Check Controlled Apparatus (open access)

Check Controlled Apparatus

Patent for a check controlled apparatus. This invention "is to provide a check controlled apparatus for a receptacle arranged to fasten the lid of the receptacle and including a key supported to be released by the key" (lines 12-16). Illustration included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Wilson, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an aeroplane. This invention does not use any mechanism to maintain the planes equilibrium. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Goebel, Alois
System: The Portal to Texas History
COTTON-BLOCKING ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS (open access)

COTTON-BLOCKING ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS

Patent for a new attachment to cultivators that simultaneously "create equidistant hills of plants" (line 25) while cultivating each row, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Wright, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher that is safer to use than other wire stretchers.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Stewart, James Andrew
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weight-Motor. (open access)

Weight-Motor.

Patent for a weight motor for powering various machinery.
Date: June 14, 1910
Creator: Wilson, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch (open access)

Railway-Switch

Patent for a triple rail railway switch with improved opening and closing mechanisms.
Date: June 4, 1912
Creator: Phinney, Grover Cleveland
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie. (open access)

Railway-Tie.

Patent for improvements in tailway-tie by “the provision of a clamping plate terminating at one end in a pair of spaced brackets that extend over the base flange of the rail, the said clamping plate being held in engagement with the base flange of the rail by a pair of spaced lugs formed with the top plate of the tie and which bear against the rear end of the clamping plate. Further, this would give greater strength and stability to the proper by seating the rail flange directly upon the top plate of the tie instead of upon the clamping plates.” (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included. This patent is related to Patent #865,354, issued on September 10, 1907 to the same inventor.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Brister, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whip-Socket (open access)

Whip-Socket

Patent for a whip-socket that locks the whip in place.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Clark, Isom J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Planter (open access)

Peanut Planter

Patent for a peanut planter utilizing a belt and pulley system.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Crider, Julius Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Rack for Ax-Handles and the Like. (open access)

Display-Rack for Ax-Handles and the Like.

Patent for a "display rack, for holding ax handles and the like on display." (lines 12-14) to prevent them from warping.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Wall, John
System: The Portal to Texas History