Adjustable Support and Bracket for Shade-Rollers and Curtains (open access)

Adjustable Support and Bracket for Shade-Rollers and Curtains

Patent for a support for roller shades and window curtains. Illustrations included.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Johnson, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Mechanism (open access)

Clutch and Transmission Mechanism

Patent for a clutch and transmission mechanism to be used for automobiles. Illustrations included.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Carpenter, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Mechanism (open access)

Clutch and Transmission Mechanism

Patent for a clutch and transmission mechanism for automobiles which strengthens the load bearing of the clutch and allows greater flexibility in changing the load.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Carpenter, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which "may be operated from either wheel" (lines 12-13).
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Stepleton, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a crude oil burner for kitchen use such as cooking. Illustrations included.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Brennan, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current-Motor. (open access)

Current-Motor.

Patent for a current motor, which allows a smaller amount of water to be used to generate power for factories, irrigation equipment, and pumping devices.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Brewer, Alden R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Firearm (open access)

Firearm

Patent for a gun which automatically discharges the used cartridge and moves the next one into position that can be easily taken apart for cleaning and has a safety lock on it to prevent accidental firing.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Consentino, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Float for Linters. (open access)

Float for Linters.

Patent for a float for rapidly removing lint from cotton seeds.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Blanchard, George L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grass-Destroyer (open access)

Grass-Destroyer

Patent for a grass destroyer designed to remove unwanted vegetation. Illustrations included.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Nelson, George Abner
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gripper for Printing-Presses (open access)

Gripper for Printing-Presses

Patent for a gripper for printing presses designed to hold the paper during printing more effectively. Illustrations included.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Williams, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Detacher. (open access)

Horse-Detacher.

Patent for a horse detacher that is inexpensive to manufacture and easy to use.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Cummons, Clarence B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper File and Binder. (open access)

Paper File and Binder.

Patent for a paper file and binder, which is expandable for varying amounts of pages and holds the papers firmly in the binder, but also allows easy removal.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Springall, Walter A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Cattle-Guard (open access)

Railway Cattle-Guard

Patent for a railway cattle guard used to deter animals from attempting to cross the railway. Illustrations included.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Wood, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Starting and Stopping Device for Gas and other Engines. (open access)

Starting and Stopping Device for Gas and other Engines.

Patent for an improved starting and stopping mechanism for gas or other engines.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Ellis, Thomas William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Target-Throwing-Device (open access)

Target-Throwing-Device

Patent for a target throwing device which is an enhanced tool to efficiently target objects and is most useful for marksmen, including illustrations.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Fridell, L.A
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission Mechanism. (open access)

Transmission Mechanism.

Patent for a transmission mechanism which "provides an improved mechanism by which the motion of of a drive shaft rotating at an uniform speed may be transmitted to a driven shaft at variable speeds and also to provide for the reversal of the driven shaft at different speeds" (lines 8-14).
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Jameson, William C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash. (open access)

Window-Sash.

Patent for a windows sash, which does not require the use of putty to hold the window pane in place and allows for easy removal and replacement of the window pane.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Polson, George T.
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
Back-Pressure Valve (open access)

Back-Pressure Valve

Patent for a back pressure valve for well drilling which may be "removed from the well with facility and despatch" (lines 18-20).
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Neighbors, Charles C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cot-Frame (open access)

Cot-Frame

Patent for a cot frame designed to accommodate two people. Illustrations included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Shelton, Robert H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for improvements in cotton choppers by providing a means for it to be “mechanically performs the work of “blocking out” the cotton, or to reduce a cotton-row to a series of equidistant hills.” (Lines 12-14) Further, to provide “means whereby the hoes may be adjusted vertically, and also having suitable means to discontinue the operation of the hoes.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Howell, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press (open access)

Cotton-Press

Patent for a cotton press that operates slowly and requires minimum power. Illustrations included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Breihan, Frederick F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Machine (open access)

Cutting Machine

Patent for a cutting machine. Illustrations included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Stubblefield, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disinfectant Telephone-Mouthpiece (open access)

Disinfectant Telephone-Mouthpiece

Patent for a mouthpiece for transmitters that contains a disinfectant used to prevent the spread of bacteria that has been exhaled into the mouthpiece. Illustrations included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Dixon, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History