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Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper with a solid hoe for thinning cotton and a toothed hoe for pulling weeds.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Hart, Granville M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Light Shade and Reflector.
Patent for a new adjustable light shade and reflector with "a shade and a support therefor so provided with joints that the shade may be given any desired angle of reflection, relative to the light, and its relative distance from the light may be regulated" (lines 13-17), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Spivey, Lillian Hale
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chimney Holder
Patent for chimney holder. This design is a "means for holding a chimney upon a burner of any kind for the purpose of preventing the accidental tilting of the chimney" (lines 11-13). Illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Elkins, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Diaphragm Face Plates
Patent for an attachment for diaphragm face plates. Illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Labadie, Victor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Carlson, Peet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Steps
Patent for rail car steps. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Collier, James Dallas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Extracting Machine.
Patent for a new, efficient machine, with a double purpose: "to clean hand-picked cotton and better prepare it for the ginning operation" (lines 11-13) and to extract cotton "from unripe and closed bolls" (lines 14-15).
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Blackmon, Enoch J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Funnel.
Patent for an improved "funnel device which is adapted to be connected to the inlet of a receptacle such as a tank and form therewith an air tight connection provided with a manually operated valve" (lines 18-23).
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Errington, Walter W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rat and Mouse Trap.
Patent for a cheaper and more effective trap that displays live bait but is unreachable to animals. The trap will make it "impossible for animals to escape after they have been captured" (lines 26-28), including illustrations.
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Bevers, William S., Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Filling Brushes
Patent for a machine designed to fill brushes with bristles. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Hoover, Orlando B. & Curry, Monroe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Bit.
Patent for new and improved well-drilling bit. Illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Marney, Robert A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Collecting Machine
Patent for insect collecting machine. This invention is for use with cotton plants. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Meek, Ada
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vapor or Gas Generating Apparatus
Patent for vapor or gas generating apparatus. "This invention relates to an apparatus for generating vapor and gases from the air, earth, wood and other substances, for the treatment of internal and external diseases, the object of the invention being to provide a simple reliable, effective and economical apparatus whereby medical vapors or gases of various kinds may be rapidly and conveniently generated and used in the treatment and cure of various internal and external disorders" (lines 9-19). illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Norwood, Walter Nathaniel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap
Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Kennedy, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap
Patent for a trap for catching small animals and insects. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Lambert, Andrew P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surveying Instrument.
Patent for new and improved surveying instrument for use "in calculating the distance between the point of 'setting up' and the target, without the use of the usual linear chain" (lines 12-15). Illustration and instruction included.
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Adams, J. S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Hanging Machine.
Patent for improvements in paper-hanging machines to "provide a device of this class of simple and improved construction adapted to hold a roll of wall paper, to guide the paper over a trimming device and under a paste applying device, and said machine being also provided with a cutting device for severing the strip of paper after the same has been applied to the wall" (lines 10-18); it includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Phillips, Jay V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Heater.
Patent for a portable heater for heating water.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Ellis, Frank B. & Walker, James L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
System of Irrigation
Patent for an irrigation system. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Von Hohenstein, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Armor.
Patent for a new design "in armor or protectors for pneumatic tires" (line 13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Ramsay, Henry M.; McGary, Austin & Campbell, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swab Holder
Patent for a swab holders. The invention is designed to be connected with a pump or piston rod for the purpose of lubrication. Illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Steinert, Bernhardt W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Retaining Means for Rotary-Drill Cutters.
Patent for new retaining rings in rotary-drill cutters, which allow the cutters to be inserted into and removed quickly from a drill, and can be "manufactured cheaply" (line 28).
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
Hughes, Howard Robard, 1869-1924
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine
Patent for an improvement in washing machines that have a rocking cylinder or drum shaped agitator.
Date:
March 7, 1916
Creator:
McAnally, Marion L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Bag Holder
Patent for a revolving bag holder. Illustration included.
Date:
March 7, 1911
Creator:
Thompson, Oscar S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History