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Adjustable Trunk-Rack
Patent for a trunk-rack that is adjustable and sturdy. The trunk-rack design indicates that the rack has wheels and adjustable components to accommodate various sized pieces of luggage.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Wessinger, Lon Woodram
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Machine
Patent for improvements to certain components of agricultural machines, particularly the plow, planter, and stalk cutter attachments.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Johnson, O. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump
Patent for an air pump for the delivery of air to the tire of a wheel.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Scott, Charles Mack
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton.
Patent for an apparatus that cleans burs and other foreign matter from cotton through a suction process prior to ginning, including instructions and illustrations. The inventor claims this apparatus is simpler, more affordable, and more effective than previous methods for cleaning cotton.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Brown, Thomas N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Body.
Patent for an automobile body that is designed for people who enjoy doing outdoor activities. Compares this design to the current design of what is called "touring cars."
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Saxon, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Battery Terminal
Patent for an adaptable battery terminal design.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Luthy, J. O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beet-Harvester.
Patent for a beet-harvester that pulls the beets from the ground and severs the tops from the bodies of the beets.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Faucher, George E
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cactus Burner.
Patent for a cactus burner that burns spines off of cacti using a liquid fuel burner. Document explains the different parts of the cactus burner and why it is an improvement over current ones in use.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Ploch, Alex
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Water Gage and Recorder
Patent for a combined gage and recorder meant to measure the water used in steam generators.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Holland, J. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Condenser
Patent for a condenser for cotton gins.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker.
Patent for a high-yield cotton picker that removes cotton from the bolls without damaging the plants.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Johnson, Frank Edward
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Stretcher
Patent for curtain stretcher or frames
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Buckreis, Valentine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Bolt.
Patent for improvement in door bolts composing a device clamping a bolt to the bottom of the door.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Yarberry, Roland L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flat Iron Heater
Patent for "a receptacle insertible within a stove opening in which the irons to be heated are placed" (lines 11-13), including illustrations.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Martin, Enoch
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit and Vegetable Washer
Patent for a fruit and vegetable washer that will also remove the skins on the fruits and vegetables.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Carpenter, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Can.
Patent for a spring-loaded trash can operated by a foot pedal. The device is intended for use outside in public areas.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Jones, Arthur John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant
Patent for fire hydrant to help with easy and quick coupling with fire hose and thus to effect prompt release of water from hydrant at full pressure when being coupled.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Duey, Otus E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burner.
Patent for a fuel burner with a simple design, which is readily taken apart or assembled, and is manufactured at a comparatively small cost.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Vandaveer, Heber Clark & Stoy, Guy Everett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device.
Patent for "improvements in locking devices for motor vehicle steering wheels" (lines 10-11).
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Crawford, Jesse L. & Dunlap, Jack R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement.
Patent for improved mechanical movements "applicable to windmills for operating pump-rods and the like" (lines 10-11) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Ward, Ziba G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Necktie-Tying Form.
Patent for improvements in necktie tying forms. The device is place on the necktie as a form to be tied around and to provide a flat smooth support for the folds of the knot. The purposes of this invention is to avoid the wrinkling and loosening lining that can occur when a necktie is repeatably tied. Additionally its purpose is to improve the lifespan of the necktie.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Wofford, Bushrod W. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for an oil burner
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Casad, Roland C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overall Jacket Or Waist.
Patent for an overall jacket or waists, the construction of which permits of its formation with less material and its use with greater comfort and convenience by terminating at its lower edge in a waist band, which, in use, is intended to be seated upon or lap the upper edges or portions of the trouser sections, thus avoiding the extensions usually present with a wait section or jacket into the trouser section.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Elliot, Joseph Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Digger.
Patent for an improved peanut digger design.
Date:
April 15, 1919
Creator:
Noah, Joseph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History