Cot-Frame (open access)

Cot-Frame

Patent for a cot frame designed to accommodate two people. Illustrations included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Shelton, Robert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Cleaner and Huller (open access)

Cotton-Seed Cleaner and Huller

Patent for a cottonseed cleaner and huller. Illustrations included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: Vanlandingham, William Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pounder (open access)

Clothes Pounder

Patent for a clothes pounder. Illustration included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Turner, James S. & Campbell, John Luther
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Hammer. (open access)

Piano-Hammer.

Patent for a piano hammer, which has a strip of striking material that can be moved over to a new section when one section wears out, to increase the life of the hammer.
Date: May 24, 1910
Creator: Young, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for rotary engine. This invention "is to provide means whereby the steam supply from the boiler can be controlled. Illustration included.
Date: September 13, 1910
Creator: Frazer, Terry H. & Vanlandingham, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Paris, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoof Trimmer (open access)

Hoof Trimmer

Patent for a hoof trimmer. Illustrations included.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Polk, Neal R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Bucket (open access)

Well Bucket

Patent for a well bucket. Illustration included.
Date: February 21, 1911
Creator: Fleet, Charles B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Bond. (open access)

Rail-Bond.

Patent for a rail bond that allows an electric current to travel through the rails.
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Humason, Granville A. & Odell, Edward F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fountain-Brush (open access)

Fountain-Brush

Patent for a brush for cleaning fountains. Illustrations included.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Peeler, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Rack (open access)

Bag-Rack

Patent for a rotating bag rack for use in stores.
Date: February 27, 1912
Creator: James, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box-Transmission System (open access)

Mail-Box-Transmission System

Patent for improvements in mail box transmission systems. The invention aims to facilitate the retrieval of the mail through a cable transmission system in rural communities.
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: McGee, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Holder (open access)

Window-Shade Holder

Patent for a window shade holder that makes the shade go up and down with the window opening and closing.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Harris, Albert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
CHURN (open access)

CHURN

Patent for the improvement of a churn. The churn has a detachable support and a closure for the upper end of the body of the churn.
Date: February 18, 1913
Creator: HARRISON, DAVID M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table (open access)

Ironing-Table

Patent for ironing tables that can be knocked down and packed into a small compass for transportation or storage.
Date: April 29, 1913
Creator: Kennedy, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Fan. (open access)

Fly-Fan.

Patent for improvements in fly fans, is to use the fan in conjunction “with screen doors whereby during the opening and closing of the door the fan will be operated in a direction to direct a current of air outwardly and thereby act as a barrier against the ingress of flies” (lines 16-21). Illustration is included.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Williams, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Badge. (open access)

Badge.

Patent for a badge that is to be pinned or worn upon the coat or other garment with the representation of the human eye that is capable of being winked or moved. The bade is to be used for advertising, humor or salutations, included illustration.
Date: December 30, 1913
Creator: Connor, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Board. (open access)

Ironing-Board.

Patent for collapsible and compact object intended "for expediting the ironing operation" (lines 11-12).
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Jacobs, William Ramsey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stay-Hinge. (open access)

Stay-Hinge.

Patent for a new stay-hinge to prevent breakage of an opened tool chest or trunk lid.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Gassaway, H. E. & Gassaway, Huey E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Sack Carriage (open access)

Cotton-Sack Carriage

Patent for a simply structured carriage that will provide support to cotton sacks varying in different lengths.
Date: October 6, 1914
Creator: Alexander, Eugene E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a new churn, an improvement on the device shown in prior Patent Number 944,129 granted December 21, 1909.
Date: October 20, 1914
Creator: Floyd, Ellis E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine (open access)

Engine

Patent for "new and useful improvements in engines" (lines 5&6). "This invention relates to engines and more particularly to twin engines of the hydrocarbon or internal combustion type" (lines 8-10).
Date: December 15, 1914
Creator: Moore, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Tool (open access)

Wire-Fence Tool

Patent for a wire fence tool that is a combination of a hammer, wire splicer, and a wire cutter (in a metal base construction). This tool performs the ability to cut and adjust wires without any additional components.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Murphy, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant-Trap (open access)

Ant-Trap

Patent for a trap for ants and other burrowing insects which works at the site of the ant-hill or burrow.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Cox, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History