Clipping and Pruning Shears. (open access)

Clipping and Pruning Shears.

Patent for clipping and pruning shears that can have the blades taken off for sharpening.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: South, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airship. (open access)

Airship.

Patent for an airship with multiple gas bags inside an outer enclosing casing, which maintain the buoyancy of the airship in case one or more of the smaller bags should rupture. This airship also supports one or more persons other than the pilot, has an "envelop adapted to serve as a parachute in the event of danger", and can "alight upon and rise from the surface of a body of water".
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Richmond, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Making Tamales (open access)

Machine for Making Tamales

Patent for a Machine for Making Tamales
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Winfrey, Herbert O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dental Implement (open access)

Dental Implement

Patent for a dental implement that features a tool useful for dentists when filling teeth and also is adapted to contain filling material for instant availability and use during dental procedures.
Date: December 2, 1919
Creator: Edwards, Walker A., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History