Fumigator. (open access)

Fumigator.

Patent for a fumigator for fumigating crops that can spray two rows at a time.
Date: April 25, 1911
Creator: Lee, Oliver W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alarm Device (open access)

Alarm Device

Patent for an alarm device that is mounted on a house to warn of approaching wind storms.
Date: March 28, 1911
Creator: Stamps, William P. & Phillips, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Seed Planter (open access)

Attachment for Seed Planter

Patent for a new attachment to seed planters.
Date: October 20, 1914
Creator: Lusk, Eli M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter. (open access)

Cotton Seed Planter.

Patent for "a new and useful edge drop feeder or seeder". (line 14)
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: C. W. Loe; Loe, C. W & Mitchell, T. L.; T. L. Mitchell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Counterbalance for Pump-Rods (open access)

Counterbalance for Pump-Rods

Patent for a counterbalance for pump rods that increases the efficiency of the pump.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Bowman, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Gun and Knife. (open access)

Combined Gun and Knife.

Patent for a firearm that has a permanently-attached retractable bayonet.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Tomanek, Josef
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon and Buggy Tap Extension. (open access)

Wagon and Buggy Tap Extension.

Patent for a waggy and buggy tap extension that compensates for the waggon/buggy's wear and tear and mitigates instances of the wheels wobbling. The construction is simple to use and inexpensive.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Bosworth, Allie F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watchmaker's Tool. (open access)

Watchmaker's Tool.

Patent for a watchmaking tool that enables a roller jewel to be set in the balance-wheel of a watch with accuracy, and without removing the hair-spring or the roller table.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Kethley, Jacob D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter (open access)

Stalk-Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter that cuts and chops multiple rows of stalks at once.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Sosbee, Survetus, F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Support for Binders (open access)

Tongue Support for Binders

Patent for a tongue support for binders. "A device of this nature for supporting tongues of binders or other machines, in order to remove the weight and the strain from the necks of the animals" (lines 15-18). Illustration included.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Loe, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella-Holder (open access)

Umbrella-Holder

Patent for an umbrella holder. Illustrations included.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Rauch, Otto
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter. (open access)

Seed Planter.

Patent for a seed planter that provides improvements upon a riding or wheel planting plow.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Johnson, W. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ring for Disseminating Perfumes, &c. (open access)

Ring for Disseminating Perfumes, &c.

Patent for "an improved device for disseminating chemicals, perfumes and the like ... in the nature of a ring which may be worn on either finger, toe, arm, or any part of the body and which constitutes a container for the material to be disseminated." (p.1 lines 9-15). The "outlet ... openings [of the ring] ... are normally obstructed to some extent by contact with the member on which it is worn so that the escape of the material contained will be slow and gradual." (p.1 lines 18-23)
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Griffin, William H. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Clamp (open access)

Rail-Clamp

Patent for a rail clamp to "prevent spreading of the rails"(lines 10-11).
Date: June 18, 1912
Creator: Ausburn, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match Box. (open access)

Match Box.

Patent for match box that allows the removal of one match at a time, with the addition of a jointed figure for amusement and delight.
Date: September 12, 1916
Creator: Norvill, Ruel E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevating-Truck. (open access)

Elevating-Truck.

Patent for an elevating truck, which will improve the ability to use a hoist to lift heavy loads.
Date: January 16, 1912
Creator: Wadlington, David M.
System: The Portal to Texas History