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Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds
Patent for an apparatus for chilling and whitening lard compounds that produces stiffer lard.
Date:
August 27, 1912
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Piano
Patent for an automatic piano that can play longer and is more compact than previous models.
Date:
August 15, 1911
Creator:
Stauffer, Floyd F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device
Patent for an amusement device. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 13, 1912
Creator:
Dougherty, James P. & Beeman, Mark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cement-Block Mold.
Patent for a cement block molding machine, which can produce many blocks in a short amount of time.
Date:
August 2, 1910
Creator:
Jordan, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crimping-Machine
Patent for "a machine that crimps the edges of lids for lard pails and the like." (lines 8-11) including illustrations.
Date:
August 15, 1915
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome Nichols
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Rotating a Locomotive-Headlight.
Patent for a "manually operated mechanism that will enable a locomotive engineer to rock the headlight about a pivotal access without leaving his cab" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Teter, William E. & Gray, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Headlight For Vehicles.
Patent for a vertically moving headlight so that the driver can aim light toward the direction in which they are traveling. The headlight is meant to be durable and easy to build.
Date:
August 4, 1914
Creator:
Gray, Charles B. & Teter, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Scraper
Patent for "a combined plow and scraper, which may be employed to alternately break or loosen a surface that is being graded or lowered, and to scrape the loosened material from said surface." (lines 14-18)
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Reese, Edwin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner
Patent for cotton cleaners which serve as accessories in cotton ginning operations and in the present instance are used with a pneumatic cotton distributing elevator or conveying means cooperating with gin feeders.
Date:
August 21, 1917
Creator:
Murray, S.D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Lock and Circuit-Breaker.
Patent for a combination lock used to protect automobile circuit breakers from unauthorized use.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Buckeye, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weighing Attachment for Ice-Tongs.
Patent for a device designed so that "the weight of the ice may be determined while the ice is engaged by the tongs" (lines 12-14). The weighing device can be safely attached to the tongs, and the patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 18, 1914
Creator:
Henderson, Douglas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Filler and Packer for Baling-Presses
Patent for a combined filler and packer for association with a cotton press or baling apparatus and operating to receive lint cotton from a suitable source. The primary objective is to facilitate an automatic direct feed of lint cotton from the cotton separator into the baling apparatus.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship.
Patent for improved airship design involving the containment of gas in an envelop and the passage of gas through multiple compartments with the purpose of facilitating, "steering or repairing of the machine." (line 17) including illustrations.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Rainey, James E. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Removing Useful Fiber from Seeds
Patent for an adaptation to machines that will "remove fibers from their attachments, such as gins, cotton seed linters, wool-burring machines, and the like" (lines 10-12).
Date:
August 9, 1919
Creator:
Vardell, Arthur A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Roost and Nest
Patent for a combined roost and nest for farm animals. The purpose of this new design is to improve the sanitation of current roosts and nests.
Date:
August 26, 1919
Creator:
Gilmore, Calvin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Roller
Patent for spring acting window shade rollers. The spring acting mechanism allows for the raising up or down of the shade to any desired position without unnecessary wear.
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
Schindler, Emil F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lens-Grinding Machine.
Patent for a lens grinding machine that polishes any kind of lens via the means of a reciprocating motion in both the grinding tool and the lens holder.
Date:
August 12, 1913
Creator:
Rousseau, Almer A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Step.
Patent for a unit which covers the hub of a wheel to provide protection against people "stepping on or 'riding' the hub." (Line 15).
Date:
August 10, 1915
Creator:
Butcher, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Washer And Wiper.
Patent for improvement in window washer and wiper design pertaining to the windshields or windows of street cars.
Date:
August 6, 1918
Creator:
Randall, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wall Construction
Patent for a wall construction with metallic column casings and reinforced rods. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of and Apparatus for Sizing or Classifying Comminuted Material.
Patent for a machine composed of independently operated and adjustable mounted sized units for sorting and transporting grain sized materials.
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toggle and Clip Combination.
Patent for improvement in toggle and clip combinations, specifically simplicity and economy in construction, convenience, and efficiency in use.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Schoellkopf, Jacob Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Huller-Gin.
Patent for a Huller-Gin. This device has an improvement that reduces the cotton being wasted by getting clogged in the hulling chamber.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool For Driving Corrugated Fasteners.
Patent for a tool with "a magazine adapted to feed corrugated fasteners to a driving plunge" (lines 13-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Thompson, Carl S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History