Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves (open access)

Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves

Patent for transmitting sound waves by magnetic induction and to "furnish an apparatus by which these different vibrations can be heard at the receiving end" (lines 20-22). Includes descriptions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Harvey, Fred Brown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Stalk Cutter and Harrow (open access)

Combined Stalk Cutter and Harrow

Patent for a new stalk cutter
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Harris, Harvey P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airship (open access)

Airship

Patent for a dirigible airship for aerial navigation, "to provide the balloon or gas bag with aeroplanes which serve to steady the balloon during the flight of the ship, and to increase the lifting power of the balloon when the ship is under motion, the arrangement being such as to enable said aeroplanes to be converted into a parachute, should the balloon or gas bag become deflated" (lines 20-28).
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Keller, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobiles (open access)

Attachment for Automobiles

Patent for a spring motor attachment for automobiles.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Carroll, Houston M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Seed-Planters (open access)

Improvements in Seed-Planters

Patent for an improved seed planter that can be attached to a plow. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Rogers, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck (open access)

Truck

Patent for a traction truck that minimizes jarring of the truck bed.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Haight, Washington Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Grinding Attachment for Band-Saw Mills (open access)

Improvements in Grinding Attachment for Band-Saw Mills

Patent for a grinding attachment for band-saw mills. It contains information on improved grinding parts such as "band saw wheels... and other pulleys" (lines 13-14) and has illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Ge Bott, Jay Dell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Oil-Burners (open access)

Improvement in Oil-Burners

Patent for an oil burner to be used with heating ranges, stoves, boilers, and furnaces.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Essex, Winfield S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Square. (open access)

Square.

Patent for a a carpenters square, which has tables printed on it for calculating the length and angle that rafter boards should be cut to.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: McCormick, Terrill William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment. (open access)

Harrow Attachment.

Patent for a harrow attachment "that is efficient and durable, cheap to manufacture, and can be readily placed on or removed from cultivators" (lines 19-22).
Date: August 17, 1911
Creator: Smith, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool. (open access)

Tool.

Patent for a hammer with a saw blade folded into the handle.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Montgomery, Henry T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a subsoil plow that is adjustable and includes a root cutter.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: West, William O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator. (open access)

Refrigerator.

Patent for a refrigerator, which is cooled by ice water that has melted out of the ice chamber going around all the refrigeration areas.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Baker, Jesse J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace-Forming Die (open access)

Furnace-Forming Die

Patent for a die for fashioning a furnace for cooking and ironing. Illustrations included.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Williams, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Case. (open access)

Display-Case.

Patent for a display case for food, which has an improved frame.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Folsom, Andrew W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Disk Journal. (open access)

Cultivator-Disk Journal.

Patent for a cultivator disk journal, which is more efficient than previous models.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Doyle, Edward Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press that uses the minimum amount of power to accomplish the baling process.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Gill, Fleet & Graham, Daniel O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin. (open access)

Cotton-Gin.

Patent for cotton gin, which includes a huller roller, seed bar, and seed grate to separate and remove seeds from the cotton. Ginning points/pins are used instead of saws. Due to the positioning of the ginning points/pins, the surface of the ginning cylinder in its entirety is available for ginning and there are fewer mechanical friction points.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Hollingsworth, Joseph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shipping-Crate. (open access)

Shipping-Crate.

Patent for a crate to transport bottled beverages, which is protected by slidably mounted, sealed enclosures with guide strips, guide rods, and terminal hooks. Bottles are held upside down within protective neck encasements. Accidental opening of the crate is reduced since the opening side cannot be slid open until the seals are broken.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Wyman, Lewis Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling. (open access)

Hose-Coupling.

Patent for a hose coupling that is more durable than other models.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Lockhart, Samuel R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Derailing Device. (open access)

Derailing Device.

Patent for a "portable derailing device" (line 13) including illustrations.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Martin, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cage or Support for Well-Tubing (open access)

Cage or Support for Well-Tubing

Patent for a well tubing cage which provides support for well tubes so that a second pipe is not required. Illustrations included.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Harpham, Harry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper that attaches to a cultivator and cuts the rows of cotton evenly.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Ashlimann, Adolf E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus. (open access)

Canning Apparatus.

Patent for an improved boiling apparatus for canning.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Still, Cuthbert A., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History