Lubricating Oil Dispenser (open access)

Lubricating Oil Dispenser

Patent for a lubricating oil dispenser designed specifically to dispense lubricants and similar liquids. Dispenser is formed with a transparent container tubes to show the customer the character of the liquid being dispensed.
Date: May 30, 1922
Creator: Fenaes, Alfred R. & Kennedy, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Brush (open access)

Air Brush

Patent for new and useful air brushes that are "intended for spraying paints, or colors, where it is desired to frequently change the color employed or to spray a combination of colors at the same time" (lines 16-20). Illustrations are included.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Philibert, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Automobile-Footboards. (open access)

Attachment for Automobile-Footboards.

Patent for a device to attach to an automobile footboard that can swing out and right angles to the automobile and act as a receptacle for packages. The device can be folded under the footboard when not in use.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Woodley, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cream-Separators. (open access)

Attachment for Cream-Separators.

A patent for a strainer rack attachment "which is cheap and simple in construction, which may be very readily attached to the milk bowl supporting stand, and by means of which a strainer may be arranged over the milk bowl or turned back out of the way as desired." (lines 22-27)
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Miller, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Candy-Wrapping Machine. (open access)

Candy-Wrapping Machine.

Patent for improvements to candy-wrapping machines, particularly for wrapping sticky candy.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Gebhardt, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Candy Wrapping Machine (open access)

Candy Wrapping Machine

Patent for a candy wrapping machine, which can expeditiously and individually wrap candy, especially stick candy. "This invention is an improvement upon the candy wrapping machine shown and described in my application No. 852,939, filed July 24, 1914."(lines 14-17).
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Gebhardt, William.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate. (open access)

Crate.

Patent for a crate for eggs which allows the eggs to be suspended in individual compartments for shipping. The crate will be lined with flexible material that will cushion the egg absorbing shock, including illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Smith, Nora S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Exterminator (open access)

Insect-Exterminator

Patent for a device exterminating boll weevils and other insects, which infest cotton and other crops. The device produces new means for producing fumigating gas, and its delivery mechanism. An improved driving mechanism for the device, which connects to a blower, is also part of the patent.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Rawls, Theophilus M. & Miller, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potato and Peanut Harvester (open access)

Potato and Peanut Harvester

Patent for improvements in potato and peanut harvesters. It simplifies the ways potatoes and peanuts are dug from the ground.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Reeder, Addison C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Silo. (open access)

Silo.

Patent for an improvement of a silo that includes a sliding door, including illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Barker, Judge F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sweep-Wing Attatchment for Plows (open access)

Sweep-Wing Attatchment for Plows

Patent for adjustable sweep wings that attach near the shovel or blades of a plow, and which will vary the throw of the soil as it is dug by the plow.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Casstephens, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Chain. (open access)

Transmission-Chain.

Patent for a transmission chain made of separate links. Some of the links have spring material to center the chain, increase flexibility, and protect the chain from objects thrown in the chain's path.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Lynn, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Line-Shift. (open access)

Type-Writer Line-Shift.

Patent for line shifter attachment for typewriter which makes it possible for the typewriter to print characters above or below the standard line of print. This attachment makes the typewriter useful for taking stenographic notes.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Byrne, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Warehouse Truck (open access)

Warehouse Truck

Patent for improving hand truck, aiming to increase the carrying capacity of the truck.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Dickson, Braxton B.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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