Resource Type

Automatic Weighing-Scale (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Scale

Patent for improvements in automatic weightlifting scales. The modifications aim to facilitate the weighting of materials in bulk.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin. (open access)

Gin.

Patent for improved cotton gins through the "construction and arrangement of the roll box and the ginning devices" (lines 11-12).
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner (open access)

Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. Illustrations included.
Date: September 12, 1911
Creator: Burton, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Extermination (open access)

Boll-Weevil Extermination

Patent for a device to exterminate boll-weevils on cotton. Illustrations included.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Hebert, Paul E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Explosive Oil-Container. (open access)

Non-Explosive Oil-Container.

Patent for a protective screen of refractory filaments for "containers holding inflammable, explosive fluids such as naphtha, benzin, gasolene, etc." (lines 10-12)
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Ziller, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Wax from Plants (open access)

Apparatus for Separating Wax from Plants

Patent for an apparatus for separating the wax from plants. Illustrations included.
Date: September 12, 1911
Creator: Hill, Conrad
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn with a better support device than previous churns.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Hyland, George Tolifaro
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer (open access)

Car-Replacer

Patent for a car replacer for train cars. Illustrations included.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Roark, Trever Cardail
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cash-Fare-Slip Holder (open access)

Cash-Fare-Slip Holder

Patent for a cash fare slip holder. Illustrations included.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Thomsen, Herman E. & Rienhardt, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brush-Cylinder for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Brush-Cylinder for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for brush cylinders for cotton gins which when clamped have no need to be further secured or fastened.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatically-Operated Forge (open access)

Automatically-Operated Forge

Patent for an automatically operated forge which dose not require an operator to keep the blower going and heats quickly.
Date: July 12, 1910
Creator: Dickey, Joseph H. & Roach, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Pipe Coupling (open access)

Automatic Train-Pipe Coupling

Patent for a train pipe coupling which connects automatically and does not come loose when the train is going around curves.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Blair, Oliver C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Delivering and Hauling Seines (open access)

Apparatus for Delivering and Hauling Seines

Patent for an apparatus for delivering and hauling seines that can be used in deeper water and is safer than the ordinary method of using seines.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Duffy, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap. (open access)

Ant Trap.

Patent for an in-ground ant trap that prevents the ants from escaping once caught in the trap, including instructions and illustrations
Date: September 12, 1911
Creator: Knox, Jessie Lonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Operating Mechanism (open access)

Gate-Operating Mechanism

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Gate-Operating Mechanisms" (lines 4-6) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Wilson, Simeon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building Construction (open access)

Building Construction

Patent for a reinforced building construction material.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Harry, Owen K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beveled-Rule-Molding Device (open access)

Beveled-Rule-Molding Device

Patent for improvements in matrices and devices which are similar to matrices that are used in linotype and intertype or line casting machines. These devices consist of a rule molding mechanism with a bar having the general contour of a matrix. A channel exists in one side with under cut edges. These objects can be operated by matrix molding devices for forming rules for printing purposes.
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: Markwell, Andrew E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Parcher (open access)

Coffee Parcher

Patent for new and useful improvements in coffee parchers. Easily used on a range which is also simple and durable. Illustrations included.
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: McCall, Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Film-Mover (open access)

Automatic Film-Mover

Patent for an automatic film mover which allows film in a projector to be automatically moved forwards and in reverse.
Date: January 12, 1915
Creator: Edmond, Berger & Barnes, Ned E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bag-Holder. (open access)

Bag-Holder.

Patent for a paper bag holder that can employ one or more units, of various sizes, to hold paper bags of practically all sizes. It holds the bags in place and makes them readily removable when needed. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: August 12, 1913
Creator: Ott, Samuel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin (open access)

Clothes-Pin

Patent for clothes pin with illustration attached. This pin was created to allow ease shifting of clothes hanging from the clothe line. Additionally the clothes pin does not pinch the clothes it holds in place.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: McKinney, Arthur C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane. (open access)

Aeroplane.

Patent for improved propulsion for airplanes involving propellors in the front and rear of the plane. This aids in regulating air currents to stabilize flight, landing and speed. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Campbell, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Butter-Container. (open access)

Butter-Container.

Patent for a butter container that holds butter and protects against direct handling until it is served. This is inexpensive, two-piece and very easy to clean.
Date: August 12, 1913
Creator: Eiband, Ernst A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Door (open access)

Car-Door

Patent for a car door that has a lock that cooperates with the hangers on the door to cause them to bind the rollers against the track. The car door also provides a locking means for the levers on the door locking means which is "adapted to received the ordinary car seal" (line 22).
Date: October 12, 1915
Creator: Renner, Willie L.
System: The Portal to Texas History