Muzzle (open access)

Muzzle

Patent for a muzzle designed for horses. Illustration included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Lipscomb, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter (open access)

Corn or Cotton Planter

Patent for a corn and cotton planter. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Wilks, Chance
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Motor (open access)

Spring-Motor

Patent for spring motors that can be adapted to rotary fans and sewing machines. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Seeders, Zephaniah C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Box (open access)

Ice-Box

Patent for an ice box. Illustrations included.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Elder, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Laundry Apparatus. (open access)

Laundry Apparatus.

Patent for a laundry apparatus with a detachable head that can be used on any kind of support for roller washers.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Merritt, Rex C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Standard (open access)

Cultivator-Standard

Patent for a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Yeatts, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill. (open access)

Windmill.

Patent for a windmill, which transmits its energy better to the pump and can be adjusted into and out of the wind.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Dwight, James L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle (open access)

Back-Band Buckle

Patent for a back band buckle which tightens when it is pulled on.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Henson, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bench-Dog (open access)

Bench-Dog

Patent for a bench dog for holding boards while they are being cut.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: McCormick, Terrill W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Disk Journal. (open access)

Cultivator-Disk Journal.

Patent for a cultivator disk journal, which is more efficient than previous models.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Doyle, Edward Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Square. (open access)

Square.

Patent for a a carpenters square, which has tables printed on it for calculating the length and angle that rafter boards should be cut to.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: McCormick, Terrill William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Rack (open access)

Display Rack

Patent for a display rack. Illustrations included.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Hendrix, Julius M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Brake for Elevators (open access)

Safety-Brake for Elevators

Patent for lateral pawls to brake the elevator in the event of a cable brake.
Date: March 10, 1911
Creator: Mounts, Edison J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Framing-Tool (open access)

Framing-Tool

Patent for a framing tool designed to ease the laying of "rafters, stair carriages and the like" (lines 14-15). The tool assists in measuring proper "dimensions of cuts to be made in timber to accomplish desired construction" (lines 19-20).
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Whitlock, John N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an improvement to aeroplanes which includes movable horizontal and vertical planes (or curtains).
Date: February 25, 1911
Creator: Blewett, Baxter W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starter (open access)

Engine-Starter

Patent for an engine starter that prevents backfiring.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Everly, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Standard (open access)

Cultivator-Standard

Patent for a cultivator standard which allows the pitch and angle of the cultivator to be adjusted.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: Yeatts, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blotting Pad (open access)

Blotting Pad

Patent for an ink blotting pad. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Smith, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a valve for rotary steam engines.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Faulkner, Thomas F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milling-Machine. (open access)

Milling-Machine.

Patent for a milling machine that executes thorough removal of dirt and other substances.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Lakey, William Ray.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Chute Valve Mechanism (open access)

Seed Chute Valve Mechanism

Patent for a new seed chute valve mechanism with illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Cantrell, Isaac D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter. (open access)

Seed Planter.

Patent for a "seed planting machine mounted upon a wheeled frame adapted to form a furrow and drop a predetermined quantity of seed at predetermined intervals" (lines 14-19), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Cantrell, Isaac D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate. (open access)

Farm-Gate.

Patent for improvements to pivoted farm gates to open and close the gate at a distance.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Hancock, Ferdinand M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Receptacle. (open access)

Cotton-Picker's Receptacle.

Patent for a cotton picker's receptacle that enables the user to save time picking cotton. This invention is secured on the wrist of the cotton picker and serves as a receptacle for several handfuls of cotton, which are placed in said receptacle in one slight motion.
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: Easley, Dennis J.
System: The Portal to Texas History