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Automatically-Adjustable Headlight for Locomotives
Patent for an automatically adjustable headlight for locomotives or streetcars which rotates when the vehicle is tilted going around a curve to allow the light to shine around the curve.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Cooper, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Buggy Tops
Patent for an attachment for buggy tops. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Fullerton, Phillip Y.
System:
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Arc-Lamp Headlight
Patent for an electric arc headlight for trains, cars, or boats which produces a steady light and lasts long enough to allow travel over long distances.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Lacy, Benjamin B.
System:
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Advertising Clock
Patent for an advertising clock. This invention is designed to display advertisement at regular intervals. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Barnett, John Beverly & Turner, W. N.
System:
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Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a cattle guard for railroad tracks, which is activated by the pressure of a cow stepping on its platform and raises bars to block the the cow from crossing the track. It goes back down automatically when the pressure is removed off the platform.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Crouch, Jim L.
System:
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Writing Instrument.
Patent for a writing instrument for writing on stacks of carbon paper, which need heavy pressure to show on all the pages.
Date:
November 2, 1909
Creator:
Dyches, John W.
System:
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Kitchen-Cabinet.
Patent for a kitchen cabinet, which is compact but has many features such as a built in sifting system from the glass fronted dry ingredient drawers, a sink, fold out counter space, and slide-out bottom drawers.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Ridley, Richard W. & Clark, Andrew R.
System:
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Leather Product and Process for Making the Same.
Patent for a process of treating leather that produces leather that is heavier and more durable for shoe soles by coating it in linseed oil and soaking it in a bath of Portland cement, borax, and water for at least 24 hours and then coating it with linseed oil a second time.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Mackay, Hugh
System:
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T-Square
Patent for a t-square. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Whaley, James N. & Self, James H.
System:
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Metal Railway Tie
Patent for metal railway tie. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Robinson, James R. & Sugrue, John F.
System:
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Tourist's Glasses.
Patent for tourist's glasses which include a compass, a mirror, and binoculars which fold up into a compact case and includes adjustable lenses.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Faerhrmann, John M.
System:
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Harness Saddle
Patent is for "improvements in harness saddles" (lines 6-7) that will "not injure animals' backs and which will be automatically adjustable to a back of any size or shape."
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Edelbrock, Frank E.
System:
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Permutation-Lock.
Patent for a permutation lock, which is harder to break into than the previous version.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Maxfield, James R.
System:
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Overalls
Patent for overalls. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Melasky, Seth A.
System:
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Railway-Rail Joint.
Patent for improved railway rail joints, including illustrations.
Date:
November 2, 1909
Creator:
Finley, Alfred P.
System:
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Railway Crossing
Patent for a railway crossing. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Meyerlambers, William H.
System:
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Means for Lowering or Raising Drill Disks or Plows.
Patent for a means of raising and lowering drill disks on plows to allow the machine to travel and not get tangled in obstructions such as underbrush or rocks.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Burks, William Edward
System:
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Portable Concrete Mixer
Patent for a portable concrete mixer. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Leake, Boudinot G.
System:
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Reversible and Adjustable Heel-Sweep.
Patent for an adjustable heel sweep for farm equipment, which can cut both wide and narrow angles.
Date:
November 2, 1909
Creator:
Brockman, John H.
System:
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Root Crop Harvester
Patent for a root crop harvester. This invention is designed for the harvesting of peanuts, potatoes, sugar beets, turnips, onions, etc. Illustration included.
Date:
March 2, 1909
Creator:
Bourland, Joseph M.
System:
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Garment-Fitting Device.
Patent for a series of flexible bands and tapes to be used for efficient fitting of garments with regards to seam lines and marking patterns upon cloth by measuring the waist, skirt, and sleeve areas.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Johnson, Mary M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Burner.
Patent for a garbage incinerator, which has a rotating grate to speed up the evaporation of moisture from the garbage and produce quicker burning.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Burwell, John A.
System:
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Garment-Fitting Device.
Patent for a garment fitting device made up of a series of measuring tapes that when laid out on cloth after fitting will be held in place by diagonal cross-tapes.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Johnson, Mary M.
System:
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Metallic Packing.
Patent for metallic packing for piston rods and valve stems of engines to create a tight joint.
Date:
February 2, 1909
Creator:
Fulford, Marcus F.
System:
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