Attachment for Laundry-Extractors (open access)

Attachment for Laundry-Extractors

Patent for a time cut-off and brake attachment for laundry extractors for preventing accidents. Illustrations included.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Moore, Robert Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scrubber And Mop. (open access)

Combined Scrubber And Mop.

Patent for the combination of a scrubber, a mop, and a water receptacle to supply the cleansing liquid to the surface that is being cleaned and it provides a mechanism for wringing the mop.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Lee, Bryant
System: The Portal to Texas History
Basin-Protector (open access)

Basin-Protector

Patent for a flexible basin lining that improves sanitation in areas where washrooms are often-used and rarely cleaned.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Van Dunker, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for a windmill. Illustrations included.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Moon, Richard D. & Horne, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Mechanism (open access)

Transmission Mechanism

Patent is for power transmission in motor vehicles. It is housed in one case.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Stillians, Harry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy Repeating Gun. (open access)

Toy Repeating Gun.

Patent for an improvement on toy repeating guns "which may be cocked and fired by manipulation of a single member and which embodies a magazine to receive a number of projectiles which automatically feeds by gravitative action into proper position to be projected by the striker or discharging member. " (lines 10-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Osborn, Carl B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Job Press Standardizer (open access)

Job Press Standardizer

Patent for job press.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: McMath, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Radiator Supporting Frame (open access)

Radiator Supporting Frame

Patent for support structure for car radiators.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Neveu, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stop-Cock. (open access)

Stop-Cock.

Patent for a stop-cock adapted to be used with water service pipes. It features a key operable lock stop-cock whose parts must be manipulated at specific times in order to open the passageway.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Suess, Walter E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
System of Subirrigation. (open access)

System of Subirrigation.

Patent for the improvement of a subirrigation system, which allows the prevention of the pipes being choked by pipes through the use of coiled pipes.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Robinson, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Header. (open access)

Header.

Patent for the improvement of a header, which is a part that aids the carry of grain.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Whitworth, Sam P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvester (open access)

Cotton Harvester

Patent for improved cotton harvesters
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Cayo, Ernest P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scale Beam (open access)

Scale Beam

Patent for sclae beam that is used to weigh bales of cotton.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Gattis, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Skirt Gage (open access)

Skirt Gage

Patent for device that marks the length of a skirt from a floor.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Watkins, Lou V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tank (open access)

Tank

Patent for a tank that filters.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Gartrell, Clifford E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for a rail joint that connects the opposing ends of a pair of rails while allowing for necessary contractions and expansion of the rails due to atmospheric conditions. It also reinforces the portion of the joint at the meeting ends.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Busa, Adam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie and Fastening Device. (open access)

Rail Tie and Fastening Device.

Patent for improved railroad cross ties that can be used in reverse, prevent creeping rails, and be economically manufactured.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Bergen, James V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for new improvements to oil-burners in stoves and furnaces providing "a proper inlet of air to fire generated on the hearth" (lines 14-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Braly, Hugh L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow (open access)

Disk Plow

Patent for a disk plow. Illustrations included.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Cox, Oscar McGruder
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder for Cotton-Gins (open access)

Cylinder for Cotton-Gins

Patent for a cylinder for cotton-gins in which the cylinder has teeth that are "secured to the project from the periphery of the disk" (lines 17-18).
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Fuller, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History