Cylinder for Cotton-Gins (open access)

Cylinder for Cotton-Gins

Patent for a cylinder for cotton gins that can have one disk removed for repair without taking apart the whole cylinder.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Fuller, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a drill. Illustrations included.
Date: August 28, 1906
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a improvement for Drills and its usefulness.
Date: August 28, 1906
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a drill. Illustration included.
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bandage (open access)

Bandage

Patent for a bandage made of elastic material which includes a flap that can be fastened, or unfastened, and which acts as a holder for an absorbent material that can be replaced.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: Kirwan, Leah M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Signal. (open access)

Automobile-Signal.

Patent for a visual indicator signal for motor vehicles.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: Cobb, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for wrenches that provides a means for engaging faces of the jaws to be renewed or changed. This improvement also allows for secure placement without loss of motion.
Date: August 2, 1921
Creator: Belcher, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Preserving Wood (open access)

Process of Preserving Wood

Patent for the Process of Preserving Wood, particularly to means for treating railway ties to prevent the fungi of decay.
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Moore Stuart .B
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Boring-Drill. (open access)

Roller Boring-Drill.

Patent for a roller boring-drill with improved arrangement of cutters on the head, and formation of teeth on the cutters. This new head design is better for drilling formations that are not brittle.
Date: August 23, 1921
Creator: Fletcher, Harold W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Printing-Case (open access)

Printing-Case

Patent for a printing case which can hold a camera and other appliances for printing photographs. This printing case can also be compactly folded for easy carry and transportation.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: Kelly, Leo A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Seperating Associated Liquids. (open access)

Method of Seperating Associated Liquids.

Patent for a new method of seperating liquids, specifically those "in which particles of one liquid are held, or bound in mechanical suspension in another" (lines 10-12). The inventor provides the specific example of water and crude oil.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate (open access)

Farm-Gate

Patent for an improved hinge mounting for a gate to swing and to served as a stay or brace connecting a pair of posts supporting the gate. Also, a provision of a novel mounting and operating means for such a gate, including springs for raising the operating levers on the gate used to move the gate.
Date: August 23, 1921
Creator: Rawley, Fleming C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Board-Set and Nail-Driver (open access)

Combined Board-Set and Nail-Driver

Patent for a combined board set and nail driver that allows nails to be driven into wall boards without scarring the wood.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Vaughan, Alonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker. (open access)

Cotton Picker.

Patent for an improved cotton picker and cleaner that is cylindrical in design, with a drum that contains rows of spikes or teeth and which rotates by a connecting shaft that can be connected to a motor. Includes illustrations.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Ball, William D. & Bradburn, Justin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn with mechanical assistance that will turn cream into butter faster than other churns.
Date: August 24, 1909
Creator: Harris, Jacob S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpenter's Implement. (open access)

Carpenter's Implement.

Patent for a carpenter's implement designed to be easily carried within one's pocket, with illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Smith, Evander A.
System: The Portal to Texas History