Aerial Projectile (open access)

Aerial Projectile

Patent for an aerial projectile for use as an anti-infantry bomb, dropped by planes. Specifically, it is a fragmentation bomb hand dropped from planes that will not only deliver an explosive blast and the subsequent shrapnel, but deliver such a blast as to destroy itself so it cannot be reverse engineered.
Date: September 25, 1918
Creator: Bury, Thomas J. & Bury, Oney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Flame-Regulator (open access)

Automatic Flame-Regulator

Patent for a simple mechanical means of automatically maintaining a desired temperature within an incubator lamp.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Krizan, Joseph, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Centrifugal Gun. (open access)

Centrifugal Gun.

Patent for a centrifugal gun wherein a fixed barrel is provided.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Brown, Archie Edwards
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling Means for Demountable Rum Sections. (open access)

Coupling Means for Demountable Rum Sections.

Patent for coupling means for demountable-rim sections. Improved device that is simple, durable, efficient, and inexpensive to produce.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Cumpston, Frederick B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for improvements to sled cultivators.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Howard, Quinton S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hobble (open access)

Cultivator-Hobble

Patent for an improved cultivator hobble, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Hackfeld, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drop-Feed for Seeders and Planters. (open access)

Drop-Feed for Seeders and Planters.

Patent for a drop feed device that dispenses individual seeds (particularly peas) for planting. It attaches to a planter, dropping seeds when activated by the motion of the planter's wheels. A seed guard prevents clogging.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Johnson, Mat P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Pulling Device. (open access)

Pipe-Pulling Device.

Patent for a device for pulling pipes from wells without damaging the pipe, with a safety feature in case the pipe breaks.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Osborne, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle (open access)

Receptacle

Patent for a new design for a vegetable receptacle or bin which allows for open circulation of air around the vegetables and has multiple compartments in which to store different types of vegetables, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Bering, August C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Armor. (open access)

Tire-Armor.

Patent for "a flexible protector adapted to be applied to a tire" (lines 8-9).
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Oatman, Duke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Little, Leander H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anesthetic Holding And Dispensing Apparatus (open access)

Anesthetic Holding And Dispensing Apparatus

Patent for an anesthetic holding and dispensing apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Maxfield, James R. & Maupin, Seth B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Siphon (open access)

Automatic Siphon

Patent for an automatic siphon. This invention is intended to for the purpose of draining cellars and basements. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Ackley, George D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Gate For Wagons (open access)

End Gate For Wagons

Patent for and end gate for wagons. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Winans, Myron L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Supporter (open access)

Garment-Supporter

Patent for a benefit and specification of the garment supporters.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Powell, Levi D. & Powell, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guard Rail (open access)

Guard Rail

Patent for a guard rail. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Hibbets, Charles M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Preserving Wood (open access)

Process of Preserving Wood

Patent for a process of preserving wood.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Logan, John Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch (open access)

Railway Switch

Patent for a railway switch. This invention is designed to allow automatically operated by the wheels of the rail cars. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Herrington, Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustration included.
Date: September 25, 1906
Creator: Stevenson, William Crook
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow-Tooth (open access)

Harrow-Tooth

Patent for an improvement in the device known as harrow tooth. Due to being constructed differently certain parts of the invention can be arranged any way the user wants and the harrow tooth is also capable of a more thorough cultivation and pulverization of soil which allows closer cultivation of crops or being more precise and thorough when digging up weeds.
Date: September 25, 1905
Creator: Smith, James Wilson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle-Bit. (open access)

Bridle-Bit.

Patent for new and improved bridle-bits, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Lee, Joseph Loverel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate-Fastening (open access)

Crate-Fastening

Patent for crate fastening to secure the top firmly but also allow it to be easily removed. It was designed for an egg crate but is applicable to crates in general, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Damon, Sylvester Will
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for a nut lock, to hold a nut in place or act in place of a washer, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Dowell, Jeff Davis & Galliher, Lawrence M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speculum (open access)

Speculum

Patent for an improved version of the speculum, a gynecological instrument, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1900
Creator: Morrow, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History