Balling-Compress. (open access)

Balling-Compress.

Patent for balling press that provides a compress for pressing bales of cotton, including illustrations.
Date: July 7, 1914
Creator: Mikeal, Isham
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bill-Posting Blanking Device. (open access)

Bill-Posting Blanking Device.

Patent for bill-posting blanking device for applying strips of paper to bill-boards.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Gallia, Paul
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Broom Rack (open access)

Broom Rack

Patent for a Broom-Rack
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Horn, Jacob S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can Spout. (open access)

Can Spout.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in stoppers and discharge spouts for cans, or receptacles more particularly to cans employed in shipping kerosene oil, cotton seed oil, turpentine syrups and various other liquids." (lines 10-15).
Date: March 25, 1913
Creator: Herblin, William Leonard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbid-Feed Valve (open access)

Carbid-Feed Valve

Patent for carbid-feed valve for acetylene generators whose improved form allows for balanced feeding whether closed or open.
Date: January 14, 1913
Creator: Ballard, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn that employs a reciprocating dasher in order to improve all parts of the churn and its operating mechanism.
Date: October 11, 1911
Creator: Edwards, Henry L. & Perkins, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Smoke-Consumer and Vaporizer. (open access)

Combined Smoke-Consumer and Vaporizer.

Patent for a combined smoke-consumer and vaporizer that increases fuel efficiency in furnaces.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Davis, Othman
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Teaching Penmanship. (open access)

Device for Teaching Penmanship.

Patent for a device for teaching penmanship, which can be adjusted to fit different hand sizes.
Date: October 11, 1910
Creator: Smith, Sidney R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch (open access)

Electric Switch

Patent is for electric switch that minimizes other phone interference and limits each call to a single caller on the line. Two lines can be connected to the switch.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Teare, J. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener. (open access)

End Gate Fastener.

Patent for an end gate for a wagon or other vehicle that will be easier to open and won't easily come loose, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: Nichols, George T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener (open access)

End Gate Fastener

Patent for improvements to end gate fasteners to improve removal, and provide a simple, well constructed end gate fastener, including illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1913
Creator: Nichols, George Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
End Gate Fastener (open access)

End Gate Fastener

Patent for a new End-Gate Fastener, accompanied by several illustrations of form and function. Specific claims to the End-Gate Fastener include: transverse rods designed to mount device for easy removable and replacement of device on wagons, transverse rods designed for sliding to connect rods inside a wagon or door, associated rods which can be used to restrict outward movement of rods in the fastener when placed under tensions, and the combination of the wagon body with the end gate once the fastener as been installed.
Date: July 29, 1915
Creator: Nichols, George Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expansion-Plug. (open access)

Expansion-Plug.

Patent for "an expansion plug wherein a traveling nut cooperates with a screw to expand or contract a sectional plug" (lines 8-11) with illustration.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Barlow, Walter S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying Machine (open access)

Flying Machine

Patent for a flying machine. Illustrations included.
Date: April 4, 1911
Creator: Love, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gainesville 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: 1914
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Latch (open access)

Latch

Patent for a "latch of strong and durable construction, designed principally for use in connection with the end gate fastener."
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Nichols, George Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Preparing Carrot Flakes. (open access)

Method of Preparing Carrot Flakes.

Patent for a process of preserving carrots by reducing them to dried flakes so they "retain their flavor and color when subsequently cooked and served."
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Horn, Mary C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Tie. (open access)

Rail-Tie.

Patent to describe and illustrate the construction of metallic rail ties. The improvements include a metallic tie that fits so that it will "firmly engage the bases of two rails" (line 15), keep them from spreading, and add support as well as contain two sections of lugs that extend "in opposite directions" (line 21) and prevent the two rails from "spreading or slipping, while the bodies of the sections bear upon [each other], and are provided with bases at their lower edges, thus causing the two sections to reinforce each other" (lines 23-27). This describes and includes illustrations of the practical form of construction and assembly of said rail tie.
Date: September 16, 1919
Creator: Cole, Henry J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Joint (open access)

Railway Joint

Patent for a railway joint. This invention consists "of a rail joint which is provided with a novel locking means whereby the fish plates will be held in engagement with the meeting ends of a pair of rails preventing any undesired disconnection of the latter" (lines 12-16). Illustrations included.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Cole, Henry J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Right-of-Way-Mowing Device (open access)

Railway Right-of-Way-Mowing Device

Patent for an improved mowing device for the removal of weeds and grass, specifically from railways.
Date: July 29, 1919
Creator: McAllister, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Show-Case. (open access)

Show-Case.

Patent for "a case for displaying vegetables, fruits, nuts and other commodities, and which shall be sanitary and ventilated" (lines 12-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Huston, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spigot (open access)

Spigot

Patent for a spigot that attaches to barrels and vats filled with liquids such as alcohol or acid that indicates the amount left in the barrel and can be locked closed.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Herblin, William Leonard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Top-Support for Vehicles (open access)

Spring Top-Support for Vehicles

Patent for a spring top support for buggies and other vehicles that can be used on vehicles of various sizes.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Schad, Frank X.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper (open access)

Stalk-Chopper

Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Scott, Oscar Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History