Silo. (open access)

Silo.

Patent for a reinforced concrete silo, including specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Abbett, Edgar J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for a new invention of pipe-wrench, how it is made and how it is used.
Date: May 23, 1916
Creator: Adams, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for an economical pipe wrench that is easily adjustable using a pivoting, movable jaw to fit pipes of varying sizes.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Adams, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Motor. (open access)

Electric Motor.

Patent for an electric motor that operates "with equal efficiency on either direct or alternating current" (lines 10-11).
Date: May 4, 1915
Creator: Adams, Homer E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can-Opener. (open access)

Can-Opener.

Patent for a can opener, which has a movable blade to allow for easy cleaning.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Allen, Jasper McDonnel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar Attachment (open access)

Collar Attachment

Patent for a collar attachment to be used with fold down collars to provide a means to hold the collar closed, with illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Allen, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Stripping Wheels from Shafts (open access)

Device for Stripping Wheels from Shafts

Patent for a device for stripping wheels from shafts. Illustrations included.
Date: May 14, 1912
Creator: Allien, Leon F.
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut and Bolt Lock (open access)

Nut and Bolt Lock

Patent for a new nut and bolt lock design that is reliable and can lock permanently if needed, including illustrations.
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Ames, Ernest R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Digger. (open access)

Peanut Digger.

Patent for new and useful improvements to a machine for harvesting or digging peanuts, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Amos, Thomas E. & Abernathy, George J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a vehicle wheel "which embodies a flexible tread and radially arranged springs for absorbing shocks and cushioning the yielding action of the parts of said tread" (lines 9-13).
Date: May 19, 1914
Creator: Anderson, Lycurgus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring (open access)

Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring

Patent for improvements to treating concrete flooring. The process described for mixing animal, mineral, and vegetable waxes to produce a treatment which renders already poured concrete floors (or other cement or stone) dustless and waxy to prevent disintegration of the floor's components.
Date: May 12, 1917
Creator: Annan, Alfred H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheep-Shears (open access)

Sheep-Shears

Patent for sheep shears. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: Ascue, Elbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Grinder. (open access)

Valve-Grinder.

Patent for a valve grinder that fit together perfectly to prevent leakage and a consequent loss of power.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Atkin, Frank R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mop-Wringer. (open access)

Mop-Wringer.

Patent for a mop wringer inside a bucket, which is permanently attached below the mouth of the bucket and still allows for buckets to be stacked for storage.
Date: May 24, 1910
Creator: Atkin, Samuel Thatcher
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Cultivator (open access)

Disk Cultivator

Patent for improvements to a disk cultivators which allows for the disks to hit the ground at various angles, thus improving cultivation,
Date: May 12, 1914
Creator: Atkinson, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shutter-Operating Attachment For Photographic Cameras. (open access)

Shutter-Operating Attachment For Photographic Cameras.

Patent for shuttering operating attachment for photographic cameras. Small mechanical device that is operated by a thumb-lever that causes the shutter of the photographic camera to operate.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Atwood, Harry C.
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Doll. (open access)

Doll.

Patent for a doll that will be durable and attractive by constructing a rigid form of the human bust and shoulders which serves to make these parts more durable, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Baker, Marie K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for a modification of a conventional rail joint, adding a solid abutment that allows for the use of conventional splice bars that "does not involve any appreciable increase in cost over the conventional rail joint" (lines 29-30). Includes Illustration.
Date: May 22, 1917
Creator: Baker, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Solidifying Cotton-Batting Preparatory for Pressing and Baling (open access)

Apparatus for Solidifying Cotton-Batting Preparatory for Pressing and Baling

Patent for an apparatus for forming cotton batting into dense rolls to prepare them for bailing and pressing. Illustrations included.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Banister, Charles
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expansion-Plug. (open access)

Expansion-Plug.

Patent for "an expansion plug wherein a traveling nut cooperates with a screw to expand or contract a sectional plug" (lines 8-11) with illustration.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Barlow, Walter S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Neck Yoke (open access)

Detachable Neck Yoke

Patent for a detachable neck yoke. Illustrations included.
Date: May 10, 1910
Creator: Barry, John, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History