Hobble. (open access)

Hobble.

Patent for a new, simple hobble for cultivators made up of fewer parts to reduce cost and for east of use and adjustment. Illustration included.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Ferguson, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap. (open access)

Insect-Trap.

Patent for an insect trap that entraps and kills insects that infest live plants or trees. This trap has a lantern to attract insects; the lantern is mounded in a pan that can be filled with liquid that injures and kills the insects.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Cook, Katherine B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for rail joints that will remove the need for bolts to secure the chairs. The joints will also allow the chair to be removed from the rail without using tools.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Ernest, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Car Net (open access)

Safety Car Net

Patent for safety car-net to be attached to train freight-cars closing the space between adjacent cars and protecting train workers from falling.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Matthews, Harrison C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pin-Fastener. (open access)

Pin-Fastener.

Patent for pin fastener that safely allows for buttons, jewelry and other items to attached to clothes and not pierce the wearer.
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Towler, Mary E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring, Weighing, and Registering Machine. (open access)

Measuring, Weighing, and Registering Machine.

Patent for machine that automatically weighs cotton seed while in transit from the cotton gin or grain from the grain elevator to the mill.
Date: October 21, 1919
Creator: Muirhead, Alfred Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Luggage-Carrier (open access)

Folding Luggage-Carrier

Patent for improvements on rear folding luggage-carriers for motor cars.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Monroe C. & Dobbs, Charles S.
System: The Portal to Texas History