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
Automatic Switch (open access)

Automatic Switch

Patent for an automatic switch for railroad tracks.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Pickle, Voyl C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clipping and Pruning Shears. (open access)

Clipping and Pruning Shears.

Patent for clipping and pruning shears that can have the blades taken off for sharpening.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: South, John P.
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
Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for a cotton cleaner with beater arms attached to the shaft of the machine.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower. (open access)

Lawn-Mower.

Patent for a lawn mower that is easy to use and has long blades.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Maldino, Mark
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
Metal Tie. (open access)

Metal Tie.

Patent for a metal railroad tie.
Date: May 2, 1911
Creator: Riley, Samuel L.
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
Gearing (open access)

Gearing

Patent for an invention of a new and useful improvements in gearing for controlling the log carriage of a portable sawmill. The detail of how this machine be built comes in the drawing or diagram that illustrate it.
Date: May 6, 1911
Creator: Martin, Whitley E. & Bryan, Gordon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry Feeding and Watering Device (open access)

Poultry Feeding and Watering Device

Patent for "new and useful poultry feeding and watering device" (lines 5-7), including illustration and instructions.
Date: May 6, 1911
Creator: Wilson, W. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for a foot trap for catching animals known for their furs that will prevent the animal from gnawing the trap or his foot off.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Roberson, Elige L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ariel Navigation (open access)

Ariel Navigation

Patent for an airplane which will maintain its balance in the air and can be easily maneuvered up and down and around in the air.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Nichols, Jack Lloyd
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Lamp (open access)

Automobile-Lamp

Patent for an automobile lamp that will rotate the direction the tires of the car turn.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Wogenstahl, Leo J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Holder. (open access)

Coin-Holder.

Patent for a coin holder, which holds a set of coins worth a specific amount.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Vandervoort, Freegift
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin. (open access)

Cotton-Gin.

Patent for an improved brush cylinder for cotton gins.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Hook. (open access)

Fish-Hook.

Patent for a fish hook for live bait.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Randal, Napoleon B.
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
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
Joint-Fastener. (open access)

Joint-Fastener.

Patent for a joint fastener for screens.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Wright, David Alexander
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
Moving Picture Machine (open access)

Moving Picture Machine

Patent for a moving picture machine. "One of the objects of the invention is to provide a mechanism consisting of the combination of the combination of magazine and winding reels" (inline 11- 13). Illustrations included.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Yanch, Edwin R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Postal Cash-Sales Receptacle. (open access)

Postal Cash-Sales Receptacle.

Patent for a postal cash-sales receptacle for putting in rural mailboxes, where the owner can pay for stamps, postcards, or envelopes by placing the correct amount of cash in the holder.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Walker, Emmitt Stone
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