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
Telephone-Lighting System. (open access)

Telephone-Lighting System.

Patent for an invention as specified relates to new and useful improvements in telephone lighting systems for the purpose of providing lamps on subscribers' telephones arranged.
Date: October 13, 1914
Creator: Boze, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mud-Shredder for Vehicle-Wheels. (open access)

Mud-Shredder for Vehicle-Wheels.

Patent for a mud-shredding device that is attached to vehicle wheels in order to prevent accumulation of mud.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Newsom, Henry G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milking Device (open access)

Milking Device

Patent for a portable milking device for cows. Illustrations included.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Lévay, Ellis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy (open access)

Toy

Patent for a whirligig toy that rattles.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Webster, George Lamont
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of making tire-fillers (open access)

Process of making tire-fillers

Patent for the process of making tire fillers that relates to the fillers for tire casings and the process of producing the same.
Date: September 9, 1919
Creator: Aycock, Edward F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Thrower for Electric Railways (open access)

Switch-Thrower for Electric Railways

Patent for a switch-thrower for use with electric railways. This invention uses switch tongues via solenoids and engages a connection between the solenoids and the switch tongue. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Posey, James A. & Dunaway, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knockdown Extension Covered Wagon-Bed (open access)

Knockdown Extension Covered Wagon-Bed

Patent for a knock-down wagon bed, particularly to be extensible for cotton hauling.
Date: July 15, 1919
Creator: Joly, Charles J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock, which holds securely in place and is inexpensive to manufacture.
Date: June 14, 1910
Creator: Posey, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch. (open access)

Gate-Latch.

Patent for a gate latch, which is held closed by the weight of the gate.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Fuston, Walter J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for a harrow which can be attached to a cultivator in place of a plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Cowart, Stephen A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for a harrow attachment that permits the attachment to be held with its teeth disposed in any desired relation to the cultivator.
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Wynne, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin Compress (open access)

Gin Compress

Patent for improvements upon the cotton gin-compress which includes driven screws with gearing to make the compress "more effective than that heretofore employed"(lines 10-11) machinery.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Dunlap, Samuel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shovel-Fastening for Cultivators (open access)

Shovel-Fastening for Cultivators

Patent for new and useful improvements in shovel-fastenings for cultivators. Improvements include incorporating a spring latch in the cultivator foot so that no time is lost and no tools would be needed in replacing cultivator shovels.
Date: December 18, 1917
Creator: Kirkpatrick, James M. & Tirey, Grover C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Street-Cleaning Machine (open access)

Street-Cleaning Machine

Patent for a street-cleaning machine that brushes the dirt into small piles and sucks the dirt piles into bags or receptacles for easy disposal.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Atkinson, Wiley F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch. (open access)

Railway-Switch.

Patent for a railway switch that is triggered by a shoe on a train car.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Rousseau, Lawrence C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Telephone-Mouthpiece. (open access)

Sanitary Telephone-Mouthpiece.

Patent for new and necessary improvements in sanitary telephone mouthpieces, such as improving overall construction of the telephone mouthpiece so that the mouthpiece is more sanitary, compact, and practical. Illustration and instruction included.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Jenkins, Ed Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Mouthpiece (open access)

Sanitary Mouthpiece

Patent for a telephone mouthpiece that distributes disinfectant when used.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Jenkins, Ed Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine (open access)

Vending-Machine

Patent for improvements in vending machines including the simple and efficient delivery of vending articles and improvement in separation of articles served.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: Harris, Irvin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Resilient Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a resilient vehicle wheel that is made with a rigid frame and springier spokes.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Watts, Robert L. & Onstead, Augustus G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Locking Mechanism for Steering Wheel Shafts of Automobiles. (open access)

Self Locking Mechanism for Steering Wheel Shafts of Automobiles.

Patent for new and useful improvements to the shaft of steering wheels making them safer and easier to handle.
Date: April 3, 1917
Creator: Cowart, Stephen A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Crossing. (open access)

Railroad-Crossing.

Patent for improvements in Railroad-crossings. Noiseless and a more durable crossing, allowing for a more maintainable foundation and less repairing compared to other crossings that vibrate and cause severe shock and damage to the foundation.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: O'Connor, Thomas J. & Culbertson, Warren W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Food Tongs (open access)

Food Tongs

Patent for food tongs. The invention employs scoops. Illustration included.
Date: January 7, 1913
Creator: Wheeler, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Food-Tongs (open access)

Food-Tongs

Patent for
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Wheeler, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History