Aeroplane. (open access)

Aeroplane.

Patent for an aeroplane with a propeller, which is "pivotally mounted and adjustable into different positions relative to the planes in order to produce either a rising movement or thereof or a driving movement in a horizontal or other plane" (lines 26-30).
Date: September 19, 1911
Creator: Andrae, Ernest H.; Andrae, E. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Muffler. (open access)

Engine-Muffler.

Patent for improvements to engine muffler, including noise reduction without accompanying "back-pressure".
Date: September 19, 1911
Creator: Smoot, Lonnie C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Banana-Display Case. (open access)

Sanitary Banana-Display Case.

Patent for sanitary banana display case for retail purposes, which displays bananas as well as keeping them away from insects and being touched.The display case is made of glass or other transparent material and provides both the fruit, hung from hooks within the case, and the case itself to be rotated.
Date: September 19, 1911
Creator: Haden, Wesley W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Catch for Breastpins, &c. (open access)

Safety-Catch for Breastpins, &c.

Patent for a safety catch for breast pins, brooches, and other jewelry, that, while easy to easy to use, will not come lose during normal wear. It uses a rigid guard and spring to hold the tongue of the pin in place until released with a lever.
Date: September 19, 1911
Creator: Ferruggiari, Cesar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lamp for Vehicles. (open access)

Signal-Lamp for Vehicles.

Patent for a signal lamp for a vehicle. The signal lamp is constructed in a way only so that only one light is required to illuminate rear and sign signals, and the sign or number.
Date: September 19, 1911
Creator: Puckett, Almor M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown Crate (open access)

Knockdown Crate

Patent for material improvements to a knockdown crate, including an insertable locking board.
Date: September 19, 1911
Creator: Anderson, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Wrench (open access)

Buggy-Wrench

Patent for improvements to the type of "buggy wrench" used for removing lug nuts.
Date: September 19, 1911
Creator: Winckler, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History