Resource Type

Bale-Tie Buckle (open access)

Bale-Tie Buckle

Patent for new and valuable improvements on bale-tie buckles for cotton bales. This relates to buckles securing ties on cotton bales and minimize injury to the persons handling the cotton.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: McFarland, Frank Hays
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Rack (open access)

Clothes-Rack

Patent for Clothes Rack. This helps dry clothes indoors when the weather is bad outside.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Wells, Lillie Bell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fur-Stretcher. (open access)

Fur-Stretcher.

Patent for an improved fur stretcher capable of properly stretching the ends of the skin. Construction is simple which allows for easy application.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Aylor, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel. (open access)

Hydraulic Swivel.

Patent for a hydraulic swivel valve, to allow water to flow to the drill stem for purposes of cooling and lubrication.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Black, Lee J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Motor. (open access)

Internal-Combustion Motor.

Patent for an internal combustion engine designed for better lubrication and simplicity of repair.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Sanford, Harold M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maternity and Invalid Chair. (open access)

Maternity and Invalid Chair.

Patent for a folding chair designed specifically for the use and comfort of the sick and disabled.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Read, Edwin T. & Bartz, Adolph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method and Composition for Reclaiming Gummer and Linter Files. (open access)

Method and Composition for Reclaiming Gummer and Linter Files.

Patent of the methods and compositions for reclaiming Gummer and Linter Files. The invention is used to reclaim the files used in sharpening linter saws that are used in cutting lint from cotton seed after the long fiber has been removed from the seed. This invention ensured cost effective reclaiming of the files instead of their reformation.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Lockett, Landon J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Sharpener. (open access)

Pencil-Sharpener.

Patent for a new and improved pencil sharpener "which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly effective in use, durable in service, and a general improvement in the art" (lines 20-23), including illustrations.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Scougale, Malcolm
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Forming Individual Foot-Forms and Fitting Shoes Thereon. (open access)

Process of Forming Individual Foot-Forms and Fitting Shoes Thereon.

Patent for the improvement of the process of forming individual foot forms or replicas of a person's specific foot. This alleviates a person having to go through the painful process of breaking in new shoes. The foot forms can then either be kept by the individual or by the shoe dealer for making future foot wear.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Butler, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Piston. (open access)

Pump-Piston.

Patent for new and improved pump piston. This patent is accompanied by drawings and the object is to provide a pump piston wherein the the piston body proper is securely maintained against shifting upon the piston rod.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Yount, Miles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Record-Printing Device. (open access)

Record-Printing Device.

Patent for record printing device that is used on cars for mechanics to record the car number and other data. The printing device is more durable especially though rough weather and easy to use by the mechanic.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Gray, Dexter B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Distributer. (open access)

Roller-Distributer.

Patent for a new and useful roller-distributer of the sort used on a light and relatively inexpensive automobile of widely known construction.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Lopez, Jesus M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool Joint. (open access)

Tool Joint.

Patent for a new tool joint used in rotary drilling to connect the parts of a drill stem. The tool joint is not exclusive to drill stems and may be used in other applications.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Kreiter, Richard F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor (open access)

Tractor

Patent for an improved tractor where the "propelling force is delivered through traction blocks...(lines 11-12)."
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Aerl, Van Vivian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display-Cabinet (open access)

Display-Cabinet

Patent for a display cabinet. Illustrations are included.
Date: March 22, 1911
Creator: Douglass, John A.
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
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a cultivator designed to "regulate the pitch at which the sweep blades enter the ground" (lines 13-15). Illustrations included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Hewitt, John Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game-Counter (open access)

Game-Counter

Patent for an apparatus designed to maintain a record of points earned and the number of rounds played in a game. Illustrations included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: McKinney, Ansel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garbage-Crematory (open access)

Garbage-Crematory

Patent for a garbage crematory which burns garbage by igniting the garbage without the use of other fuel.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Thompson, James A.
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
Monkey-Wrench. (open access)

Monkey-Wrench.

Patent for a wrench, which can be used as a S wrench or a monkey wrench and is durable.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Post, Parley C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safe (open access)

Safe

Patent for a safe. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Smith, Virgil A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Car Step or Running-Board (open access)

Safety Car Step or Running-Board

Patent for a safety car step or running-board for freight cars. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Dodson, Elijah C.
System: The Portal to Texas History