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Road Building Machine (open access)

Road Building Machine

Patent for a road building machine comprised of multiple mechanisms including a blast furnace, mixing chambers, and chemical tanks.
Date: December 6, 1921
Creator: Austin, Stephen F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overhead Radial Conveyer System. (open access)

Overhead Radial Conveyer System.

Patent for a freight and merchandise handling system utilizing overhead conveyor belts to move items going to/from either a warehouse facility or an applicable mode of supply chain transportation.
Date: December 6, 1920
Creator: Wohn, Frederick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Fly Catcher and Trap. (open access)

Sanitary Fly Catcher and Trap.

Patent for improvements in traps to bait flies and trap them.
Date: July 6, 1920
Creator: Harris, Raymond J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fiber-Cleaning Device. (open access)

Fiber-Cleaning Device.

Patent for a fiber cleaning device, which removes "the outer fleshy or non-fibrous tissues covering the fibers" (lines 19-21) for varieties of fleshy plants.
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Quijano, Ramon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel (open access)

Spring-Wheel

Patent for a spring wheel. Gebhardt describes the wheel as "an improvement... to provide resilient spokes which are connected to the hub and felly of the wheel in a manner to take up vibration and shocks imparted to the wheel in traveling or passing over obstructions and rough roads (p. 1, lines 8-15)." The patent also adds provisions for easy removal of spokes and a sectional felly and hub.
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Gebhardt, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stand for Rolled Goods. (open access)

Stand for Rolled Goods.

Patent for a merchant stand for improved storage and movement of various forms of rolled fabrics and other textiles.
Date: November 6, 1919
Creator: Luzenberg, Edward A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
COTTON CLEANER (open access)

COTTON CLEANER

This is a patent for a Cotton Cleaner. This new cotton cleaner is able to use air to rotate the rotors to then separate the dirty cotton from the clean cotton.
Date: May 6, 1919
Creator: Cabrera, Maragarito
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speed-Regulator (open access)

Speed-Regulator

Patent for an inexpensive speed regulator "which can be readily reset manually"(lines 21-22).
Date: May 6, 1919
Creator: McNeel, William Pinkney
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinding Machine (open access)

Valve-Grinding Machine

Patent for a simple valve grinding machine designed to be efficient and easy to use, as well as more secure (within a valve casing) than previous models.
Date: November 6, 1918
Creator: Branning, Willie F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight (open access)

Dirigible Headlight

Patent for rotating combination lamp and spindle.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Wogenstahl, Leo J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Applying a Corn-Shuck Wrapper to a Cigar. (open access)

Method of Applying a Corn-Shuck Wrapper to a Cigar.

Patent for a "method of applying a protective corn shuck wrapper to a cigar" (lines 97-98) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1915
Creator: Rossy, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Parcel-Carrier for Bicycles. (open access)

Parcel-Carrier for Bicycles.

Patent for improvements in parcel carriers for bicycles in which the parcel carriers can attach/detach easily and is adaptable to different types of bicycle handlebars; includes illustration.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Apple, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrapper. (open access)

Wrapper.

Patent for the creation of a file made of cardboard, canvas, and cords made for sending articles such as drawings, fabrics, and such through the mail.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Page, Harvey L. & Burnett, Robert L., Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Roost. (open access)

Bat-Roost.

Patent for a bat roost that provides roosting space, as well as a space for hibernation. The bat roost will have a lower space that allows the user to clean out the droppings.
Date: January 6, 1914
Creator: Campbell, Charles A. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pneumatic Lift and Force Pump. (open access)

Combined Pneumatic Lift and Force Pump.

Patent for a combined pneumatic lift and force pump, which is able to reach the inexhaustible supply of water found at the depths of five to forty or more feet in the arid region of Texas and Great Central Valley of Mexico. The machinery perfects the simplicity and economy of construction needed to reach and lift a great volume of water in a short time.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Soldering-Iron (open access)

Electric Soldering-Iron

Patent for an improved electric soldering iron, "to provide novel means for permitting the flow of solder and for shutting it off" (lines 18-19), including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Giffen, Frank M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music Leaf Holder and Turner (open access)

Music Leaf Holder and Turner

Patent for music leaf holder and turner. Illustration included.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Kimbler, Henry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Gate (open access)

Railroad Gate

Patent for
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Fleming, Wyatt A. & Anderson, Byron
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake (open access)

Car-Brake

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Car-Brakes" (lines 6-7) relating to a railroad brake operating mechanism, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Klasing, Augustus Frederick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an aeroplane which has its equilibrium maintained by the operator through levers that bring the plane up or down.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: McManus, Augustus F. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint (open access)

Rail Joint

Patent for a rail joint. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Ritchey, Andrew M. & Shane, Robert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Steam Engine (open access)

Rotary Steam Engine

Patent for rotary steam engine. Illustration included.
Date: April 6, 1909
Creator: Owen, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process for Extracting Honey. (open access)

Process for Extracting Honey.

Patent for a beehive and extraction process for honey, which does not destroy the wax cells the honey is stored in.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Avant, Leonidas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Press. (open access)

Roller-Press.

Patent for a roller cotton press, which compresses the inner layers of the bale more than the outer layers.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History