Match-Box. (open access)

Match-Box.

Patent for a match box, which will dispense one match at a time.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Moore, David Cleveland
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Blast Apparatus for Cotton Gins (open access)

Air Blast Apparatus for Cotton Gins

Patent for an air blast apparatus used for cleaning cotton gins. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: McDonald, Osmon W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooling Device (open access)

Cooling Device

Patent for a cooling device for milk. Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Cooper, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow that can be adjusted to plow to different depths.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Rogers, Anderson Layne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer Distributer (open access)

Fertilizer Distributer

Patent for a device with a mechanism that will aid in soil preparation and efficiently distribute fertilizer over a field and prepare for the immediate planting of grain.
Date: February 29, 1916
Creator: Duke, Luther H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Chicken-Coop. (open access)

Folding Chicken-Coop.

Patent for a simpler and less expensive chicken coop "capable of being compactly folded for shipping or storing and adapted to easily and quickly arranged for use" (lines 18-20), including illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Welty, Elbert E. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cover for Syrup-Pitchers (open access)

Cover for Syrup-Pitchers

Patent for a cream and syrup dispenser. The cap has a spring so that after use the pitchers orifice will be completely sealed.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Judia, George H. & Huey, B. S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Peanut-Harvesters. (open access)

Gearing for Peanut-Harvesters.

Patent for an improved type of gearing for peanut harvesters, with illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Brummett, Sinclair H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire and Burglar Alarm. (open access)

Automatic Fire and Burglar Alarm.

Patent for automatic fire and burglar alarm. A cord extends from the casing of the alarm mechanism to a window. The alarm is triggered either by weight of a window opening or the cord is burned by fire.
Date: March 5, 1918
Creator: Mann, Oscar O. & Whitley, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer (open access)

Draft-Equalizer

Patent for a device that can be attached to the draft tongue of an animal-drawn agricultural machine to equalize resistance and allow it to be drawn evenly in a straight line.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Butts, Jim P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Exterminator.

Patent for Boll-Weevil Exterminator. Aims to provide a novel and improved apparatus for gathering the boll weevil and squares by air suction to catch insects and pests.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Harrison, James H.; Hall, Samuel E. & Gholson, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Sash Construction. (open access)

Window Sash Construction.

Patent for a new type of window sash construction. Older sashes use putty to hold the window glass in to the frame. This sash uses metal and wood to hold the glass in making for a better seal and greater insulation.
Date: March 10, 1914
Creator: Harris, John I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a new and improved wrench with a "novel means for adjustably controlling the position of the movable jaw with respect to the stationary jaw" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Parmer, Ernest W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Seat Construction. (open access)

Vehicle Seat Construction.

Patent for a new two-seated vehicle seat construction that allows the back portion of the seats to be swung back and flush with the seat portion and then used for sleeping accommodations, including illustrations.
Date: October 26, 1915
Creator: Luse, Jonathan E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Low-Pressure Tire-Signal. (open access)

Low-Pressure Tire-Signal.

Patent for a device that attaches to the valve of an automobile tire and creates a warning noise if the tire pressure is too low. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 5, 1911
Creator: Collins, Joseph M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Attachment. (open access)

Windmill Attachment.

Patent for windmill attachment to improve the construction allowing windmills to function without a sufficient amount of wind through the use of pumps and rods, including illustrations.
Date: October 21, 1913
Creator: Vaught, Silas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Padlock (open access)

Padlock

Patent for Padlock.
Date: January 29, 1915
Creator: Ryon, Joshua E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Plug Attachment (open access)

Spark-Plug Attachment

Patent for A Spark-Plug Attachment. This spark- plug attachment is designed to facilitate the sparking process without further damaging the porcelain component of the spark-plug.
Date: July 15, 1918
Creator: Sherill, Guy M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hobble-Arch for Cultivators. (open access)

Hobble-Arch for Cultivators.

Patent for a new hobble arch that laterally adjusts shovel beams of cultivators without stripping shaft threads.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Rutledge, Robert P.; Boland, Randsome G. & Devault, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Pin Guard. (open access)

Hat-Pin Guard.

Patent for device to hold a hat pin and prevent injury.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Judia, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soldering-Iron (open access)

Soldering-Iron

Patent for a soldering-iron, which is used to feed a "molten solder directly to the point of the iron," and to keep the flow steady.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Rodger, Don E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Tooth. (open access)

Harrow Tooth.

Patent for a new and improved harrow-tooth apparatus, which is attached to a tractor during farming. It will not injure the growing plants while still managing to break the crust of the furrow on each side of the row of plants, thus the improvement to the existing machinery allows the furrow crusts to be broken more effectually.
Date: May 13, 1913
Creator: Rutledge, Robert P. & Boland, Randsome G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Dauber (open access)

Shoe-Dauber

Patent for a shoe dauber "in which the polishing solution will be automatically supplied to the daubing head as it is moved over the shoe" (lines 13-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Dover, Devoe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener (open access)

Sash Fastener

Patent for a sash fastener. The invnetion is designed to be of durable use as a window sash fastener. Illustration included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Flaniken, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History