Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas Patentshttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TXPT/browse/?sort=added_d&display=grid2024-02-03T08:29:09-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: Texas PatentsSalad Dressing2024-02-03T08:29:09-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640550/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640550/"><img alt="Salad Dressing" title="Salad Dressing" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640550/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improving salad dressing. This salad dressing has high quality ingredients to go with any salad.</p>Car Coupler.2024-02-03T08:27:36-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640420/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640420/"><img alt="Car Coupler." title="Car Coupler." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640420/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for car coupler heads. This object has coupler heads that, when set in position, automatically lock.</p>Slime-Pulp Thickener.2024-02-03T08:24:22-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640170/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640170/"><img alt="Slime-Pulp Thickener." title="Slime-Pulp Thickener." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640170/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a machine used in the wet milling process. It allows proportionate distribution of liquids to aide during the thickening process.</p>Sheet-Placing Machine.2024-02-03T08:23:27-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640099/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640099/"><img alt="Sheet-Placing Machine." title="Sheet-Placing Machine." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640099/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in sheet-placing machines for pushing and pulling devices to their correct orientation of oil tanks (lines 10-13) roof construction without the possibility of injury to mechanics.</p>Wrench2024-02-03T08:23:11-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640079/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640079/"><img alt="Wrench" title="Wrench" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1640079/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for tools used for construction, plumbing, machinery, home renovations, and many more.</p>Manufacture of Bricks2024-02-03T08:21:53-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1639973/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1639973/"><img alt="Manufacture of Bricks" title="Manufacture of Bricks" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1639973/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improvement in the manufacturing of bricks, using the waste products of a coal burning furnace and other cheap ingredients.</p>Car Door2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259413/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259413/"><img alt="Car Door" title="Car Door" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259413/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent is for car door and support. It goes on to explain that the car door and support were created to serve as a means of forming an efficient rain-proof closure when the door is moved into closed position. Another object is to provide sufficient means for slide-able support for the door and locking mechanisms.</p>Break-Out Pin.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259427/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259427/"><img alt="Break-Out Pin." title="Break-Out Pin." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259427/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a modified break-out pin on an oil derrick which makes it easier to release a wrench for unscrewing pipes when done, but still holds the wrench in place while in use.</p>Cotton-Picker.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259451/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259451/"><img alt="Cotton-Picker." title="Cotton-Picker." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259451/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a high-yield cotton picker that removes cotton from the bolls without damaging the plants.</p>Automatic Control for Gas Water-Heaters.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259479/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259479/"><img alt="Automatic Control for Gas Water-Heaters." title="Automatic Control for Gas Water-Heaters." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259479/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements to "a gas control for instantaneous gas water heaters" (lines 9-10), including illustrations and instructions.</p>Bale Forming Press.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259481/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259481/"><img alt="Bale Forming Press." title="Bale Forming Press." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259481/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a bale forming press to form bales of hay and automatically secure "baling wires around the bale as formed" (lines 13-14). It automatically stops the feeder when "the bale is being tied" (lines 19-20) and winds and automatically unwinds and winds the wire.</p>Device for Washing Oil Wells.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259485/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259485/"><img alt="Device for Washing Oil Wells." title="Device for Washing Oil Wells." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259485/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "a device for washing, cleaning, and sterilizing oil wells" (lines 10-11), including illustrations.</p>Automobile Bed-Rack.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259491/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259491/"><img alt="Automobile Bed-Rack." title="Automobile Bed-Rack." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259491/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a bed rack (bed roll) located at the rear of a car so that once the car cushions have been placed to form a mattress, the bed roll can be unwound to stretch and cover the cushions providing bedding and covering.</p>Direction-Indicator.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259507/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259507/"><img alt="Direction-Indicator." title="Direction-Indicator." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259507/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new useful improved direction-indication that will allow an operator of an automobile to indicate to traffic in front and rear the direction in which the operator will make it's turn. The indicator will also indicate when a stop is contemplated.</p>Flush-Valve2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259513/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259513/"><img alt="Flush-Valve" title="Flush-Valve" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259513/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a valve for a general flush tank.</p>Aerial Projectile2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259519/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259519/"><img alt="Aerial Projectile" title="Aerial Projectile" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259519/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an aerial projectile for use as an anti-infantry bomb, dropped by planes. Specifically, it is a fragmentation bomb hand dropped from planes that will not only deliver an explosive blast and the subsequent shrapnel, but deliver such a blast as to destroy itself so it cannot be reverse engineered.</p>Bottle-Holder.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259539/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259539/"><img alt="Bottle-Holder." title="Bottle-Holder." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259539/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an ink bottle holder that allows for sturdy tilting and prevents ink from spilling.</p>Even-Balance Pump-Jack2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259541/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259541/"><img alt="Even-Balance Pump-Jack" title="Even-Balance Pump-Jack" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259541/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "increasing the power of the pump jacks" (lines 10-11) for improved uniformity during the upstroke and the downstroke.</p>Door Fastener2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259551/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259551/"><img alt="Door Fastener" title="Door Fastener" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259551/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent is for door locking device for fasteners that can be carried around in a pocket. It is an improvement on models in circulation.</p>Buttonless Neckband.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259553/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259553/"><img alt="Buttonless Neckband." title="Buttonless Neckband." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259553/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a buttonless neckband eliminates collar buttons "which would have a tendency to discolor the neck of the wearer" (lines 21-22).</p>Cotton Preparing and Baling Machinery2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259555/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259555/"><img alt="Cotton Preparing and Baling Machinery" title="Cotton Preparing and Baling Machinery" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259555/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a machine that prepares cotton and bales cotton into bales</p>Fabric-Striping Machine2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259563/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259563/"><img alt="Fabric-Striping Machine" title="Fabric-Striping Machine" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259563/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a fabric stripping machine used for stripping fabric from discarded tire casings, comprising of a shaft and a reel, a striping shaft, composed in such a way to aid in adjusting said stripping shaft.</p>Controlling Mechanism for Windmills.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259589/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259589/"><img alt="Controlling Mechanism for Windmills." title="Controlling Mechanism for Windmills." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259589/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for the operation of a windmill pump that may be automatically controlled so that a constant supply of water will be maintained in the storage tank.</p>Diving-Armor.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259599/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259599/"><img alt="Diving-Armor." title="Diving-Armor." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1259599/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Diving-Armor" (lines 5-6) relating to protection from high pressure, enabling arm and hand movements, an outside air supply, and an oxygen tank. Includes illustrations.</p>Cotton-Chopping Machine2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258543/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258543/"><img alt="Cotton-Chopping Machine" title="Cotton-Chopping Machine" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258543/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a cotton "wheeled cultivator" (line 14-15) attachment which allows users to make adjustments to the cultivator blades, including illustrations.</p>Concrete Form.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258563/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258563/"><img alt="Concrete Form." title="Concrete Form." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258563/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a circular concrete form. The form is adjustable and allows nesting for storage and transport.</p>Electricity-Dispelling Device for Paper-Printing Apparatus2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258565/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258565/"><img alt="Electricity-Dispelling Device for Paper-Printing Apparatus" title="Electricity-Dispelling Device for Paper-Printing Apparatus" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258565/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a device to prevent the electrification of paper. The machine also serves to prevent splitting or wrinkling during the printing process.</p>Blow-out Patch.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258573/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258573/"><img alt="Blow-out Patch." title="Blow-out Patch." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258573/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent, including illustrations, for tire or shoe blow-out patch that protects the inner tube of the tire and keeps the patch from sliding. Also notes the item can be constructed from "old fabrics from worn shoes or tires" to keep manufacturing and sales costs low (page 1, lines 30-31).</p>Cotton-Seed Linter2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258577/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258577/"><img alt="Cotton-Seed Linter" title="Cotton-Seed Linter" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258577/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a new Cotton-Seed Linter (relates to a new and useful form of cotton seed linter) which operates efficiently in and about oil mills or other places where cotton seed is reduced to commercial products.</p>Churn.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258581/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258581/"><img alt="Churn." title="Churn." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258581/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements in churns, "specifically a churn disclosed in Patent No. 1268766, L. M. Payne, R. A. Thompson and L. P. Morris, June 4, 1918."</p>Automobile.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258595/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258595/"><img alt="Automobile." title="Automobile." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258595/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an automobile with a mechanism which may be extended to form a tent bed, or folded into a small compass. The folding bed of the automobile may be utilized to storm camp equipment when not used as a bed.</p>Culvert.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258605/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258605/"><img alt="Culvert." title="Culvert." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258605/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a culvert which is to be used for sewers or other underground conveyers. Its is to be composed of varying materials that can be easily shipped and jointed together to form the sewer or other underground conveyer.</p>Cotton Blocker2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258607/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258607/"><img alt="Cotton Blocker" title="Cotton Blocker" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258607/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for cotton blockers that prevent crops from becoming covered in soil during the harvesting process.</p>Fuel Vaporizer for Carburetors.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258609/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258609/"><img alt="Fuel Vaporizer for Carburetors." title="Fuel Vaporizer for Carburetors." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258609/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for "an improvement in fuel heaters or vaporizers for use with carburetors for hydrocarbon fuel engines" (lines 9-12). The device "can therefore utilize those hydrocarbons of specific gravity much higher than gasoline, as fuel for internal combustion engines, with safety and with more economy than has heretofore been deemed possible." (lines 106-111).</p>Bale-Core-Operating Device2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258615/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258615/"><img alt="Bale-Core-Operating Device" title="Bale-Core-Operating Device" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258615/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for bale core operating device which improves the bale core quality around which the bale is formed, including illustrations.</p>Billboard2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258617/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258617/"><img alt="Billboard" title="Billboard" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258617/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for billboards built for wind resistance.</p>Chimney-Cowl2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258619/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258619/"><img alt="Chimney-Cowl" title="Chimney-Cowl" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258619/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for low cost chimney cowl improvements to insure proper draft and prevent fires.</p>Core-Barrel.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258631/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258631/"><img alt="Core-Barrel." title="Core-Barrel." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258631/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a core barrel for use in rotary drilling of oil or water wells, that will allow for easy extraction of the upwardly extending column of material.</p>Glass Manufacture dated November 5, 19182020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258639/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258639/"><img alt="Glass Manufacture dated November 5, 1918" title="Glass Manufacture dated November 5, 1918" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258639/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for apparatus to improve the overall quality and efficiency of glass production. This includes both window and sheet glass. It assists in developing sheet glass through blowing, drawing, and ladling.</p>EMBLEM STRUCTURE.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258645/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258645/"><img alt="EMBLEM STRUCTURE." title="EMBLEM STRUCTURE." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258645/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improvement in emblem structures by mounting the parts of an emblem on a rigid mounting plate.</p>Cultivation of Soil.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258651/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258651/"><img alt="Cultivation of Soil." title="Cultivation of Soil." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258651/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>Automatic Automobile-Top.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258655/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258655/"><img alt="Automatic Automobile-Top." title="Automatic Automobile-Top." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258655/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improvement on automatic automobile-tops. The primary objective is that when in inoperative positions, the actuated drum neatly appears as a weather proof roll. Another objective is to provide side curtains so that the vehicle may be closed on all sides.</p>Direction Signal2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258657/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258657/"><img alt="Direction Signal" title="Direction Signal" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258657/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a "direction indicator" (lines 12-13) adapted for se in vehicles. Created for a simple method to inform other drivers of the intended direction of the car it is installed in.</p>Comb-Cleaning Device2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258661/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258661/"><img alt="Comb-Cleaning Device" title="Comb-Cleaning Device" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258661/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for a comb-cleaning device which can be "secured to a wall, wires or cords being strung upon the bracket so that a comb may be stroked thereacross and cleaned &c., &c." lines 16-19</p>Cotton Seed Linter2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258663/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258663/"><img alt="Cotton Seed Linter" title="Cotton Seed Linter" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258663/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for the improvement of cotton lint linter parts and construction. Improvements to the parts remove cotton seed lint before entering the lint conveying flue.</p>Cylinder-Grinding Attachment For Lathes2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258667/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258667/"><img alt="Cylinder-Grinding Attachment For Lathes" title="Cylinder-Grinding Attachment For Lathes" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258667/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an improved attachment for the lathe to grind cylinders of different sizes</p>Bale-Tie Buckle2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258675/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258675/"><img alt="Bale-Tie Buckle" title="Bale-Tie Buckle" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258675/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for bale tie buckle that is adapted for use on high density cotton bales, and provide a simple buckle which has requisite strength, can be tied on the bales with great rapidity, can be used at the gins as the bales are first made, can be rapidly removed from the bales of cotton when taken to the compresses without injury to the buckle, and which will be ready for immediate reuse on either the standard bale or the high density compressed bale.</p>Gas Producer.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258691/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258691/"><img alt="Gas Producer." title="Gas Producer." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258691/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for improvements to gas producers of the type in which combustible gases are evolved from coal, lignite, etc., during the incomplete combustion thereof.</p>Electrical Testing Device.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258695/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258695/"><img alt="Electrical Testing Device." title="Electrical Testing Device." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258695/small/"/></a></p><p>Patent for an electrical device with an improved circuit arrangement in combination with various devices all assembled in compact arrangement on a board which enables to easily locate faults in various electrical apparatus or parts. This electric device is capable of use by anyone who isn't skilled as an electrician.</p>Attachment for Cash-Registers.2020-07-01T08:02:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258701/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258701/"><img alt="Attachment for Cash-Registers." title="Attachment for Cash-Registers." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258701/small/"/></a></p><p>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.</p>