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Antifreezing Outlet-Valve for Tanks.
Patent for a new and improved "valve-operating mechanism which cannot be rendered inoperative by ice forming in the tank, and also whereby the valve itself cannot become frozen" (lines 26-30) including illustrations.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Whipp, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Administering Medecine to Live Stock.
Patent for for a device to efficiently administer medication to live stock.
Date:
January 9, 1912
Creator:
Holliday, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brick-Kiln.
Patent for an improvement for continuous and semi-continuous kilns, to decrease resulting moisture "without materially lessening their fuel economy" (page 1, lines 50-51), including illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1915
Creator:
Montrief, James V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard
Patent for a cattle guard to prevent cattle from treading upon railroad tracks. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Reed, Conwell P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chimney-Jacket
Patent for a chimney jacket construction for naval vessels. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 17, 1912
Creator:
Newell, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clod-Crusher
This patent is for a clod crusher. The purpose of this patent is to make clod crushing more effective and efficient through the action of the cutting members and not by the weight of apparatus alone.
Date:
April 9, 1918
Creator:
Weems, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool.
Patent for a combination tool for pipe fitters and mechanics. The tool can be combined with a number of separate tools, including a die-stock and tap. The tool is foldable when not in used.
Date:
December 19, 1911
Creator:
Richardson, Charlie N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn And Cotton Planter
Patent for Corn and Cotton Planter
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Robinson, Marcus; Robinson, Samuel & Davis, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Loader.
Patent for “improvements in apparatus for loading cotton bales (either gin or compress) onto box cars, especially with a view of utilizing the head room or space usually left unoccupied between the roof of the car and the bales stacked on the floor in the prevailing practice of loading cars” (lines 36-42) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Newell, Allen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for a cultivator for carrying plows. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 29, 1910
Creator:
Stovall, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Pole
Patent for a curtain pole. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 7, 1911
Creator:
Doyle, Edward S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Out.
Patent for a telephone wire cutout for use in manually grounding the telephone line during a storm.
Date:
March 29, 1910
Creator:
Smith, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Instrument.
Patent for an improved dental instrument with a pointer and plunger combination to precisely locate the opening of the root canal and fill it effectively. The simple construction with few parts efficiently produces a compact tool with low production costs.
Date:
December 23, 1919
Creator:
Payne, David H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drive for Motor-Vehicles
Patent for the drives of motor vehicles, which provides the means to the front wheels can be driven by a motor without the interfering with the action of the steering wheel.
Date:
May 16, 1916
Creator:
Woods, Arthur M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drop-Feed for Seeders and Planters.
Patent for a drop feed device that dispenses individual seeds (particularly peas) for planting. It attaches to a planter, dropping seeds when activated by the motion of the planter's wheels. A seed guard prevents clogging.
Date:
September 25, 1917
Creator:
Johnson, Mat P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
End-Gate Fastener
Patent for improvements in wagons' and similar vehicles' end gate fasteners, of which provide a firm lock and are readily and quickly disengaged as needed, with illustration.
Date:
February 16, 1915
Creator:
Harvey, Thomas David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Header and Loader
Patent for grain header and loader with improved structure and adjustable height, designed to be fitted onto and powered by a moving wagon for the efficient harvesting of crops, including illustrations.
Date:
December 3, 1918
Creator:
Sullins, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer.
Patent for an insect destroyer, specifically made for the boll weevil insect. The purpose of the Insect-Destroyer is to provide a cheaper, simpler, and more convenient alternative to the existing boll weevil insect destroyers.
Date:
October 30, 1917
Creator:
Clement, Auther H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Keyless Padlock
Patent for combination padlock.
Date:
December 28, 1915
Creator:
Moses, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lace-Rack.
Patent for an improved design for a lace-rack, or a container to stow away lace boards. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 3, 1912
Creator:
Jones, Laurence E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mote-Board for Cotton-Gins
Patent for mote boards for cotton gins that throw off bolls, leaf, trash, dust, along with other foreign material
Date:
July 1, 1919
Creator:
Wooldridge, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mote-Board for Cotton-Gins.
Patent for an invention that improves mote boards for cotton gins by causing the "impurities and dust thrown off by the centrifugal action of the brush to be conducted away by a dust passage" (lines 19-22).
Date:
May 29, 1917
Creator:
Wooldridge, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Non-Freezing Connection for Tanks
Patent for a valve for water tanks that prevents the water from freezing by taking in water from the central portion. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 18, 1910
Creator:
Miller, Charles Hector & Bunnell, Walter Alex
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Planting Attachment.
Patent for an attachment to a seed planter for the purpose of planting peanuts. The device allows for efficient and inexpensive peanut planting by simply connecting to existing equipment.
Date:
June 11, 1918
Creator:
Wright, Melvin T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History