Carbureter. (open access)

Carbureter.

Patent for a carburetor that automatically regulates oil based on how much air enters the carburetor.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Cerny, Alois
System: The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Strop Holder. (open access)

Razor-Strop Holder.

Patent for a new, less expensive razor strop holder with a reversible strop, including illustrations.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Childress, Henry T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Rotary Cultivators.

Patent for a machine for "opening ditches to drain land and form fences, and to grade railroads, &c." (lines 15-17) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 10, 1876
Creator: Tadlock, Sevier
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Cleaner. (open access)

Well Cleaner.

Patent for a new and improved well cleaner. This design "is to provide a simple instrument by which wells can be cleaned out without descending into them. It is well known that much danger exists in descending into foul wells on account of the poisonous gases often collected near the bottom of the same" (lines 20-26).
Date: October 7, 1884
Creator: Neitsche, Frederick Theodor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Picket-Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Picket-Fences.

Patent for secure, inexpensive picket-fence construction using various sizes of wood pieces and wire. It is meant for situations in which wood is scarce. Illustration included.
Date: October 14, 1873
Creator: McGinty, Robert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Picket-Fences (open access)

Improvement in Picket-Fences

Patent for improvement for picket fences composed of zig zag settings with their upper ends brought in line and are connected and supported by wires and posts.
Date: October 6, 1874
Creator: McGinty, Robert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Triple Valve for Fluid-Pressure Brakes. (open access)

Triple Valve for Fluid-Pressure Brakes.

Patent for a triple valve for fluid-pressure brakes in trains that prevents accidental triggering of the emergency brakes.
Date: October 10, 1911
Creator: Robinson, John W. & Douglas, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Spacer. (open access)

Tie-Spacer.

Patent for improvement on tie-spacers when loaded on trucks for the process of creosoting ties. Allowing for treating fluid to flow between all sides of each tie when loaded, including illustrations.
Date: October 28, 1919
Creator: Sommerlatte, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Siding Gage (open access)

Siding Gage

Patent for siding gage. This design is meant to be a cheap, durable, and convenient gage for use in siding.
Date: October 27, 1903
Creator: Blohm, Ernest J. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Stock. (open access)

Plow-Stock.

Patent for a strong and durable plow-stock that is "capable of receiving and operating in connection with any form of sweep, bull-tongue, or shovel plows, and [provides] means whereby the latter may be adjustably connected to the stock, and said stock readily adjusted, whereby the penetration of the plow may be increased or diminished in accordance with the character of plowing to be done" (lines 10-17).
Date: October 18, 1892
Creator: Koenig, Ernst
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator attachment that adjusts the beams to various distances apart.
Date: October 28, 1919
Creator: Kubenka, Otto E. & Janszen, August W.
System: The Portal to Texas History