Apparatus for Extracting Wax from Plants (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Wax from Plants

Patent for "an apparatus for extracting wax from the candelilla plant and other species of plants of the class Myrica." (lines 9-12)
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Frank Thatcher, of El Paso, Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner. (open access)

Music-Leaf Turner.

Patent for "...an improvement in music-leaf turners...by which the leaves may be readily turned from side to side as desired..." (lines 9-12) including illustrations.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Dascomb, Charles Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Apparatus (open access)

Liquid Dispensing Apparatus

Patent for liquid dispensing apparatus. Illustrations included.
Date: November 10, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ticket Vending Machine (open access)

Ticket Vending Machine

Patent for a ticket vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie (open access)

Railroad Tie

Patent for metallic railroad ties. This invention is for a solid state tie. It uses extending bolts to lock the ties into place. Illustration included.
Date: November 19, 1907
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Punture-Healing Composition. (open access)

Punture-Healing Composition.

Patent for "improvements in puncture healing compounds". A beeswax, paraffin, rosin, and linseed oil mixture will be injected into the innertube or other air compartment of a "pneumatic tire" and will repair any punctures without deteriorating the material of the inner tube.
Date: April 1, 1919
Creator: Weaber, Marie R. & Clemens, Hermann
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiber Extracting Machine (open access)

Fiber Extracting Machine

Patent for "new and improved Fiber-Extracting Machine." (6-7). These improvements are specific to equipment used to separate fibers from vegetable and plant matter. The primary function of this equipment is to extract fiber from the agave plant.
Date: September 6, 1921
Creator: Lambert, William O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Light Regulator (open access)

Window Light Regulator

Patent for a window light regulator. The light regulator is designed of two shades. The first shape is dark and the other is transparent. Illustration included.
Date: April 16, 1907
Creator: Alrich, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pistol-Holster. (open access)

Pistol-Holster.

Patent for a pistol holster that allows the weapon to be more easily drawn, including illustrations.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Shelton, Walter H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Spring Lifter. (open access)

Valve-Spring Lifter.

Patent for valve spring lifter designed for use with internal combustion engines that holds the intake or exhaust valve springs in an elevated or rigid position. Illustrations included.
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: Mountain, Thomas O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scraper And Regulator (open access)

Scraper And Regulator

Patent for a scraper and regulator. This invention is for use with making bricks of ice-cream from different kinds of ice-cream into suitable molds, Illustration included,
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Young, Joseph H. & Young, George B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for a windmill that rotates on a vertical and horizontal axis. The blades are mounted to stop in order to prevent damage to the windmill should pressure occur.
Date: November 11, 1919
Creator: Brown, Archie Edwards
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner. Illustration included.
Date: May 23, 1911
Creator: Watts, Simeon Jefferson; Jones, David Crockett & Barton, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Book or Music Leaf Turner. (open access)

Book or Music Leaf Turner.

Patent for a music page turner, which can be operated by a lever or foot pedal.
Date: October 22, 1907
Creator: Alrich, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump Working Barrel. (open access)

Pump Working Barrel.

Patent for a pump working barrel, construction of glass pump cylinder
Date: November 11, 1913
Creator: Kilburn, John Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Car (open access)

Sleeping-Car

Patent for a railroad sleeping car with an improved mechanism for folding the seats into beds.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Anson, Warren J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Popper (open access)

Corn-Popper

Patent for a corn popper that can also be used for roasting nuts or for general cooking. Illustrations included.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Young, George B. & Young, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve and Valve-Seat. (open access)

Valve and Valve-Seat.

Patent for a valve and valve seat made of stainless steel for the purpose of preventing rusting and corrosion.
Date: September 20, 1921
Creator: Bevelle, Joseph C. & Smith, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method and Plant for Storing and Averaging Materials. (open access)

Method and Plant for Storing and Averaging Materials.

Patent for improved storing and retrieval of mining materials through the use of new mechanisms, procedures, and building structures.
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Cole, David & Bergman, Julius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for a windmill with vanes that can compensate for varying wind speeds without being damaged by high winds.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Ochoa, Victor Leaton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cartridge Holder (open access)

Cartridge Holder

Patent for a belt adapted to hold the shells used in fire arms.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Logan, Paul H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Controlling System for Motor-Traction Cars. (open access)

Controlling System for Motor-Traction Cars.

Patent for controlling systems for motor traction cars. These controlling systems provide automatic control outside the volition of the motorman.
Date: April 2, 1912
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Briggs, George E. & Houlehan, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for a windmill that qualifies as "a substantial and strong machine capable of withstanding the high winds of the Western prairies, which will be at the same time inexpensive and simple in construction, and which will automatically regulate itself in such a manner as to run with a uniform speed in all kinds of winds" (lines 16-22)
Date: August 30, 1892
Creator: Campbell, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ticket Selling Machine (open access)

Ticket Selling Machine

Patent for a ticket selling machine.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History