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Combined Automobile-Wheel and Flexible Tire.

Description: Patent for improving tires for the motor vehicles. The invention provides a wheel with a tieldably connected tire so as to take up the vibration upon the vehicle equipped with the wheel. Further, invention provides vehicle wheel with a yieldable rim. This rim is for a wheel formed from sheet metal instead of usual pneumatic tire, eliminating the expense of repairs from punctures and blow-outs.
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: La Bauve, Henry John

Crude-Oil Burner

Description: Patent for an efficient burner of crude or fuel oil that can be used with less dangerous fuels while maintaining the same high level of heat and vaporization necessary for use in domestic environments.
Date: June 14, 1921
Creator: Holmes, Watson W.

Rolling Windshield.

Description: Patent for an automobile attachment which protects the said automobile from adverse weather conditions. The apparatus is unique in its simple construction, practicality, and ability to "be rolled into a small compass" when not in use (lines 20-21).
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Gerhard, William H.

Live-Bait Bucket

Description: Patent for the live-bait bucket. This bucket is created with a mesh-style wire to allow water in, but keep the bait from getting out when placed in water on the side of the boat.
Date: June 21, 1919
Creator: Haschke, Feodor G.

Head or Tail Light for Automobiles.

Description: Patent for head or tail light for automobiles with adaptations of optical signaling and lighting devices used to make the vehicle and its intended change of drive direction and other traffic signals visible at night. This design also includes indicia, or specific distinguishing marks noting right and left turns.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Heartsill, Isaac Newton.

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4345, Chapter 644

Description: Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Rio de Vida Municipal Utility District No. 1 and the creation of the Southwestern Travis County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose taxes and fees; providing authority to issue bonds.
Date: June 12, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.

Attachment for Spoons.

Description: Patent for an attachment for spoons, forks, and the like. The attachment is a metal wire loop that attaches to a utensil and is bent to hook onto a vessel such as a bowl to keep the utensil from falling in the vessel.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Allen, Harry P.

Lock Nut

Description: Patent for a new and improved lock nut design that is "simple, durable and inexpensive in construction, as well as convenient, practical, serviceable and efficient in its use" (lines 20-22).
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Collier, William Ried

Vehicle-Jack.

Description: Patent for a vehicle-jack that can raise and lower all of the supporting legs using a single lever, as well as lengthen and shorten the jack at will to adapt it to vehicles of different sizes.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Douglass, John A.

Fish Box

Description: Patent for a fish box. This box is collapsible and may be stored away when not in use, but proves sturdy when being used.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Hofer, John T.

Gas-Burner.

Description: Patent for improved gas-burning water heaters. Improvements are meant to "insure complete and economical combustion of gas and to "prevent water of condensation accumulating on the exterior of the coil of the water heater from dropping into the flame opening of the burner and casing injury to the screen thereof" (Lines 20-24).
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Cochran, Harry A.

Ceiling-Plate.

Description: Patent for improvements to ceiling plates that allow a ceiling plate through which a pipe passes to remain securely attached to the ceiling (or other surface) even while the pipe expands or contracts.
Date: June 19, 1917
Creator: Donnelly, John R.
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