Walking Cultivator (open access)

Walking Cultivator

Patent for a walking cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Roper, Andrew Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap. (open access)

Insect-Trap.

Patent for a trap for insects such as those that feed upon crops including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Rea, George Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watch Charm (open access)

Watch Charm

Patent for a watch charm. This invention is designed to be interchangeable ornament charms or badges. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Simon, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Feed (open access)

Steam Feed

Patent for a steam feed. This invention is designed "for sawmill carriages characterized by a steam cylinder, and a piston operating in the cylinder and having its rod connected to the sawmill carriage" (line 9-12). Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Black, Lee Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine Frame and Engineering Device. (open access)

Traction-Engine Frame and Engineering Device.

Patent for a frame and steering device for traction engines allowing easier movement and control of a traction device because the engine can be steered through one of the traction wheels.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Slimp, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Wheel (open access)

Pneumatic Wheel

Patent for a pneumatic wheel. This invention is an improvement in vehicle wheels whereby a pneumatic tube which is "effectually mounted intermediate of the hub and rim and affords the wheel maximum resiliency of structure so as to insure of the absorption of the shocks incident to travel" (line 11-16). Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Downing, Otto P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swimming Device (open access)

Swimming Device

Patent for a device to be attached to a person's feet and/or hands so that the person can swim faster and further as well as dive deeper.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Wells, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders. (open access)

Suspenders.

Patent for "improved means for supporting trousers and drawers, or two garments of similar form, simultaneously by the same suspenders" (lines 12-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Hudson, Edwin P. & Mally, Frederick W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Mixer. (open access)

Feed-Mixer.

Patent for a machine for mixing grains and other feed ingredients, with automatic feeding of the different ingredients into the mixing chamber.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Richmond, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shears (open access)

Shears

Patent for shears to be used by metal workers. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Burkett, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Exploded Ordnance (open access)

Gas-Exploded Ordnance

Patent for a gas gun. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Hamilton, Ernest Hubbard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scale-Supporting Frame. (open access)

Scale-Supporting Frame.

Patent for a scale supporting frame specifically for the weighing of cotton in the field including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Richardson, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preparing Stock Food and Oil From Cotton Seed (open access)

Preparing Stock Food and Oil From Cotton Seed

Patent for cooking cotton seed kernels and hulls for the purpose of making cotton seed oil and valuable stock food. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Willis, William A. & Beland, Joe H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polisher for Hat-Rims (open access)

Polisher for Hat-Rims

Patent for a machine that smooths and polishes the rims of hats. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Pesses, Abraham M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Division Block for Bailing Presses (open access)

Division Block for Bailing Presses

Patent for a division block for baling presses. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Sprouls, Charles Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Cabinet (open access)

Display Cabinet

Patent for display cabinet. The invention consists of outer and inner casings that are accessible via door. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Smith, Ernest & Nelson, Axel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cover for Kettles and the Like. (open access)

Cover for Kettles and the Like.

Patent for an improved cover for kettles, pots, saucepans, and other culinary vessels. The improved cover prevents hands from being burned by steam from the vessel.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Cepeda, Josefa E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Condenser. (open access)

Cotton-Condenser.

Patent for a cotton condenser that can receive lint cotton and form it into a continuous bat so that it can be passed from condenser to compress. It provides better quality of lint that is formed into the bat by removing dust and inferior fibers.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Reagan, Edgar U. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History