Combined Registering and Denoting Device and Label-Holder. (open access)

Combined Registering and Denoting Device and Label-Holder.

Patent for a combined registering and denoting device and label holder for use in stores to keep track of how many items are sold and what is left in stock.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Parten, Wilbur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for an improved harrow attachment for cultivators that can be easily and quickly removed or attached and which allows soil to be worked after rain when it would otherwise be too moist. Includes illustrations.
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Stevens, Charles P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap. (open access)

Trap.

Patent for a trap for catching animals alive.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Jones, Rufus A. & Grant, Wilburn C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Removing Ink from Paper. (open access)

Process of Removing Ink from Paper.

Patent for a process of removing ink from paper that uses three chemical solutions that the paper is soaked in after an initial water bath to remove all the ink and produce paper pulp that can be recycled into new paper.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Bonser, John Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Stove. (open access)

Portable Stove.

Patent for a portable stove, mainly for use on farms, that can be moved easily.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Neel, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garden-Plow. (open access)

Garden-Plow.

Patent for a garden plow, which can be used as a plow or cultivator.
Date: August 29, 1911
Creator: Moore, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heading-Machine. (open access)

Heading-Machine.

Patent for a Heading-Machine for maize, Kafir corn, and cane. It can pass through a field of these crops, cut off the heads, and pass them into a receptacle that is attached to the rear of the machine.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Grant, Wilburn C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Machine (open access)

Quilting-Machine

Patent for a machine to assist with making quilts that is equipped with vertical needles and horizontal shuttles. It also has a "take up and feed mechanism" (lines 13-14) to dispense material evenly while stitching.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Britter, Andrew W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator (open access)

Elevator

Patent for an elevator which locks itself should the hoisting cable break. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Ballard, Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History