Chopping Machine (open access)

Chopping Machine

Patent for a chopping machine. Illustrations included.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Kilman, John J. & McCown, J. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hopple. (open access)

Cultivator-Hopple.

Patent for the simplification, strengthening, and adjustment of levers to make using a cultivator hopple easier to use.
Date: February 3, 1914
Creator: McCanless, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Tire-Patch for Inner Tubes (open access)

Improvement to Tire-Patch for Inner Tubes

Patent for an improvement to tire-patches for inner tubes by making use of "a simple devise for jacketing that part of an inner tube which may be adjacent to a puncture or weak place in the outer casing to prevent blow outs" (lines 11-14). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Major, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring and Leveling Instrument (open access)

Measuring and Leveling Instrument

Patent for a new measuring and leveling instrument that allows the user to determine "in a convenient and efficient manner the angularity of a surface or object with respect to a vertical or horizontal line" (lines 10-13). Instructions and illustration included.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Richardson, O. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Thrower for Electric Railways (open access)

Switch-Thrower for Electric Railways

Patent for a switch-thrower for use with electric railways. This invention uses switch tongues via solenoids and engages a connection between the solenoids and the switch tongue. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Posey, James A. & Dunaway, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for a harrow attachment that permits the attachment to be held with its teeth disposed in any desired relation to the cultivator.
Date: February 20, 1912
Creator: Wynne, Robert S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Switch. (open access)

Railway-Switch.

Patent for a railway switch that is triggered by a shoe on a train car.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Rousseau, Lawrence C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Impregnator (open access)

Impregnator

Patent for an impregnator for mares.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Curlee, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handle-Protector. (open access)

Handle-Protector.

Patent for an improved device to protect handles of axes, hammers, and other tools which makes the handle stronger and prevents the head from falling off, including illustrations.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Holik, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracker (open access)

Nutcracker

Patent for a nutcracker. Illustrations included.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Harris, Irvin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Board. (open access)

Display-Board.

Patent for a display board for advertising and signage in stores.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Fitts, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History