Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench. Illustrations included.
Date: December 20, 1910
Creator: Smith, Henry D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burner. (open access)

Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burner.

Patent for a fuel burner with a simple design, which is readily taken apart or assembled, and is manufactured at a comparatively small cost.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Vandaveer, Heber Clark & Stoy, Guy Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Apparatus. (open access)

Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Apparatus.

Patent for a mailbag catching and delivering apparatus for trains that can be used by a train going either direction on the tracks.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Tidmore, Irenaeus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spittoon (open access)

Spittoon

Patent for a spittoon for hospital use. Illustrations included.
Date: October 15, 1912
Creator: Grisham, Mattie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock that keeps bolts attached extra tightly.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock that is easy to manufacture.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Dowell, Lawson H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Padlock (open access)

Padlock

Patent for a padlock. Illustration included.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire Extinguisher (open access)

Fire Extinguisher

Patent for fire extinguisher improvements so as to use carbon dioxide to extinguish the flame.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Parker, Howard R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for a harrow for use in orchards that can be moved around easily to avoid trees.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Forkner, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road-Grader (open access)

Road-Grader

Patent for an improvement or update to a device called a road-grader. This patented upgrade will make the use of a road-grader easier.
Date: January 18, 1916
Creator: Harris, Elie B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Hopper. (open access)

Seed Hopper.

Patent for a seed hopper adapted to receive seed or cotton and control their distribution. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: Coursey, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mop. (open access)

Mop.

Patent for a replaceable mop body, or mop brush, with instructions and illustration. In the uppermost portion of the mop brush, new fibers that "can be slightly advanced out of the casing" (lines 79-80) allow for the the use of new fibers, when old fibers become worn or damaged.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Morrison, Murray
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint-Supporting Device (open access)

Rail-Joint-Supporting Device

Patent for a rail joint supporting device to prevent sagging of the tracks.
Date: May 21, 1912
Creator: Scott, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Joint (open access)

Pipe Joint

Patent for a swiveling branch connection for water tanks on railways, for easier dispersal of water. The joint would be extendedable to the desired position.
Date: October 10, 1916
Creator: Vaughn, Pink
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin. (open access)

Cotton-Gin.

Patent for an invention relates to cotton gins, and the principal object of this invention is to produce a cotton gin of small dimensions.
Date: October 20, 1914
Creator: Morrison, Porter
System: The Portal to Texas History