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Bit-Frame

Description: Patent for a bit frame for holding ceiling cleats in place so that screws can be driven at each end. Illustrations included.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Lagarde, Everette S. & Angenend, Peter A., Jr.
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Oral History Interview with Edward Castillo, June 9, 2016

Description: Edward Castillo was born in Houston in 1948. He grew up in the Fifth Ward and the Northside neighborhoods. Castillo talks about his activism in the University of Houston Mexican American Youth Organization and the organization's efforts to recruit and retain Chicana/o students, to establish the Center for Mexican American Studies, and to create the UH Marcha por La Humanidad mural. He also talks about co-founding Centro Aztlán, a cooperative that is dedicated to providing educational and social… more
Date: June 9, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Enriquez, Sandra; Rodriguez, Samantha & Castillo, Edward
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Bandage

Description: Patent for a bandage made of elastic material which includes a flap that can be fastened, or unfastened, and which acts as a holder for an absorbent material that can be replaced.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: Kirwan, Leah M.
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Printing-Case

Description: Patent for a printing case which can hold a camera and other appliances for printing photographs. This printing case can also be compactly folded for easy carry and transportation.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: Kelly, Leo A.
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Patent for Diver's Mask

Description: Patent for Diver's Mask that has a water-tight contact with the wearer's face. This mask allows for an inlet and outlet for air and eliminates the need for an ordinary diver's helmet and suit.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Runyan, Benjamin F.
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Improvement to Bridle-Rods

Description: Patent for the improvement of Bridle-Rods “of means whereby the device may be adjusted to accommodate itself to rails of different sizes” (lines 18-20). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Simpson, Charles M.
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Indicator

Description: Patent for a vehicle indicator that indicates speed using a sound and light. "The driver may be warned when a certain speed is reached and so officers of the law and others may readily tell by glancing at the vehicle whether or not it is exceeding the speed limit."
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Hartman, Arthur R.
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Ironing-Board.

Description: Patent for an ironing board for the particular use of ironing sleeves of garments and other small articles, and can be readily attached detached from a table, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Clarke, Marcus S.
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Truck

Description: Patent for a new device that "embodies a trailer connected in a novel manner to a truck of the ordinary form, so that the trailer wheels will track the rear truck wheels” (lines 9-12), including an illustration.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Turnbow, William C.
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Improvement in Speed and Time Recorders.

Description: Patent for improvements in recording instruments to "document of all the movements of a locomotive while in charge of the engineer, to record any stoppages that may be made; the duration of such stoppages, and any backward motion of the locomotive at any point during the trip." (Lines 7-13) Illustration is included.
Date: September 9, 1879
Creator: Richardson, John D.
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Steam Trap.

Description: Patent for invention that relates to improvements in steam and water separators, and more particularly to that class within the valve controlling the escape of the water condensation from the collecting-trap is operated by the movements of a float actuated by the water of condensation (Reynolds, 1901).
Date: July 9, 1901
Creator: Reynolds, William H.
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Washing Machine

Description: Patent for a washing machine. This invention has a basket for holding clothes contained within a tub with hot soapy water. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Hamilton, Walter Scott & Williams, James Rozier
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Toy Fountain.

Description: Patent for toy foundation. It is "an improved form of toy fountain by which a column of water or other liquid may be discharged into the air from a suitable reservoir by pueumatic pressure" (lines 8-11).
Date: December 9, 1902
Creator: Attwater, Henry P.
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Trolley-Wire Holder

Description: Patent for a trolley wire holder that prevents the trolley wheel from coming off the overhead conductor line and automatically releases the trolley wheel from the conductor line when the trolley car arm is pulled down from the conductor line.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: La Bauve, Valcoure J.
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Grain-Shocking Machine.

Description: Patent for improvements on grain shocking machines for receiving and automatically tying sheaves from the binder into shocks.
Date: November 9, 1915
Creator: Dudley, Andrew T.
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