Churn Operating Mechanism (open access)

Churn Operating Mechanism

Patent for a churn operating mechanism. This invention provides a dasher operating mechanism for easy and convenient cleaning. Illustration included.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Cunningham, Richard A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas (open access)

Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas

Patent for an apparatus for generating Acetylene Gas which feeds water directly into the carbide from a main reservoir.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Hodges, Samuel F. & Lee, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake Coupling (open access)

Air-Brake Coupling

Patent for an air brake coupling for use on trains that opens the air valves when the coupling is attached.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Winton, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Exhibitor and Phonographic Annunciator (open access)

Advertising Exhibitor and Phonographic Annunciator

Patent for an advertising exhibitor and phonographic annunciator that shows changing advertisements and has a recording reading them out.
Date: July 25, 1911
Creator: Stafford, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Sack (open access)

Cotton-Picker's Sack

Patent for a sack for cotton pickers. Illustrations included.
Date: July 11, 1911
Creator: Kendall, Ernest L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper for "oscillating said [chopping] hoe as the implement is drawn through the field" (lines 11-13).
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Sims, James Gordon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaking Machine. (open access)

Boll Breaking Machine.

Patent for new and useful improvements in Boll-Breaking machines.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Bradford, McDuffee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke (open access)

Animal-Poke

Patent for an animal poke that will go over the head of a horse, cow, or related animal, preventing it from getting under, over, or through fences, slacking bent wires, or prevent it from otherwise damaging or mutilating fences of all kinds.
Date: November 28, 1916
Creator: Williams, Osker
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Boll Harvester. (open access)

Cotton-Boll Harvester.

Patent for improvements to the cotton-boll harvesters. "..has for its principal object the production of a structure which will quickly and readily strip the unopened bolls from the cotton stalks"( line 9-14)
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Smith, Millard Elmor & Simmons, J.T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cistern-Cleaner (open access)

Cistern-Cleaner

Patent for a device to be used for cleaning mud and sediment from cisterns while preventing contamination of the water within the cistern.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Davis, Lewis F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can-Opener. (open access)

Can-Opener.

Patent for a can opener, which has a movable blade to allow for easy cleaning.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Allen, Jasper McDonnel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Breaker and Cleaner. (open access)

Boll Breaker and Cleaner.

Patent for a device that attaches to a cotton gin that cleans and crushes the cotton bolls.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Streun, John Arnold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Stalk-Cutting Machines. (open access)

Attachment for Stalk-Cutting Machines.

Patent for improved, cheap, and simple stalk-cutting technology with shielded protection, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 17, 1918
Creator: McCray, Henry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher with means to easily adjust a slidable rack bar, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Harper, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vapor and Steam Burner (open access)

Vapor and Steam Burner

Patent for a vapor and steam burner. Illustrations included.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Stafford, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine (open access)

Steam-Engine

Patent for an improved steam engine for train engines.
Date: June 4, 1912
Creator: Sanders, William Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter (open access)

Stalk-Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
Date: June 21, 1910
Creator: Sanders, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Attachment. (open access)

Pumping Attachment.

Patent is for "new and useful Improvements in Pumping Attachments" (lines 5&6) with illustration and instructions on how it works.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: York, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Washstand (open access)

Folding Washstand

Patent for washstand that can fold up and be put away when not being used.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Ewell, Ocie D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering Mechanism for Automobiles. (open access)

Steering Mechanism for Automobiles.

Patent for an attachment for steering wheels that allows for more stable steering and shock absorption.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Law, James P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plate-Lifter (open access)

Plate-Lifter

Patent for an "...improved lifter whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient..." (lines 19-23).
Date: February 28, 1917
Creator: Mitchell, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Multiple Section Stalk Cutter (open access)

Multiple Section Stalk Cutter

Patent for a multiple section stalk cutter that comprises of a three-section stalk cutter.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Evans, Lucius S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch. (open access)

Electric Switch.

Patent for switches or connectors that connect sections of wires used for telephones or telegraphs
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Du Val, James Erl & Lee, Ezra A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drive Belt (open access)

Drive Belt

Patent for a drive belt. Used for automotive motor fans and similar light elements so light machinery will not be liable to slip upon belt wheels or become displaced.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Kelley, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History