Attachment for Pipes (open access)

Attachment for Pipes

Patent for an attachment for pipes. Illustration included.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Charles, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator that can be used a riding or walking cultivator and has a better holder for the standards.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: West, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Rack (open access)

Display Rack

Patent for a display rack. Illustrations included.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Hendrix, Julius M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Focusing Device for Cameras (open access)

Focusing Device for Cameras

Patent for a focusing device for cameras. "In photographic cameras, the objective lens forms a reduced image which is thrown upon a plate of ground glass through which ground glass the image is observed" (lines 9-13). Illustration included.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Grant, Adolphus S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gaff (open access)

Gaff

Patent for a gaff. This invention is for catching small animals. Illustration included.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Werline, William Frederick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner. (open access)

Liquid-Fuel Burner.

Patent for a liquid fuel burner, which will burn semi-refined petroleum efficiently.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Hayden, Jefferson B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock that keeps bolts attached extra tightly.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Rod-Guide Bearing. (open access)

Pump-Rod-Guide Bearing.

Patent for a pump rod guide bearing that increases durability.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Range, Julius H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Machine Attachment. (open access)

Quilting-Machine Attachment.

Patent for a quilting machine attachment that holds the fabric in place.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Touchstone, Jonas C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road-Grader. (open access)

Road-Grader.

Patent for a road grader, which will "excavate a ditch at the side of a road, and distribute the dirt from said ditch at a proper gradient upon the road" (lines 11-14).
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Fender, John Brown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Press (open access)

Roller Press

Patent for a roller press. This invention is designed to form round lap cotton bales. Illustrations included.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Reagan, Edgar U. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stump-Puller. (open access)

Stump-Puller.

Patent for a stump puller with a better grip.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Fairey, Abraham T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Purifier for Ice-Machines. (open access)

Water-Purifier for Ice-Machines.

Patent for a water purifier for ice machines that removes oil residue from the condensing process.
Date: January 31, 1911
Creator: Schrade, John Jacob
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Stalk Cutter (open access)

Cotton-Stalk Cutter

Patent for a cotton stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
Date: January 24, 1911
Creator: Leatherwood, Roy A. & Leatherwood, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Washing Clothes, Renovating Feathers, Canning, &c. (open access)

Machine for Washing Clothes, Renovating Feathers, Canning, &c.

Patent for a clothes washing and feather renovating machine with a stove for heating water. Illustrations included.
Date: January 24, 1911
Creator: McNorton, John T. & Stanley, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post (open access)

Post

Patent for a fence post for fastening wires. Illustrations included.
Date: January 24, 1911
Creator: Redwine, Roy D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Armor (open access)

Tire-Armor

Patent for a metallic covering for rubber tires. Illustrations included.
Date: January 24, 1911
Creator: Willis, Horatio C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher (open access)

Wire-Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustrations included.
Date: January 24, 1911
Creator: Smith, Otis M. L. & Smith, Estus K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a nut wrench with a sliding jaw.
Date: January 24, 1911
Creator: Mansfield, Charles L. & Matthews, Robert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airship (open access)

Airship

Patent for a dirigible airship for aerial navigation, "to provide the balloon or gas bag with aeroplanes which serve to steady the balloon during the flight of the ship, and to increase the lifting power of the balloon when the ship is under motion, the arrangement being such as to enable said aeroplanes to be converted into a parachute, should the balloon or gas bag become deflated" (lines 20-28).
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Keller, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobiles (open access)

Attachment for Automobiles

Patent for a spring motor attachment for automobiles.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Carroll, Houston M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Oiler (open access)

Automatic Oiler

Patent for an automatic oiler for railroad cars.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Adams, Richard Field
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press that uses the minimum amount of power to accomplish the baling process.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Gill, Fleet & Graham, Daniel O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cage or Support for Well-Tubing (open access)

Cage or Support for Well-Tubing

Patent for a well tubing cage which provides support for well tubes so that a second pipe is not required. Illustrations included.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Harpham, Harry C.
System: The Portal to Texas History