Front Truck for Planters &c. (open access)

Front Truck for Planters &c.

Patent for a front truck for planters, which can be used for steering the machine.
Date: May 24, 1910
Creator: Brim, Isaac D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Registering and Denoting Device and Label-Holder. (open access)

Combined Registering and Denoting Device and Label-Holder.

Patent for a combined registering and denoting device and label holder for use in stores to keep track of how many items are sold and what is left in stock.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Parten, Wilbur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which can shop two rows at the same time and performs the work faster than it can be done manually.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Martin, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chicken-Roost (open access)

Chicken-Roost

Patent for an improved chicken roost.
Date: March 11, 1913
Creator: Conner, Joshua H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit-Picker. (open access)

Fruit-Picker.

Patent for a fruit picker that allows the user to stand on the ground and separate fruit from its stem and that allows the fruit to fall in such a way as to prevent bruising. Additionally, the cutting teeth are adjustable.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Young, Valner W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a new and improved churn and cooler which allows for easier removal of the cooling liquid and includes illustrations and description.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Sibley, William P. & Williamson, Riley B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Rack (open access)

Display Rack

Patent for a display rack for bananas and other fruits for improved mobility.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Stoneham, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Rack for Wall-Paper and Other Merchandise. (open access)

Display-Rack for Wall-Paper and Other Merchandise.

Patent for display rack for wall paper and other merchandise. The rack displays wallpaper and other merchandise similar.
Date: November 10, 1914
Creator: Ralph, Sidney L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Grain Knife. (open access)

Corn or Grain Knife.

Patent for an improved corn or grain knife that is simpler in construction and inexpensive to produce. This corn or grain knife is "adapted for use in the hand of the user for clipping the tops of standing grain such as corn, by the simple act of opening and closing the hand" (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Holliday, Thomas B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for an improved harrow attachment for cultivators that can be easily and quickly removed or attached and which allows soil to be worked after rain when it would otherwise be too moist. Includes illustrations.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Stevens, Charles P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for improvement on clothing pin by using a single wire.
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: Neal, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Word Counting Device for Type-Writers (open access)

Word Counting Device for Type-Writers

Patent for a word counting device to be used with a typewriter. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Girand, Wilberforce D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for an improved wire-stretcher that is able to stretch wires while simultaneously holding the stretched wire during stapling.
Date: June 22, 1915
Creator: Kidd, Burrell L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher. (open access)

Mail-Bag Catcher.

Patent for an improvement to devices that receive mail bags from moving locomotion.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Ryan, Augustus M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trousers-Stretcher. (open access)

Trousers-Stretcher.

Patent for a trousers stretcher that removes wrinkles and creases from trousers by stretching them. The stretching tension may be increased or decreased as desired.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Johnston, Renord C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator (open access)

Indicator

Patent for a numbering indicator used to mark the status of stored batteries.
Date: May 29, 1919
Creator: Carter, James William, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence-Stay Machine. (open access)

Wire-Fence-Stay Machine.

Patent for wire working machines, specifically for automatically making wire fence stays. This machine can be operated manually and it is portable.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Alverson, Lewis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Truing Locomotive Driving-Wheels (open access)

Machine for Truing Locomotive Driving-Wheels

Patent for improvements in machines for truing the driving wheels of locomotives. Other possible uses include truing freight car wheels or similar car wheels.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: Tyler, Joseph C.; Behrends, John A. & Lake, Parks
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap. (open access)

Trap.

Patent for a trap for catching animals alive.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Jones, Rufus A. & Grant, Wilburn C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Auger (open access)

Post Hole Auger

Patent for an improved post-hole digger/auger with multiple blades that cut in a spiral pattern and has the blades adjust and lock on the base. The blade shanks form a cage and keeps dirt from clogging the blades.
Date: May 22, 1915
Creator: Hoover, Orville M. & Ardery, Sarah, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maize, Kafir-Corn, And Cane Heading Machine. (open access)

Maize, Kafir-Corn, And Cane Heading Machine.

Patent for improvements in the construction of maize, Kafir corn, and cane heading machines that allows "a single machine to harvest two rows at the same time" (lines 12-14), reducing labor time and costs, including illustrations and a description.
Date: June 17, 1913
Creator: Cozart, Walace Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Removing Ink from Paper. (open access)

Process of Removing Ink from Paper.

Patent for a process of removing ink from paper that uses three chemical solutions that the paper is soaked in after an initial water bath to remove all the ink and produce paper pulp that can be recycled into new paper.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Bonser, John Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Stove. (open access)

Portable Stove.

Patent for a portable stove, mainly for use on farms, that can be moved easily.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Neel, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel. (open access)

Spring-Wheel.

Patent for wheels in which spring-spokes are utilized to provide resilience. Provides design in which spokes are curved to correspond with the curvature of the hub allowing fastening to the rim.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: Martin, Vol
System: The Portal to Texas History