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Attachment for Cash-Registers.
Patent for an attachment for cash registers which makes it impossible to remove paper to wrap a customer's purchase before the cash register has been opened, for the purpose of reducing "losses due to forgetfulness or dishonesty of clerks making sales" (lines 9-11), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
White, Robert N., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery.
Patent for an improvement to batteries, particularly pertaining to their electrochemical components, including an illustration and instructions.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Crowley, Richard Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Operated Make-and-Break Spark-Plug.
Patent for simple and efficient improvements to vacuum-operated make-and-break spark plugs, including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Irwin, Herbert Glen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Bit
Patent for Drill-Bit that is especially designed for purpose of drilling through rock, or other hard formations and is also adapted for use in drilling through softer formation, such as shell.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Culmore, March J. A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rake.
Patent for "a rake in which the rake fingers are capable of being lifted from contact with the ground and moveable independently rearwardly extending fingers, which are positioned between the rake fingers for the purpose of cleaning the rake" (lines 10-15).
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Phillips, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Chicken or Poultry Coop.
Patent for a folding chicken coop with improvements due to side and end pieces not needing to be disassembled before folding, including illustrations.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Upton, James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road-Surfacing Machine.
Patent for improvements to road surfacing machines, "specially designed for applying a surface of concrete or other similar material to roads and streets,... spreading the surfacing material over the foundation of the roadway," (lines 13-17) and "tamping said material, so as to give a true and even surface" (lines 18-19), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Reynolds, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil Attachment.
Patent for a pencil attachment that holds a picture that is designed to have a picture mounted in an opening of the pencil. When the opening is held close to the viewer's eye, the image is magnified. The main purpose of the device is to be used for advertising or souvenirs.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Tippit, Thomas Oland
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dubbing-Machine.
Patent for improvements to the dubbing-machines with illustrations. Specifically, this improvement is aimed at "dressing ship timber" (line 15) in an effort to make the process easier and more efficient.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Cobb, Dan L. & Moore, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivation of Soil.
Patent for improvements in soil cultivation, relating "to conserving and preserving moisture in the soil for growing vegetation" (lines 8-10), including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
June 10, 1919
Creator:
Lyon, Leonidas N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History