Crate or Box Forming Machine (open access)

Crate or Box Forming Machine

Patent for a crate or box forming machine. Illustrations included.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Nitschmann, Eduard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Hopple (open access)

Animal Hopple

Patent for certain new improvements in animal hopples. This device prevents animals from rearing up in the front when it is worn. The device consists of several plates and a collar with a connecting chain.
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle and Bit. (open access)

Bridle and Bit.

Patent for improvements to Bridles and Bits, specifically what are known as stranglers, used to easily gain control over an animal by exerting pressure on its nose, operated by a slight pull on the auxiliary reins. This patent also provides for a device which activates the strangler when the driver releases it and the animal steps on it.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle (open access)

Bridle

Patent for a bridle that will improve how the horse is guided and also prevent horse from running away. The device also will help prevent the horse from displacing the bridle.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridle. (open access)

Bridle.

Patent for "a bridle wherein means for controlling a horse is provided." (lines 15-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridge Construction (open access)

Bridge Construction

Patent for a bridge building technique especially for arch or span bridges, to stabilize the bridge as well as making the bridge easy to assemble.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Huebner, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivation of Soil. (open access)

Cultivation of Soil.

Patent for improvements in soil cultivation, relating "to conserving and preserving moisture in the soil for growing vegetation" (lines 8-10), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 10, 1919
Creator: Lyon, Leonidas N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Flour and Process of Making the Same. (open access)

Cotton-Seed Flour and Process of Making the Same.

Patent for cotton-seed flour and the process for producing it, including removal of the oils and hulls.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Baumgarten, Gustav Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow and Cultivator. (open access)

Harrow and Cultivator.

Patent for harrow and cultivator improvements. Earth engaging members can be lowered and raised. Implement carrying beams and wheels are connected via the body of the implement.
Date: December 9, 1913
Creator: Stavinoha, Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truss. (open access)

Truss.

Patent for a truss with new improvements that provide more comfortability and ease to the wearer.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Fillip, Adolf A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weeding-Plow. (open access)

Weeding-Plow.

Patent for a weeding plow designed to remove weds and mellow the ground to assist with growing corn and cotton. It includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Prohaska, Melichar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Turn-Table for Automobiles. (open access)

Turn-Table for Automobiles.

Patent for a turn-table that rotates an automobile and is powered by the engine of the automobile. It is designed to be operated by the driver of the automobile, without needing to exit the vehicle. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Loessin, Julius W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap (open access)

Trap

Patent for an improvement on traps. This trap is primarily insect and pest control, meant for ants and flies.
Date: October 17, 1919
Creator: Miller, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Device (open access)

Measuring Device

Patent for a measuring device specifically created for drawing circles with chalk, with the ability to increase and decrease the size of the circles being drawn without interference including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 15, 1915
Creator: Giese, Willy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Store Furniture. (open access)

Store Furniture.

Patent for a ribbon or tape cabinet with rotating stand which allows access to all compartments through a single cabinet opening.
Date: May 20, 1913
Creator: Koniakowsky, Louis F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow that has a quicker and easier way to adjust the angle and depth of the plow. Including illustrations
Date: October 17, 1916
Creator: Fehrenkamp, Elo A. & Giese, August H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Rack (open access)

Hay Rack

Patent for hay rack.
Date: November 7, 1916
Creator: Malcik, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow (open access)

Harrow

Patent for a wheeled riding harrow that can be moved in or out of land engaging postion as is wanted.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Tengler, Frederick R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spindle Lubricator. (open access)

Spindle Lubricator.

Patent for improving the process of lubricating spindles without removing the wheel, and at a more affordable cost.
Date: January 1, 1918
Creator: Stair, Oscar H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post-Anchor. (open access)

Post-Anchor.

Patent for a post anchor to hold the post in the ground more firmly.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Laux, Julius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Replacing Transmission-Covers on Ford Cars. (open access)

Tool for Replacing Transmission-Covers on Ford Cars.

Patent for removing and replacing the transmission covers on Ford cars.
Date: July 14, 1919
Creator: Lueders, Edgar T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Burner. (open access)

Lamp-Burner.

Patent for a lamp burner that supplies air to the lamp flame to ensure proper combustion and maximum light while keeping flame in proper position, illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: McCrone, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tent-Frame. (open access)

Tent-Frame.

Patent for a tent frame, which can be easily put together in the dark.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Huebner, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Manure-Scraper. (open access)

Hand Manure-Scraper.

Patent for a handheld scraper with a handle added at a 45-degree angle and rivets to secure the shank.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Heller, Louis & Neese, Elo
System: The Portal to Texas History