Resource Type

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
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
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