Combined Tie-Plate and Rail Anticreeper (open access)

Combined Tie-Plate and Rail Anticreeper

Patent for a railroad tie plate designed to remained locked to the base of the rail and to prevent dislocation of the base. Illustrations included.
Date: March 29, 1910
Creator: Clarke, Marcus S. & Adreon, Edward L., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Picket-Fence Machine. (open access)

Picket-Fence Machine.

Patent for a picket fence machine for a fence that can be built of wire where normal fence pickets are woven and spaced an equal distance apart, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: March 10, 1914
Creator: Purdy, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane. (open access)

Aeroplane.

Patent for an improved rotary airplane engine patterned after the Gnome type with extra blades attached to the engine cylinders.
Date: March 25, 1913
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen Washer and Perforator. (open access)

Well-Screen Washer and Perforator.

Patent for a device that is used to wash a screen set in an oil well and perforate the pipe the screen is attached to.
Date: March 25, 1919
Creator: Wilkirson, Aaron L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine. (open access)

Internal Combustion Engine.

Patent for improvements to the class of explosive engine for a motor vehicle and internal gas combustion engine, including illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Murray, Harry A.; Dorman, William T. & Pollard, Claude
System: The Portal to Texas History
Line support (open access)

Line support

Patent for an adjustable support for clothes lines.
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Lott, Truman R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Package Tie (open access)

Package Tie

Patent for improvements made to package ties that are utilized by letter carriers to bind multiple letters or newspapers. This patent details improvements in efficiency of use, and construction for mass production to be sold at a small price.
Date: March 10, 1914
Creator: Patrick, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Cutter. (open access)

Packing-Cutter.

Patent for a packing cutter with the original purpose to cut away the packing material from around pistons and cylinders with speed and accuracy, including illustrations.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Landry, Rosamond L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Explosion Hatch for Oil Containers (open access)

Explosion Hatch for Oil Containers

Patent for improved explosion hatch for oil containers.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Scott, Clarence N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Vending Machine (open access)

Liquid Vending Machine

Patent for machine that dispenses liquid drinks, and has a mechanism that can recieve a coin as payment for the drink.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Ogden, Carlton N.
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
Steam-Generating Plant (open access)

Steam-Generating Plant

Patent for improvements in steam-generating plants. The most notable change is that the boiler proper is separate from the furnace proper but still contains the water, steam, and fire tubes.
Date: March 6, 1919
Creator: Connelley, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spoke-Tightening Device (open access)

Spoke-Tightening Device

Patent for a spoke tightening device which can be adjusted to different lengths for different wagon wheels.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Weidemann, Reinhold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trimmer and filer for saws. (open access)

Trimmer and filer for saws.

Patent for trimmer and filer for saws. It is particularly designed for gin saws.
Date: March 27, 1917
Creator: Norman, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Armor. (open access)

Tire-Armor.

Patent for a new design "in armor or protectors for pneumatic tires" (line 13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Ramsay, Henry M.; McGary, Austin & Campbell, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Operation for the Separation of Liquids. (open access)

Method of Operation for the Separation of Liquids.

Patent for method to separate liquid through a separation device connected with an electric circuit.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Operating and Locking Means. (open access)

Gate Operating and Locking Means.

Patent for an "invention that relates to new and useful improvements in gates and particularly that class which swing in a vertical plane." (Lines 12-14)
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Hoffman, F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hopper-Scale (open access)

Hopper-Scale

Patent for a hopper scale for weighing grain, flour, meal, etc. Illustrations included.
Date: March 29, 1910
Creator: Dunkerly, Harry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horn-Holding Shoe. (open access)

Horn-Holding Shoe.

Patent for the Horn-Holding Shoe. The Horn-Holding Shoe is removable and provides a design that allows the wearer an easier way to insert foot in shoe while providing a higher edge to the back of the shoe and does not interfere with walking or running.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Lassig, Oswald J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stove. (open access)

Stove.

Patent for a stove in which kerosene and other similar oils may be used as fuel. The stove is also designed to give the maximum amount of heat radiating surface by retaining the current of heated air in the flute chamber.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: White, Richard E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Alarm System. (open access)

Fire-Alarm System.

Patent for "an alarm system consisting of an electric circuit within which as thermally operated circuit closer was placed, which was adapted to sound an alarm when the circuit closer had been closed by an operation of the thermal elements of the circuit closer." (lines 78-84) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Ammons, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen Attachment (open access)

Screen Attachment

Patent for window and door screens to prevent the entrance of insects inside and prevents the escape of those already inside, which inevitably collect on the inside of the screen.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Simons, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swing Crib. (open access)

Swing Crib.

Patent for a new bed can use in both a swinging crib or a swinging seat which is designed for young kids.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Bobbitt, Frederick W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel (open access)

Resilient Wheel

Patent for a new and improved resilient wheels designed with a very simple, durable, and efficient construction to eliminate cushion or pneumatic tires to obtain desired resiliency and are intended to be used on trucks or other heavy vehicles.
Date: March 11, 1913
Creator: Hughes, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History