Automatic Safety Attachment for Air-Brakes (open access)

Automatic Safety Attachment for Air-Brakes

Patent for an automatic safety attachment for air brakes that can be attached to trains and automobiles. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Hamilton, Ernest Hubbard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way. (open access)

Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way.

Patent for a device to automatically take photographs of persons as they walk over a pressure sensor. The inventor suggests the device be used for ticket fare enforcement.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Colter. (open access)

Colter.

Patent for the instructions on of how to construct a Colter including illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: James Zedrick Elder
System: The Portal to Texas History
Child's Bed. (open access)

Child's Bed.

Patent for a retractable crib and mattress attached to side of bedstead, folding underneath for storage when not in use. When fully extended, allows crib mattress and bedstead mattress to be in the same plane.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Myers, Daniel E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Curing Plant (open access)

Vegetable-Curing Plant

Patent for curing vegetables by a unit system. The design is a curing house of multiple bins with air circulation in each, allowing for a faster and more uniform curing process.
Date: November 12, 1918
Creator: Ewton, Thomas F. & Waldrop, Frances E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Device. (open access)

Lubricating Device.

Patent for a device that lubricates cylinders via the intake manifold that responds to small changes in pressure.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: McKay, Guy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo (open access)

Silo

Patent for a air-and-liquid tight silo structure that "may be built up readily out of a plurality of relatively small stock units which may be handled easily" (line 11-13).
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Shoupe, Joseph Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milking Device and Antikicker. (open access)

Milking Device and Antikicker.

Patent for a folding milking device that prevents a cow from kicking over the milk bucket, from kicking the milker, and from switching the milker's face with its tail, including illustrations.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Clark, Laura A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-wheel. (open access)

Spring-wheel.

Patent for an enhanced spring-wheel featuring novel adjustments to the tread and assembly of side plates, includes illustrations.
Date: September 2, 1919
Creator: Thomas, James Alfored
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Balance. (open access)

Sash Balance.

Patent for an improved window sash balance, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Jones, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Exploded Ordnance (open access)

Gas-Exploded Ordnance

Patent for a gas gun. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Hamilton, Ernest Hubbard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo. (open access)

Silo.

Patent for an adjustable size silo, including illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1915
Creator: Starr, William Burr
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow, which has a stronger attachment for the share to the rest of the plow.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Kelly, Robert Marvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potato Curing Apparatus. (open access)

Potato Curing Apparatus.

Patent for a potato-curing apparatus that includes container that allows air to circulate around inside of it.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Wells, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench (open access)

Pipe-Wrench

Patent for a pipe wrench with adjustable jaws.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Brightwell, Walter J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nasal Expander. (open access)

Nasal Expander.

Patent for ensuring the the nasal passage does not collapse, contract, or close for breathing improvement while sleeping, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: McConnell, Franz Marshall
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date: November 1, 1910
Creator: Kelly, Robert Marvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator that has an improved method of attaching a harrow to the cultivator.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Kelly, Robert Marvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Sweep (open access)

Cotton Sweep

Patent for cart attachment for cultivating cotton. Made to "scrap and cultivate the earth in close proximity to plants and roll the earth over upon the roots of plants." (17-22)
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Young, Jacob Clemmons
System: The Portal to Texas History