Automatic Sack Filling and Weighing Machine (open access)

Automatic Sack Filling and Weighing Machine

Patent for an automatic sack filling and weighing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scissors or Shears. (open access)

Scissors or Shears.

Patent for scissors or shears which open automatically due to a central, coiled spring.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Allison, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cab-Signal and Automatic Stop (open access)

Cab-Signal and Automatic Stop

Patent for a cab-signal and automatic stop that "relates to railway safety appliances and has particular reference to signals carried preferably within the locomotive cab." (lines 9-12) includes instruction and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Bulla, Melbern Bernie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Sharpening Cutlery. (open access)

Machine for Sharpening Cutlery.

Patent for machine for sharpening cutlery that clamps object to be sharpened in a moveable carrier in position to be reciprocated between abrading members.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Hunter, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Motor. (open access)

Water-Motor.

Patent for a water motor that is operated by the current.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Gonzalez, José
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer. (open access)

Insect-Destroyer.

Patent for "an improved insect destroyer" ... "embodying a fuel supply and a burner for the purpose of destroying insects brushed from plants beside which the device is traveling" (lines 9, 11-14) including illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Garner, William W. & Rush, Owen T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk-cutter that employs rotating breaking members to uproot the stalk and cut it rather than simply cutting the stalk and leaving the roots underground.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Buchanan, Amos. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Rack (open access)

Hay Rack

Patent for hay rack.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Malcik, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flush Valve (open access)

Flush Valve

Patent for flush valve that stabilizes the cup or trough housing mercury.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Cahill, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton

Patent for machine that cleans harvested cotton.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ratchet Drill (open access)

Ratchet Drill

Patent for rachet drill.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Sherman, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire. (open access)

Tire.

Patent for a cushioned tire which may be attached without special tools to an automobile wheel when the regular is flat or damaged. It can fold up for easy storage, and then attach to the wheel rim using hinges, rods, and sockets.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Price, James Bain
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reed Organ (open access)

Reed Organ

Patent for improved construction of reed boards that prevents dust from getting inside of the reeds.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Preston, Percy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine (open access)

Engine

Patent for internal combustion engine.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Box, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Envelop Machine (open access)

Envelop Machine

Patent for Envelop Machine
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Otey, George S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand-Transplanter (open access)

Hand-Transplanter

Patent for a "manually operated device, adapted for the manipulation of small plants, during the transplanting of the same, and the thinning out of closely growing plants" (lines 9-13). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Thompson, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner (open access)

Cotton Cleaner

Patent for Cotton Cleaner
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Patent for Disk Drill (open access)

Patent for Disk Drill

Patent for disk drill.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Ginning, Cleaning, and Bleaching Mechanism (open access)

Cotton Ginning, Cleaning, and Bleaching Mechanism

Patent for Cotton Ginning, Cleaning, and Bleaching Mechanism
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Hodo, Wesley A. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for wire stretcher that will secure a wire as it is stapled to a post.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Kasprzyk, Leon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chemical Heater and Composition of Matter Therefor (open access)

Chemical Heater and Composition of Matter Therefor

Patent for Chemical Heater and Composition of Matter Therefor
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Paschal, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rotatable Table, Book-Shelf, and Lamp-Support (open access)

Combined Rotatable Table, Book-Shelf, and Lamp-Support

Patent for Combined Rotatable Table, Book-Shelf, and Lamp-Support
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Trinkl, Sam D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Boring Drill (open access)

Rotary Boring Drill

Patent for rotary boring drill.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Making Machine. (open access)

Pipe-Making Machine.

Patent for pipe making machines in which "concrete, clay or shale is formed into pipe by a combined feeding and molding mechanism" (lines 17-19).
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Reese, Walter A.
System: The Portal to Texas History