Door-Display Rack (open access)

Door-Display Rack

Patent for a rack for displaying doors. Illustrations included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Forgy, Herbert Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Ball Harvester (open access)

Cotton Ball Harvester

Patent for improvements in cotton ball harvesters. The invention "relates to harvesting machinery, and has special reference to a cotton harvester designed to remove the cotton balls from plants," (lines 10-14).
Date: August 4, 1914
Creator: Monk, R. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate (open access)

Collapsible Crate

Patent for a metal collapsible crate. Hinges allow the crate to be folded.
Date: November 23, 1915
Creator: Potucek, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobile-Footboards. (open access)

Attachment for Automobile-Footboards.

Patent for a device to attach to an automobile footboard that can swing out and right angles to the automobile and act as a receptacle for packages. The device can be folded under the footboard when not in use.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Woodley, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clasp. (open access)

Clasp.

Patent for a new clasp, or fastening device, that is less expensive to construct and easier to use, with illustration. The clasp is to be used for the varied purposes of "hair dressing, millinery, drapery, and dress-wear" (lines 78-79).
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Fridolph, Anna S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antispreading Device for Railway-Tracks. (open access)

Antispreading Device for Railway-Tracks.

Patent for improvement for preventing the railroad tracks from spreading by using a device to connect the ends of two parallel rail to connecting adjacent pair of rails.
Date: April 8, 1919
Creator: Stovall, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Water-Tanks (open access)

Valve for Water-Tanks

Patent for a valve for water tanks. Illustrations included.
Date: September 17, 1912
Creator: Braly, Hugh L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for a washing machine that runs the clothes through hot suds and both rubs and squeezes the clothes.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Braly, Hugh L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Water-Heater. (open access)

Portable Water-Heater.

Patent for a small, portable water heater.
Date: June 28, 1910
Creator: Churchill, Oscar P. & Risk, Maurice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hog-Trough (open access)

Hog-Trough

Patent for a feeding trough for pig sties. Illustrations included.
Date: March 11, 1913
Creator: Wilkinson, Duke A. & Austin, Ben A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener. (open access)

Hame-Fastener.

Patent for a simple device meant for securing a pair of hames on a harness collar, including illustrations.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Risk, Maurice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Stirrup (open access)

Safety Stirrup

Patent for various improvements in safety stirrups.
Date: May 20, 1913
Creator: Sipes, Alfred M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine. (open access)

Flying-Machine.

Patent for a flying machine consisting of a cigar-shaped balloon guided by a light-weight gasoline engine.
Date: August 12, 1913
Creator: Sipes, Alfred M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Stirrup. (open access)

Safety-Stirrup.

Patent for a safety stirrup that will reliably open when pressure is applied to the sides.
Date: October 31, 1911
Creator: Sipes, Alfred M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Merchandise-Cabinet (open access)

Merchandise-Cabinet

Patent for a cabinet made up of concave bins to hold merchandise such as nails. The cabinet also has a removable chute for filling the bins with merchandise.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Montgomery, Franklin M.
System: The Portal to Texas History