Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap with a new kind of trigger fir closing the door to the trap.
Date: December 13, 1910
Creator: Hatchell, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Blocking Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Cotton-Blocking Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for an attachment for cultivators for arranging blocks of cotton onto a stand. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Horner, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Torpedo (open access)

Automobile Torpedo

Patent for a shell torpedo launcher for submarines.
Date: December 20, 1910
Creator: Douglas, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace (open access)

Brace

Patent for a brace. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Goodson, Milton A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Tie-Plate and Rail Anticreeper (open access)

Combined Tie-Plate and Rail Anticreeper

Patent for a railroad tie plate designed to remained locked to the base of the rail and to prevent dislocation of the base. Illustrations included.
Date: March 29, 1910
Creator: Clarke, Marcus S. & Adreon, Edward L., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Base for Columns (open access)

Base for Columns

Patent for a base for columns which drains water away from the base.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Riley, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Checker and Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Checker and Cultivator.

Patent for improvements in cotton checkers and cultivators by “providing a device in which the width of the hills or rows may be adjusted to suit the requirements of various grades of soil.” (Lines 15-17) Another improvement is to provide a “means to which the plows of the cultivator may be simultaneously raised or lowered, and when so raised or lowered may be kept in their adjusted positions.” (Lines 19-22) Illustration is included.
Date: January 11, 1910
Creator: Hamilton, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Checker and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Checker and Cultivator

Patent for a cotton checker and cultivator. Illustration included.
Date: January 11, 1910
Creator: Hamilton, Robert & Humble, Henry O. V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas (open access)

Apparatus for Generating Acetylene Gas

Patent for an apparatus for generating Acetylene Gas which feeds water directly into the carbide from a main reservoir.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Hodges, Samuel F. & Lee, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box and Package Elevating Apparatus (open access)

Box and Package Elevating Apparatus

Patent for an elevator for boxes and packages. Illustrations included.
Date: May 3, 1910
Creator: Brigance, Alice Osborne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Machine (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Machine

Patent for an automatic weighing machine for weighing and dispensing certain weights of grain into hoppers.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Ball, Andrew J.
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
Buckle Fastening (open access)

Buckle Fastening

Patent for buckles fastenings. Illustration included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Chapman, Eleanor Moore
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap or Dip (open access)

Animal Trap or Dip

Patent for a trap for small animals. Illustrations included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Morris, Leopold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat Roost (open access)

Bat Roost

Patent for a bat roost. Illustration included.
Date: March 1, 1910
Creator: Campbell, Charles A. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an aeroplane which has its equilibrium maintained by the operator through levers that bring the plane up or down.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: McManus, Augustus F. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamping Device for Shutters (open access)

Clamping Device for Shutters

Patent for a clamping device for shutter slats.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Kyler, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Time-Controlled Operating Mechanism. (open access)

Automatic Time-Controlled Operating Mechanism.

Patent for improvements in automatic time-controlled operating mechanisms by using a combination of a spring-actuated rotary disk, a clock mechanism, and co-acting cams to automatically operating at predetermined times, electric switches and other devices, such as locking and unlocking doors of warehouses. Illustration is included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Chappel, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter (open access)

Carbureter

Patent for a carburetor to be used on internal combustion engines. Illustrations included.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Kingsbury, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner (open access)

Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon oil burner. Illustrations included.
Date: May 3, 1910
Creator: Butler, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Oil Mill Seed Huller (open access)

Cotton Oil Mill Seed Huller

Patent for a cotton oil mill seed huller. This invention is designed to prevent the breaking or drilling of knives by foreign matter. Illustrations included.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Kappler, John G. & Gaines, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stopping Mechanism for Trains (open access)

Automatic Stopping Mechanism for Trains

Patent for an automatic stopping mechanism for trains. Illustration included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Mingo, William, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breast-Strap (open access)

Breast-Strap

Patent for a breast strap with snap hooks that reduces wear on the strap.
Date: March 29, 1910
Creator: Hewitt, Ditus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bolt-Jack (open access)

Bolt-Jack

Patent for a bolt jack with which bolts may be pulled without bending. Illustrations included.
Date: March 29, 1910
Creator: Smith, Henry H.
System: The Portal to Texas History