Combined Billing and Journal Sheet. (open access)

Combined Billing and Journal Sheet.

Patent for improvements in combined billing and journal sheets there by each sheet in the journal will serve as a billing sheet, a duplicate billing sheet, and a journal page at the same time. (Lines 18-20) Further, the bound book will serve as a permanent journal after the bills have been removed. (Lines 25-26) Illustration is included.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Hartley, James William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Poke (open access)

Animal Poke

Patent for an animal poke which is attached through a nose ring and pulls on the animal if it tries to crawl under or over a fence.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Kelley, Howard T.; Matthews, George N. & Davis, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drill Machine. (open access)

Well-Drill Machine.

Patent for improvements in well-drill machine by improving its operating and feed mechanisms.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Anthony, Russell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap. (open access)

Trap.

Patent for a trap, which has a tilted floor that closes the door when weight is put on it.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Newell, Alonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon Burner

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. Illustration included.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Colligan, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Middle-Breaker and Turning-Plow. (open access)

Middle-Breaker and Turning-Plow.

Patent for improvements in middle-breakers and turning-plows by providing an attachment for the middle breakers or turning plow, in which it will permit lateral adjustment of the wheel, by the use of a compound axle of adjustable length. (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Armstrong, Josiah B. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool of the Pliers Type. (open access)

Tool of the Pliers Type.

Patent for pliers with an improved handle.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Ball, William Rossam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for a washing machine. This invention consists of cooperating rotary rubbers.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Hollingsworth, James Hollis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan. (open access)

Fan.

Patent for a fan, which attaches to rocking chairs and is powered by the rocking motion.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Sweetser, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer. (open access)

Ice-Cream Freezer.

Patent for an ice cream freezer, which rocks rather than turning in a circle to freeze the ice cream.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Harton, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie. (open access)

Railway-Tie.

Patent for improvements in tailway-tie by “the provision of a clamping plate terminating at one end in a pair of spaced brackets that extend over the base flange of the rail, the said clamping plate being held in engagement with the base flange of the rail by a pair of spaced lugs formed with the top plate of the tie and which bear against the rear end of the clamping plate. Further, this would give greater strength and stability to the proper by seating the rail flange directly upon the top plate of the tie instead of upon the clamping plates.” (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included. This patent is related to Patent #865,354, issued on September 10, 1907 to the same inventor.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Brister, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reclining Rocking-Chair. (open access)

Reclining Rocking-Chair.

Patent for a reclining rocking chair, which can be rocked while upright or reclined.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Swindler, Edgar L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel. (open access)

Resilient Wheel.

Patent for a resilient wheel, which absorbs shocks.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Pierson, Marion Bunion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handling Machine for Baskets (open access)

Handling Machine for Baskets

Patent for a handling machine for baskets. This invention is designed to form wire handles to baskets. Illustrations included.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Haberle, Fred Leopold
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Connection (open access)

Rail Connection

Patent for a rail connection. This invention consists of heavy fish-plates and screw bolts that are supported between adjacent cross ties
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Grass, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer. (open access)

Draft-Equalizer.

Patent for a draft equalizer for yokes and harnesses for draft animals.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: McNatt, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Displaying Merchandise. (open access)

Device for Displaying Merchandise.

Patent for improvement in devices for displaying merchandise by providing a portable display device comprising a horizontally disposed frame removably secured to and supported upon standards and from which the merchandise is suspended for display. (Lines 17-21) Illustration is included.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Binford, Jackson S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator. (open access)

Fumigator.

Patent for an egg-shaped fumigator for fumigating chicken nests.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Shelton, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Cutter (open access)

Cotton Stalk Cutter

Patent for a cotton stalk cutter. This invention is designed for cutting cotton stalks while mounted on an axle, consisting a frame whereby the cutter could be adjusted.
Date: January 4, 1910
Creator: Hallmark, Ples C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gatherer. (open access)

Cotton-Gatherer.

Patent for a cotton gatherer, which harvests the cotton and boll at the same time.
Date: October 4, 1910
Creator: Ayers, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History