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Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights
Patent for a combined socket and switch for electric lights that allows different bulbs of a chandelier to be turned on separately.
Date:
August 20, 1912
Creator:
Bailey, Douglas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Fender.
Patent for a car fender "adapted to be fitted to an extremity of a street car, and adapted to undergo an automatic swinging motion when an obstacle is encountered, which motion will tend to sweep the obstacle from the track of the car" (lines 10-15). The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 25, 1914
Creator:
Russell, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cigarette-Paper-Holding Attachment For Tobacco-Boxes.
Patent for a cigarette paper attachment to be placed within the tobacco box for easier access to the tobacco paper.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Rose, Bertram A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Change-Over Signal for Motion-Picture Machines
Patent for an automatic change-over signal for motion picture machines that signals the approach of the end of the film reel.
Date:
August 13, 1918
Creator:
Wood, Victor & Feegles, De Witt C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Involuting Drawing Instrument
Patent for drawing instrument intended for drawing involuting curves. Includes illustration and instructions.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
McCaskill, Oscar E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land-Breaking Plow.
Patent for an agricultural plow that mixes the soil of multiple layers while keeping the soil in its initial layer to conserve moisture and deliver nitrogen. Plow can be motorized or use animals to function.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Reed, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stationery for Transmitting and Recording Bank Collections
Patent for a stationary that can make accurate records of bank item collections, and can be adapted to a typewriter. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 2, 1910
Creator:
Price, Jacob L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Cooker.
Patent for an improved version of the inventor's previous steam cooker.
Date:
August 9, 1910
Creator:
Daniels, Laura Eugenia
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector and Antiskidding Device.
Patent for a tire protector and anti-skidding device, which is made up of a flexible metal cover to prevent punctures and reduce wear on the tires, as well as reduce skidding.
Date:
August 9, 1910
Creator:
Bell, Charles D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stamp-Rack.
Patent for a stamp rack that is designed specifically for bread stamps and carries a spool of stamps in convenient reach of the user or operator. This rack provides the operator with the flexibility of not having to hold the stamps in one hand while he places the stamp on the bread.
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
Buhl, Augustin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land Breaking Plow
Patent for Land Breaking Plow
Date:
August 22, 1916
Creator:
Reed, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Ring for Piston-Rods.
Patent for improved piston rings used in steam or internal combustion engines that prevent steam or combustion force from leaking by having packing rings automatically expand.
Date:
August 31, 1915
Creator:
Bryant, Clarence Ross
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch
Patent for an electric combination lock switch. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 2, 1910
Creator:
Wright, Joseph Henderson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan
Patent for fan or blower for the conveyance of materials such as cotton, cottonseed, and saw dust under suction and air pressure from supple source to the delivery point. The travel of material is continuous and the materials will not come into contact with the blades of the fan or blower.
Date:
August 15, 1916
Creator:
Dickerson, Eustice E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Gummer.
Patent for saw gummers with simplified operation and adjustable attachments, enabling quicker gumming or sharpening of gin or metal saws, such as those in a cotton gin.
Date:
August 12, 1919
Creator:
Helm, Clyde D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo.
Patent for a new silo design made of hollow tiles "to provide dead-air spaces within the tile, for the purpose of preventing the rapid passing of heat or cold through the tile" (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 11, 1914
Creator:
Sellors, Edward M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Set
Patent for a saw set. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Adams, Theodore C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sliding-Door-Operating Mechanism.
Patent for improvements in the sliding door mechanism to prevent doors from slipping out of their tracks and hold doors yieldingly in their tracks during operation, illustrations included.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Fite, Frank James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Molds for Making Blocks of Plastic Material.
Patent for an invention related to molds used to form plastic blocks for building purposes. Objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date:
August 14, 1917
Creator:
Hawkins, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Valve
Patent for Automatic Valve
Date:
August 29, 1916
Creator:
Pringle, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Stropping Device
Patent for a razor-stropping device, which straightens and polishes the razor blade.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
Bowman, Levi M. & Farmer, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pedal-Action for Pianos
Patent for piano pedals. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 2, 1910
Creator:
Norcross, Levi Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pistol Stock Gun.
Patent for a detachable stock member for a pistol stock gun. Decreases the amount of space needed to store the gun when transporting it.
Date:
August 17, 1915
Creator:
High, Frederick Herman
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heating-Drum
Patent for
Date:
August 2, 1910
Creator:
Arnold, Price
System:
The Portal to Texas History