Apparatus for Expressing the Fluids Out of Paraffin Compositions and Separating the Scale Therefrom (open access)

Apparatus for Expressing the Fluids Out of Paraffin Compositions and Separating the Scale Therefrom

Patent for an apparatus for expressing the fluids out of paraffin compositions and separating the scale therefrom. Illustrations included.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Hansen, Julius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ax Handle (open access)

Ax Handle

Patent for an ax handle. The handle is a tubular handle which also includes hingedly connected part fitting into the eye of the ax head. Illustration included.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Burks, William Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Shield for Vehicle-Wheels (open access)

Advertising-Shield for Vehicle-Wheels

Patent for a shield for vehicle wheels that can be used for advertising.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Blackshear, Robert King
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerating-Churn. (open access)

Aerating-Churn.

Patent for an improved churn for aerating cream by forcing air down a pipe into the churn.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Wailes, William S. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Railroad Level and Gage. (open access)

Combined Railroad Level and Gage.

Patent for a device that combines a railroad level and a railroad gauge. This invention provides a compact tool that determines the condition of tracks as to level and gauge.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Fuller, Benjamin A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Card Holder (open access)

Card Holder

Patent for card holders meant to help better display business cards and other forms of advertisement on surfaces such as windows.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Hill, L. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad. (open access)

Knee-Pad.

Patent for a knee pad to be used by berry or cotton pickers, or other workers that are often in a kneeling position. The knee pad consists of a frame made of "one piece of spring wire of rather coarse gage, a roller revolubly attached to the front end of the frame, and cloth or canvas stretched across the frame" (lines 23-27). The cloth is easy to remove and replace.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Holsey, Walter R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Attachment (open access)

Windmill Attachment

Patent for a windmill attachment that allows the windmill to be operated either by wind or hand power without needing to disconnect the sucker rod from the windmill.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Kay, Henry P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator (open access)

Insect Exterminator

Patent for removing boll weevils from cotton plants. The device brushes the weevils into the furrows where they are crushed. Illustration included.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Scott, Earl Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee Pad for Cotton Pickers &c (open access)

Knee Pad for Cotton Pickers &c

Patent for a knee pad for cotton pickers with a pneumatic cushion.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Herron, William Patrick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tree-Heater (open access)

Tree-Heater

Patent for a tree heater for putting under small trees to protect them from cold weather.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Wilson, Luther M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Destroying Cotton-Boll Weevils (open access)

Process of Destroying Cotton-Boll Weevils

Patent for a formula for an insecticide for the Mexican cotton boll weevil.
Date: March 4, 1912
Creator: Newell, Wilmon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Reducing Wear in the Working Barrels of Pumps (open access)

Means for Reducing Wear in the Working Barrels of Pumps

Patent for a means of reducing wear in the working barrels of pumps. The pumps made in this wat are specially adapted for operations in water or oil wells where the fluid being pumped is is mixed with sand and sediment.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring Drill (open access)

Rotary Boring Drill

Patent for a rotary boring drill to be used in mining and drilling.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, R. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing and Gumming Machine (open access)

Saw-Filing and Gumming Machine

Patent for a saw filing and gumming machine for sharpening gin saws.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Creasy, Reuben B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overflow Control for Separating Tanks. (open access)

Overflow Control for Separating Tanks.

Patent for improved overflow control for separating tanks, accounting for, "slime thickness, settling tanks, separating tanks, and the like," ensuring, "uniform overflow." (lines 8-10; 27), with instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher (open access)

Horse-Detacher

Patent for a horse detacher that easily connects and unconnects to the swingletree.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Nowotny, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drying-Machine (open access)

Drying-Machine

Patent for a drying machine for stone, clay and related substances that will not burn the materials.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Black, Lee J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Stalk Cutter (open access)

Cotton-Stalk Cutter

Patent for a more efficient and simple cotton stalk chopper with the ability for the chopping drum to be moved up and down in the on and off positions.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Thomsen, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sack-Protector. (open access)

Sack-Protector.

Patent for an improvement to sacks, as used in picking berries, to protect the bag from deterioration caused by dragging of the sack on the ground.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Roer, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Jar and Bottle Cleaner. (open access)

Fruit-Jar and Bottle Cleaner.

Patent for a cleaning device that navigates narrow openings of containers, such as bottles and jars, and opens to clean the interior walls of the receptacle.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Hunter, Walter L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Kitchen-Cabinet and Refrigerator (open access)

Combined Kitchen-Cabinet and Refrigerator

Patent for the combination design of kitchen cabinets that include a refrigerator component.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: Polk, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Pump (open access)

Automobile-Pump

Patent for an automobile tire pump that can be used with any size tire.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Goeth, Richard Anton; Rodgers, Robert B. & Dittmar, John Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Juice-Extractor (open access)

Juice-Extractor

Patent for an improved juice extractor including a way to remove the strainer for easy cleaning or replacement, a swivel for the handle, and an overall more efficient device.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Williams, Winfield B.
System: The Portal to Texas History