Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner primarily used for stoves and furnaces. Illustrations included.
Date: June 21, 1910
Creator: Reed, Rufus C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Door and Gate Stop. (open access)

Combined Door and Gate Stop.

Patent for an improved stop for doors and gates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Ford, John Owen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bumper for Log-Wagons. (open access)

Bumper for Log-Wagons.

Patent for an improved bumper for log wagons that is "mounted to roll on a wagon bolster and adapted to collapse below the carrying surface of the bolster" (lines 11-13); including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Jones, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway Switch. (open access)

Automatic Railway Switch.

Patent for providing the means for a switch to be actuated which will allow trains to enter or exit a siding of the track.
Date: January 22, 1918
Creator: Gullion, Robert, A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Seed-Planters (open access)

Improvements in Seed-Planters

Patent for an improved seed planter that can be attached to a plow. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Rogers, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pistonless Pump (open access)

Pistonless Pump

Patent for Pistonless Pump
Date: November 14, 1916
Creator: Pressler, Joe M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Warmer (open access)

Milk-Warmer

Patent for Milk-Warmer that heats "milk with the purpose of souring the same in preparation of the milk for churning" (lines 10-12).
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Ault, Ella A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Door or Gate Latch. (open access)

Safety Door or Gate Latch.

Patent for a simple and efficient latch that secures doors and gates in place.
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Ford, John O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Go-Cart Attachment. (open access)

Go-Cart Attachment.

Patent for an attachment to a child-sized go-cart, meant to hook onto the seat of the cart and undercarriage, providing a receptacle for the child to store clothes or other personal items while keeping it from swaying or falling off.
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: McWilliams, Lulie C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shingling-Bracket (open access)

Shingling-Bracket

Patent for a shingling bracket. Illustrations included.
Date: July 19, 1910
Creator: Carr, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Wire Fastener (open access)

Fence-Wire Fastener

Patent for a fastener for wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Arnwine, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handling Machine for Baskets (open access)

Handling Machine for Baskets

Patent for a handling machine for baskets. This invention is designed to form wire handles to baskets. Illustrations included.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Haberle, Fred Leopold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plant-Supporting Device (open access)

Plant-Supporting Device

Patent for a simple form of a plant supporting and sticking device for gardeners and agriculturalists, with illustration (lines 10-15).
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Allen, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History