Word Counting Device for Type-Writers (open access)

Word Counting Device for Type-Writers

Patent for a word counting device to be used with a typewriter. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Girand, Wilberforce D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash. (open access)

Window-Sash.

Patent for a window sash, which can have window panes installed in it without the use of putty.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Perkins, Wallace P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater. (open access)

Water-Heater.

Patent for a water heater for use in creating steam for oil and gas boilers, which heats faster than previous models.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Hardie, Jeffie Watkins
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Gathering Cotton. (open access)

Machine for Gathering Cotton.

Patent for a cotton gathering machine, which picks the cotton bolls off of the plant while being driven through a field.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Edge, William Warren & Campbell, Knotley Fonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle (open access)

Vehicle

Patent for a vehicle used as a truck or bolster. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Martin, W. Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a valve for water hydrants, which can be easily drained.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Biggers, Samuel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle. (open access)

Puzzle.

Patent for a wire puzzle, where the user tries to free a ring from the inside of the wires.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Hicks, Rufus Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gun Muffler (open access)

Gun Muffler

Patent for a gun-muffler. This design if for use with fire-arms to muffle the discharge sound. Illustration included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Childress, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
File-Cabinet (open access)

File-Cabinet

Patent for a filing cabinet to be used in retail stores and business places. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Ball, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment. (open access)

Garment.

Patent for a garment, which prevents chafing of the legs while working in hot environments .
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Prendergast, Richard P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Railway-Tie. (open access)

Metallic Railway-Tie.

Patent for a metallic railway tie, which can expand and hold the track in place.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Allsbrooks, William Jefferson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grubbing Plow (open access)

Grubbing Plow

Patent for a grubbing plow. Illustration included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Jauer, Christman D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pedal-Action. (open access)

Pedal-Action.

Patent for a piano pedal action, which can be used in different types of pianos and is adjustable for different users.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door. (open access)

Door.

Patent for a door for bathrooms that adjoin two rooms that turns a partition door around 180 degrees when a person enters the bathroom and has locks to prevent the entrance of a person from the other room.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Van Zandt, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a drill. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Tye, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Thomas, Edward E.
System: The Portal to Texas History