Blind-Stop (open access)

Blind-Stop

Patent for a blind stop for windows and doors. Illustrations included.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Labit, Girard E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wax-Press (open access)

Wax-Press

Patent for a wax press for pressing oil out of wax that does not have to be opened to test the wax or remove it for use.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Hansen, Julius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burner. (open access)

Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burner.

Patent for a fuel burner with a simple design, which is readily taken apart or assembled, and is manufactured at a comparatively small cost.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Vandaveer, Heber Clark & Stoy, Guy Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Attachment (open access)

Wagon Attachment

Patent for a footrest attachment to a child's wagon allowing the operator to push the wagon like a scooter.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Hammond, Jay D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Process of Sterilizing and Packaging Rice (open access)

Improved Process of Sterilizing and Packaging Rice

Patent for sterilizing and packaging rice by subjecting it to heat for twenty minutes or more. After this, the rice is sorted in a shaker and put into packaging while maintaining the air temperature. This prohibits the rice kernels from cracking.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Davis, Waters Smith, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Salve. (open access)

Process of Making Salve.

Patent for a process for making salve from sheep sorrel leaves and stems in a copper pot that produces a medical paste.
Date: April 2, 1912
Creator: Herald, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surf-Toboggan (open access)

Surf-Toboggan

Patent for improvements to surf toboggans so that the outer casing does not have to be ripped out in order to turn the toboggan inside out for drying purposes. This invention includes flaps with lacings on the inner and outer casings.
Date: April 16, 1918
Creator: Silvernail, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel (open access)

Spring-Wheel

Patent for a spring wheel designed to resist weight pressure. Illustrations included.
Date: April 11, 1911
Creator: Hayden, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Floor-Sweeping Compound (open access)

Floor-Sweeping Compound

Patent for an improved floor-sweeping compound which changes the traditional woody filler with a less flammable and more absorbent mineral wool filler.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Boddeker, James A. & Stratford, John E.
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
Winch Attachment (open access)

Winch Attachment

Patent for an improved automobile winch attachment.
Date: April 22, 1919
Creator: Bush, E. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shell. (open access)

Shell.

Patent for improvements to explosive projectile shells. Provides a shell adapted to contain gas and high explosives with constructed multi-layered shells with the intent to inflict as much damage as possible.
Date: April 29, 1919
Creator: Aoughsten, Richard G. & Aoughsten, Otto L.
System: The Portal to Texas History