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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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chicken-Roost
Patent for an improved chicken roost.
Date:
March 11, 1913
Creator:
Conner, Joshua H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a new and improved churn and cooler which allows for easier removal of the cooling liquid and includes illustrations and description.
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
Sibley, William P. & Williamson, Riley B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Grain Knife.
Patent for an improved corn or grain knife that is simpler in construction and inexpensive to produce. This corn or grain knife is "adapted for use in the hand of the user for clipping the tops of standing grain such as corn, by the simple act of opening and closing the hand" (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date:
January 8, 1918
Creator:
Holliday, Thomas B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Taylor County, Texas
Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Taylor County, Texas.
Date:
1918
Creator:
Smith, William G.; Kocher, A. E. (Arthur E.), b. 1877; Rodgers, R. F. & Watkins, W. I.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Taylor County sheet
Map displays soil types along with creeks, towns, schools, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols.
Date:
1918
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Abilene Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1916
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roby Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1915
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sweetwater Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1917
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anson Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1915
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for improvement on clothing pin by using a single wire.
Date:
March 11, 1919
Creator:
Neal, William C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Word Counting Device for Type-Writers
Patent for a word counting device to be used with a typewriter. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 5, 1910
Creator:
Girand, Wilberforce D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher
Patent for an improved wire-stretcher that is able to stretch wires while simultaneously holding the stretched wire during stapling.
Date:
June 22, 1915
Creator:
Kidd, Burrell L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag Catcher.
Patent for an improvement to devices that receive mail bags from moving locomotion.
Date:
December 17, 1918
Creator:
Ryan, Augustus M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trousers-Stretcher.
Patent for a trousers stretcher that removes wrinkles and creases from trousers by stretching them. The stretching tension may be increased or decreased as desired.
Date:
May 7, 1918
Creator:
Johnston, Renord C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator
Patent for a numbering indicator used to mark the status of stored batteries.
Date:
May 29, 1919
Creator:
Carter, James William, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence-Stay Machine.
Patent for wire working machines, specifically for automatically making wire fence stays. This machine can be operated manually and it is portable.
Date:
April 30, 1918
Creator:
Alverson, Lewis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Truing Locomotive Driving-Wheels
Patent for improvements in machines for truing the driving wheels of locomotives. Other possible uses include truing freight car wheels or similar car wheels.
Date:
February 3, 1914
Creator:
Tyler, Joseph C.; Behrends, John A. & Lake, Parks
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trap.
Patent for a trap for catching animals alive.
Date:
November 28, 1911
Creator:
Jones, Rufus A. & Grant, Wilburn C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Auger
Patent for an improved post-hole digger/auger with multiple blades that cut in a spiral pattern and has the blades adjust and lock on the base. The blade shanks form a cage and keeps dirt from clogging the blades.
Date:
May 22, 1915
Creator:
Hoover, Orville M. & Ardery, Sarah, J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Maize, Kafir-Corn, And Cane Heading Machine.
Patent for improvements in the construction of maize, Kafir corn, and cane heading machines that allows "a single machine to harvest two rows at the same time" (lines 12-14), reducing labor time and costs, including illustrations and a description.
Date:
June 17, 1913
Creator:
Cozart, Walace Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History