Conveyer. (open access)

Conveyer.

Patent for the invention of a new conveyor, designed to simplify handling sacked grain.
Date: March 26, 1912
Creator: King, Marion A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Plow and Pulverizer. (open access)

Combination Plow and Pulverizer.

Patent for a combination plow and pulverizer, designed for the purpose of improved plowing and sowing of seed, with illustrations and explanations.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Curtis, W. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Valve and Cap Tool (open access)

Combination Valve and Cap Tool

Patent for a combination valve cap and stem used to ease the process of deflating pneumatic tires by eliminating the need to keep track of a separate cap piece when removing the valve core, including illustrations and instructions for use.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: McComb, William Perry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chain-Lock. (open access)

Chain-Lock.

Patent for an improvement in chain-locks. The improvement locks one end of a log chain to a car so that it cannot be accidentally released.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Clarkson, Jay Caleb.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash. (open access)

Window-Sash.

Patent for a window sash, which can have window panes installed in it without the use of putty.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Perkins, Wallace P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator or Bulletin (open access)

Indicator or Bulletin

Patent for a bulletin that can be used in street cars to display station or street names. Illustrations included.
Date: September 6, 1910
Creator: Barnes, Ned E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Bucket Strainer. (open access)

Well-Bucket Strainer.

Patent for a well bucket strainer, which strains the water as it is pumped out.
Date: December 20, 1910
Creator: Clay, Willim F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Supporting-Shelf. (open access)

Supporting-Shelf.

Patent for a supporting shelf specifically for clocks. The supporting shelf keeps the clock balanced.
Date: November 3, 1914
Creator: McDonald, John A..
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a mechanism to lock a nut in place on a bolt that also automatically releases when a wrench is applied to turn the nut.
Date: August 4, 1914
Creator: Edwards, Whitfield H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener (open access)

Hame Fastener

Patent for a hame fastener. Illustration included.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Hyman, Henry F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Driving-Rein Guard. (open access)

Driving-Rein Guard.

Patent for a driving rein guard in order to hold the reins of a draft animal.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Sibley, Alexander B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber (open access)

Shock-Absorber

Patent for improved shock absorbers. The invention is designed to help them be adapted for every type of vehicle. They are cushioned and provide a casing for liquid to help with shock absorption.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Donahoo, John Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Cleaning Harrow and Cultivator. (open access)

Self-Cleaning Harrow and Cultivator.

Patent for a harrow and cultivator "which is self-cleaning in that, by manipulation of certain mechanism embodied in the machine, the teeth or shovels are caused to rotate about axes, giving up any stalks, grass, or other fibrous matter which may cling to the teeth or shovels impeding the working of the soil" (lines 15-21).
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Miner, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Rail Brace. (open access)

Railway-Rail Brace.

Patent for a new railway-rail brace designed "particularly to be used on curves of rail-way tracks, and which ties the rails as to prevent spreading of said rails" (lines 13-16), including illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1916
Creator: Barnes, Ned Eastman
System: The Portal to Texas History