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Animal-Trap
Patent for a small animal trap which consists of a cage suspended in the air on a spring system which drops when an animal disturbs the bait.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Franks, Marion M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Capsule-Filler
Patent for a capsule filler which allows a prescriptionist to simultaneously fill multiple capsules with medication. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Brown, Patrick Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Device
Patent for a mail bag catching and delivering device that is attached to trains and grabs mailbags off of a designated mail bag holder on the edge of the tracks.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Cruse, James Jefferson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for an oil burner for stoves, which has parts which do not carbonize and block the burner, lights quickly, and wastes less fuel in smoke or soot.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Wright, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poultry Drinking-Fountain.
Patent for a poultry drinking fountain, which run water from a water tank to the the water trough and cuts off automatically when the trough is full.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Anderson, Heartwell B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Connection
Patent for a rail connection which provides a smooth connection between rails and "dispenses with the angle bars which the ordinary rail connection requires" (lines 15-17). Illustrations included.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Matějka, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie.
Patent for a railroad tie, which can be used with ordinary rails that improves the fastening and unfastening process and forms a track gage.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Whitaker, George
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweep-Stock Attachment for Plows.
Patent for a sweep-stock attachment for plows, which can be adjusted to different lengths without using a tool.
Date:
July 20, 1909
Creator:
Hewitt, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History