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Tire. (open access)

Tire.

Patent for a cushioned tire which may be attached without special tools to an automobile wheel when the regular is flat or damaged. It can fold up for easy storage, and then attach to the wheel rim using hinges, rods, and sockets.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Price, James Bain
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oxygen-Generator (open access)

Oxygen-Generator

Patent for an oxygen generator that refills as it is emptied.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Bradley, Richard Clinton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolly Wheel and Harp. (open access)

Trolly Wheel and Harp.

Patent for trolley wheels, where "the transmission of the current through the wheel to the harp is maintained at the maximum and the necessary wear of the relatively movable parts reduced to a minimum" (lines 11-15).
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Neighbour, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Hanging Machine. (open access)

Paper-Hanging Machine.

Patent for improvements in paper-hanging machines to "provide a device of this class of simple and improved construction adapted to hold a roll of wall paper, to guide the paper over a trimming device and under a paste applying device, and said machine being also provided with a cutting device for severing the strip of paper after the same has been applied to the wall" (lines 10-18); it includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Phillips, Jay V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thrust Bearing (open access)

Thrust Bearing

Patent for a thrust bearing. Illustration included.
Date: January 7, 1913
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal-Frame Screen (open access)

Metal-Frame Screen

Patent for a window screen frame made of metal.
Date: June 7, 1910
Creator: Williams, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post-Hole Auger. (open access)

Post-Hole Auger.

Patent for a post hole auger that is easy to operate.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Mahon, John G. & Olschner, Clarence E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Heater. (open access)

Portable Heater.

Patent for a portable heater for heating water.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Ellis, Frank B. & Walker, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
System of Irrigation (open access)

System of Irrigation

Patent for an irrigation system. Illustrations included.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Von Hohenstein, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Armor. (open access)

Tire-Armor.

Patent for a new design "in armor or protectors for pneumatic tires" (line 13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Ramsay, Henry M.; McGary, Austin & Campbell, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swab Holder (open access)

Swab Holder

Patent for a swab holders. The invention is designed to be connected with a pump or piston rod for the purpose of lubrication. Illustration included.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Steinert, Bernhardt W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweep Attachment. (open access)

Sweep Attachment.

Patent for a sweep attachment that connects to a cultivator for plowing cotton.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Lundell, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Doors for Railroad-Cars. (open access)

Grain-Doors for Railroad-Cars.

Patent for the grain doors that will improve better access through the use of double doors.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Loe, James T. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguishing System. (open access)

Fire-Extinguishing System.

Patent for a fire extinguishing system with improved hydrant connections and sprinkler systems in buildings.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Corneliussen, Ivar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch. (open access)

Railway-Switch.

Patent for a railway switch that is triggered by a shoe on a train car.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Rousseau, Lawrence C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Car (open access)

Sleeping-Car

Patent for a railroad sleeping car with an improved mechanism for folding the seats into beds.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Anson, Warren J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for a washing machine. Illustration included.
Date: January 7, 1913
Creator: Pippin, John William & Woods, Douglass H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Feed-Box. (open access)

Folding Feed-Box.

Patent for a folding feed box that may be "readily carried or packed in a small space" (lines 18-19) when not being used.
Date: January 7, 1913
Creator: Young, Benjamin Joshua
System: The Portal to Texas History
Food Tongs (open access)

Food Tongs

Patent for food tongs. The invention employs scoops. Illustration included.
Date: January 7, 1913
Creator: Wheeler, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foldable Holder for Writing-Pads (open access)

Foldable Holder for Writing-Pads

Patent for a foldable cover for writing pads. Illustrations included.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Kennedy, Oliver Jefferson & Kennedy, Kenneth Ben
System: The Portal to Texas History
Notching Attachment for Wire-Winding Machines (open access)

Notching Attachment for Wire-Winding Machines

Patent for a notching attachment for wire winding machines used for well screens. Illustrations included.
Date: June 7, 1910
Creator: Stancliff, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Transplanter (open access)

Hand-Transplanter

Patent for a "manually operated device, adapted for the manipulation of small plants, during the transplanting of the same, and the thinning out of closely growing plants" (lines 9-13). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Thompson, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Fastening Device (open access)

Rail-Fastening Device

Patent for a rail fastening device that can be used on various materials and does not require the use of bolts or screws.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Bergen, James V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie and Rail-Fastener. (open access)

Railroad-Tie and Rail-Fastener.

Patent for a concrete railroad tie and rail fastener.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Planett, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History