Boiler Washing-Machine (open access)

Boiler Washing-Machine

Patent for a washing machine for clothes that can also be adapted to stoves or gas jets as a boiler. Illustrations included.
Date: August 22, 1911
Creator: Morton, Milo A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a crude oil burner for furnaces and ranges. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Reed, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Piano (open access)

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
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn with easily removable parts.
Date: August 29, 1911
Creator: Hunter, Archie G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch Operating Mechanism (open access)

Automatic Railway-Switch Operating Mechanism

Patent for an automatic railway switch operating mechanism with improved levers and controls.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Hoffmann, Laniel F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Board-Set and Nail-Driver (open access)

Combined Board-Set and Nail-Driver

Patent for a combined board set and nail driver that allows nails to be driven into wall boards without scarring the wood.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Vaughan, Alonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Holding Device. (open access)

Wheel-Holding Device.

Patent for a device to hold a wheel during construction and repair.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Gallagher, Harve H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Tank. (open access)

Water-Tank.

Patent for a railroad water tank, which automatically opens the discharge valve when the spout is opened.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Miller, Charles H. & Bunnell, Walter A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer (open access)

Well-Strainer

Patent for a well strainer made of sheet metal.
Date: August 29, 1911
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wall Construction (open access)

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
Turbine. (open access)

Turbine.

Patent for a turbine engine powered by steam.
Date: August 29, 1911
Creator: May, Reynolds
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Carrier. (open access)

Water-Carrier.

Patent for a water carrier that is made up of a conveyor for a bucket to and from a well.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Offutt, Ira Emerson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine (open access)

Vending Machine

Patent for improvements in vending machines.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Linck, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment. (open access)

Harrow Attachment.

Patent for a harrow attachment "that is efficient and durable, cheap to manufacture, and can be readily placed on or removed from cultivators" (lines 19-22).
Date: August 17, 1911
Creator: Smith, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proportioning Weighing-Machine (open access)

Proportioning Weighing-Machine

Patent for a proportioning weighing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: August 22, 1911
Creator: Cardwell, Robert M. & Tholen, John Ben.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism for Gradually Changing Rotative Velocity. (open access)

Mechanism for Gradually Changing Rotative Velocity.

Patent for a mechanism for gradually changing rotative velocity on automatic pianos.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Stauffer, Floyd F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Power Cut-Off Saw. (open access)

Portable Power Cut-Off Saw.

Patent for a portable power cut-off saw that can cut standing trees or logs on the ground.
Date: August 29, 1911
Creator: Lipscomb, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoist (open access)

Hoist

Patent for a hoist for lifting motor vehicles. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: McCoy, Henry L. & Boatright, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fountain-Brush (open access)

Fountain-Brush

Patent for a brush for cleaning fountains. Illustrations included.
Date: August 15, 1911
Creator: Peeler, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine (open access)

Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine

The Patent is for a Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine. The purpose of this invention is "to provide a simple and efficient apparatus for forming sand models" (Kimball, lines 11-12 of patent).
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Kimball, Herbert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree Attachment (open access)

Whiffletree Attachment

Patent for device which attaches swingle trees to double trees and decreases shocks and jerks experienced by the tree of a vehicle.
Date: August 22, 1911
Creator: Bates, William W.
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
Folding Penholder (open access)

Folding Penholder

Patent for a foldable penholder. Illustrations included.
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Splettstosser, Fritz
System: The Portal to Texas History
Film Developing, Fixing, and Washing Apparatus. (open access)

Film Developing, Fixing, and Washing Apparatus.

Patent for a film developing, fixing, and washing tank.
Date: August 8, 1911
Creator: Nyč, Frederick Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History