Weighing Machine (open access)

Weighing Machine

Patent for a weighing machine. Illustration included.
Date: August 16, 1910
Creator: Allison, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for hydrocarbon-burners to provide a novel and improved burner for coal-oil, petroleum, or other liquid fuel.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Hewett, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine (open access)

Vending-Machine

Patent for improvements in vending machines including the simple and efficient delivery of vending articles and improvement in separation of articles served.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: Harris, Irvin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Food-Tongs (open access)

Food-Tongs

Patent for
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Wheeler, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard (open access)

Moldboard

Patent for a moldboard for plows that has a water holder to allow plaster of Paris covering the moldboard to be kept moist which prevents soil from sticking to the moldboard.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Miller, Charles K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevating Truck. (open access)

Elevating Truck.

Patent for elevating truck equipped with a conveyor belt powered by an electric motor. The device is "easily moved about and placed in position by one or two men" (lines 29–30), but powerful enough to lift bales of cotton (or other objects) weighing up to 600 pounds, includes illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1919
Creator: Anderson, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press (open access)

Cotton-Press

Patent for improvements in cotton press boxes such as used in the connection with cotton baling mechanisms. These prevent injury to the operator but are in such a location that the operator much go around, over, and under them in order to get to the compressed material and tie it.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Hanus, Joseph J.; Hanus, Tom Joe & Putz, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History