Combined Registering and Denoting Device and Label-Holder. (open access)

Combined Registering and Denoting Device and Label-Holder.

Patent for a combined registering and denoting device and label holder for use in stores to keep track of how many items are sold and what is left in stock.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Parten, Wilbur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Branding-Iron (open access)

Branding-Iron

Patent for a branding iron that expends less fuel than similar brands due to its combustion chamber that is able to better concentrate its heat towards the applied surface.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Thurman, Lee Onadus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vulcanizing Device. (open access)

Vulcanizing Device.

Patent for a vulcanizing device for use on tires.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Robbins, James M. & Crew, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windmill-Gearing (open access)

Improvement in Windmill-Gearing

Patent for "gearing for transmitting motion to the pump rod" (lines 9-10) of a windmill. Includes description and illustration.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Roberts, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a type of vehicle wheel made of a unique hub, rim, and resilient spokes. The design allows for the hub and spokes to rotate independently of the rim, reducing the need for compensating gearing. This is done by having the spokes frictionally engaged with the rim rather than a rigid, static design.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Bartle, John N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Joint Gage, Level, and Miter Square (open access)

Joint Gage, Level, and Miter Square

Patent for joint gage, level, and miter square, and is especially adapted for brick layers to start on corners.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Maddox, Thomas R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Load Lifting Device (open access)

Load Lifting Device

Patent for improved load-lifting devices.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Trigg, Van H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feeding and Packing Mechanism for Baling Presses (open access)

Feeding and Packing Mechanism for Baling Presses

Patent for condenser that positively feeds cotton into the press box.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Christopher, Giles V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil Attachment (open access)

Pencil Attachment

Patent for device that continuously applies mucilage to the penil without rendering it sticky.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Elliott, Claud B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Prod Pole (open access)

Electric Prod Pole

Patent for electric prodding pole used for corraling animals.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Smith, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie. (open access)

Tie.

Patent for a railway tie that has a stronger attachment to the rails than other models.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Wade, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bunk Stairs (open access)

Folding Bunk Stairs

Patent for stair-step that can be folded up, to be used in bunk bed situations such as in sleeping cars of trains.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Mey, Ella E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle Attachment (open access)

Bottle Attachment

Patent for attachment that prevents a person from accidentally consuming poison.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Drouilhet, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Patent for Plow (open access)

Patent for Plow

Patent for a wing plow.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Moore, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a pump that does not leak air when the piston is passed.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Murray, Jasper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train Stop (open access)

Automatic Train Stop

Patent for automatic train stop.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Warren, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Delivery-Reel for Printing Presses (open access)

Delivery-Reel for Printing Presses

Patent for "improvements in delivery reels for printing presses, and more particularly to such reels on the so-called stop cylinder press having a reciprocatory bed carrying the type, and its object is to provide the delivery reel with mechanism whereby the paper will, after being removed from the cylinder be carried to such a position that its lower edge will be removed from the proximity to the type to prevent its engagement therewith on the return stroke of the bed" (lines 13-24) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Garlick, Mark J.
System: The Portal to Texas History