Watch-Charm. (open access)

Watch-Charm.

Patent for watch charms or badges with "interchangeable emblems" (lines 11-12) to facilitate on-demand charm or badge creation through a separate stock of emblem carriers and the "interchangeable emblems."
Date: October 31, 1911
Creator: Friedman, Bernhard Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Oil-Press. (open access)

Continuous Oil-Press.

Patent for a continuous oil press for use in pressing oil from seeds, nuts, and fruits.
Date: October 31, 1911
Creator: Blain, Frank A. & Hill, Clyve D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for aeroplane with an improved carrying capacity.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Millican, Joel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cabinets. (open access)

Attachment for Cabinets.

Patent for Attachment for Cabinets. An adjustable bracket that attaches to various pieces of cabinetry or furniture for supporting water basins for easy reach.
Date: October 28, 1913
Creator: Austin, W. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine. (open access)

Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine.

Patent for a con-controlled vending-machine that sells stamps and similar products including illustrations. The machine "compels a complete cycle of operation for each coin received and cannot be rendered inoperative through the deposit of a plurality of coins in the chute or while the operation of the machine is in progress." (lines 14-17).
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: William O. Wolford
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Demonstrating and Testing Piston Packing Rings (open access)

Apparatus for Demonstrating and Testing Piston Packing Rings

Patent for an apparatus that allows for a more accurate and efficient way to test piston packing rings by measuring ease of movement.
Date: October 2, 1917
Creator: Holland, Kirk D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Point and Bolt for Belts. (open access)

Combined Point and Bolt for Belts.

Patent for an invention provides means for securing bolts to elevator belts.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Guffee, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Air-Feed for Carbureters. (open access)

Auxiliary Air-Feed for Carbureters.

Patent for a carbureter that improves auxiliary air feed, wherein gradually increased quantities of air are harnessed as the speed of the motor increases.
Date: October 24, 1916
Creator: Bills, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gas Control for Gas Water-Heaters. (open access)

Automatic Gas Control for Gas Water-Heaters.

Patent for an automatic control for instantaneous water heaters to control a supply of water and simultaneously an automatic supply of gas to the heater.
Date: October 7, 1919
Creator: Hamilton, Paul H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land-Breaking Plow (open access)

Land-Breaking Plow

Patent for a plow that also includes rotary drums. The rotary drums carried "sub-soiling and breaking plows; and the object is to provide plows which can be used to break the land to any desirable depth in any kind of soil without turning over the soil."
Date: October 13, 1914
Creator: Reed, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Buffing Inner Tubes and the Like. (open access)

Machine for Buffing Inner Tubes and the Like.

Patent for a more efficient and adjustable machine to buff inner tubes and other fabrics.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Hibbs, Cassell D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack for Pumps and Other Purposes (open access)

Jack for Pumps and Other Purposes

Patent for a jack, that can be used for a variety of purposes.
Date: October 10, 1916
Creator: Dayton, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Cleaner. (open access)

Well-Cleaner.

This invention relates to an improved well cleaner, and has for its principal object to provide a device of this kind adapted to be positioned in a well casing to direct a volume of air into the casing for cleaning the valves and straining elements thereof. A further object of the invention is to provide an automatic means for sealing the cleaner for holding the fluid within the well casing, against back pressure, during the cleaning operation. (Lines 8-19)
Date: October 18, 1919
Creator: Sargent, Lemuel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Oil-Burners (open access)

Improvement in Oil-Burners

Patent for an oil burner to be used with heating ranges, stoves, boilers, and furnaces.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Essex, Winfield S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone-Call Recorder (open access)

Telephone-Call Recorder

Patent for a telephone call recorder that allows the number of who is calling to be recorded when the phone is not answered and tell a person already on the phone who is trying to call them.
Date: October 15, 1912
Creator: Warwick, Harold L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Throwing Mechanism for Railway-Cars. (open access)

Switch-Throwing Mechanism for Railway-Cars.

Patent for improvements in switch-throwing mechanism for railway-cars in which the motor operator can throw a switch without stopping the car and it will be accurate. Illustration is included.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Slate, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue (open access)

Tongue

Patent for a tongue. "This invention has relation to tongues, especially adapted to be applied to agricultural machines, as for instance wheel mounted plow frames, and has for its object the provision of a tongue structure with means for connecting the same to the frame of the machine so that frame may be swung under the tongue laterally while the frame is being over the ground." (line 8-16). illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Brown, Bartley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mixing-Machine (open access)

Mixing-Machine

Patent for a mixing machine for confectioners. Illustrations included.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Vlahoyanes, Nickolas P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post Card (open access)

Post Card

Patent for a post card. Illustration included.
Date: October 11, 1910
Creator: Graham, Tilghman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Binder (open access)

Paper-Binder

Patent for a binder for papers, bills, etc. Illustrations included.
Date: October 8, 1912
Creator: Byron, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Center Rail for Key-Actions. (open access)

Center Rail for Key-Actions.

Patent for an easily adjustable, simple, and durable center rail for key actions in pianos which does not require chiseling holes.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Swallow, Oscar L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a modification of a plow that improves ease of use. Additionally the plow adds wings that allow plowing of soil at different angles.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Richardson, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter (open access)

Seed Planter

Patent for a seed planter that can plant seeds for corn, cotton, or grain.
Date: October 1, 1912
Creator: Robbins, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Separable Locking Rack for Driving Mechanism (open access)

Separable Locking Rack for Driving Mechanism

Patent for separable locking rack for driving mechanism. Illustrations included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Brewster, Bertram F. & Wilson, Walker Scott
System: The Portal to Texas History