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Apparatus for Manufacturing Carbureted Gas (open access)

Apparatus for Manufacturing Carbureted Gas

Patent for an apparatus that manufactures gas for illuminating and heat generating purposes, including instructions.
Date: May 15, 1911
Creator: Watkins, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bookbinding (open access)

Bookbinding

This is a letter patent for the bookbinding invention as a means for holding books, pamphlets, catalogs, and other similar paper materials together. The purpose of this invention is to make it possible to place additional material inside the same covers, and with the original contents of a book without breaking or tearing the binding.
Date: June 22, 1911
Creator: Robinson, Edward K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing (open access)

Gearing

Patent for an invention of a new and useful improvements in gearing for controlling the log carriage of a portable sawmill. The detail of how this machine be built comes in the drawing or diagram that illustrate it.
Date: May 6, 1911
Creator: Martin, Whitley E. & Bryan, Gordon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Wax from Plants (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Wax from Plants

Patent for "an apparatus for extracting wax from the candelilla plant and other species of plants of the class Myrica." (lines 9-12)
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Frank Thatcher, of El Paso, Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Passenger Recorder (open access)

Passenger Recorder

Patent for "automatically auditing the number of passengers and the distance traveled by said passengers while en route on a train or other public conveyance." (lines 9-13)
Date: September 26, 1911
Creator: Rudolf Brown, of Cuero, Texas.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment. (open access)

Harrow Attachment.

Patent for a harrow attachment "that is efficient and durable, cheap to manufacture, and can be readily placed on or removed from cultivators" (lines 19-22).
Date: August 17, 1911
Creator: Smith, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine (open access)

Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine

The Patent is for a Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine. The purpose of this invention is "to provide a simple and efficient apparatus for forming sand models" (Kimball, lines 11-12 of patent).
Date: August 1, 1911
Creator: Kimball, Herbert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Cotton from its Seed (open access)

Apparatus for Separating Cotton from its Seed

Patent for an apparatus for separating cotton from its seed that uses heat and air to separate the cotton.
Date: February 21, 1911
Creator: Myers, Absalom G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Sweep. (open access)

Cultivator-Sweep.

Patent for a cultivator sweep that cuts weeds close to the crops.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Lundghren, Charles & Anderson, Gus E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press that uses the minimum amount of power to accomplish the baling process.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Gill, Fleet & Graham, Daniel O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Sack Filling and Weighing Machine (open access)

Automatic Sack Filling and Weighing Machine

Patent for an automatic sack filling and weighing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an Acetylene gas generator that allows waste to be emptied from the machine without losing any gas.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Finley, Jesse T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with a solid hoe for thinning cotton and a toothed hoe for pulling weeds.
Date: March 7, 1911
Creator: Hart, Granville M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Lock Joint or Device. (open access)

Combination Lock Joint or Device.

Patent for a combination lock joint or device for sectional poles that prevents bending of the pole and allows for sections of the pole to be easily taken on or off.
Date: July 25, 1911
Creator: Carleton, Ernest William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Scale (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Scale

Patent for improvements in automatic weightlifting scales. The modifications aim to facilitate the weighting of materials in bulk.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Carter, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bath-Cabinet (open access)

Bath-Cabinet

Patent for improvements in hot air bath cabinets in which it can employ for a foot or body bath, and be able to control or regulate the hot air current. (Lines 14-18) Illustration is included.
Date: February 21, 1911
Creator: Ballard, Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Closet-Flushing Mechanism. (open access)

Closet-Flushing Mechanism.

Patent for a water closet flushing mechanism, which prevents the water from standing in the toilet bowl where it is liable to freeze in cold weather.
Date: June 20, 1911
Creator: Parker, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Automobile Tail-Light and Illuminated Number. (open access)

Combined Automobile Tail-Light and Illuminated Number.

Patent for a combined automobile tail-light and illuminated frame for the number of the car.
Date: February 14, 1911
Creator: Stafford, Frederick S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wire and Wireless Telephone System. (open access)

Combined Wire and Wireless Telephone System.

Patent for a combined wire and wireless telephone system that allows 2 people who are calling through two different central operating stations to talk to each other even though there is no wire directly between the 2 parties, through the use of a wireless system.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frog and Guard Rail for Railway Tracks (open access)

Frog and Guard Rail for Railway Tracks

Patent for a frog and guard rail for railway tracks. Illustration included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Thomas, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Filtering and Heating Device (open access)

Combined Filtering and Heating Device

Patent for a combined filtering and heating device for water that is attached to a dentist chair.
Date: February 21, 1911
Creator: Gambati, Olympio F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin. (open access)

Gin.

Patent for improved cotton gins through the "construction and arrangement of the roll box and the ginning devices" (lines 11-12).
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Smith, Columbus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves (open access)

Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves

Patent for transmitting sound waves by magnetic induction and to "furnish an apparatus by which these different vibrations can be heard at the receiving end" (lines 20-22). Includes descriptions and illustrations.
Date: October 17, 1911
Creator: Harvey, Fred Brown
System: The Portal to Texas History