Device for Displaying Merchandise. (open access)

Device for Displaying Merchandise.

Patent for improvement in devices for displaying merchandise by providing a portable display device comprising a horizontally disposed frame removably secured to and supported upon standards and from which the merchandise is suspended for display. (Lines 17-21) Illustration is included.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Binford, Jackson S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Door Fastener (open access)

Car Door Fastener

Patent for fastener for sliding on rail cars
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Campbell, David W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Carrier (open access)

Tire-Carrier

Patent for carrying an extra tire on an automobile along with a method for easy removal and placement of the tire.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Collins, Thomas Jefferson & Jordan, Royal Blaine
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for stalk cutter. This invention consists of rotating knives that severs the stalks into several pieces for use as fertilizer. Illustrations included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Davis, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool (open access)

Combination-Tool

Patent for a tool used for wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Dikes, Johnnie C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow and Seeder (open access)

Harrow and Seeder

Patent for a harrow and seeder. This invention is an attachment for disk harrows. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Easterling, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener (open access)

Hame-Fastener

Patent for improvements to a hame-fastener, specifically related to an easily made, inexpensively produced locking mechanism, including illustration.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Fowler, Alvah W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressor. (open access)

Compressor.

Patent for a compressor. This is an improvement upon previous refrigeration and ice making machines.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Fowler, Paul R.; Gingrich, John A.; Tongate, Willis B. & Ridge, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish Net (open access)

Fish Net

Patent for fish net. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1910
Creator: Gilstrap, David P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace Attachment For Seats (open access)

Brace Attachment For Seats

Patent for diver stability and control of heavy machinery like cultivators, mowers, etc. Is designed to attach to all machine seats and adjust to a driver's leg or thigh; it also functions as a foot rest.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Hart, Henry, C., Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Belt (open access)

Belt

Patent for an invention that relates to belts. The primary object of the invention is to provide a belt, which includes an outer casing having a buckle attached and a tab slidably positioned within one end of the outer casing for coaction.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Hill, Ulysses H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Tie-Press. (open access)

Cotton Tie-Press.

Patent for a cotton tie press, which allows the easy removal of the temporary ties on the cotton bales.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Howlett, Payton Leon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foot Bench-Shears (open access)

Foot Bench-Shears

Patent for foot-operated shears for cuttings bands on bales or general shearing, including illustrations.
Date: June 17, 1913
Creator: Howlett, Peyton L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bathing-Machine. (open access)

Bathing-Machine.

Patent for a standing bathing machine that will wash and scrub the person standing inside it. Illustrations are provided but these are guidelines that should not be restricting but something for the builder to build upon.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Howlett, Peyton Leon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eye Testing Device. (open access)

Eye Testing Device.

Patent for a neater and more attractive eye testing device, including illustrations.
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Jones, Aaron Leroy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer (open access)

Insect-Destroyer

Patent for an improved insect destroyer that can be fixed to farm equipment and other vehicles.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: King, Charles L. & McKie, Stephan A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Device. (open access)

Display Device.

Patent for a display rack adapted for exhibiting various fabrics.
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Lanford, David L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Grader. (open access)

Seed-Grader.

Patent for a machine which uses blasts of air to separate batches of commingled seeds or to sort one type of seed into groups according to size. Designed to be easily cleaned and repaired.
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Leach, Grover C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grading Device for Seed. (open access)

Grading Device for Seed.

Patent for a new and improved grading device for seed.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Leach, William Logan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler (open access)

Washboiler

Patent for an improved wash boiler that contains a false bottom and ejectors to more efficiently clean the wash boiler, and to better control the passage of water.
Date: December 16, 1919
Creator: McFarland, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler. (open access)

Washboiler.

Patent for improvements in washboilers involving water and steam being forced through a perforated clothes receptacle as well as automatic draining or release of accumulated water and soil.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: McFarland, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Appliance. (open access)

Washing Appliance.

Patent for a washing appliance that consists of pipes that release hot water within a container. This appliance can be used to wash clothing. The patent explains how the appliance works and the specifics of each pipe.
Date: January 28, 1919
Creator: McFarland, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard for Cultivator-Shovels. (open access)

Moldboard for Cultivator-Shovels.

Patent for a moldboard for cultivator shovels, which throws dirt to the side of the cultivator.
Date: June 28, 1910
Creator: Medcalf, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Neck Yoke (open access)

Neck Yoke

Patent for neck yoke.
Date: December 19, 1916
Creator: Metts, Amos E.
System: The Portal to Texas History