Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an Acetylene gas generator that allows waste to be emptied from the machine without losing any gas.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Finley, Jesse T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper that attaches to a cultivator and cuts the rows of cotton evenly.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Ashlimann, Adolf E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a drill. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Tye, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Drying Apparatus (open access)

Cotton Drying Apparatus

Patent for an improved cotton dryer which uses heat from steam to dry wet cotton more effectively with simpler construction and lower cost.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Evans, Alva A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin. (open access)

Cotton Gin.

Patent for improvements in cotton gins, including "an attachment for a gin feeder to separate cotton from the burs during the gin operation...especially adapted for use upon cotton containing an excess amount of bolls" (lines 13-16). The improvements include an air suction device to remove cotton from the burs before it enters the gin.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Huntsman, Edward L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvester (open access)

Beet-Harvester

Patent for removal of beets from ground and transfer to carrying device.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Mathison, Andrew Alois.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator designed to prevent from being overcharged with carbide. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Finley, Jesse T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cigar-Holder. (open access)

Cigar-Holder.

Patent for a cigar holder with improved clutching that prevents the cigar from slipping out of the holder when it becomes moist. The clutches are constructed to allow it to hold cigars or any size or shape.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Mathison, Andrew A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game and Toy Apparatus. (open access)

Game and Toy Apparatus.

Patent for a new game and toy apparatus for the purpose of throwing projectiles at targets and scoring the number of targets hit as a game or toy.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Whiteker, Bosque M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casket-Support. (open access)

Casket-Support.

Patent for Casket-Support. "An object of the invention is to provide a support of simple and durable structure adapted to be manipulated to support the casket at an elevated position with relation to a floor or which may be folded whereby the casket may rest flat upon the floor." (line 3)
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Kinnison, Martin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for improved construction and function of wrenches. Improvements include a more simple, durable, and inexpensive method of construction and arrangement of the adjustable jaw as to allow a single hand to hold and adjust the wrench simultaneously.
Date: July 29, 1913
Creator: Ashliman, Adolph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Gathering Cotton. (open access)

Machine for Gathering Cotton.

Patent for a cotton gathering machine, which picks the cotton bolls off of the plant while being driven through a field.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Edge, William Warren & Campbell, Knotley Fonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maize Header and Cutter. (open access)

Maize Header and Cutter.

Patent for a new and improved hand-operated implement designed for cutting heads of Kafir corn or maize in a more simple and efficient manner, including illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Grindstaff, Isaac S. & Johnson, Luke
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Header and Ensilage-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Header and Ensilage-Cutter.

Patent for harvesting machine that simply and efficiently cuts heads off stalks to save seeds and also cuts stalks close to ground for for use for ensilage or to be left as fertilizer. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 21, 1915
Creator: Welch, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetlyene Generator (open access)

Acetlyene Generator

Patent for an imporived acetlyene generator, "wherein the carbid container or receptacle will be elevated clear above the surface of the water contained in the generator when said receptacle is not discharging into the water."
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Michael, Mack W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harrow Structure (open access)

Improvement in Harrow Structure

Patent for improvement in harrow structure allowing for them to be attached to an ordinary cultivator in lien of cultivating shovels.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: McIntyre, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Hanging Machine. (open access)

Paper-Hanging Machine.

Patent for improvements in paper-hanging machines to "provide a device of this class of simple and improved construction adapted to hold a roll of wall paper, to guide the paper over a trimming device and under a paste applying device, and said machine being also provided with a cutting device for severing the strip of paper after the same has been applied to the wall" (lines 10-18); it includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Phillips, Jay V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ticket-Distributer (open access)

Ticket-Distributer

Patent for improvements of Ticket-Distributers in telephone offices and similar establishments.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Mendeck, Fred C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweep-Wing Attatchment for Plows (open access)

Sweep-Wing Attatchment for Plows

Patent for adjustable sweep wings that attach near the shovel or blades of a plow, and which will vary the throw of the soil as it is dug by the plow.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Casstephens, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sack for Cotton-Pickers (open access)

Sack for Cotton-Pickers

Patent for improvements to sacks of cotton-pickers which include adjustable, flexible, and tublar design that is reversible and detachable. It is open at both ends and includes detachable fasteners for these ends. Illustrations included.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Whiteker, Bosque M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo-Chute. (open access)

Silo-Chute.

Patent for "a chute that may be readily attached to or detached from a silo" (lines 14-15).
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Latimer, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine. (open access)

Rotary Engine.

Patent for a rotary engine. The engine is devised for driving a motor vehicle. Illustration included.
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Winn, Frank B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Show-Case. (open access)

Show-Case.

Patent for a show-case for cigars that can be opened at various points by levers.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Kainer, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match-Safe (open access)

Match-Safe

Patent for a new match safe which dispenses matches individually, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Lewis, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History