Advertising-Machine (open access)

Advertising-Machine

Patent for an advertising machine for displaying various advertising cards in a motorized machine that displays all the different cards as it goes around in a circle.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Helm, Virgil L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scraper and Fender Attachment (open access)

Combined Scraper and Fender Attachment

Patent for a scraper and fender attachment for plows. Illustrations included
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Buttrill, David B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressor. (open access)

Compressor.

Patent for a compressor. This is an improvement upon previous refrigeration and ice making machines.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Fowler, Paul R.; Gingrich, John A.; Tongate, Willis B. & Ridge, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Opener and Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton Opener and Cleaner.

Patent for cleaning and renovating cotton and other fibrous materials that are found in the lint that falls from the gin in the regular ginning process.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Garner, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Drier (open access)

Clothes-Drier

Patent for a clothes drier that is constructed to surround a stove or heater.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Gallsworthy, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant. (open access)

Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant.

Patent for getting knowledge on how to collect the cotton and make it usable.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: James C. Garner, of Dallas, Texas & Charles S. Reynolds, of Houston, Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements to Demountable Wheels (open access)

Improvements to Demountable Wheels

Patent for a new design for the demountable wheel with a new simple and strong construction that is made of a lighter pressed steel that may be manufactured at a relatively lower cost.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Simmons, Oliver G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Roasting and Grinding Machine. (open access)

Coffee Roasting and Grinding Machine.

Patent for "a combined roasting and grinding machine" (lines 12-13) with a conveyor that moves the coffee from end to end.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Herndon, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher tool for use in building wire fences.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Gibbens, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Invalid-Bed. (open access)

Invalid-Bed.

Patent for attachment to beds for invalids. This device allows the invalid to be raised or placed in the sitting position.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Anderson, Young R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Radiator. (open access)

Steam-Radiator.

Patent for a steam radiator for heating the cab of a locomotive.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: McBurney, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engraver's Tool (open access)

Engraver's Tool

Patent for a tool for engraving small objects. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Mueller, Eduard Fredrick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Filer and Gummer (open access)

Saw Filer and Gummer

Patent for a device "adapted for the purpose of sharpening and gumming the teeth of circular saws" (lines 12-14), particularly the types of saws used in a cotton gin. Includes illustrations.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: McMicken, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for an improved window sash fastener that will "enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use" (lines 9-11), including illustrations.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Crandell, Frederick N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber. (open access)

Shock-Absorber.

Patent for shock absorbers that are simple and can be readily used on vehicles to prevent the sudden rebounding of springs.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Crowson, Jonas Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Balance and Lock (open access)

Sash Balance and Lock

Patent for a spring balance and lock for window sashes. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Huffman, Thadeus E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry and Animal Fumigating Device. (open access)

Poultry and Animal Fumigating Device.

Patent for a poultry and animal fumigating device that spreads the fumigating substance throughout the animals cage.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Graeffe, Ernst Frederich
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process and Apparatus for Separation of Ores by Flotation. (open access)

Process and Apparatus for Separation of Ores by Flotation.

Patent for a improved process and apparatus use commercially to separate ores using flotation. By "introducing a novel step in the flotation process which results in the complete breaking down of the froth and at the same time keeping the volume of water used within the smallest practical limits thus preventing the washing away of valuable concentrates by an unnecessarily large volume of water" (lines 54-60).
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Thompson, W. Albert & Cole, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Receptacle-Clamping Device (open access)

Receptacle-Clamping Device

Patent for a receptacle clamp. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Williams, Winfield B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Point Mount (open access)

Plow-Point Mount

Patent for a plow point mount. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Swindle, Houston H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator (open access)

Elevator

Patent for an elevator which locks itself should the hoisting cable break. Illustrations included.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Ballard, Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ditching-Machine. (open access)

Ditching-Machine.

Patent for a ditching machine for digging ditches than can go in reverse.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Miller, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft Construction for Frame Railway-Cars. (open access)

Draft Construction for Frame Railway-Cars.

Patent for a draft construction for frame railway cars that produces a sturdy wooden frame freight car.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Seabrook, Charles Henry & Duff, William Randolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Standard (open access)

Cultivator Standard

Patent for Cultivator-Standard.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: Urban, William A. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History