Air-Cycle (open access)

Air-Cycle

Patent for an air cycle that allows a person to fly by pedaling. Illustrations included.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Price, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Smoke-Consumer and Vaporizer. (open access)

Combined Smoke-Consumer and Vaporizer.

Patent for a combined smoke-consumer and vaporizer that increases fuel efficiency in furnaces.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Davis, Othman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Swing and Other Articles of Furniture (open access)

Combination-Swing and Other Articles of Furniture

Patent for a porch swing that can be converted into other different articles of furniture. Illustrations included.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Sanders, Ira B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Administering Medecine to Live Stock. (open access)

Apparatus for Administering Medecine to Live Stock.

Patent for for a device to efficiently administer medication to live stock.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Holliday, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a tool to enable its user to turn certain objects, such as nuts and bolts, efficiently.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Bonelli, Liborio C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigation Apparatus. (open access)

Irrigation Apparatus.

Patent for an irrigation apparatus that can be used in various size fields and mimics the falling of rain.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Roddy, Isham L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Attachments for Lathe Head-Stocks (open access)

Improvements in Attachments for Lathe Head-Stocks

Patent for an attachment for lathe-head stocks. It is "a device that may be readily adjustable to provide a backing... that may be gripped by the chucks of a jewelers or watch-makers lathe" (lines 26-29).
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: De Long, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trapping Device. (open access)

Trapping Device.

Patent for a fish trapping device.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Rains, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a cotton stalk cutter, which cuts the stalks into small pieces that easily decompose into the soil.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Sikes, Rufus N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Glass Casket (open access)

Glass Casket

Patent for casket constructed of glass.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: De Camp, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment (open access)

Planter Attachment

Patent for an attachment that follows behind planters, to smooth out affected soil.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Drummond, Josiah D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for an improvement to reversible plows. The plow specified is capable of throwing dirt to both the left and right sides.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Sramek, Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue-Truck for Corn-Binders. (open access)

Tongue-Truck for Corn-Binders.

Patent for an improved tongue truck for Corn binders.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Curtis, Fred W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump Operating Apparatus (open access)

Pump Operating Apparatus

Patent for improved pump operated apparatus
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Schilder, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Cloth Rack. (open access)

Oil-Cloth Rack.

Patent for an oil-cloth display rack that includes a measuring device along the side.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Sisler, Charles C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for a harrow which can be attached to a cultivator in place of a plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Cowart, Stephen A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hook (open access)

Hook

Patent for a self releasing log hook to rapidly move logs from one location to another. It provides simplicity in structure, effectiveness in operation and inexpensiveness in manufacture.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Knox, Hiram
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch. (open access)

Electric Switch.

Patent for switches or connectors that connect sections of wires used for telephones or telegraphs
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Du Val, James Erl & Lee, Ezra A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Off Lock (open access)

Cut-Off Lock

Patent for gasoline cutoff for motor vehicles. Allows for vehicle to be still in use or running when left unattended, but will prevent it from being stolen.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Reid, William O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Mechanism (open access)

Pumping Mechanism

Patent for pumping mechanism.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Cigarette Paper Receptacle (open access)

Sanitary Cigarette Paper Receptacle

Patent for a box with a cutting membrane that will cut off desired lenghts of cigarette paper for the user.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Jones, John A.; Rowe, Claude O. & Johnson, Clause E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Signal Device (open access)

Telephone Signal Device

Patent for telephone signal device.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Boyd, Ura M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Operating and Locking Means (open access)

Door Operating and Locking Means

Patent for improved locking means for sliding doors.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Freeman, Richard J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sliding Door for Railway Freight Cars (open access)

Sliding Door for Railway Freight Cars

Patent for sliding door for frieght cars, rather than doors that open outward.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Tierney, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History