Demountable Rim. (open access)

Demountable Rim.

Patent for demountable rims for motor vehicles which are constructed of two sections that latch together, resulting in easier application and/or removal of a tire from the rim.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Dugger, Huston R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Four Wheel Drive Mechanism (open access)

Four Wheel Drive Mechanism

Patent for giving engine power equally to all four wheels of a vehicle.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Littlejohn, Lonzo B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Automobile Spring-Tire. (open access)

Detachable Automobile Spring-Tire.

Patent for a detachable automobile leaf spring tire. This invention would provide a tire of simple construction with leaf springs and will have a secure connection of the inner and outer tire parts.
Date: March 25, 1919
Creator: La Bauve, Lillie W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk-Harrow Sharpener. (open access)

Disk-Harrow Sharpener.

Patent for improvements to sharpening the disk harrows by attaching a disk sharpener onto the frame of the disk harrow so as the harrow is being drawn across the field, the rotating disk harrow comes into contact with the sharpener. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Lammon, Harry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Tying and Untying Packages. (open access)

Device for Tying and Untying Packages.

Patent for a device to easily secure and release cords used to bind packages, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Galbraith, David G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Winding Drum (open access)

Winding Drum

Patent for an improved winding drum. This uses a different type of adjustable cam that allows for less oscillation and better control of winding and unwinding the cable.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Voight, Phillip H. & Kuehne, Oscar C
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dressing Device for Armless People (open access)

Dressing Device for Armless People

Patent for a dressing device that aids in dressing people with no arms by buttoning and unbuttoning shirts and adjusting neckties. Illustrations included.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Corley, Quentin D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crank (open access)

Crank

Patent for a crank to provide a starter for an internal combustion engine. If the engine backfires, this crank will ensure that the operator will not be injured.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Bates, Samuel F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for turning and clearing cotton.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Goodman, W. T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cut-Out Device for Windmills. (open access)

Cut-Out Device for Windmills.

Patent for "an improved attachment for wind mills, whereby the mill may be thrown out of gear automatically when the supply tank becomes filled" (lines 9-13). It includes an illustration and description of the components.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Pennington, Phil M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator. (open access)

Fumigator.

Patent for a fumigator for fumigating crops that can spray two rows at a time.
Date: April 25, 1911
Creator: Lee, Oliver W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current-Motor. (open access)

Current-Motor.

Patent for a current motor, which allows a smaller amount of water to be used to generate power for factories, irrigation equipment, and pumping devices.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Brewer, Alden R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker (open access)

Cotton-Picker

Patent for a cotton picker. Illustrations included.
Date: February 25, 1913
Creator: Haring, Peter Paul
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester (open access)

Cotton-Harvester

Patent for a cotton harvester. Illustrations included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Sewell, Charles B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Hobble (open access)

Cultivator-Hobble

Patent for an improved cultivator hobble, including illustrations.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Hackfeld, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester. (open access)

Cotton-Harvester.

Patent for an improved cotton harvester that is lighter and cheaper to manufacture and "is capable of operating upon two rows of standing cotton and the same time, and to economically harvest the cotton and deliver the same into a suitable receptacle" (lines 16-20), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Upshaw, Lucius L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for improvements to sled cultivators.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Howard, Quinton S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Plows (open access)

Attachment for Plows

Patent for "improvements in attachments for plows for the purpose of cutting roots, sods, and the like, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed attachment which not only provides a suitable cutting implement but likewise includes a removable landslide." (9-15)
Date: January 25, 1916
Creator: Reeves, Wesley L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which "may be operated from either wheel" (lines 12-13).
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Stepleton, James T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper Machine.

Patent for for the creation of a mechanism for the cotton chopper machine. The " provision of a cotton chopper machines comprising a wheel supported frame on which is arranged a particular form of revolving and reciprocating hoe mechanism." (lines 12-16)
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Penn, Joseph R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History