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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter (open access)

Stalk Cutter

Patent for stalk cutter. This invention consists of rotating knives that severs the stalks into several pieces for use as fertilizer. Illustrations included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Davis, Thomas A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish Net (open access)

Fish Net

Patent for fish net. Illustration included.
Date: May 10, 1910
Creator: Gilstrap, David P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roof-Shoe (open access)

Roof-Shoe

Patent for shoes worn by carpenters working on shingle roofs. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Phinny, Christopher W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Sign. (open access)

Electric Sign.

Patent for an electric sign, which lights up each letter individually and turns them all off at the same time after being on a short while.
Date: May 24, 1910
Creator: Miller, Leonard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard for Cultivator-Shovels. (open access)

Moldboard for Cultivator-Shovels.

Patent for a moldboard for cultivator shovels, which throws dirt to the side of the cultivator.
Date: June 28, 1910
Creator: Medcalf, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool (open access)

Combination-Tool

Patent for a tool used for wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Dikes, Johnnie C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Coleman Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1911
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Tie-Press. (open access)

Cotton Tie-Press.

Patent for a cotton tie press, which allows the easy removal of the temporary ties on the cotton bales.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Howlett, Payton Leon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Washing-Machine (open access)

Boiler Washing-Machine

Patent for a washing machine for clothes that can also be adapted to stoves or gas jets as a boiler. Illustrations included.
Date: August 22, 1911
Creator: Morton, Milo A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trapping Device. (open access)

Trapping Device.

Patent for a fish trapping device.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Rains, George M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Device. (open access)

Display Device.

Patent for a display rack adapted for exhibiting various fabrics.
Date: March 12, 1912
Creator: Lanford, David L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow and Seeder (open access)

Harrow and Seeder

Patent for a harrow and seeder. This invention is an attachment for disk harrows. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Easterling, George M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syringe (open access)

Syringe

Patent for a syringe for containing water used for bathing and fountains. Illustrations included.
Date: September 17, 1912
Creator: Rhone, George Mobley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine (open access)

Washing Machine

Patent for a washing machine. Illustration included.
Date: January 7, 1913
Creator: Pippin, John William & Woods, Douglass H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foot Bench-Shears (open access)

Foot Bench-Shears

Patent for foot-operated shears for cuttings bands on bales or general shearing, including illustrations.
Date: June 17, 1913
Creator: Howlett, Peyton L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Sack Clamp (open access)

Cotton-Sack Clamp

Patent for a cotton sack clamp with improvements for securing adjustable shoulder straps to cotton sacks without the need for sewing
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Stanton, John William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Underreamer. (open access)

Underreamer.

Patent for an underreamer that will be used to ensure that the well casing is clean. Its construction is simple and can be made cheaper than older devices of the same type.
Date: February 9, 1914
Creator: Pippin, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Fastener (open access)

Hame-Fastener

Patent for improvements to a hame-fastener, specifically related to an easily made, inexpensively produced locking mechanism, including illustration.
Date: June 30, 1914
Creator: Fowler, Alvah W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Distributing Switch Mechanism for Electric Signs and Similar Devices (open access)

Distributing Switch Mechanism for Electric Signs and Similar Devices

Patent for "improvements in distributing switch mechanism for electric signs and similar devices" (lines 5-8)
Date: July 21, 1914
Creator: Miller, Leonard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grading Device for Seed. (open access)

Grading Device for Seed.

Patent for a new and improved grading device for seed.
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Leach, William Logan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Level. (open access)

Level.

Patent for improvements to levels to provide more reliable and accurate information. It is also stronger and more durable and is produced at a lower cost.
Date: March 30, 1915
Creator: Satterfield, John E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor (open access)

Motor

Patent for a new type of motor. The aim of this new type of motor is to use head and cold to expand and contract the bar used to apply power.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Miller, Leonard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eye Testing Device. (open access)

Eye Testing Device.

Patent for a neater and more attractive eye testing device, including illustrations.
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Jones, Aaron Leroy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History