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Accident Brake Appliance (open access)

Accident Brake Appliance

Patent for an accident brake appliance for trains.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Troutt, Martin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Cultivator-Plow Standard. (open access)

Adjustable Cultivator-Plow Standard.

Patent for an adjustable cultivator plow that is designed to be strong and durable as well as efficient and simple.
Date: December 15, 1914
Creator: Wright, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Trunk-Rack (open access)

Adjustable Trunk-Rack

Patent for a trunk-rack that is adjustable and sturdy. The trunk-rack design indicates that the rack has wheels and adjustable components to accommodate various sized pieces of luggage.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Wessinger, Lon Woodram
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Machine (open access)

Agricultural Machine

Patent for improvements to certain components of agricultural machines, particularly the plow, planter, and stalk cutter attachments.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Johnson, O. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pump (open access)

Air-Pump

Patent for an automobile air pump that can be power driven from a car motor. This pump can be driven from the rear wheel of a car.
Date: July 15, 1915
Creator: Causey, Thomas S. & Kelley, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump (open access)

Air Pump

Patent for an air pump for the delivery of air to the tire of a wheel.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Scott, Charles Mack
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alarm Device. (open access)

Alarm Device.

Patent for an alarm device "to be used in connection with a boiler and operatively connected with the steam whistle, whereby when the water falls below a certain level in the boiler the mechanism will automatically operate to blow the whistle" (lines 11-16). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Priester, Joel E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device. (open access)

Amusement Device.

Patent for an invention relating to the amusement device. Advantages and illustrations of the invention and amusement device are included.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Moore, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Hollow-Tube Sucker-Rod for Deep Wells (open access)

Antifriction Hollow-Tube Sucker-Rod for Deep Wells

Patent for a "simple and inexpensive means for coupling the tubular sections of the sucker rod together and guiding said rod with little or no friction into the well casing or tube" (lines13-17). This object is to be used in "pumping water, oil, and other liquids from deep wells"(lines 11-12).
Date: October 15, 1918
Creator: Black, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antiskidding Vehicle Wheel-Tire. (open access)

Antiskidding Vehicle Wheel-Tire.

Patent for an antiskidding vehicle wheel tire that has tread structure which prevents slippage or skidding of the tires on wet or icy roads.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Dees, Mark A. & Dees, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton.

Patent for an apparatus that cleans burs and other foreign matter from cotton through a suction process prior to ginning, including instructions and illustrations. The inventor claims this apparatus is simpler, more affordable, and more effective than previous methods for cleaning cotton.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Brown, Thomas N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Manufacturing Carbureted Gas (open access)

Apparatus for Manufacturing Carbureted Gas

Patent for an apparatus that manufactures gas for illuminating and heat generating purposes, including instructions.
Date: May 15, 1911
Creator: Watkins, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding Concrete Walls (open access)

Apparatus for Molding Concrete Walls

Patent for an apparatus for molding concrete walls which is easy to assemble and move around and can be used for different size and shape walls.
Date: March 15, 1910
Creator: Cross, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cameras. (open access)

Attachment for Cameras.

Patent for an improved camera attachment for adding titles to film that prevents the film from being exposed to light except when the title is photographed, with illustrations.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Bretz, George W.; Lowry, Claud A.; Wood, Oscar O.; Wade, J. H.; Pirtle, P. R.; Jones, F. E. et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Mowers (open access)

Attachment For Mowers

Patent for an improving to attachments for mowers that can be attached to shoe of the sickle bar. This attachment helps to raise the grain or growth being cut and bring it into the path of the sickle bar. It also works to ensure the cut grain will fall away from the standing grain.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Muller, Hermann W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auto-Lock (open access)

Auto-Lock

Patent for an invention of a valve locking device by which the fuel supply pipe can be cut off and a valve which is inserted in the said pipe locked in the cut off position.
Date: July 15, 1919
Creator: Melton, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cake-Rack (open access)

Automatic Cake-Rack

Patent for a display device of desert type foods.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Jones, Seaborn W. & Postlethwaite, Alonzo W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Oil-Supply Valve (open access)

Automatic Oil-Supply Valve

Patent for an automatic oil-supply valve.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Daffern, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Piano (open access)

Automatic Piano

Patent for an automatic piano that can play longer and is more compact than previous models.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Stauffer, Floyd F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Release hook (open access)

Automatic Release hook

Patent for Automatic Relese Hook
Date: June 15, 1916
Creator: Mazoch, A. F. & Sladecek, E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Body. (open access)

Automobile Body.

Patent for an automobile body that is designed for people who enjoy doing outdoor activities. Compares this design to the current design of what is called "touring cars."
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Saxon, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Fender (open access)

Automobile-Fender

Patent for automobile fenders to provide a fender that can be used in conjunction with various types of motor vehicles and "prevent a person from being run over by the vehicle equipped with the fender" (lines 13-14).
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Uribe, Marcelino
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Jack. (open access)

Automobile-Jack.

Patent for an automobile jack designed to be attached to a beam embedded in a garage's concrete floor, with an added safety mechanism to prevent collapse. Including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 15, 1918
Creator: Black, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Wheel. (open access)

Automobile Wheel.

Patent for improvements and a cushion to steering wheels of automobiles to provide better grip and comfort, including illustrations.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Dominguez, Salvador
System: The Portal to Texas History