Lock-Corner. (open access)

Lock-Corner.

Patent for a lock corner for attaching the corners of cardboard or paper boxes.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Hall, Edgar R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Tire. (open access)

Vehicle-Tire.

Patent for a vehicle tire composed of laminate fiber board and wooden spokes covered in a oil based mixture, which hardens on the outside of the tires to waterproof them.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Carhart, John Wesley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incubator. (open access)

Incubator.

Patent for an incubator, which automatically turns all the eggs to allow them to get the same amount of warmth and light.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Gerard, Alonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spool and Work Holder. (open access)

Spool and Work Holder.

Patent for a spool and work holder, which is in the shape of a bird and has places to store spools of thread, a pincushion, and a storage place for a piece of work.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Culver, Katherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Trip Mechanism (open access)

Spring Trip Mechanism

Patent for a spring trip mechanism for plows. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1910
Creator: Messer, Jeremiah Clark & Bell, William G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker (open access)

Nutcracker

Patent for a nutcracker. This design is for the automatic feeding of nuts into the hopper through a discharge tube. Illustration included.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Peckham, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Porous Pipe and Method of Manufacturing the Same. (open access)

Porous Pipe and Method of Manufacturing the Same.

Patent for a porous pipe and a method of manufacturing it for use in subsoil irrigation.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Ziller, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Packer (open access)

Cotton-Packer

Patent for an apparatus used for packing cotton prepared for baling. Illustrations included.
Date: June 7, 1910
Creator: Dixon, Albert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Diffusion-Block for Subsoil Irrigation. (open access)

Diffusion-Block for Subsoil Irrigation.

Patent for a diffusion block for subsoil irrigation, which prevents roots from growing into the pipe that is providing water to the soil.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Ziller, Bessie
System: The Portal to Texas History