Cotton-Chopping Machine (open access)

Cotton-Chopping Machine

Patent for a cotton chopping machine. Illustrations included.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Lynn, Walter Hugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch Operating Mechanism (open access)

Automatic Railway-Switch Operating Mechanism

Patent for an automatic railway switch operating mechanism with improved levers and controls.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Hoffmann, Laniel F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Belt Elevator and Conveyer. (open access)

Belt Elevator and Conveyer.

Patent for bucket conveyers to maximize the frictional engagement between the transverse curvature of the inner surface of the belt and the periphery of the pulley.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Marston, Frederick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trunk. (open access)

Trunk.

Patent for traveling trunk "in which all the conveniences of home are embodied. The trunk is especially adapted to the use of tourists remaining abroad for a great length of time" (lines 13-17) and includes spaces for books, clothes, hats, a writing desk, special locking mechanisms, and other features.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Traweek, Katie L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Holding Device. (open access)

Wheel-Holding Device.

Patent for a device to hold a wheel during construction and repair.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Gallagher, Harve H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid - Dispensing Apparatus. (open access)

Liquid - Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for invention of liquid dispensing especially kerosene and gasoline. For this the air for feeding pressure is manually supplied.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Hamilton, Coy. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine (open access)

Vending Machine

Patent for improvements in vending machines.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Linck, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine. (open access)

Traction-Engine.

Patent for traction engines used in farms that will make it easier to construct, make it less heavy, and cheaper to build.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Roberts, Adrian J. & Wright, Wayne C., Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter to be Used for the Welding and Soldering of Different Articles Constructed of Aluminum Only. (open access)

Composition of Matter to be Used for the Welding and Soldering of Different Articles Constructed of Aluminum Only.

Patent for a composition of aluminum, lead, block tin, zinc, commercial bismuth, and antimony for welding or soldering aluminum materials.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Weatherford, Robert Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Box. (open access)

Packing-Box.

Patent for packing-boxes to improve and simplify devices such as plunger pumps, piston rods, and valve stems.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Snell, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Figure Velocipede. (open access)

Figure Velocipede.

Patent for new figure velocipede which when propelled, resembles a galloping horse.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Houghland, Howard J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Soap Dish (open access)

Sanitary Soap Dish

Patent for "improvements in sanitary soap dishes, and the object of my invention is to construct a novel means wherein soap may be kept dry after using." (lines 11-14) including instruction and illustration.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Tijou, Lincoln
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a washing machine that combines parts, such as washing rollers, toothed wheels and segments, in an effective manner.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Queen, Ernest N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Film Developing, Fixing, and Washing Apparatus. (open access)

Film Developing, Fixing, and Washing Apparatus.

Patent for a film developing, fixing, and washing tank.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Nyč, Frederick Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaporator Cooler. (open access)

Evaporator Cooler.

Patent for an evaporator cooler.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Tyson, William David & Tyson, Thomas Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester (open access)

Peanut-Harvester

Patent for peanut-harvester to plow vines from the ground and feed them into the rear of the machine to catch the peanuts that drop from the vines. This more easily separates the peanuts from the other foreign matter.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Winters, John William & Winters, Calvin C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method for Converting Higher-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons into Lower-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons (open access)

Method for Converting Higher-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons into Lower-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons

Patent for converting higher-boiling hydrocarbons into naphtha or gasolene with a suitable agent to a temperature not substantially above the end-boiling-point of naphtha.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Gray, George William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method for Converting Higher-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons into Lower-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons (open access)

Method for Converting Higher-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons into Lower-Boiling Petroleum Hydrocarbons

Patent for novel processes of converting higher-boiling petroleum hydrocarbons of complex molecules into lower-boiling petroleum hydrocarbons of simpler molecules. This converts higher-boiling hydrocarbons into naphtha or gasoline.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Gray, George William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame Construction for Bicycles, Motor-cycles, and the like. (open access)

Frame Construction for Bicycles, Motor-cycles, and the like.

Patent for a spring connection in the motorcycle frame that will work as necessary while providing a cleaner and more appealing appearance.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: White, Edward Young
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Gatherer. (open access)

Fruit Gatherer.

Patent for a fruit gatherer whereby fruit is picked without injury to fruit or tree.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: White, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History