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Closet-Flushing Mechanism.
Patent for a water closet flushing mechanism, which prevents the water from standing in the toilet bowl where it is liable to freeze in cold weather.
Date:
June 20, 1911
Creator:
Parker, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo
Patent for a shell torpedo launcher for submarines.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Base for Columns
Patent for a base for columns which drains water away from the base.
Date:
September 20, 1910
Creator:
Riley, Samuel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aseptic Fountain Syringe or Irrigator
Patent for an aseptic fountain syringe or irrigator for use by doctors that is easily cleaned and portable.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Leach, Shirley N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Skein
Patent for an axle skein that holds the skein on the axle.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Bevil, Andrew H. & Bevil, Charles W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Coupling
Patent for an air brake coupling for use on trains that opens the air valves when the coupling is attached.
Date:
June 20, 1911
Creator:
Winton, Robert A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer
Patent for an automatic mailbag catcher and deliverer. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Koch, Rudolph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap
Patent for an ant trap with a removable bottom which allows the trap to be emptied easily.
Date:
September 20, 1910
Creator:
Miller, Charles R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights
Patent for a combined socket and switch for electric lights that allows different bulbs of a chandelier to be turned on separately.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Bailey, Douglas A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for an improvement in the function and use of a valve which gets rid of the wire usually used to raise tank valves. Getting rid of this wire allows for easier drainage.
Date:
January 20, 1914
Creator:
Axtell, Fred W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Seed Planter
Patent for a new attachment to seed planters.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Lusk, Eli M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antikicking Device for Automobiles.
Patent for a device that catches the crank of hand crank automobiles which were typical of the early 1900s in the United States of America. The invention addresses controlling the motion of the crank and preventing the crank from causing injury.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Miller, Herman P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Brake For Single-Truck Log-Loaders.
Patent for a simple, durable, and cheap way of improving steam brakes, especially those for single trucks used for logging.
Date:
January 20, 1914
Creator:
Perego, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stop.
Patent for a more efficient automatic train stop with a mechanism that uses a connection with the block system used on railways to stop a train when it runs into "the tracks of the danger zone or upon the tracks of the block where the train should be stopped." (lines 16-18)
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Gramm, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Converting Motor-Propelled Vehicles into Tractors.
Patent for a device which attaches a "tractor which can be used to draw plows, harrows, cultivators, mowers, reapers, and other agricultural implements" (lines 12-17) to motor vehicles, thus converting the motor vehicle into a tractor.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Wynne, William P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Table and Chair
Patent for combined table and chair that is very durable and simple in construction. This will allow organization and support for either a chair use or table use.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
Macon, Alexander W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process For Expressing Fluid From Paraffin Compositions.
Patent for using a cooling and heating process to assist with expressing fluids from paraffin compositions.
Date:
January 20, 1914
Creator:
Hansen, Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter to be Introduced into the Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tires for Rendering the Tires Puncture-Proof.
Patent for a mixture of dextrin, asbestos, magnesia, glycerin, wood alcohol and water that is introduced into tire tubes to prevent and seal tire punctures.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Causey, Thomas S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Object-Finders.
Patent for a "new and useful attachment for the object finder of a camera" (lines 9-10) with adjustable configuration, including illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Lawson, Harry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight
Patent for an improved automobile headlight function that allows the light to be pointed directly at the road in front of the wheels to avoid the glare/reflection associated with straight-forward lighting.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Allan, William N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Threshing Machine.
Patent for a cotton boll breaking mechanism and a means for breaking cotton bolls which are not opened sufficiently for the cotton to be picked.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Cass, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Phonographic Reproducers.
Patent for a device that reduces the crackling sound of records playing on a phonograph.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Gollmer, Edmund
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building-Block Construction.
Patent for concrete blocks used for construction, including illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Gray, Frank
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a new churn, an improvement on the device shown in prior Patent Number 944,129 granted December 21, 1909.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Floyd, Ellis E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History