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
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
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
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
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
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a vehicle wheel for automobiles that is constructed to prevent the rim from moving out of line with the hub without being bulky. It is simple in construction and resilient enough to be a substitute for a wheel equipped with a pneumatic tire that has springs shaped so that they will not snap off when subjected to sudden jolts.
Date: May 9, 1911
Creator: Tucker, Holling G.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Automatic Railway-Gate. (open access)

Automatic Railway-Gate.

Patent for a "strong, durable, efficient, easy of operation, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 20-23) automatic railway gate. It "is to provide a swinging gate and automatic means of particular construction for operating the gate" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Turvan, Jim O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Thresher. (open access)

Cotton Boll Thresher.

Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Bryan, Andrew J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Knife. (open access)

Cotton-Knife.

Patent for a new cotton knife to provide more versatility in its use. It is "for sampling bales of cotton, and [...] cutting the bagging of the cotton, and a hook whereby a sample of cotton may be plucked out" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Bowers, Jacob R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blowpipe. (open access)

Blowpipe.

Patent for an improved blowpipe (or hydrocarbon torch), which when activated causes "an extremely hot needle flame" for a Bunsen burner (lines 18-19). Patent contains an illustration and instructions.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Downie, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for an improved wrench wherein various shaped and sized heads can be quickly and easily put on and taken off. This allows for the wrench to be used with nuts of varying shapes and sizes.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Davis, George W. & Davis, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Car-Doors. (open access)

Locking Device for Car-Doors.

Patent for a locking device for a sliding train car capable of locking automatically upon close, including illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Tierney, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Crate. (open access)

Stock-Crate.

Patent for "an improved crate for catching, loading and handling hogs and the like stock" (lines 14-16)
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Winans, Myron L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Support for Telephones or the Like. (open access)

Support for Telephones or the Like.

Patent for "improvements in adjustable supports for holding telephones or the like" (lines 10-11). Patent includes illustration and specifications.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Priest, Charles C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Timing Mechanism for Automatic Oil Pumping Systems. (open access)

Timing Mechanism for Automatic Oil Pumping Systems.

Patent for a timing mechanism for automatic oil-pumping systems, which adds improvements to a previous patent (Serial No.788,483). This patent includes a "novel mechanism for controlling the alternate action of a pressure and vacuum directed into a well" from the surface instead of the lower portion of the well (lines 33-35). Patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Stephenson, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History