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Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas (open access)

Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas

Patent for an apparatus for generating Acetylene Gas which feeds water directly into the carbide from a main reservoir.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Hodges, Samuel F. & Lee, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Time-Controlled Operating Mechanism. (open access)

Automatic Time-Controlled Operating Mechanism.

Patent for improvements in automatic time-controlled operating mechanisms by using a combination of a spring-actuated rotary disk, a clock mechanism, and co-acting cams to automatically operating at predetermined times, electric switches and other devices, such as locking and unlocking doors of warehouses. Illustration is included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Chappel, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cot-Frame (open access)

Cot-Frame

Patent for a cot frame designed to accommodate two people. Illustrations included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Shelton, Robert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo (open access)

Automobile Torpedo

Patent for a submarine torpedo which explodes in the hull of a vessels it hits.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Douglas, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine (open access)

Advertising-Machine

Patent for an advertising machine for displaying various advertising cards in a motorized machine that displays all the different cards as it goes around in a circle.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Helm, Virgil L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Hook for Artificial Arms (open access)

Automatic Hook for Artificial Arms

Patent for an automatic hook for artificial arms that allows a pen or pencil to be held.
Date: June 18, 1912
Creator: Corley, Quentin D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
CHURN (open access)

CHURN

Patent for the improvement of a churn. The churn has a detachable support and a closure for the upper end of the body of the churn.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: HARRISON, DAVID M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet-Seat. (open access)

Closet-Seat.

Patent for a toilet seat that helps support users with rectal diseases.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Ellis, Joseph G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Pressure Valve (open access)

Back-Pressure Valve

Patent for a back pressure valve for well drilling which may be "removed from the well with facility and despatch" (lines 18-20).
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Neighbors, Charles C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Mechanism. (open access)

Well Mechanism.

Patent for a well mechanism with an overhung vertical drive pulley which functions as a bearing and oil reservoir for improved lubrication of the bearings; also, improved pump construction and shaft support.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scraper and Fender Attachment (open access)

Combined Scraper and Fender Attachment

Patent for a scraper and fender attachment for plows. Illustrations included
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Buttrill, David B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blank for Making Perforated Tubing (open access)

Blank for Making Perforated Tubing

Patent for a blank for the manufacturing of well tubing used in water and oil wells.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Opener and Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton Opener and Cleaner.

Patent for cleaning and renovating cotton and other fibrous materials that are found in the lint that falls from the gin in the regular ginning process.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Garner, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Number-Displaying Device. (open access)

Number-Displaying Device.

Patent for illuminated signs which illuminate number displaying devices for vehicles. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 18, 1914
Creator: Jenner, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bit Brace. (open access)

Bit Brace.

Patent for a bit-brace with a crank arm which can be secured to the bit chuck and which has an adjustable hand, so the chuck may be rotated while the brace remains stationary.
Date: August 18, 1914
Creator: Hall, Samuel N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Lathes. (open access)

Attachment for Lathes.

Patent for an improved attachment for lathes and (more specifically) as a cutting attachment for a jeweler's lathe.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Norton, Walter S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Rotating a Locomotive-Headlight. (open access)

Mechanism for Rotating a Locomotive-Headlight.

Patent for a "manually operated mechanism that will enable a locomotive engineer to rock the headlight about a pivotal access without leaving his cab" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date: August 18, 1914
Creator: Teter, William E. & Gray, Charles B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm. (open access)

Burglar-Alarm.

Patent for a portable device that can be hung on a door knob and sound an alarm when the knob is turned, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 18, 1914
Creator: Dick, Archie P., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap (open access)

Animal Trap

Patent for an animal trap that can continue to trap more animals even after if traps one or more.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Dennis, Decatur D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant. (open access)

Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant.

Patent for getting knowledge on how to collect the cotton and make it usable.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: James C. Garner, of Dallas, Texas & Charles S. Reynolds, of Houston, Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Tool (open access)

Compound Tool

Patent for a compound tool which combines the features of the nut-wrench and the pipe-wrench.
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Scroggins, James L. & Waldrop, A. S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil. (open access)

Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil.

Patent for "refining crude cotton seed oil designed to increase the yield of refined oil of the required color, odor and flavor." (lines 11-13)
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Jesse C. Chisholm; J. Chisholm; Chisholm, Jesse
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun Firing Mechanism. (open access)

Automatic Gun Firing Mechanism.

Patent for an automatic gun firing mechanism intended to protect gardens, orchards, and fields by scaring off birds and other animals that destroy crops through automatic discharge of a firearm at predetermined intervals.
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Steinocher, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Attachment for Ice-Tongs. (open access)

Weighing Attachment for Ice-Tongs.

Patent for a device designed so that "the weight of the ice may be determined while the ice is engaged by the tongs" (lines 12-14). The weighing device can be safely attached to the tongs, and the patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 18, 1914
Creator: Henderson, Douglas
System: The Portal to Texas History