Combined Marking-Pot and Brush. (open access)

Combined Marking-Pot and Brush.

Patent for a combined marking-pot and brush where the marking-pot "will effectually support a brush and prevent the handle thereof from dropping down in to the ink or paint contained therein" (lines 13-16). The marking-pot also provides a detachable cover to prevent spilling.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: McCombs, Charles C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Loose Leaf Binder (open access)

Loose Leaf Binder

Patent for a loose leaf binder. The invention consists of two adjustable sections in order to lengthen or shorten the post. Illustration included.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Bickley, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Washing Clothes, Renovating Feathers, Canning, &c. (open access)

Machine for Washing Clothes, Renovating Feathers, Canning, &c.

Patent for a clothes washing and feather renovating machine with a stove for heating water. Illustrations included.
Date: January 24, 1911
Creator: McNorton, John T. & Stanley, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leveling Device for Traction Engines (open access)

Leveling Device for Traction Engines

Patent for a leveling device for traction engines. Illustrations included.
Date: January 10, 1911
Creator: Brown, Daniel T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Gumming Machine. (open access)

Gin Saw Gumming Machine.

Patent for an improved variation of a gin saw gumming machine with "an adjustable means for clamping the machine to varying diameters of space blocks on gin saws of varying diameters." (Lines 11-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 2, 1917
Creator: Taylor, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a simplified rotary engine which uses steam, compressed air and other elastic fluids which act as motive fluid. This patent is special in that it is light and compact. This patent helps the engine start easily, reverse, and stop, as well as other types of motion.
Date: January 8, 1919
Creator: Campbell, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Cattle-Guard (open access)

Railway Cattle-Guard

Patent for a railway cattle guard used to deter animals from attempting to cross the railway. Illustrations included.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Wood, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint (open access)

Rail-Joint

Patent for a rail-joint that does not sag.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Odell, Edward F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for a device that will be attached to the frame of the cultivator to be used for chopping cotton, and weeds.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Williams, Roy L.
System: The Portal to Texas History