Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene-gas generator. Illustrations included.
Date: April 26, 1910
Creator: Moberley, Oscar R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Delivering and Hauling Seines (open access)

Apparatus for Delivering and Hauling Seines

Patent for an apparatus for delivering and hauling seines that can be used in deeper water and is safer than the ordinary method of using seines.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Duffy, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fountain-Valve for Locomotives (open access)

Automatic Fountain-Valve for Locomotives

This patent relates to new and useful improvements in an automatic fountain valve for locomotives. The purpose of the invention is to provide a valve that will automatically close in the case of the locomotive overturning. This valve will cut off the escaping or steam from broken pipes and prevent the scalding of engine-men who may be trapped in the cab.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Yeamans, Eugence N.
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
Ballot-Voting Machine (open access)

Ballot-Voting Machine

Patent for a ballot box that counts the number of votes in the box.
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Brown, Flora & Senez, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Hoe and Plow (open access)

Combination Hoe and Plow

Patent for a tool that can be used as either a hoe or a plow. Illustrations included.
Date: July 16, 1912
Creator: Willis, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Separator and Bagging Device for Grain (open access)

Combined Separator and Bagging Device for Grain

Patent for a thresher attachment that uses a suction fan to separate grain from lighter materials and allows the grain to be collected in a bag or other container.
Date: May 15, 1906
Creator: Henninger, Thomas C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter (open access)

Cotton Seed Planter

Patent for a cotton seed planter. Illustration included.
Date: May 23, 1911
Creator: McGuire, Daniel Harry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirt-Tamping Shovel (open access)

Dirt-Tamping Shovel

Patent for a dirt tamping shovel. Illustrations included.
Date: July 16, 1912
Creator: Sherman, Henry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirt-Tamping Tool. (open access)

Dirt-Tamping Tool.

Patent for a dirt tamping tool, which is strong and simple to use.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Sherman, Henry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Cabinet (open access)

Display Cabinet

Patent for display cabinet. The invention consists of outer and inner casings that are accessible via door. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Smith, Ernest & Nelson, Axel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check. (open access)

Door-Check.

Patent for a door check that holds the door at any point when it is swinging closed.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Martin, Joseph M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Collar. (open access)

Drill-Collar.

Patent for improved drill collar for "connecting a drill shank to the pipe" (lines 11-12).
Date: December 15, 1914
Creator: Means, Able C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drop Propeller for Boats (open access)

Drop Propeller for Boats

Patent for a drop propeller for boats. This design is to allow boats to easily cross reefs. Illustration included.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Stribling, Franklin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator. (open access)

Fumigator.

Patent for an egg-shaped fumigator for fumigating chicken nests.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Shelton, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness Attachment (open access)

Harness Attachment

Patent for Harness Attachment
Date: September 12, 1916
Creator: Eidman, Guy. G
System: The Portal to Texas History
Holder for Poison. (open access)

Holder for Poison.

Patent for poison holders which the poison can be freely distributed without accidental disastrous result. The poison inside the holder can be saved for future use. Illustration is included.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Shelton, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ignition System for Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Ignition System for Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for Ignition System for Internal-Combustion Engines. "This invention relates to ignition systems for internal combustion engines and comprehends the provision of a dual ignition system for multiple cylinder engines with which either battery or magneto current may be used and having only two coils, one with a vibrator for the magneto current and one without a vibrator for the battery current." (line - 2)
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Richards, Harvey B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Distributing Poison on Plants. (open access)

Machine for Distributing Poison on Plants.

Patent for a new and improved machine for distributing poison on plants. This design consists in "the combination, with a wheeled-frame, a counter-shaft thereon driven from the wheels, a poison-hopper, an air and discharge pipe communicating therewith, a fan giving air-blast through said pipe, and an agitator in the poison-hopper, of wheel and belt-gearing operating the fan and agitator from the counter-shaft on the frame" (lines 112-119).
Date: March 11, 1890
Creator: Brown, George R. & Brown, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Distributing Poison or Plants (open access)

Machine for Distributing Poison or Plants

Patent for a simple and efficient machine "for distributing or dusting poisonous powders onto growing plants to rid them of destructive insects" (lines 9-12).
Date: February 12, 1889
Creator: Brown, George R. & Brown, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Making Lunch-Rolls. (open access)

Machine for Making Lunch-Rolls.

Patent for a machine that makes lunch rolls. By using the machine, people (particularly street vendors) can make hamburger rolls similar to the Mexican hot tamale.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Wiseman, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Generating and Storing Power. (open access)

Means for Generating and Storing Power.

Patent for a wind-driven power generator utilizing a wind mill style construction.
Date: June 8, 1917
Creator: Smithey, Walter D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle

Patent for Non-Refillable Bottle
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Burch, Charles E
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock for railroad joints, which keeps the nuts in place in the tracks.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Vuncannon, Thomas Peter
System: The Portal to Texas History