Adjustable Axle for Plows, Planters, and the like. (open access)

Adjustable Axle for Plows, Planters, and the like.

Patent for an adjustable axle "for use in connection with wheel mounted or sulky plows, of the middle burster or lister type, or for use in connection with planters and other devices for tilling or working the soil" (lines 10-14) and which allows for the plow to run evenly despite the evenness or unevenness of the soil.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Dalley, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Lamp-Shade. (open access)

Adjustable Lamp-Shade.

Patent for a simplified, detachable, and adjustable lamp shade that is "more practical and efficient without increasing the cost of manufacture" (lines 27-29), including illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Landers, Charles G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Spring Clamp (open access)

Adjustable Spring Clamp

Patent for an improved adjustable spring clamp design.
Date: May 13, 1919
Creator: Hillin, H. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Trace Clip (open access)

Adjustable Trace Clip

Patent for Adjustable Trace Clip. "The invention relates to an adjustable trace clip, and has for its primary object to provide a clip of this character in which the connecting strap between the back and belly bands may be adjusted with relation to the trace so as to permit the back band to properly fit the animal and also allow the longitudinal adjustment of the trace" (lines 9-16).
Date: May 24, 1912
Creator: Bradfute, Benjamine F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable WIndow Shade Bracket (open access)

Adjustable WIndow Shade Bracket

Patent for an adjustable window shade.
Date: May 20, 1913
Creator: Brown, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjuster for Locomotive-Headlights (open access)

Adjuster for Locomotive-Headlights

Patent for a mechanism for adjusting and mounting train headlights. Illustrations included.
Date: May 17, 1910
Creator: McCoy, Olan B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Chair (open access)

Advertising Chair

Patent for a rocking chair for displaying advertisements. Illustrations included.
Date: May 24, 1910
Creator: Biehl, Antonio
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeronautic Power Plant Investigations (open access)

Aeronautic Power Plant Investigations

Report presents the design of radiators, spark plugs and test equipment used to test the performance of aeronautic engines at high altitudes.
Date: May 1917
Creator: Dickinson, H. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Machine (open access)

Agricultural Machine

Patent for an agricultural machine that consists of a rotary cutter and a fixed horizontal cutter. Illustrations are included.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Evans, Lucias S.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump. (open access)

Air Pump.

Patent for improvements in air pumps pertaining to their ability to inflate pneumatic tires.
Date: May 25, 1915
Creator: Messerli, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pump. (open access)

Air-Pump.

Patent for an air pump improvement that simpler and cheaper to produce. It also provides a description of "the combination and arragement of parts" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Runge, Friedrich Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Regulating Attachment. (open access)

Air-Regulating Attachment.

Patent for a new attachment in a carburetor that regulates air through suction and has a valve to release pressure from an engine, including illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Kimbler, Henry R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Amusement Device. (open access)

Amusement Device.

Patent for an invention relating to the amusement device. Advantages and illustrations of the invention and amusement device are included.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Moore, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Morris, Leopold
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap (open access)

Animal Trap

Patent for an animal trap that can continue to trap more animals even after if traps one or more.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Dennis, Decatur D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifreezing Outlet-Valve for Tanks. (open access)

Antifreezing Outlet-Valve for Tanks.

Patent for a new and improved "valve-operating mechanism which cannot be rendered inoperative by ice forming in the tank, and also whereby the valve itself cannot become frozen" (lines 26-30) including illustrations.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Whipp, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antispreading Attachment for Rails. (open access)

Antispreading Attachment for Rails.

Patent for the improvement of antispreading attachments for rails. The attachments provide a structure comprising a span tie located between the rails and is adapted to connect with dogs, one dog being connected with each of the rails.
Date: May 4, 1915
Creator: Simpson, Mary E.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Manufacturing Carbureted Gas (open access)

Apparatus for Manufacturing Carbureted Gas

Patent for an apparatus that manufactures gas for illuminating and heat generating purposes, including instructions.
Date: May 15, 1911
Creator: Watkins, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion. (open access)

Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion.

Patent for improved apparatus for separating liquids in emulsion (relates to improved apparatus for separating one liquid from another) when found in emulsion and has especial reference to means for rapidly and effectually dehydrating petroleum oil emulsion.
Date: May 27, 1919
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
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
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History