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Burglar-Alarm (open access)

Burglar-Alarm

Patent for a burglar alarm that can be attached to a car door. Illustrations included.
Date: October 8, 1912
Creator: Halstead, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter (open access)

Corn and Cotton Planter

Patent for a corn and cotton planter that plants seeds in hills of equal distance from one another.
Date: October 8, 1912
Creator: Roy, Henry F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a clothes pin, which holds clothes without stretching them and is easily taken on and off with one press of the clamp.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Kitts, William Caluway
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter (open access)

Carbureter

Patent for a carburetor to be used on internal combustion engines. Illustrations included.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Kingsbury, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Oil Mill Seed Huller (open access)

Cotton Oil Mill Seed Huller

Patent for a cotton oil mill seed huller. This invention is designed to prevent the breaking or drilling of knives by foreign matter. Illustrations included.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Kappler, John G. & Gaines, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Shade and Current Bracket Support and Shade-Guide. (open access)

Combined Shade and Current Bracket Support and Shade-Guide.

Patent for a combined shade and curtain bracket support and shade guide, which makes shades roll up straight rather than catching on edges and tearing.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Hoxworth, Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopping Machine (open access)

Cotton-Chopping Machine

Patent for a cotton chopping machine. Illustrations included.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Lynn, Walter Hugh
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which can shop two rows at the same time and performs the work faster than it can be done manually.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Martin, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chopping Machine (open access)

Chopping Machine

Patent for a chopping machine. Illustrations included.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Kilman, John J. & McCown, J. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Electrostatic-Magnetic Separation (open access)

Apparatus for Electrostatic-Magnetic Separation

Patent for an electrostatic-magnetic separator for separating particles in a mass.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Box. (open access)

Collapsible Box.

Patent for a collapsible box for use in shipping goods.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Pinto, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Craft Propeller (open access)

Air-Craft Propeller

Patent for an air craft propeller that reduces air resistance.
Date: October 8, 1912
Creator: Koiw, Julius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch Operating Mechanism (open access)

Automatic Railway-Switch Operating Mechanism

Patent for an automatic railway switch operating mechanism with improved levers and controls.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Hoffmann, Laniel F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press which uses less power to press hay the same tightness as current baling presses.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Smith, Ernest D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn, which can be cooled or warmed and which has an improved dasher.
Date: November 8, 1910
Creator: Jarnagin, Thomas Jefferson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Use in Obtaining Petroleum Products (open access)

Apparatus for Use in Obtaining Petroleum Products

Patent for an apparatus for use in obtaining petroleum products. Illustrations included.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Frasch, Herman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn that is easy to use and efficient.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Huggins, Thompson A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cistern. (open access)

Cistern.

Patent for a rain cistern, which can have oil put in it to prevent rust and sends out dirt from the cistern if it overflows.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Fischer, Christian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Manufacturing Door Plates or Signs (open access)

Apparatus for Manufacturing Door Plates or Signs

Patent for a molding and printing device for forming hollow backed signs and name plates.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Simmang, Charles Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a new type of clothing pin that allows it to be permanently attached to the clothing line.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Boynton, Willie A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Belt Elevator and Conveyer. (open access)

Belt Elevator and Conveyer.

Patent for bucket conveyers to maximize the frictional engagement between the transverse curvature of the inner surface of the belt and the periphery of the pulley.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Marston, Frederick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper for "oscillating said [chopping] hoe as the implement is drawn through the field" (lines 11-13).
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Sims, James Gordon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Wheel (open access)

Automobile Wheel

Patent for a type of wheel called a spring wheel, and will allow for simple and efficient means of producing a spoke, and eliminate the need for an inflated tire when attaching the spoke, including illustrations.
Date: November 8, 1913
Creator: Lewis, Alfred M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combustion Device (open access)

Combustion Device

Patent for a combustion device that allows for the control of fuel to one or two burners of the same fire box. This device is also built in an upright position to assist in supporting the burner members of the box. This device is built stronger and simpler than other devices of its kind.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Halliburton, Orville G.
System: The Portal to Texas History