Resource Type

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
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
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for improvements in hydrocarbon-burners by providing “a burner constructed to cause a complete combustion, a more intense heat, and to obviate to a marked degree, the noise occasioned by the down draft and the combustion.” (Lines 11-15) Illustration is included.
Date: January 18, 1910
Creator: Rork, Clare M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine. (open access)

Internal-Combustion Engine.

Patent for an internal combustion engine, which can be run with less fuel and better control of the engine.
Date: February 1, 1910
Creator: Reaugh, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Electrostatic-Magnetic Separation (open access)

Apparatus for Electrostatic-Magnetic Separation

Patent for an electrostatic-magnetic separator for separating particles in a mass.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: McCallum, Wilks W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Child's Plate or Dish (open access)

Child's Plate or Dish

Patent for a child's plate or dish. It is designed to be secured to the shelf of the children's chair to prevent throwing. Illustration included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: Matthews, Jennie C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lens Holder (open access)

Lens Holder

Patent for a lens holder. The design of this invention relates to holders for eyeglasses and spectacles. Illustration included.
Date: February 15, 1910
Creator: Chappel, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker. (open access)

Cotton-Picker.

Patent for a cotton picker, which has an improved hood that goes over the cotton plants.
Date: March 1, 1910
Creator: Dannelly, Frank M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nursing-Bottle. (open access)

Nursing-Bottle.

Patent for a nursing bottle, which has a rubber cap that allows for the removal of the neck oft he bottle for easy cleaning.
Date: March 8, 1910
Creator: Eberley, Charles Phellep
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Sawmill. (open access)

Portable Sawmill.

Patent for a portable sawmill, which can be put on an ordinary wagon and pulled out to where timber is being cut.
Date: March 15, 1910
Creator: Bryan, Gordon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Making and Laying Continuous Concrete Pipe (open access)

Apparatus for Making and Laying Continuous Concrete Pipe

Patent for a motorized construction vehicle which has a cement mixer and a trench digger on it that allows for the continuous laying of concrete pipes for irrigation.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Wiggins, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Removing Sand or Other Fine Particles From Cotton or Other Material (open access)

Apparatus for Removing Sand or Other Fine Particles From Cotton or Other Material

Patent for a device to remove foreign particles during the processing of cotton. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Cumpston, Frederick Bennard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Forming Continuous Pipe. (open access)

Machine for Forming Continuous Pipe.

Patent for a machine for forming continuous concrete pipe with perforations at set intervals for water to escape from for irrigation purposes.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Wiggins, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigation-Pipe (open access)

Irrigation-Pipe

Patent for an irrigation pipe designed to prevent clogging. Illustrations included.
Date: March 29, 1910
Creator: Wiggins, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which attaches to a cultivator.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Caldwell, Mack
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Top Rest. (open access)

Vehicle-Top Rest.

Patent for am improved vehicle top rest, which employs two coils of wire to hold up the vehicle-top and increases the strength and durability of the device.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Henry, Patrick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner Attachment for Stoves. (open access)

Oil-Burner Attachment for Stoves.

Patent for an oil burner attachment for stoves, which is easily cleaned and burns efficiently.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Cheistian, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Storm and Refrigerator Cellar. (open access)

Storm and Refrigerator Cellar.

Patent for a storm and refrigerator cellar made of metal, which is installed in the ground and has a water jacket space in between two layers to allow for temperature regulation and timbers attaching it to the ground to prevent movement if the soil is disturbed by water or other means.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Harry, Owen K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a valve used with radiator heating system. Illustration included.
Date: April 26, 1910
Creator: Kinnison, Hallah C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire (open access)

Pneumatic Tire

Patent for pneumatic tires. Illustration included.
Date: May 3, 1910
Creator: Dazey, Harry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin (open access)

Cotton-Gin

Patent for a cotton gin. Illustrations included.
Date: June 14, 1910
Creator: Lumpkin, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Ginning Machinery. (open access)

Cotton-Ginning Machinery.

Patent for cotton ginning machinery, which separates cotton faster and more cleanly and continuously feeds cotton into the saws.
Date: June 14, 1910
Creator: Wilson, Ralph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Cleaner. (open access)

Gin-Saw Cleaner.

Patent for a gin saw cleaner for use in cotton gins, which cleans all the teeth of the saw at once.
Date: June 14, 1910
Creator: Roberts, George P.
System: The Portal to Texas History