Resource Type

Bag-Rack (open access)

Bag-Rack

Patent for a rotating bag rack for use in stores.
Date: February 27, 1912
Creator: James, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds (open access)

Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds

Patent for an apparatus for chilling and whitening lard compounds that produces stiffer lard.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
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
Coffee-Mill. (open access)

Coffee-Mill.

Patent for a coffee mill that utilizes an electric motor for power (grinding).
Date: September 27, 1910
Creator: Sligar, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher. (open access)

Churn-Dasher.

Patent for a churn dasher, which churns cream better and faster.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Liles, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cranking Device (open access)

Cranking Device

Patent for a cranking device. Illustration included.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Christensen, Petter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box for Carrying Wireless Signalling Apparatus (open access)

Box for Carrying Wireless Signalling Apparatus

Patent for a box for carrying wireless signaling equipment that fits the equipment well and has a handle or strap for carrying the box with.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Boiler. (open access)

Clothes-Boiler.

Patent for a clothes boiler where the water circulates throughout the clothes.
Date: September 27, 1910
Creator: Smith, Victor A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wire and Wireless Telegraph System. (open access)

Combined Wire and Wireless Telegraph System.

Patent for a combined wire and wireless telephone system that has a wireless system in between two wired systems.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bench-Dog (open access)

Bench-Dog

Patent for a bench dog for holding boards while they are being cut.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: McCormick, Terrill W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catamenial Bandage. (open access)

Catamenial Bandage.

Patent for a catamenial bandage, which fits itself to the wearer and does not show underneath clothing.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Argo, Ida M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome (open access)

Aerodrome

Patent for an aerodrome/helicopter with improved wing design.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Snow, Guy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Radiator (open access)

Automobile-Radiator

Patent for an automobile radiator which does not leak.
Date: September 27, 1910
Creator: Garrison, Fernando G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle (open access)

Back-Band Buckle

Patent for a back band buckle which tightens when it is pulled on.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Henson, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn with an automatic turning mechanism.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Liles, William Wallace
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Hoe (open access)

Adjustable Hoe

Patent for improvement in "the construction of hoes and to provide a simple, practical, and inexpensive hoe, of strong and durable construction." (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1915
Creator: Armstrong, John Joshua, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tray-Holding Attachment for Bedsteads (open access)

Tray-Holding Attachment for Bedsteads

Patent for an attachment for a bedstead in order to hold a tray. The invention allows a tray, or trays, to be held over a bed to hold food, drink, or other items closer to the occupant.
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Beechie, Simon Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Candy-Drying Machine. (open access)

Candy-Drying Machine.

Patent for a machine to dry and pack chocolate more uniformly without need for attendants, including illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1915
Creator: Greer, Jesse W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Colter Attachment for Lister-plows (open access)

Colter Attachment for Lister-plows

Patent for a colter attachment (triangular blade used on lister plows), by capitalizing on parts that should already exist on the plow.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Mosely, George L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Yoke. (open access)

Cattle-Yoke.

Patent for a cattle yoke which enables the yoke to be attached to a cow's head to prevent grazing from other side of the wire fence.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Carr, Jessie D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Enteric Lavage. (open access)

Apparatus for Enteric Lavage.

Patent for an enteric lavage for the use of emptying the bowels of any liquid after use of an enema. The device will remove the waste and deposit it into a separate receptacle.
Date: June 27, 1916
Creator: Pair, Laura Costello
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Molding and Sinking Concrete Piling (open access)

Apparatus for Molding and Sinking Concrete Piling

Patent for methods and apparatus for forming and sinking piles, blocks, slabs, and concrete.
Date: June 27, 1916
Creator: Hildebrand, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leaf or Insert for Books (open access)

Leaf or Insert for Books

Patent for leaves and inserts in books and other paper documents. It is meant to "provide a printed sheet embodying certain novel features arranged so that it may be found in a book or catalogue as a leaf or page thereof or placed therein as an insert." (Lines 12-16)
Date: October 27, 1914
Creator: Seligson, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plumb-Level. (open access)

Plumb-Level.

Patent for a modified and improved plumb-levels that allow for consistent and accurate readings, as well as the ability for the level to adjust after being harmed.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Rutledge, Caleb C.
System: The Portal to Texas History