Automatic Dumping-Elevator (open access)

Automatic Dumping-Elevator

Patent for an automatic dumping elevator for supplies which can stop at different heights and dump the contents of the elevator.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Richmond, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Counting Apparatus (open access)

Automatic Counting Apparatus

Patent for an automatic counting apparatus for counting packages coming down a chute into a vehicle.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Richmond, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can-Opener. (open access)

Can-Opener.

Patent for new and useful improvements for can openers. The principal purpose is to provide means for opening round cans of different sizes and also square cans.
Date: November 16, 1920
Creator: Adels, Rebecca Valencia.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine. (open access)

Internal-Combustion Engine.

Patent for a new and improved device within internal combustion engines "whereby water is converted into steam, and then delivered into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine" (lines 13-16). Includes illustrations.
Date: November 16, 1915
Creator: Harwood, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Indexing Loose-Leaf Ledger. (open access)

Self-Indexing Loose-Leaf Ledger.

Patent for a self-indexing loose leaf ledger, which has vertical alphabetical tabs on the side of the book for surname indexing and horizontal alphabetical tabs on the bottom and top of pages for indexing first and second initials. This allows an account to be easily found in the book and not be mixed up with one with the same surname.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Schwander, Peter W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engineer's Safety-Throttle for Locomotive Dry Pipes (open access)

Engineer's Safety-Throttle for Locomotive Dry Pipes

Patent for improved safety mechanism for the dry pipe of a steam-powered locomotive engine.
Date: November 16, 1920
Creator: Hartman, John Wesley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Mounting (open access)

Window Mounting

Patent for window mountings that allows the window to open both vertically and horizontally.
Date: November 16, 1915
Creator: Bast, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Derailer. (open access)

Derailer.

Patent for a derailer for use on railroad tracks that can be either put on a switch or directly on the rails.
Date: November 16, 1909
Creator: Farrell, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History