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Automatic Weighing-Machine (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Machine

Patent for an automatic weighing machine for weighing and dispensing certain weights of grain into hoppers.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Ball, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat Roost (open access)

Bat Roost

Patent for a bat roost. Illustration included.
Date: March 1, 1910
Creator: Campbell, Charles A. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stabilizer for Aeroplanes (open access)

Automatic Stabilizer for Aeroplanes

Patent for an automatic stabilizer for aeroplanes. This invention is a gyroscopically controlled means for correcting undue tilt in longitudinal axis. Illustration included.
Date: October 1, 1912
Creator: Yeamans, Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a crude oil burner for furnaces and ranges. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Reed, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Controlling System for Motor Traction-Cars (open access)

Controlling System for Motor Traction-Cars

Patent for a controlling system for motor traction cars which is automatic.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Mayo, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closure for Cistern-Cleaners (open access)

Closure for Cistern-Cleaners

Patent for a closing mechanism for cistern and well cleaners. Illustrations included.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Moore, Gervias T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Tool (open access)

Boring-Tool

Patent for a boring tool that has both a bit and a reamer.
Date: October 1, 1912
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Top. (open access)

Churn-Top.

Patent for a churn top, which prevents the milk from splashing out of the churn while it is in use and keeps out bugs and dirt.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Lewis, Lola
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Box Lubricator (open access)

Axle-Box Lubricator

Patent for an axle box lubricator for applying oil to the axles of railway cars. Illustrations included.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Manners, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1910
Creator: Hopkins, Samuel M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter (open access)

Carbureter

Patent for Carbureter and it uses.
Date: April 1, 1912
Creator: Carpenter, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Controller for Cotton Trampers (open access)

Automatic Controller for Cotton Trampers

Patent for an automatic controller of cotton tramplers intended to improve piston performance and reduce need for attendant intervention.
Date: June 1, 1915
Creator: Troy W. Sparks
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Boring-Drill. (open access)

Roller Boring-Drill.

Patent for a boring-drill that can be manufactured cheaply. It provides sufficient space for the casing to follow it in order to prevent the walls from caving in. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1914
Creator: Hughes, Howard Robard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar Attachment (open access)

Collar Attachment

Patent for a collar attachment to be used with fold down collars to provide a means to hold the collar closed, with illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Allen, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Word-Meter For Type-Writers. (open access)

Word-Meter For Type-Writers.

Patent for various construction changes and improvements to current typewriters to make typewriting easier and more words to be typed.
Date: February 1, 1914
Creator: Winters, Warren B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Exterminator.

Patent for a boll-weevil exterminator comprised of a wheeled frame with a tank containing insect poison and a means to gradually distribute the poison through a field. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1914
Creator: Griffin, Willis F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim and Felly Band (open access)

Demountable Rim and Felly Band

Patent for Demountable Rim and Felly Band
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Stephens, Charles D. & Bachman, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cigarette-Paper-Holding Attachment For Tobacco-Boxes. (open access)

Cigarette-Paper-Holding Attachment For Tobacco-Boxes.

Patent for a cigarette paper attachment to be placed within the tobacco box for easier access to the tobacco paper.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Rose, Bertram A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop. (open access)

Envelop.

Patent for an envelope "whereby the cutting device acts as a partial ejector for the letter" (lines 12-13), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: December 1, 1914
Creator: Donaldson, James Macon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Sizing Comminuted Material. (open access)

Process of and Apparatus for Sizing Comminuted Material.

Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in process of and apparatus for sizing or classifying comminuted material according to the size of the particles of the material" (lines 13-16), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: December 1, 1914
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gate Latch. (open access)

Automatic Gate Latch.

Patent for invention of a gate latch which is very simple, durable and is comparatively inexpensive. This has a swinging latch attached to the gate.
Date: August 1, 1916
Creator: Schultze, August J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Headlight-Lamp Mounting. (open access)

Automobile-Headlight-Lamp Mounting.

Patent for the improvement of automobile headlight lamp mountings. Improvement on lamp bracket described in Letters Patent Number 1,129,207, issued to the author on February 23, 1915.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Kitching, David C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressor. (open access)

Air-Compressor.

Patent for a more efficient air compressor with high and low pressure chambers formed of mating sections that can be detached to make repairs to the piston as necessary.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Murphy, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter. (open access)

Cotton Seed Planter.

Patent for "a new and useful edge drop feeder or seeder". (line 14)
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: C. W. Loe; Loe, C. W & Mitchell, T. L.; T. L. Mitchell
System: The Portal to Texas History