Advertising-Machine (open access)

Advertising-Machine

Patent for an advertising machine for displaying various advertising cards in a motorized machine that displays all the different cards as it goes around in a circle.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Helm, Virgil L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet-Seat. (open access)

Closet-Seat.

Patent for a toilet seat that helps support users with rectal diseases.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Ellis, Joseph G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Mechanism. (open access)

Well Mechanism.

Patent for a well mechanism with an overhung vertical drive pulley which functions as a bearing and oil reservoir for improved lubrication of the bearings; also, improved pump construction and shaft support.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scraper and Fender Attachment (open access)

Combined Scraper and Fender Attachment

Patent for a scraper and fender attachment for plows. Illustrations included
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Buttrill, David B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher tool for use in building wire fences.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Gibbens, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Device. (open access)

Well-Drilling Device.

Patent for a well drilling device that uses wire cable in the drill.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Owen, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner. (open access)

Liquid-Fuel Burner.

Patent for a liquid fuel burner for use in stoves that completely burns the fuel.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Hawkins, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating System. (open access)

Irrigating System.

Patent for an irrigation system that has lockable valves and will not freeze in the winter.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: McCrimmon, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooling Device. (open access)

Water-Cooling Device.

Patent for a water cooling device in refrigerators and iceboxes that provides drinking water from the ice compartment.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Boyer, Robert Y. & Caldwell, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock for use on railroad joints.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Seeton, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Tank. (open access)

Oil-Tank.

Patent for an oil tank that is fire proof and will not explode completely if it is struck by lightning.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Price, James Bain
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Radiator. (open access)

Steam-Radiator.

Patent for a steam radiator for heating the cab of a locomotive.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: McBurney, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engraver's Tool (open access)

Engraver's Tool

Patent for a tool for engraving small objects. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Mueller, Eduard Fredrick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiber-Cleaning Machine (open access)

Fiber-Cleaning Machine

Patent for a machine for decorticating plants and cleaning the pulp from the fibers. Illustrations included.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Vaughan, Henry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Rail Brace (open access)

Railway-Rail Brace

Patent for a rail brace to fortify the joints of railways. Illustrations included.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Keaton, Walter A. & Peary, Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry and Animal Fumigating Device. (open access)

Poultry and Animal Fumigating Device.

Patent for a poultry and animal fumigating device that spreads the fumigating substance throughout the animals cage.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Graeffe, Ernst Frederich
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracking-Machine. (open access)

Nutcracking-Machine.

Patent for a nut-cracking machine that can crack hard shelled nuts.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Elder, Benjamin W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracking-Machine. (open access)

Nutcracking-Machine.

Patent for a nut-cracking machine for cracking hard shelled nuts.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Elder, Benjamin Winchester
System: The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle-Clamping Device (open access)

Receptacle-Clamping Device

Patent for a receptacle clamp. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Williams, Winfield B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Key Mounting. (open access)

Piano-Key Mounting.

Patent for a piano key mounting with a key pin that makes the "touch" required to depress the keys easily adjustable.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Mayor, Enoch Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Point Mount (open access)

Plow-Point Mount

Patent for a plow point mount. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Swindle, Houston H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator (open access)

Elevator

Patent for an elevator which locks itself should the hoisting cable break. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Ballard, Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ditching-Machine. (open access)

Ditching-Machine.

Patent for a ditching machine for digging ditches than can go in reverse.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Miller, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Construction for Frame Railway-Cars. (open access)

Draft Construction for Frame Railway-Cars.

Patent for a draft construction for frame railway cars that produces a sturdy wooden frame freight car.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Seabrook, Charles Henry & Duff, William Randolph
System: The Portal to Texas History