins, Alda F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pen-Cleaning Attachment for Inkstands.
Patent for innovations in "pen-cleaning attachments for inkstands" (lines 9-10). It is a lip that extends past the top of ink-wells, and is meant to prevent blotting. The attachment is "an annular expansible body portion of spring metal adapted to be fitted in the mouth of an ink-well" (lines 93-95)
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Higgins, Pattillo
System:
The Portal to Texas History