Aeroplane. (open access)

Aeroplane.

Patent for an airplane (or aeroplane) which provides a large number of control surfaces adjustable by the pilot, including a moveable engine.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Millican, Joel Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gas Control for Gas Water-Heaters. (open access)

Automatic Gas Control for Gas Water-Heaters.

Patent for an automatic control for instantaneous water heaters to control a supply of water and simultaneously an automatic supply of gas to the heater.
Date: October 7, 1919
Creator: Hamilton, Paul H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton

Patent for machine that cleans harvested cotton.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Ring. (open access)

Packing-Ring.

Patent for packing rings featuring inner and outer rings that are transversely divided, with respective rings functioning in a unified manner, preventing independent rotative movement.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Bryant, Clarence R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Replanter. (open access)

Replanter.

Patent for Replanter. "This invention relates to replanters and it has for its object to produce a simple and improved device capable of being readily attached to and used in combination with an ordinary cultivator for the purpose of planting seeds where the seeds previously planted have failed to sprout as will appear at the time when the plants are first cultivated." (line 2)
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Cantrell, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner (open access)

Cotton Cleaner

Patent for Cotton Cleaner
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Liquid-Containers. (open access)

Gage for Liquid-Containers.

Patent for "new and useful improvements Gages for Liquid-Containers, of which the following is a specification" (lines 5-8). "This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gages and more particularly to a gage for receptacles containing liquids and the primary object is to provide a device of this character particularly adapted for use in connection with gasolene and oil tanks of automobiles" (lines 10-16).
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Reece, Eli Denton
System: The Portal to Texas History