Crude-Oil Burner. (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner.

Patent for a crude oil burner for stoves, which can be put in through the door of the stove.
Date: July 12, 1910
Creator: Stanton, Ernest F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Liquid-Fuel Regulator for Steam-Generators. (open access)

Automatic Liquid-Fuel Regulator for Steam-Generators.

Patent for improved automatic liquid fuel feed regulator for steam generators especially adapted for use in connection with steam generators in which liquid hydrocarbon or case is used as fuel.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Ford, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap. (open access)

Animal Trap.

Patent for an improved and simplified trap where "a large number of rats can be caught in succession before the trap has to be emptied, as the trap door arrangement is automatic in regard to resetting" (lines 20-24).
Date: June 23, 1914
Creator: Willard, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment dated October 8, 1918 (open access)

Cultivator Attachment dated October 8, 1918

Patent for cutting cotton and maintaining it at a certain height. This can be mounted to different cultivators without any need of change or alteration.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Fletcher W. Vaughn
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Toilet-Basins (open access)

Valve for Toilet-Basins

Patent for a valve for toilet basins which is specifically placed outside the bowl to prevent the operator's hands from becoming wet when discharging the contents of the bowl.
Date: January 14, 1913
Creator: Kelley, Robert W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Hook (open access)

Hame Hook

Patent for improved harness and trace connector.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Conn, Isaac D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pan-Lifter. (open access)

Pan-Lifter.

Patent for a pan lifter, which also can be used to open the door of the oven.
Date: July 12, 1910
Creator: Kelly, Sallie Ruth
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grapple (open access)

Grapple

Patent for providing a cheaper version of removing pipes or tubing from wells.
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Drake, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Operating Mechanism (open access)

Gate-Operating Mechanism

Patent for an improved gate operating mechanism to allow vehicles to approach the gate and the gate move to the open position and to move to the closed position has passed through the gate opening. Includes illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: McDaniel, James M. & McDaniel, Claud M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ribbon-Cabinet. (open access)

Ribbon-Cabinet.

Patent for a ribbon cabinet that is designed to display the different types of ribbon available.
Date: December 30, 1913
Creator: Daniel, Robert O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Operating Mechanism for Mail Boxes (open access)

Door Operating Mechanism for Mail Boxes

Patent for door for mail boxes that can be quickly opened or closed by postal workers.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Calcote, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Clamp. (open access)

Pipe-Clamp.

Patent for a pipe grip that is formed out of two bars with two gripping surfaces forming two mechanical jaws.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Brown, Milo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Brake. (open access)

Railway-Brake.

Patent for "railway brakes, which are constructed to grip the wheels, and which, in the event of an emergency, may be set to lift the wheels off the track in order to obtain a quick stoppage of the train" (lines 9-14) including illustrations and explanations of the brakes' components.
Date: June 26, 1913
Creator: Drake, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Point Attachment (open access)

Plow-Point Attachment

Patent for an attachment for the point of a plow that protects the point from wear and tear, especially in soil that is sandy.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Trout, Calvin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History