Tank for Oil Burners (open access)

Tank for Oil Burners

Patent fora tank for oil burners. This invention is designed to supply burners with crude oil. Illustration included.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Alverson, Lewis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressing-Machine. (open access)

Compressing-Machine.

Patent for a compressing machine for pressing plastic, cotton, and cotton seeds.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Baade, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shutter Slat Fastener (open access)

Shutter Slat Fastener

Patent for a shutter slat fastener. Illustration included.
Date: May 23, 1911
Creator: Basnett, Augustus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Appliance (open access)

Automatic Air-Brake Appliance

Patent for an automatic air brake appliance for railroad cars that activates if the car derails.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Baxter, Joseph Sewell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk cutter that attaches to a cultivator and will move up if it hits an obstacle.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Bird, John L.
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
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
Loading and Dumping Device. (open access)

Loading and Dumping Device.

Patent for a loading and dumping device for use in road building projects to load gravel or other materials onto wagons.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Byler, Tilden J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Log-Measure. (open access)

Log-Measure.

Patent for a log measuring instrument that attaches to a log scaling stick.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Castro, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metal Tie (open access)

Metal Tie

Patent for a metal railroad tie. Illustrations included.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Caton, Augustus B. & Carter, Ernest A.
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
Folding Crate. (open access)

Folding Crate.

Patent for a folding crate that locks together.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Cook, Leander P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Destroying Insects (open access)

Apparatus for Destroying Insects

Patent for an apparatus for destroying insects. Illustrations included.
Date: May 23, 1911
Creator: Crow, William M. & Crow, Levi H.
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
Notching Means for Wire-Winding Machines (open access)

Notching Means for Wire-Winding Machines

Patent for a notching means for wire winding machines for use in making well screens.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Fisk, Lawnnedo
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
Cotton-Picking Machine (open access)

Cotton-Picking Machine

Patent for a cotton picking machine. Illustrations included.
Date: May 23, 1911
Creator: Haring, Peter Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress (open access)

Mattress

Patent for a mattress made with folded layers of material, such as cotton or wool, where the fibers are placed in a vertical position.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Heermans, Wallace T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Staple-Set (open access)

Staple-Set

Patent for a staple set for building and fixing wire fences. Illustrations included.
Date: May 23, 1911
Creator: Highsmith, Aubrey O.
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
Hame Fastener (open access)

Hame Fastener

Patent for a hame fastener. Illustration included.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Hyman, Henry F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Liquid-Cooling Tank. (open access)

Portable Liquid-Cooling Tank.

Patent for a portable tank for transporting liquids, which has a compartment for ice to keep the liquids cool including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Ingram, Jonathan D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for "improvements in pumps which move a long column of water with each stroke but discharge a relatively small quantity" (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Kangas, Frank Oskar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel. (open access)

Hydraulic Swivel.

Patent for a hydraulic swivel used with wells including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.; Hall, Samuel N. & Layne, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History