Attachment for Diaphragm Face Plates (open access)

Attachment for Diaphragm Face Plates

Patent for an attachment for diaphragm face plates. Illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Labadie, Victor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an aeroplane. The invention is designed to vary the curvature of the plane from front to rear and by this means the plane may be so adjusted as to reduce the "head resistance" to a minimum. The invention is also trying to find the suitable means for manipulating the adjustable sections whereby the movable sections. This invention aims to provide a machine that is strong, durable, efficient, and comparatively simple to construct.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: McCarroll, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bailing-Press (open access)

Bailing-Press

Patent for improvements in bailing presses, for baling cotton and other materials and substances. Baling press have strong and durable organization devices and mechanisms for feeding and pressing cotton.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Plow and Cultivator.

Patent for combined plow and cultivator "to provide a manually operated mechanism by which the front and rear plows may be simultaneously adjusted up or down, and held in any position of such adjustment" (lines 11-15).
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Womble, Corneilous E. & Martin, Henry G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Service-Switch. (open access)

Automatic Service-Switch.

Patent for a new automatic service switch "which will be entirely concealed within a casing ordinarily kept locked, thus preventing any unauthorized parties from endangering themselves by tampering with the switch, and furthermore impeding any attempt to defraud the company furnishing the current by rendering the switch difficult to access." (lines 35-42) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Wetter, Ralph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrostatic Control for Pumps (open access)

Hydrostatic Control for Pumps

Patent for improvements in the hydrostatic control located in the pump. It is used as an automatic pressure governor.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: William M. Stephenson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence Stay Machine (open access)

Fence Stay Machine

Patent for a machine coils the wire around the fence stay within one device.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Lewis Alverson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Storage-Tank (open access)

Storage-Tank

Patent for a food storage tank with ventilation. Illustrations included.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Harry, Owen K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop Machine (open access)

Envelop Machine

Patent for Envelop Machine
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Otey, George S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin Brush (open access)

Gin Brush

Patent for gin-brush relating to the speed and convenience in removing and replacement of rotatable brushes for cotton gins.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Murray, Stephan D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Street-Indicator for Electric Cars. (open access)

Street-Indicator for Electric Cars.

Patent for improvements in street indicating device for electric cars by informing the driver which street is, as the car approaches the streets. The device can be mount within a car and once it is installed, it is completely automatic. Illustration is included.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Morton, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shank-Stiffener and Heel-Plate for Shoes. (open access)

Shank-Stiffener and Heel-Plate for Shoes.

Patent for "shank stiffener and heel securing plate for use in the manufacture of shoes or in the repair work" (lines 25-27) to prevent or repair buckling, loosening, and breaking of heels due to shanks of soles being made from "leather, compressed paper, or steel" (lines 18-19) which historically have not been able to support the heel of the shoe.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Cobler, Lee Ora
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Bag Holder (open access)

Revolving Bag Holder

Patent for a revolving bag holder. Illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Thompson, Oscar S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quick Tire-Patch for Pneumatic Tires. (open access)

Quick Tire-Patch for Pneumatic Tires.

Patent for a quick tire patch for pneumatic tires for the purpose of providing an adhesive repair patch that is easy and convenient to apply and that may be used immediately after application.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Duffy, Clarence O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meter-Box. (open access)

Meter-Box.

Patent for improvements in Meter-Boxes which can be buried in conjunction with underground mains, resisting vertical displacement. The patent also applies to a novel locking mechanism and construction which is light, strong, and durable.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Rynearson, Eugene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plane for Aeroplanes. (open access)

Plane for Aeroplanes.

Patent for plane for airplanes that imitates bird flight (without added power) once an airplane has reached the desired altitude.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: McCarroll, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer. (open access)

Draft-Equalizer.

Patent for Draft Equalizer. Patent states this invention "relates to the new and useful improvements in draft-equalizers" (lines 10-11). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1918
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J. & Bryant, Marvin H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator. illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Wyatt, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History