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Closet-Flushing Mechanism.
Patent for a water closet flushing mechanism, which prevents the water from standing in the toilet bowl where it is liable to freeze in cold weather.
Date:
June 20, 1911
Creator:
Parker, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo
Patent for a shell torpedo launcher for submarines.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Douglas, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Base for Columns
Patent for a base for columns which drains water away from the base.
Date:
September 20, 1910
Creator:
Riley, Samuel L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aseptic Fountain Syringe or Irrigator
Patent for an aseptic fountain syringe or irrigator for use by doctors that is easily cleaned and portable.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Leach, Shirley N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for an improved baling press.
Date:
June 20, 1911
Creator:
Washington, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Skein
Patent for an axle skein that holds the skein on the axle.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Bevil, Andrew H. & Bevil, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 20, 1910
Creator:
Wiley, Alvin Herbert & Banger, John Edward Armenious
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cistern-Cover.
Patent for a cistern cover that is easily taken on and off.
Date:
December 20, 1910
Creator:
Hewitt, James E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Coupling
Patent for an air brake coupling for use on trains that opens the air valves when the coupling is attached.
Date:
June 20, 1911
Creator:
Winton, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Mail-Bag Catcher and Deliverer
Patent for an automatic mailbag catcher and deliverer. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Koch, Rudolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap
Patent for an ant trap with a removable bottom which allows the trap to be emptied easily.
Date:
September 20, 1910
Creator:
Miller, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for a portable crude oil burner that attaches to stoves.
Date:
September 20, 1910
Creator:
Lubbock, William L. & Hamblen, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights
Patent for a combined socket and switch for electric lights that allows different bulbs of a chandelier to be turned on separately.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Bailey, Douglas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination coat and pants hanger.
Patent for a combined coat and trousers hanger that is formed strongly of wire to maintain its shape and durability, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1912
Creator:
Collier, Frank A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for an improvement in the function and use of a valve which gets rid of the wire usually used to raise tank valves. Getting rid of this wire allows for easier drainage.
Date:
January 20, 1914
Creator:
Axtell, Fred W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Seed Planter
Patent for a new attachment to seed planters.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Lusk, Eli M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antikicking Device for Automobiles.
Patent for a device that catches the crank of hand crank automobiles which were typical of the early 1900s in the United States of America. The invention addresses controlling the motion of the crank and preventing the crank from causing injury.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Miller, Herman P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Brake For Single-Truck Log-Loaders.
Patent for a simple, durable, and cheap way of improving steam brakes, especially those for single trucks used for logging.
Date:
January 20, 1914
Creator:
Perego, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stop.
Patent for a more efficient automatic train stop with a mechanism that uses a connection with the block system used on railways to stop a train when it runs into "the tracks of the danger zone or upon the tracks of the block where the train should be stopped." (lines 16-18)
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Gramm, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Converting Motor-Propelled Vehicles into Tractors.
Patent for a device which attaches a "tractor which can be used to draw plows, harrows, cultivators, mowers, reapers, and other agricultural implements" (lines 12-17) to motor vehicles, thus converting the motor vehicle into a tractor.
Date:
July 20, 1915
Creator:
Wynne, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for cotton chopper attachment for wheeled cultivators that allowed the user to "cut or chop out portions of the cotton row so that the growth of the remaining cotton is facilitated."
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Arthur, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boltless Rail-Joint.
Patent for improvements in connecting rails without the use of bolts and nuts but instead using two fish-plates.
Date:
April 20, 1915
Creator:
Richardson, Charles I. & Hall, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Table and Chair
Patent for combined table and chair that is very durable and simple in construction. This will allow organization and support for either a chair use or table use.
Date:
June 20, 1916
Creator:
Macon, Alexander W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Rim.
Patent for a collapsible rim for wheels, particularly the wheels of motor vehicles, to provide ease in changing tires. Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Rogers, Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History